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SANTA YNEZ, Calif. – Michael Jackson’s defense team is spending a quiet weekend resting at the pop diva’s Neverland Ranch. Members of Team Jackson, their families, and their children repaired to Neverland late Friday afternoon to enjoy a weekend filled with Memorial Day activities. “We’ll be doing a lot of

WOODINVILLE, Wash. – Queen Elizabeth issued a brief press release yesterday explaining that she did not attend the wedding of Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau because she feared her presence would turn the ceremony into a media curiosity. Many royal watchers interpreted the queen’s absence as a snub to

BAGHDAD – Condoleezza Rice paid a surprise visit to Iraq today to entertain American troops there, unveiling a seldom-seen dimension of her personality—a kick-ass talent for singing and dancing. Rice took the stage in an impromptu “arena” set up in the heavily guarded “green zone” of Baghdad and proceeded to

LOS ANGELES – For the last twenty-five years American Idol judge and former entertainer Paula Abdul has valiantly struggled against a rare, difficult-to-diagnose condition that has caused her extreme mental, physical, and emotional turmoil. Abdul told a US Weekly reporter that she has chosen “this moment in time” to talk about the

(From the AP wire) WEST CHESTER, PA—Widely popular Internet satire site Postcards from the Pug Bus was stuck in an off-line ditch for five-and-a-half hours on Tuesday May 10. Although bloggers and The New York Times website initially reported that Pug Bus was offline because it had been hacked—either by outraged Rolling

LAS VEGAS – According to oddsmakers here, the over-under figure for the Renee Zellweger-Kenny Chesney marriage is eight months, and most of the early money has been wagered on the under. Vegas actuaries who determine the odds for celebrity marriages say that a number of reasons account for those trends.

STILLWATER, N.J. – The celebrated piece of toast with a carved likeness of runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks on it has gone missing. Perry Lonzello, 48, of Stillwater, N.J., who drew the startling image of Wilbanks onto a slice of toasted Wonder Bread two weeks ago, placed a frantic call to