Roberts, a Toronto native has a long history of interviewing rock stars as he formally worked in music television in Canada during the eighties.

During the interview, Phillips shared memories with Slash of neighborhood restaurants they would frequent as she and Slash grew up in the same LA neighborhood.

It was during the last year’s Canadian Music Week that HoundsTV was first to break the story that Roberts and Phillips, after their respected first marriages ended, had hooked up and become a couple.

Phillips and Roberts are sharp and very experienced interviewers, with JD well versed in rock lore. During the Slash interview, They might have relied too much on Slash’s 2007 autobiography and rehashed stories out of the book. The only problem, Slash did all that on his book tour a few years ago so there was no real big surprises uncovered on the day.

Phillps seemed particularly interested in hearing Slash’s thoughts on Michael Jackson as the pair did work together and were friends. But when Phillips followed up for a third question about Jackson, the interview suddenly had the feel that the anchors was looking to score a good sound bite they could later use on CNN.

The anchor pair also went on too long, and when it came time for audience questions (promised by the hosts at beginning) they just wrapped up the keynote. Some groans in the crowd could be heard.

While Roberts and Phillips are not keeping their relationship a secret from the press anymore – HoundsTV couldn’t help but notice a lovely ring on the engagement finger of Ms. Phillips.

Will the pair have more good news to share soon?


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There was a surprisingly large group of autograph seekers out after King today – looking to get their books and photographs signed by the CNN legend – whose notable accomplishments include interviewing more then 40,000 media personalities and seven marriages. King is showing no signs of slowing down as he is signed to CNN through 2011 at an annual salary of almost 10 million dollars.

When HoundsTV asked one professional autograph collector, “What’s the big deal about Larry King’s autograph?” (after all, he isn’t an accomplished actor or musician – the usual targets for mass autograph collecting crowds – the collector simply replied, “He’s old and will probably die soon.”