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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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 2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna 

Sandeep Kapoor wrote in diary about tryst with Anna Nicole Smith

Oct 29, 09 9:37 AM CDT
mj lives

 Zombies Unite 
 to Challenge 
 Thriller Record 

Undead throngs dance to honor Michael Jackson's memory

Oct 25, 09 2:49 PM CDT

 Beyoncé Scraps Malaysia Show 

Singer postpones date after criticism by conservative Muslim group

Oct 19, 09 2:05 PM CDT

 Heroes to Kill Major Character 

We just don't who yet, only that it's a male

Oct 13, 09 3:30 PM CDT

 Twins' Granny Likes That Hef 

Kristina and Karissa's grandma is happy for her girls

Oct 8, 09 10:26 AM CDT

 Elizabeth Taylor 
 to Have Heart Surgery 

Actress says procedure will fix a leaky valve without open heart surgery

Oct 6, 09 5:30 PM CDT
VIDEO

 Letterman 'Manipulating' 
 Audience: Halderman Lawyer 

Robert Halderman's attorney also wonders why Letterman would pay by check

Oct 5, 09 12:30 PM CDT

 SNL's F-Bomb 
 Coulda Been 
 Staged 

The circumstances leading to Jenny Slate's viral video moment are awfully suspicious

Sep 29, 09 8:34 AM CDT

 Papas' Song About Mackenzie 
 Gets New, Creepy Meaning 

After incest claims, recently unearthed Phillips song sounds seriously inappropriate

Sep 25, 09 8:15 AM CDT
VIDEO

 DWTS Offers Swayze Tribute 

Patrick Swayze, a "friend" of the series, was honored on last night's results show

Sep 24, 09 7:28 AM CDT

 Travolta Recounts Effort 
 to Save 'Autistic' Jett 

Continuing testimony could be key in $25M extortion case

Sep 23, 09 12:59 PM CDT

 Hasselhoff Was 
 Dizzy, Not Drunk 

Reps for the Baywatch actor claim medication, not alcohol, led to collapse

Sep 22, 09 9:32 AM CDT

 Kate's New 'Do in Full View 


Sep 15, 09 8:13 PM CDT

 Kate Wants a Talk Show, 
 Jon Keeps Partying 

The Gosselins are back, with Kate on The View and Jon on the party circuit

Sep 15, 09 11:16 AM CDT

 Male Stripper Flings 
 Self at Clooney 

Venice fan: 'I think I am in love with you...Please take me'

Sep 9, 09 9:18 AM CDT

 ABC Primetime Rips Jon Apart 

Chris Cuomo sees midlife-crisis dad exploiting kids in Jon Gosselin interview

Sep 9, 09 8:34 AM CDT

 Clooney Unveils 
 New Gal in Venice 

Berlusconi-esque: Elisabetta Canalis is Italian TV presenter

Sep 8, 09 4:30 PM CDT

 Sharpton Tweets 
 During Jackson 
 Burial 

Reverend's thumbs stay busy during historic ceremony

Sep 4, 09 2:39 PM CDT

Demi Threatens Lawsuit Over Pics of Daughter

Gossip blogger Perez Hilton linked to photos of Tallulah WIllis

Sep 4, 09 10:57 AM CDT

 Lindsay, Nicole Among 
 DJ AM Mourners 

Service held at Hollywood Palladium

Sep 4, 09 7:55 AM CDT

 DJ AM Left $1M, No Will 

Late DJ's mother asks to be named as sole heir

Sep 3, 09 5:32 AM CDT

Sesame Street, View Among Daytime Emmy Winners

Susan Haskell, Christian Leblanc, Darin Brooks take home honors

Aug 31, 09 9:58 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Galleon Scandal: Shocked, Shocked by Insider Trading

5
Nov 6, 09 | 9:26 AM BY Michael Wolff

How is it that we get a major insider trading scandal every two decades or so? The last big one, which ultimately ensnarled Michael Milken, the legendary junk bond king, happened in the late eighties. The current one, with a mass of arrests yesterday, threatens the hedge fund industry. It seems reasonable to assume from the intermittent decades of prosecution that this particular sort of financial larceny is quite a rare bird and when it rears its head the Feds pounce.... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad but Cute

10
Nov 5, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

The Wall Street Journal was a great paper. It is still a pretty great paper but it is not the great Wall Street Journal.... More »

Skype Lives!

15
Nov 4, 09 | 8:33 AM BY Michael Wolff

I follow entrepreneurial dramas the way other people follow sports (did somebody win the World Series?). In these comedies, tragedies,... More »

Why the GOP Will Rise Again

25
Nov 3, 09 | 9:11 AM BY Michael Wolff

The strange business that is going on in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which occupies some other universe than the one... More »

Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston: How They Took America

21
Nov 2, 09 | 8:40 AM BY Michael Wolff

Of all the outcomes of the 2008 presidential election, the strangest, beyond the rise of Sarah Palin herself, is the success of Levi Johnston.... More »

Why the Media Is Taking So Long to Die

17
Oct 30, 09 | 9:21 AM BY Michael Wolff

I participated the other night in an oddly formal, anglophilic, Oxford-style, for-and-against-the-proposition debate on the topic of (you... More »

How the Internet Got Lost and Why Google’s GPS Won’t Show Us the Way Out

11
Oct 29, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

I had lunch yesterday with my old friend and former colleague, Chip Bayers, who, 15 years ago this week, after having left my fledgling... More »

Pot Will Save Us

39
Oct 28, 09 | 11:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Wow. Pot. Just like that, on its way to being legalized. Well, just like that after 50 years or so. In order to save itself from financial... More »

Is Obama a Sleaze?

31
Oct 27, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

So it turns out there’s a reason the president hasn’t wrapped up health care or Iraq, figured out Afghanistan, closed Guantanamo,... More »

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