Bruce Springsteen | Michael Jackson | Kelly Clarkson | Odds ‘n’ Ends Bruce Springsteen to Release New E Street Band Album in Fall The general disarray at Sony Music’s Columbia Records may have a savior: Bruce Springsteen. The Boss, as we still call him, is apparently planning a new album …
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12 November
McDonald's Is America's Secret Weapon
Last week The New York Times blasted McDonald’s for its new product, the “Hugo” — a drink so big it could drown a cat. What peeves The Times is that the “Hugo ads are available in several languages,” the paper scolds, making sure that minorities — who are more adversely …
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12 November
No Sex Change for 'Matrix' Director Larry Wachowski
Larry Wachowski | Beatles Movie | ‘Romance’; Halle Berry | Luciano Pavarotti ‘Matrix’ Director: No Sex Change, Thanks Larry Wachowski is still a man. The co-director of the “Matrix” movies was rumored to have had a sex-change operation recently. Internet sites started buzzing recently that Larry was now called Lana. …
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12 November
The Flipside of News
I wonder what would happen if for one day we turned reporting on numbers upside down. For example, report that 99.9998 percent of all planes — commercial and commuter — landed safely last year without incident. Or that 95.3 percent of Americans are working. Or that 92 percent of all …
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12 November
Who's Behind the Bombing?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is placing the blame for the Samarra mosque bombing at the feet of the U.S. and Israel. According to Reuters, the Iranian leader told a sympathetic crowd, “These heinous acts are committed by a group of Zionists and …
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12 November
Withholding Judgment
Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Dear Viewers, Thursday night I got an e-mail from a viewer who wrote that being a celebrity does not mean one is innocent. I agree. Likewise, being a celebrity does not make you guilty. Facts should …
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12 November
Journalists Press for Protection in Wake of Plame Prosecution
WASHINGTON – Bolstered by public support for the ability to guard anonymous sources after a high-profile case sent one reporter to a federal jail, journalists and their advocates say they are hoping Congress will successfully step in on their behalf. “The momentum has been building and is continuing to build, …
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12 November
Death Penalty Concerns Don't Translate on Political Stage
NEW YORK – With a number of last-minute exonerations handed to death row inmates lately, a crisis of conscience appears to be growing over the death penalty in this country. For those who doubt it, one need only look at Alabama, one of the unlikeliest of places for the penalty’s …
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12 November
Jacko 'Major-Domo' Lied About Cashing In
Michael Jackson | Hollywood Star-Spotting | Mariah Carey Jacko ‘Major-Domo’ Lied About Cashing In Former self-described Neverland Ranch “major domo” Philip LeMarque told a lot of tall tales on the witness stand last week. On Friday, LeMarque pretended he was above selling stories about his former employer’s alleged acts of …
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12 November
Failing to Follow Through
More bad news about the 9/11 charity situation. You may remember back on September 21, all the networks simultaneously broadcast a concert to benefit the 9/11 families and others who were directly affected by the terror attack. Off that concert, CDs and cassettes went on sale, released December 4. Well, …
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