Ringo, Clapton Record Tribute Song| Divorces du Jour| Dine Another Day Ringo, Clapton Record Harrison Tribute Song Just as a lot of big stars are pouring into London for Friday night’s George Harrison concert, I can tell you the news: Ringo Starr has recorded a tribute song to the late …
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The changing of the media guard. The fallout over the document fiasco at CBS News (search)is having unintended consequences all over the place. A lead editorial in “The Wall Street Journal” today says, “The widespread challenge to Dan Rather’s reporting, to his credibility, means that the liberal media establishment has …
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Bruce Springsteen|Jacko Book|Young Buck|David Browne|Line of the Month Springsteen, Et Al in Talks for Super, Mega Concert Here comes a super concert on a mega level. My sources say that Bruce Springsteen and the15 or so actswho will tour the first week of October forMoveOnPac.org are now in talks for …
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Tony Randall |Geragos Indictment? |Rosie|Baldwin and Pacino|Thanks, Page Six, EW Klugman, Family and FriendsSay Goodbye to Tony Randall A huge crowd full of New York stars and celebrities bid farewell to Tony Randall this morning at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Amsterdam Avenue. Those who came for the traditional Jewish service …
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WASHINGTON – A place that is immortalized in a song like John Cougar Mellencamp’s (search)”Small Town” is expected to stick to its ways, but politically, some hopefuls are charging that Seymour, Ind., the rocker’s hometown, is changing day by day. While the 9th Congressional District is as conservative as ever, …
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A big win for the folks. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points” memo. The California Supreme Court today said no to gay marriage and invalidated all the marriage licenses granted by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Sorry,Rosie O’Donnell (search). Last February, we predicted that would happen. All …
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The poll numbers are in after the debate. That’s the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” A newABC News (search)poll and a“Newsweek” (search)poll both say Americans believe John Kerry won the debate by a decisive margin, but the polls diverge on what that means. ABC has Bush ahead, 51-46. …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The images were shocking. A trench with piles of clothed bodies packed tightly together. Men, women, little children. Even unborn children. Some blindfolded. Some with their hands bound. All slaughtered in cold blood by the henchmen of former Iraqi dictatorSaddam Hussein (search). All of this horror was …
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The latest from the Political Grapevine: Soldiers Stealing Organs? A major, government-controlled newspaper in Saudi Arabia is claiming that U.S. soldiers in Iraq are killing Iraqis to steal their organs and then selling the organs to hospitals in the U.S. The paper, Al-Watan, says each kidney is worth at least …
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And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Media Coverage of Reagan’s Death The day after Ronald Reagan died, the Washington Post ran a front-page banner headline saying — “Ronald Reagan Dies. Fortieth President Reshaped American Politics.” Four stories on Reagan were below …
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