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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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  Top 9 Oprah Moments 

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

Nov 20, 09 9:42 AM CST
HOWARD K STERN HEARING

 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


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
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

17
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

8
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

7
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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