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Chappelle – when he was poor and funny: Come on guys, show me the money! Many of us have probably made joking references to the notion that too much success can drive a person crazy. But now the joke’s actually on funnyman David Chappelle. Because even his Hollywood “friends” are snickering with schadenfreude over reports… Read more.
The BBC published and interesting article yesterday on Ecotourism in Ecuador which serves as a positive update to a recent article ipinions published on efforts by native Indians of the Amazon Basin to protect and reclaim their lands from crass commercial development. Welcome to Ecuador: Imagine destroying these natural habitats in the interest of economic… Read more.
Godzilla returns? Run for your life! This is NOT a test… If any resident of Washington DC believes that America is winning the war on terror, she has to be a hopelessly deluded Republican guest worker. Because for those who live and work in the capital of the United States, 9/11 has made us permanent… Read more.
Today President Bush summoned his junior partners in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) to an emergency meeting in Washington DC. Because it appears that CAFTA has had a big fall and all the President’s partners and all the President’s lobbyists are needed to patch it together again…. In fact, CAFTA is hemorrhaging towards… Read more.
In New York City – where plastic surgery is as commonplace as working out – Jocelyne Wildenstein is considered a plastic surgery freak. And, the reasons are self-evident. Last week she revealed her latest nip/tuck success. And, much to the continuing amusement and consternation of all who have seen her, Ms Wildenstein remains clawed to… Read more.
World leaders from every corner of the earth showed up in Moscow’s Red Square yesterday to pay homage to the Russians who fought so bravely and sacrificed so much to help end Nazi tyranny during World War II. And, in a world that seems beset by the spectre terrorism and nuclear brinkmanship, this occasion demonstrated… Read more.
Prince Albert II of Monaco is a confirmed bachelor. His skirt-chasing street cred rivals Warren Beatty’s. That is until Annette Benning domesticated a 55-year-old Beatty. And he was still virile. Because, instead of skirts, he’s chasing kids – four of them. Monaco’s first Black Prince Unlike Beatty, however, Albert has been carefree about planting his seed in… Read more.
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Blair wins! But in the sadomasochistic culture of British politics, winning simply isn’t good enough. Click here to read why members of his own Party have wiped that winning smirk right off Blair’s face. News and Politics Read more.
President Bush rang Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy yesterday to express America’s profound sympathies for the accidental killing of Nicola Calipari – an Italian secret agent who he described as “a heroic servant of Italy and esteemed friend of the United States”. Calipari was killed by American soldiers moments after he procured the release of… Read more.
