Posted on 03/29/2005 4:39:30 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
Spirits were high in the offices of The National Enquirer in Manhattan last week. A gaggle of British interlopers had taken custody of the tabloid, a SWAT team of Fleet Street meat-eaters brought in to revive the storied but now flagging checkout magazine. Not only was The Enquirer moving its main offices and production facilities to Manhattan from Florida - effectively taking the gossip magazine uptown and mainstream - but even more deliciously the paper also had a cover article suggesting that a Hollywood actor's Super Bowl celebration was a bit more super than most.
Paul Field, the Enquirer's editor and a former associate editor of The Sun, a popular British tabloid, was in particularly fine fettle, even though he was fighting a cold. A stripper and prostitute had told The Enquirer that she spent Super Bowl Sunday last month in the company of the star of a popular television show. The actor, through a representative, has denied the allegations. The Enquirer saved the naughtiest bit from the stripper's account - allegations of drug use - for the issue coming out today, the last one produced in Boca Raton, Fla.
In holding off, the editors took a tactical risk that they would not be scooped. "No, I'm not concerned," Mr. Field said, sitting at a table in his office. "No other publication would touch that story," he said, unlike in Britain, where "there would be other papers all over it."
In order to ensure a steady inventory of articles like the super Super Bowl one that will compel checkout readers to actually buy the paper, Mr. Field hired a slew of British tabloid veterans, including Paul Henderson, the former Mail on Sunday investigations editor, and Steve Dennis, the ex-Daily Mirror reporter who broke the stories about Paul Burrell, ...
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Wonder what he is really like.
If the below sentence is any indication I'd say he's like, RICH!
and works hard to pursue a fun, carefree life that consists of meeting people and listening to their stories,
Maybe they meant to write, works hard so he can pursue...
And Madge is a skanky whore!
Incredible.
Britney looks like she's either been to the plastic surgeon or she is way preggers!
OK, so does anyone know who the Hollywood actor mentioned is?
I thought new Enquirers came out on Fridays? Didn't see a new one at the grocery store today. Let's ask HLL...
HLL who's the actor in the story?
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US First Lady Laura Bush left for a lightning trip to Afghanistan to highlight improvements in women's quality of life and meet with US troops still fighting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces there.
Bush, who will be on the ground for about five hours, will meet separately with women's groups and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and will have dinner with US troops before returning to Washington, the White House said.
"Mrs Bush has long been looking forward to visiting Afghanistan. This visit will be an opportunity to highlight the advances made for women in the country and to underscore our long-term commit to the people of Afghanistan," said spokesman Scott McClellan.
The first lady was to announce a 17.7 million dollar grant for the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul as well as a 3.5 million dollar grant for the international elementary school of Afghanistan, he said.
Bush's visit coincided with a trip by Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky to convene the sixth formal meeting of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council, the US State Department said.
Dobriansky was heading a delegation comprising US officials as well as religious and private sector leaders, the department said in a statement.
Charlie Sheen.
That's who immediately came to mind.
That was my guess.
Uh-oh, trouble in paradise?
[PageSix]
March 30, 2005 -- KEVIN Federline left his rumored-to-be-pregnant wife, Britney Spears, at her brother's Santa Monica apartment last weekend, and headed to Las Vegas. While there, the dancer partied with pals at Pure, in the company of self-described "VIP escort" Vanessa Hulihan, Us Weekly reports. "At one point, she was sitting on his lap," one onlooker tells the mag. ". . . he was sliding his hand between her thighs." Federline and Hulihan "hung out" all weekend, Us says, and he "refused to answer Britney's phone calls. He's been telling friends he doesn't want her to have his baby." He added: "If I ever get a divorce, I want to move to Vegas." Nice.
From Liz Smith:
ON ST. Patrick's Day we reprinted something from England's Guardian to the effect that the Irish aren't enamoured with the Gaelic background of President Bush. A woman called this office and said I was a "monster" to have printed this, even though I had added that I wouldn't want to investigate my own Irish roots too closely!
Now W magazine is saying that our prez is descended from Richard de la Clare, known as "Strongbow" — the 12th-century knight who led the Norman invasion of Ireland.
It seems the U.S. Embassy in Dublin wasn't aware of Bush's origins, nor that he had a "notorious" ancestor. Experts now believe that George W. has some claim to the ancient Irish throne of Leinster.
Liz Smith writes:
ON ST. Patrick's Day we reprinted something from England's Guardian to the effect that the Irish aren't enamoured with the Gaelic background of President Bush. A woman called this office and said I was a "monster" to have printed this, even though I had added that I wouldn't want to investigate my own Irish roots too closely! Now W magazine is saying that our prez is descended from Richard de la Clare, known as "Strongbow" — the 12th-century knight who led the Norman invasion of Ireland. It seems the U.S. Embassy in Dublin wasn't aware of Bush's origins, nor that he had a "notorious" ancestor. Experts now believe that George W. has some claim to the ancient Irish throne of Leinster.
doggoneit, you beat me to it.
Yeah, for once! :-)
Holy mackeral! There's an epidemic of botox going on out there... Check out Mickey Rourke at the link:
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/sns-celebrity-pix,0,2290597.photogallery?index=4
I've never liked Mickey, always wondered how he gets acting parts since he couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag.
'Good evening, Godless sodomites!" That was Jon Stewart's biblical invocation to guests at Monday's Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards dinner. The "Daily Show" host, honored for fostering tolerance, couldn't attend the oh-so-gala at the Marriott Marquis. But he said in a videotaped thank-you that "it means a lot to this Jew to get an award from the people who really do run the media." (He added, "I've heard the GLAAD awards are the only ceremony that leaves the ballroom cleaner than when they found it.") ... rest of story
More on Madge and her lap dog:
Madonna and Guy, the Bickersons?: But they looked so happy the other night at the London Kabbalah Center, where they showed up for the Purim party in those zany getups as the Pope and a nun. Still, Us magazine reports that 46-year-old Madonna has been spotted recently without her wedding ring and her 36-year-old hubby, movie director Guy Ritchie, is getting sick and tired of her bossy ways after nearly five years of marriage. "Madonna is used to getting what she wants, but Guy isn't impressed by her diva behavior and rarely gives in to her," a source tells the mag - though Madonna's flack calls the dish "not accurate."
Meanwhile, Madge was said to be "freaked and scared" when she heard about the alleged plot to kidnap David Letterman's son. She's rumored to spend $160,000 a month on "crazy-tight" security, but it's about to get tighter. source
Actress Sandra Bullock (news), center, reacts after her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled by honorary Hollywood mayor Johnny Grant, left, and Leron Gubler, president of Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (news - web sites), Thursday, March 24, 2005, on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Looking on are actors William Shatner, top left, and comedian George Lopez. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
Yikes, is that Priscilla? She used to be pretty. Looks like a case of too much cosmetic surgery.
The French love Mickey Rourke. Figures.
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