A huge day in television: 1. Madonna announced she would not allow her wardrobe to malfunction during NBC’s broadcast of her Super Bowl halftime show Sunday. 2. “Celebrity Apprentice” star Donald Trump endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on the eve of his reality-competition show’s season debut. Read full article > >

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Column: Madonna promises ‘no flashing’ at Super Bowl

Clay Aiken, Arsenio Hall, Victoria Gotti and 15 other celebrities of varying fame will vie for the respect of America’s most (self-)important businessman, Donald Trump , and big fat check for a charity of their choice. The Donald announced the cast of this season’s “ Celebrity Apprentice ,” premiering Feb. 12, on Wednesday’s “Today” show. Read full article > >

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‘Celebrity Apprentice’ cast announced: Who has the best chance of winning?

To hear Donald Trump tell it, “millions of people” are waiting for him to make an endorsement in the Republican presidential primary. And at some point, he says, he’ll likely grace a candidate with one — that is, unless he decides to run himself as an independent. The real estate mogul and reality TV star, who flirted with seeking the Republican presidential nomination but decided to sit out, says he has a “tremendous following of people who are tired of seeing this country get ripped off.” Read full article > >

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Political endorsements don’t mean a lot — unless you’re Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s decision to call off the “debate” he was set to “moderate” means that the American political process gets to keep its last shred of dignity, at least for now. Given the way this campaign has been developing, this should be cause for celebration throughout the land — except among the clever people who write for “Saturday Night Live,” “The Daily Show” and late-night comedians. They must be devastated. Read full article > >

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Eugene Robinson:
Donald Trump debate decision is bad news only for comedians

I just knew there was a tremor in the force yesterday. So, during our morning editorial board meeting, I sent an e-mail to the executive assistant of a certain New York-based real-estate mogul. “Wondering if Mr. Trump were available for a quick chat,” I wrote. The increased criticisms of the Dec. 27 Newsmax-Ion Television debate got me to wondering if Donald Trump would drop out of participating in the Iowa gathering. Read full article > >

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Donald Trump bows out of the Newsmax debate

NEW YORK — Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a Republican presidential debate he had agreed to moderate in Iowa. The real estate mogul announced Tuesday that he was stepping back in order to preserve the option of running for president in case he’s not satisfied that the eventual Republican nominee can defeat President Barack Obama. The conservative website Newsmax was to host the debate Dec. 27. Read full article > >

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Donald Trump pulls out of hosting GOP presidential debate in Iowa

NEW YORK — Real estate mogul Donald Trump said Tuesday he expects Texas Gov. Rick Perry to do “very nicely” as a presidential candidate. But Trump stopped short of endorsing Perry and said he hasn’t ruled out running for president himself as an independent. In an interview with The Associated Press, Trump said Perry was a welcome entry in the GOP field that includes former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann. Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll Saturday, the same day Perry announced he too would seek the party’s nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012. Read full article > >

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Trump praises Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential bid, refuses to rule out independent bid

Americans may have tired of Donald Trump, but another blustery New Yorker is now the surprise leader of the pack: Rudy Giuliani tops the 2012 Republican presidential field, according to a new poll from CNN/Opinion Research Corp. He clocked in with 16…

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Giuliani Surprise Leader in 2012 Poll

Americans may have tired of Donald Trump, but another blustery New Yorker is now the surprise leader of the pack: Rudy Giuliani tops the 2012 Republican presidential field, according to a new poll from CNN/Opinion Research Corp. He clocked in with 16…

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Giuliani Surprise Leader in 2012 Poll

NEW YORK — Now here’s something you don’t see every day. Actually, you don’t see it any day: a cable-news host shredding his own employer for aiding and abetting a national “charade.” “NBC has created a monster and it is called Donald Trump,” began Lawrence O’Donnell on his MSNBC show, “The Last Word,” last month. For nearly 15 minutes, O’Donnell hammered away, calling Trump “the most deranged egomaniac in the history of the NBC Entertainment division” and denouncing his would-be presidential run and “birther” allegations against President Obama as a “sleazy” publicity stunt for his NBC show, “The Celebrity Apprentice.” O’Donnell demanded that NBC executives disclose — “tonight, before you leave your offices” — whether Trump had already committed to another season of “Apprentice,” a disclosure that would have exposed his campaign as a sham. Read full article > >

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Lawrence O’Donnell hits his marks as Keith Olbermann’s successor on MSNBC

Donald Trump announced he would not be running for president in the 2012 election. Jan Crawford looks back at his flirtation with the White House. Read full article > >

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Donald Trump: ‘I will not be running for president’

NEW YORK “I will not be running for president. See you for a great season,” “Celebrity Apprentice” star Donald Trump announced Monday at NBC’s new-schedule presentation to advertisers at a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. Trump, of course, has been much in the news lately, saying he was mulling a run at the White House and jumping on the whole “birther” movement and holding news conferences to congratulate himself . Read full article > >

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The TV Column: No presidential run for Trump, but an ‘Apprentice’ pitch

So it turns out Donald Trump got the joke after all. Or maybe he was the one who put one over on everyone else. Either way, the reality-TV star and real estate mogul has concluded that the time has come to end it. “After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the presidency,” Trump announced in a statement Monday. But he added: “I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and, ultimately, the general election.” Read full article > >

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Donald Trump says he won’t run for president in 2012

US tycoon Donald Trump says he will not be running for the US presidency in 2012, ending weeks of speculation.

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Trump ‘not running for president’

Good thing NBC renewed Celebrity Apprentice. Donald Trump announced in a statement on Monday that he will not be running for president in 2012-but maintained that he could have won if he wanted to. “Business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to…

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Trump: I’m Not Running for President