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Famed Beverly Hills Courier columnist George Christy gives you an insider’s peek into Hollywood’s A-list parties and personalities. The impact of eBay auctions is spawning a gigantic crush of collectors. So informs Tom Gregory, 49, who’s amassed one of the great collections of more than 400 autographed photographs of cinema …

Source: Bethenny Frankel’s Engagement Fake, Could Be Sued? Bethenny Frankel’s professional life couldn’t be better with reports she has just landed her own spin-off reality show “The Skinny & the City” to apparently debut this fall (Bravo declined to comment), and personally things are looking pretty positive too with news …

Jacko|’Knots Landing’ and Maroon 5|’Collateral’ Jacko: Cash Poor, House Hunting in Miami Michael Jackson is returning to Miami’s South Beach this week with his huge entourage and a running meter on skyrocketing expenses. He’s told friends that he wants to buy a house in Miami and will be starting tohunt …

There’s nothing like a brush with mortality to force you to think about more than the everyday worries of life. I guess what got me thinking was the news that British Prime MinisterTony Blair (search)was checking himself into a hospital to deal with an irregular heartbeat. The news comes only …

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 …

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 …

TEHRAN, Iran – In his soccer-playing youth, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was renowned for two valuable skills: speed, and his ability to fake out an opponent with fancy footwork. Of course, he mostly played indoor, or salon soccer, on a smaller-than-normal field. Today, the fleet-footed footballer-turned-president of Iran is using the same …

Before two-time Olympic figure skater Randy Gardner could nail the throw triple salchow with his partner, Tai Babilonia, he had to see the complicated jump and landing in his mind. “It worked almost instantaneously,” the world pair champion, U.S. National pair champion and Los Angeles-based coach and choreographer tells WebMD. …

When singer J.D. Fortune won last year’s “Rock Star” competition to become the lead singer of INXS, his claim to fame was a tune he wrote called “Pretty Vegas.” Today, that catchy tune can be heard on top 40 and adult alternative rotations on both terrestrial and satellite radio several …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The New York Times (search) has been asking lawyers who specialize in adoption cases for advice on how to get into the sealed court records on Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ (search) two adopted children. There is no indication The Times had …