Mel Gibson | Record Companies’ Accounting Mel Gibson’s Seen Signs Before You thought Mel Gibson‘s new movie, Signs, was about unexplained crop circles cropping up in the Midwest. Butit turns out that’s a whole load of crop. The circles, found in a cornfield in Bucks County, Pa., are not what …
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I recently received the following e-mail from Hans H. in Honolulu, Hawaii: “You questioned why the Democrats are not praising Mr. Bush… did you ever stop to think that it might be because of his illegal dealings at Harken? Or maybe that he is defending Mr. Cheney for his illegal …
Read More »NBC Ignored New Seinfeld Project
Jerry Seinfeld and NBC | Edie Falco NBC Ignored New Seinfeld Project It’s one of the stranger stories I’ve heard in some time, but one that makes sense in a weird way. NBC, which hosted Seinfeldfor nine seasons, was the only major TV network that passed on a chance to …
Read More »Bruce Willis Rocks NYC in Sold out Show
Bruce Willis| Brian McNally| Oscars| Fox and CNN Bruce Willis Rocks NYC in Sold out Show Bruce Willismay not be the greatest singer in the world, but he has a lot of enthusiasm. That said, Willis took over B.B. King’s in Times Square for the last two nights to help …
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I’ll never forget one time being at this restaurant and the service was lousy. I mean really lousy. It took forever for us to get our drinks and when we did, they were horrible. One person never got her appetizer. Another’s soup was cold. And when the main course did …
Read More »Catholic Interest Groups See in Scandal a Chance to Further Their Causes
NEW YORK – Married Catholic priests. Female priests. Openly gay lay leaders. Touchy issues like these, long considered inviolate in Roman Catholic Church circles, are suddenly facing the fiercest assault ever from change-minded groups who see the current molestation scandals as a window for harder lobbying efforts. Such organizations say …
Read More »Faith-Based Initiative Revised Down
WASHINGTON – A new bipartisan proposal for faith-based charity assistance, announced by Senate sponsors at a White House event Thursday, is a far cry from the ambitious plan set forth by the Bush administration last year. It is, however, the best chance of getting a bill passed through the Senate. …
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WASHINGTON – In politics, the names “Shays-Meehan” and “McCain-Feingold” are synonymous with campaign finance reform bills sponsored by Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., and Marty Meehan, D-Mass., and Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis. They are also synonymous with that rare spirit of bipartisanship, and in some cases, friendship, …
Read More »Added Protections Could Save Skyscrapers From Attack
WASHINGTON – Unimaginable on Sept. 11, investigators now know much more about the anatomy of the World Trade Center towers collapse. “The towers survived the impacts. It was the fires in addition to the very severe impact that finally brought the towers down,” said Gene Corley of the American Society …
Read More »Weird Songs Celebrate Liza's Wedding
Liza’s Weird Wedding Songs| Liza and Nash| Regis and Millionaire | Not-So-Sweet Success Weird Songs Celebrate Liza’s Wedding Liza Minnelli and David Gest‘s freak show wedding Saturday afternoon will feature a bizarre selection of songs by an array of eclectic musicians handpicked by the couple. I can tell you that …
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