100 Women We Love Class of 2010

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A media personality from the time of her TV debut on the '80s sitcom Gimme a Break!, Rosie O'Donnell (above right, with her son Parker) has turned her empathy and gift for comedy into a three-decade career. As her stint hosting The View ended in an acrimonious on-air argument with conservative host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, O’Donnell turned her attention to executive-producing A Family Is A Family Is A Family , a documentary about the diversity of American families, which premiered in January on HBO. Rosie’s other efforts on behalf of LGBT rights include co-founding R Family Vacations in 2003, the only gay family-focused cruise company. Always the philanthropist, O’Donnell has donated millions of dollars to children’s charities and seeded several foundations. She currently hosts Rosie Radio, a daily program on Sirius XM. Rumor has it O’Donnell will take over Oprah’s daytime slot with her own talk show next year. -KL [image_credit] => Stephen Chernin/Reuters [image_highlight] => 0 [image_page] => 0 [image_display_order] => 3 [_DB_DataObject_version] => 1.8.5 [N] => 1 [_database_dsn] => [_database_dsn_md5] => 7d5a85f3960d9d91223e571f24c76791 [_DB_resultid] => 13 [_resultFields] => [_link_loaded] => [_join] => [_lastError] => [_query] => Array ( [condition] => [group_by] => [order_by] => [having] => [limit_start] => [limit_count] => [data_select] => * ) )