Britney Spears might be cleaning up her act. First we spotted her shopping for underwear, now she’s been snapped wearing the Star of David around her neck. Click here to see the photo So is the Southern Baptist Brit converting for her new boy toy, Jewish model Isaac Cohen? While …
Read More »GRRR! The Vincent Chase Factor
Vincent Chase is the coolest actor in Hollywood. The only thing I can think of to Grrr about HBO’s “Entourage” is that at 30 minutes, the show’s not long enough. Perhaps filming twice as many episodes and showing back-to-back new ones every Sunday would satisfy my appetite a little better, …
Read More »Shuttle Endeavour's Stem-to-Stern Overhaul
After almost five years rooted on Earth, NASA’s shuttle Endeavour is again being primed for launch after a major overhaul to upgrade and refit the 100-ton space plane. The shuttle and its STS-118 astronaut crew are slated to launch Aug. 7 on a construction mission to the International Space Station …
Read More »Watergate Plotter and Spy E. Howard Hunt Dead at 88
Everette Howard Hunt, the man who helped plan the Watergate break-in and wiretapping operation, is dead at age 88, FOX News has learned. Hunt, who worked as a White House consultant for former President Richard Nixon, died Tuesday after a lengthy bout of pneumonia at North Shore Hospital in his …
Read More »Public Displays of Affection and Marital Bliss
“Bunny” and “Schnugems” are breaking up. You don’t know them, but they’re getting a divorce. They’re friends of mine and they’re about the last couple in the world I thought would break up. They were big on public shows of affection — I mean, really big. Touching each other. Hugging …
Read More »Steroids and Superstars
Steroid possession without prescription is illegal in America. You can go to jail for doing that. But until 2004, Major League baseball didn’t even ban steroid use. So some big name players indulged. In the summer of 2000, I was on the air with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver at …
Read More »Humbled By the Enormity of Space
Imagine being reduced to a rounding error. Imagine your whole life. Your parents’ lives. Their parents’ lives, reduced to a flash, an instant, an afterthought. Imagine space. At the risk of sounding a little too deep for a Friday, imagine this NASA spacecraft set to launch Monday. Its mission: to …
Read More »Al Qaeda and the 2008 Presidential Race
Al Qaeda and the 2008 presidential race, that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points” Memo. Presidential Homeland Security adviser Frances Townsend answered press questions today about a national intelligence report that says Al Qaeda is getting stronger. According to the Bush administration, the chaos in Pakistan is a …
Read More »Winemakers Rely on Lions and Tigers and Bare … Marilyn Monroe to Sell Their Bottles of Red and White
Can a monkey convince you to buy a certain wine? How about Marilyn Monroe? A number of winemakers believe they can, and so-called “adventure” or “lifestyle” wines — those with fun labels and catchy names — have been pouring into the market in recent years. Images of a scantily clad …
Read More »Lucky Day?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Russian Rhetoric When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently called on Russia to “act responsibly” in a dispute with Ukraine and continue supplying it with natural gas, it brought out the worst in a notorious Russian politician. The leader of Russia’s Liberal …
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