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You've heard of Ryan Seacrest, right? Well, one of the most reliable news source in the world, The Globe, tells us now that the folks behind Live are courting Ryan Seacrest to replace Regis Philbin on their morning staple. It makes perfect sense. Consider that Regis, who turns 176 this year, has racked up more hours on television than anyone in history, but now has announced he'll be cutting back his television work to three days a week. Then we have Ryan, who can be seen and heard everywhere from his work on E! to American Idol to New Year's Rockin' Eve to his radio show to American Top 40. Maybe he'd give up his morning radio gig for a morning TV gig. Or maybe record one during the commercial breaks of the other.

I almost missed this story, though, because that same issue of The Globe promised to show me how to win the Lottery and I'm busy spending all the money I'm gonna win! So for now, we'll say the rumor's unsubstantiated but if the Weekly World News or The Onion picks it up, then it's official!

[via AOL]

You may remember (or not remember, depending on the obvious circumstances) that Dick Clark did not host last year's New Year's celebration on ABC due to a stroke he suffered just days before the event. Regis Philbin stepped up to the plate then. Now it seems we all had either get used to seeing Ryan Seacrest hosting the remainder of the events, or watch something else (or you could go out for the night, but we don't talk about that here). The next New Year's celebration show on ABC will be co-hosted by both Seacrest and Clark, with Seacrest eventually solo-hosting the show for several years to come.

[via Cynopsis]