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What do the World Bank and Barney Fife have in common? Give up? They both freak out when things hit the fan. Fife, Don Knotts’ character on the Andy Griffith Show, would always lose it when things got a little hot and heavy in Mayberry. I think Barney would get …

Dennis Quaid | Mike Nichols| Pop Charts| Danis Tanovic Dennis Quaid Likes Marilyn Monroe in the Buff At least one Hollywood star whose sexual preference we don’t have to wonder about: Recently Dennis Quaidpopped into the Russeck Art Gallery in Soho and purchased a famous photograph of Marilyn Monroe. The …

Springtime for Hitler and Boom Time for Broadway as Mel Brooks Musical Opens Around 11:30 last night, Harvey Weinstein— who invested in The Producers with his brotherBob — handed the front-page review from The New York Times to Sarah Jessica Parker. She read it partly aloud and partly to herself, …

NEW YORK – Lyme disease strikes more than 15,000 people in the U.S. every year, and strikes fear in many more. But three new studies suggest that the threat of infection has been exaggerated. Even if you are bitten by a Lyme-infected tick, one dose of medicine can cure you. …

Brando’s Autumn On Hold | Michael Jackson: You Read It Here First | James Carr Brando’s AutumnOn Hold as Strike Looms Marlon Brando‘s big comeback was meant to be as the star of a movie adaptation ofGabriel Garcia Marquez‘sAutumn of the Patriarch.Sean Pennwas supposed to directAutumn, but two obstacles have …

Some action on the Jesse Jackson front, and that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. The financial weekly Barron’s is reporting that Jackson is trying to involve himself in the enormous pension fund the state of Illinois oversees. A political ally of Jackson’s, Representative Todd Stroger from Chicago, …

Last November “The Factor” drove the O.J. Simpson book story even though the parent company of the FOX News Channel was paying Simpson and I don’t believe that would have happened at any other network but Fox News allowed me to drill Simpson between the eyes and the public outcry …

D-Day for Britney | Bruce: No Radio Play | Denise Rich Raises $5M for Cancer | Rotten Meets Cruise D-Day for Britney: New CD Drops Today is D-Day for Britney Spears. Or was it Saturday? “Blackout,” Spears’ new CD, was to be released to stores on Tuesday. Will fans buy …

Now for your Grrrs: Terese K. writes: I have a couple of new Grrrs that I haven’t seen. Recently, I had to spend in excess of $500 to have my lawn repaired. We were going through a dry spell and had a watering ban in place for the area. Some …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Blast from the Past Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has added former Bill Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger to the team. Berger stole highly classified terrorism documents from the national archives prior to the 9/11 Commission hearings — stuffing them into his …