And now some fresh pickings from the grapevine: Professor’s Past Problem Remember Gao Zhan, the American University sociology and human rights professor who two years ago was convicted in China of spying for the U.S. government? She was sentenced to 10 years in a Chinese prison, but after five months …
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And now the most captivating two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Explosion Explanation? A British news report says some of the explosions seen and heard in Baghdad over the past few days were not due …
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WASHINGTON – Environmentalists and fiscal watchdogs have teamed up again to release theGreen Scissors (search)2003 report, hoping to sliceup to$58 billion of what they say is anti-environmental pork in the federal budget. “[We] want to eliminate wasteful and harmful spending from the government,” said Erich Pica, a spokesman for theFriends …
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To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. TheAmerican Civil Liberties Union (search), in conjunction with four people, a lesbian couple, and an agnostic couple, have sued the city of San Diego because it leased a public park to the Boy Scouts for $1 a year. …
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Not surprisingly,“Gigli” (search )tanked at the box office. In its opening weekend, the $54 million Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopezgangster romance took in less than $4 million.Producers of the film who lost money are probablydisappointed. It happens. But judging from the torrent of venomous press this movie project has unleashed, one would …
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More than 50 million phone numbers are now on the newdo-not-call list (search)designed to stop telemarketers from intruding on your life. Overwhelmingly Americans want these people stopped. But federal judge Lee West in Oklahoma doesn’t care about what you want. He cares about his ideology. Appointed by Jimmy Carter, West …
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And now the most compelling two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! Credible Complaints? The New York Times stands accused of another lapse. In a front-page story on the use of the anti-terrorismPatriot Act (search)last week, the …
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Scorsese’s Friends Gang Up on Him 2/27/03: Pacino’s Coffee Is Ready 2/26/03: Polanski Victim on Oscar Campaign? 2/25/03: Singer R. Kelly Hits No. 1 With a Bang Despite Indictment 2/24/03: Grammy Upset: Another Case of Dangling Chads? 2/24/03: Bill Clinton, Stars Turn Out for Bono 2/23/03: Clive Davis Rocks New …
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Lisa Marie Presley | Kevin Kline |John Travolta Lisa Knocks Cage, Jacko I’d like to say Lisa Marie Presley should have her head examined. But she can’t, since she doesn’t believe in psychiatry. I mean, she really doesn’t believe in it. On her album, which will be released next Tuesday, …
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Phil Spector | Adrien Brody| Martha Stewart | Harlem Gets Jazzed Up Spector’s Comments Make No Friends Record producer Phil Spector is testing the limits of certain peoples’ patience: The family of the woman who died in his house, and his own lawyer. Spector has gone on a rampage declaring …
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