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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
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20 WHITE KITTENS

 Mariah's Latest Diva Demands 

Carey's latest appearance marked by more ridiculous requests

4 hours, 38 minutes ago
UPDATED

 Suicide Suspected 
 in Death of 
 Model Daul Kim 


20-year-old South Korean beauty had popular blog, video diary

4 hours, 46 minutes ago

  Top 9 Oprah Moments 

Crazy Tom Cruise, faker James Frey, and Sarah Palin make the cut

6 hours, 0 minutes ago

 Demi Moore: 
 That's Really 
 My Hip! 


W mag cover not photoshopped, she says, even if unbelievable

6 hours, 34 minutes ago

 John Kerry: 
 My Daughter Wasn't 
 Legally Drunk 

Says Alexandra was busted for expired tags, but passed test

7 hours, 10 minutes ago

 Fox News Lets 
 Jon Get Under 
 Its Skin, Again 

Stewart's "go bleep yourself" to Goldberg gets O'Reilly's attention

7 hours, 18 minutes ago
men of the year

 Eastwood Is 
 Top 'Badass' 

Kobe Bryant, Chris Pine, Barack Obama make 2009's elite list

Nov 19, 09 7:33 PM CST

Martha Stewart:
I Lost a Billion Bucks in Prison

She laments loss to 'mankind,' smack talks Rachael Ray

Nov 19, 09 2:31 PM CST
why, james franco, why?


 General Hospital 
 More Sopranos 
 Than Soap Opera 

James Franco's guest stint highlights shows thuggery

Nov 19, 09 12:05 PM CST
bloodthirsty

 Twilight Star: 
 I Got a Fan 
 to Strip for Me 

Pattinson talks to DeGeneres, Letterman about over-zealous fans

Nov 19, 09 10:46 AM CST
WOULD-BE FIRST KIDS

 Alexandra Kerry 
 Charged With DUI 

Alexandra Kerry booked and released, was under legal limit

Nov 19, 09 10:27 AM CST

 Trump Sees Porn 
 in Prejean's Future 

Carrie could use her porno millions for good causes, Donald says

Nov 19, 09 10:15 AM CST
MOTHER OF THE YEAR

 I Told My Kids About 
 the Sex Tape: Pam 

She and Tommy Lee were 'massively in love,' she explains to sons

Nov 19, 09 9:48 AM CST
CELEB LAWSUITS


 Manager: I 
 Warned Nic 
 Not to Buy 
 That Castle... 

Broke Nicolas Cage countersued by business manager

Nov 19, 09 9:33 AM CST
NO, NO, NO

 Amy's Boobs 
 Exploded: Dad 

Winehouse was hospitalized for leaking breasts, Mitch says

Nov 19, 09 9:24 AM CST

 Dakota Fanning 
 Dishes on Kissing 
 Kristen Stewart 


Twilight co-stars get hot and heavy for Runaways

Nov 19, 09 8:51 AM CST

 Perez Puncher 
 Apologizes; 
 Charges 
 Dropped 

Black Eyed Peas manager writes letter, accepts conditions

Nov 18, 09 3:27 PM CST
TAKE THAT, PATTINSON

 Johnny Depp 
 'Sexiest Man 
 Alive' Again 

Jack Sparrow kicks that Twilight kid's butt

Nov 18, 09 10:56 AM CST

 Sex Tape Star 
 to Prejean: 
 Release It! 

But Prejean's lawyer is threatening to sue, so she's still not on board

Nov 18, 09 10:53 AM CST
BAD IDEAS DEPT.

 Porn Director 
 Making Jaycee 
 Dugard Film 

Rep slams Shane Ryan's plan to focus on Jaycee and Phillip Garrido

Nov 18, 09 10:32 AM CST
teenage blasphemy


 Miley Cyrus Is 
 Anti-Twilight 

She's OK with fairies, though

Nov 18, 09 8:51 AM CST

 Biden Yuks It Up With Stewart 

Jon quizzes Joe on the state of the economy and more

Nov 18, 09 8:30 AM CST

 Levi Johnston  
 Gets Steamy 
 for Playgirl 

Sarah Palin's almost-son-in-law poses in the shower

Nov 18, 09 7:21 AM CST

 Palin Memoir: 
 I Inspired 
 Obama's 'Change' 

Palin suggests Dem's '08 adviser lifted Alaska strategy

Nov 18, 09 5:30 AM CST


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

2
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view, will happily kill women to save money. My colleague, Caroline Miller, Newser’s editor in chief, took umbrage in this space the other day about the new guidelines. She noted the obvious cold efficiencies involved with discouraging younger women from having a yearly mammogram, as well as the “patronizing” justification for... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

14
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

7
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that women in their 40s don’t need to endure the annual indignity of baring their breasts to the radiologist after all. That’s because it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who believes that the federal panel changed its recommendation for her benefit. It’s not that the decision doesn’t make sense: It costs a lot to... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

5
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

Does Warren Buffett Know What He’s Talking About?

10
Nov 13, 09 | 6:55 AM BY Michael Wolff

Nobody I know who is smart and rich (albeit much less rich than they used to be) thinks the economy is patched up and ready to roll—except,... More »

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