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Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez|Steely Dan|Sightings Ben Affleck: Did Friends Intervene? Twice last week, before the idiotic B-Lo/J-Lo wedding was called off, I was told the same thing:Ben Affleck‘s close pals staged an “intervention,” the kind used for addicts, to stop his wedding toJennifer Lopez. It looks like they got through …

A federal panel on underage drinking recently called for higher taxes on alcoholic beverages to reduce alcohol consumption by minors. While this recommendation may seem reasonable at first glance, it’s unlikely to work. Moreover, it’s part of an ongoing effort by neo-prohibitionists to reduce alcohol consumption in general. A panel …

To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi. I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Lots of stuff happened while I was gone last week. Looks like Saddam Hussein is alive and making propaganda tapes. More attacks, of course, on American soldiers in Iraq …

NEW YORK – Bush administration efforts to pass new tax cutsand revamp rules on welfare andequal access to school sports, among other issues,have prompted feminist groups to label President Bush as “anti-women.” The National Organization for Women says the administration’s position on Title IX is just the latest evidence that …

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Backstage at theNew York Armory (search), supermodels are vigorously tended to by hair, makeup and nail technicians. • Video: Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show It’s less than an hour before show time, and members of the press mill about, cameras pointed at the ready, waiting for their …

And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Contradicting Votes? Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who is leading the filibuster against the nomination of Miguel Estrada, seems to have completely reversed …

So if the Democrats win it all this year, you can bet the first thing they’re going to do is gloat. Then, of course, they’re going to get high and bang hookers. Then, finally, they will try to resuscitate the corpse that is the Fairness Doctrine. If you don’t know …

Right now, in the press, rage is all the rage. At The New York Times, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich, who may be the same person since they both wear dresses, have columns on the anger-inducing McCain campaign. Dowd calls it “seamy,” and whenever someone mentions Bill Ayers’ name, Rich …

A multi-year recession. Maybe a depression. A president who seemed clueless. And history would prove witless. Investment houses sinking, most likely dying. Investors so burned on the year, they wouldn’t return for many years. Ring a bell? It should. But I’m not talking the view now, in the fall of …

First Review of ‘Australia’ | Kate Winslet Brings Sexy Back — And Reading | Kate and Leo Are Titanic in ‘Revolutionary’ War | Jacko’s Nanny in Hiding | Katie in The Closet; End of ‘Days’; ‘Dreamgirls’ Comes Home; The Climates Are Here; Travis’s Ode First Review of ‘Australia’ The first …