Britney Aces TV Cameo | Joan, Jackie Collins Shop Target | Oscar Wars: Shorten or Change? | Prayers for Paul Newman Britney Aces TV Cameo There’s not a lot to say about Britney Spears’ cameo on “How I Met Your Mother” Monday night. She played the receptionist in a dermatologist’s …
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Oscar Upsets: Is It All Set in Stone? | Sting: A Punk-Pop Kenny Rogers Oscar Upsets: Is It All Set in Stone? The way people are talking, the Oscars are a done deal. This is what I hear: Gladiator, Julia, Tom Hanks, Benicio, Kate, Ang Leefor Best Director. Oh really? …
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Well, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is on his way to the Middle East to brief some Arab countries on the upcoming military action against Afghanistan and possibly other places. Meanwhile, the Fed has cut interest rates back here another half point, in order to try and stimulate the economy. Let’s …
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America’s Sweethearts | Rep. Gary Condit| Puff Daddy America’s Sweethearts Is Sour On Everyone Brace yourselves: America’s Sweethearts is coming, and it’s no Valentine. Even though it looks funny in the trailer and commercials, this Billy Crystal-penned comedy is kind of strange and a little painful. It’s all too real, …
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Be careful when people tell you they’re behind you “all the way.” Remember George McGovern back in 1972, saying he was behind his first running mate Thomas Eagleton, a “thousand percent.” A public outcry over Eagleton’s medical past changed all that. And wouldn’t you know, old Tom wasn’t to be …
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British Airways | Prince British Airways Denies Celebrity Bashing British Airways chief executive Rod Eddington denied to this column yesterday — through his spokesman — that he has turned on American stars who are too afraid to fly. Reuters picked up a story on Thursday from London’s the Mirror in …
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Circus animal trainer Mark Oliver Gebel is on trial in California charged with abusing a performing elephant. What’s really being abused, though, is the law. The evidence against Gebel is flimsy and the prosecution is political. The spectacle would be a complete farce except that a guilty verdict would move …
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I want you to think really hard for a second. When is the last time you ever heard anyone in Hollywood say anything good about President Bush, or for that matter, Republicans? Tough, isn’t it? Why does this bug me? Because I’m a father and my teenage daughter looks up …
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Some disturbing evidence about the oil companies hurting all of us. That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. As you know, gas prices have gone through the roof this spring, hurting many Americans who are on tight budgets. For the past year, The Factor has been looking into …
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I hate commissions. I really hate blue ribbon commissions. And I really, really hate blue ribbon Social Security commissions. Don’t get me wrong, President Bush and the team he’s assembled to look at our nation’s retirement program mean well. It’s just that nothing will come of it. I know I …
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