Why Michelle Is Sliding
Linda Hirshman is a retired professor of philosophy. She is the author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World, and a columnist at DoubleX.com. She is writing a book about the gay revolution.
As the first lady wades into the health-care debate, she's grappling with an 11-point drop in the polls. Linda Hirshman on why being first lady is harder than ever.
What's in the Fabloids
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Tom Cruise talks to ashtrays, the Beckhams get micro-pigs, and Angelina's adopting-without Brad's consent, say the tabloids. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
What's in the Fabloids
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Fergie and Josh Duhamel are shocked by a stripper's allegation, Angelina may be sleeping with women, and Kate Gosselin has another epiphany. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
What's in the Fabloids
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Oprah hits the bottle, Brad and Angelina wed in secret, and the Octomom and Jon Gosselin are ready to start dating. VIEW OUR GALLERY.
That sound of teens collectively sighing and crying throughout the country is the reaction to the reported break-up between Robert Pattison and Kri...
What's in the Fabloids
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Angelina is afraid of hugging, Levi may be manscaping for Playgirl, and Paris Hilton calls Jon Gosselin "a hungry tiger"-say the tabs. VIEW OUR GALLERY
Letterman's Immaculate Confession
Rebecca Dana is a culture correspondent for The Daily Beast. A former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has also written for the New York Times, the New York Observer, Rolling Stone and Slate, among other publications.
By avoiding bumbling euphemism in his big announcement last week, David Letterman has perfected the art of disclosure, argues The Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana.
Hollywood's Baby Daddy Drama
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Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi is pregnant-but who's the father? From Elizabeth Hurley and Anna Nicole to Charlie Chaplin and Michael Jackson, VIEW OUR GALLERY of paternal mysteries.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
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Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
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