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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Jon and Kate Finalize
Details of Split

She gets primary custody; he doesn't object

 John Kerry: 
 My Daughter Wasn't 
 Legally Drunk 

Says Alexandra was busted for expired tags, but passed test

Martha Stewart:
I Lost a Billion Bucks in Prison

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

bloodthirsty

 Twilight Star: 
 I Got a Fan 
 to Strip for Me 

Pattinson talks to DeGeneres, Letterman about over-zealous fans

TAKE THAT, PATTINSON

 Johnny Depp 
 'Sexiest Man 
 Alive' Again 

Jack Sparrow kicks that Twilight kid's butt

BAD IDEAS

 Levi Gets Parenting 
 Tips ... From Jon 

Johnston sympathizes with fellow single dad Gosselin

 Celine Dion Not 
 Pregnant After All 

Husband reveals IVF didn't take, they will try again for second child

 Abdul-Jabbar Has Cancer 

NBA legend goes public with leukemia diagnosis

 Boyle to Sing on 
 Dancing With the Stars 

Scottish sensation flying to LA next week

 Kate Winslet 
 Wins $40K in 
 'Body Image' 
 Libel Suit 

Daily Mail lied in saying she lied about exercise, self-acceptance

 Seacrest 'Fine' 
 After Stalker 
 Arrest 

LA cops arrest man armed with knife at E! office

 Guru Twittered About 
 Sweat Lodge Death 

But a source close to James Arthur Ray says this is common imagery

WATCH THE VIDEO

 Hailey: 
 Jon Has 
 'Mantrums' 

Glassman talks Gosselin—and the strangers who call her a 'fat whore'

CaLIF. WOMEN'S CONFERENCE



 Swayze Widow: 
 I'll See Him Again 

Lisa Niemi, Elizabeth Smart, Maria Shriver take part in Women's Conference

In Memoir, Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth

In Open, due Nov. 9, tennis star says he lied to avoid punishment

award season

 Ricky Gervais 
 Will Host Golden Globes  

Show hasn't had emcee since 1995

SO THERE

 Jon: I Paid Back the Money 

Gosselin says he's in compliance, but Kate has yet to account for spending

parents of the year

Jon Returns Cash, But Kate Doesn't: Lawyer

Kate will faces contempt for declining to account for $55,000

Winehouse's New Boobs
'Are Great,' Dad Reports

Mitch says his daughter 'looks absolutely fantastic'

IF WE PROMISE TO MISS YOU...


 Kate Answers 
 Your Burning 
 Questions 

Meanwhile, Jon wants $12K per hour. Oh, those wacky Gosselins!

 FAA Starts Own 
 Balloon Boy Probe 

Flight delays at Denver airport during caper could result in fines

 'Swap Wife' 
 Calls Heene 
 Mad Wiz 
 With Temper 

'My dad can really yell,' son told her

 Hasselbeck Returns to View, Talks Nipple

Elisabeth accidentally sent racy photo of baby, cleavage to family

 Lilo: I Didn't Know 
 About the Pasties 

Lohan claims lack of time, experience to blame for sad state of Ungaro show



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Books Are Bad for You

16
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium. I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil. They’re pernicious. They represent themselves as being one thing, when they’re insidiously the opposite. Sarah Palin, for instance, did not write her... More »

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,... 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... 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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