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Who's the one person capable of knocking Oprah Winfrey out of Forbes' top spot on the list of the world's most powerful celebs? Angelina Jolie. Winfrey, who topped the list last year, was dethroned and moved to the No. 2 spot on the annual Forbes list, which came out yesterday. "Though viewership for the self-made billionaire's flagship chat fest, The Oprah Winfrey Show, continues to erode, her earning power remains resilient," the list said. The Celebrity 100 list ranks the rich and famous based on media exposure and earnings over the past year.

You saw the earlier post about Palin spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton slamming the new unauthorized Palin biography, written by an assistant People magazine editor, as inaccurate.

Palin disputes 'fantasies' in new book By: Andy Barr February 18, 2009 01:18 PM EST The newly released “Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin,” written by People magazine Assistant Editor Lorenzo Benet, contains an intriguing claim that runs counter to previously published reports about how the Alaska governor ended up as GOP presidential nominee John McCain’s running mate. According to the new book, the Alaska governor learned that she was on the vice-presidential shortlist at a February 2008 governors’ meeting in Washington — six months earlier than recounted in a statement released in August by the McCain campaign. But...

People Magazine has announced its annual 10 Best Dressed Women list, and we agree with almost all of the mag’s choices. Rihanna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Fergie

Elizabeth Edwards authorized a friend to attack John Edwards over his "she was in remission" interview on Nightline. That's the stunning assertion of Sandra Westfall, the "People" magazine writer who authored the article [excerpt here] containing the friend's crticism. Westfall was a guest on tonight's Verdict with Dan Abrams. DAN ABRAMS: Sandra, let me start with you. Is it fair to say that the story that you guys have in this week's magazine is effectively Elizabeth Edwards' side of the story? SANDRA WESTFALL: You know, she authorized her brother and her best friend to speak to me on her behalf....

Rush Limbaugh likes to joke that he has "half my brain tied behind my back, just to keep it fair." But there's no sign Michelle Obama [file photo] was anything but serious when she said something similar in a current People magazine interview, h/t Michelle Malkin, claiming she could be "very competent" on policy putting in only a 70% effort. Throw in a couple more statements from Mrs. Obama in the interview attesting to her own intellect, and a picture emerges of a woman either very sure of her smarts . . . or perhaps in need of reassuring others--and...

Here's how Jeri Kehn Thompson felt when she learned her husband, the former senator named Fred, had decided to run for president: “I felt so sick. I was depressed. I didn’t want to throw my husband to the snakes.” We learn this and more in a kind of coming-out interview in People magazine, coming out today. It's titled "No Trophy Wife" because, absent any information to the contrary, many in American society make assumptions about a 65-year-old man being married to a beautiful woman 24 years younger. The story opens with the former Jeri Kehn in sweatpants and ragged nails...

What does it say about the poisonous state of our political system when 35% of Democrats believe that an American president knew in advance of a mass-murder, terrorist attack that killed 3000 people, mostly Americans?

First Daughter Barbara Bush had her purse and cell phone stolen as she had dinner in a restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, even though she was being guarded by a detail of Secret Service agents, according to law enforcement reports made available to ABC News. It was not the only mishap on the two-week trip to Argentina by Barbara (right) and her twin sister Jenna (left). A Secret Service agent on the advance detail got into an "altercation" with someone after a night out and was badly beaten, according to the law enforcement reports. The Secret Service said today the...

SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based Coast Guard petty officer is one of the 50 hottest bachelors named by People magazine in its issue released Friday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Miramontez, 25, is one of just five non-celebrities on the list, Coast Guard public affairs officer Anastasia Devlin said. “They did a celebrity thing, but five of the 50 were rescuers nationwide,” Devlin said. “They took in a lot of pictures and his was selected.” Miramontez is deserving of the honor, Devlin said. “Oh, yes. He looks a little Italian. The tall, dark and handsome type,” she said. While...

When writer Marcia Segelstein headed to the bookstore to scout out books for her 12-year-old, she wasn’t sure what to expect. But she certainly didn’t expect rampant drinking, drug use, profanity, and explicit descriptions of sex and nudity. Nevertheless, that’s exactly what she found. Segelstein’s daughter had been clamoring to read the Gossip Girl series, which “‘all’ of her friends were reading,” she said. After seeing what was in the books, Segelstein was floored. But a school librarian confirmed, “They’re very popular among sixth and seventh graders.” Even worse, the librarian added, “Some parents are so happy that their kids...

How badly does the media want to see Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald succeed in hobbling the Bush administration with additional indictments? Here's one clue. People magazine just named the gangly, balding, pasty-faced prosecutor to its "Sexiest Man Alive" list. People's editors apparently thought giving Fitzgerald top honors in the "sexiest" category would make them appear too craven. So instead they put him under the heading of "Smart Guys" complete with a photo that People said testifies to his "incorruptible appeal." Asked about the "Sexiest" honor on Friday, Fitzgerald blushed before telling the Chicago Sun-Times: "I almost enjoy going back to...

Advocacy Group Blasts 'Lack of Inclusiveness' in Teen Sex PollBy Susan JonesCNSNews.com Morning EditorFebruary 01, 2005 (CNSNews.com) - A homosexual advocacy group is upset with an NBC News/People magazine poll that questioned teenagers about their sexual attitudes and experiences -- but did not include questions about sexual orientation. The results of the poll are published in the Jan 27 issue of People and were broadcast on Katie Couric's recent special, "The 411: Teens & Sex." "While the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association applauds the efforts of NBC News and People Magazine in commissioning a landmark poll of teenagers and their...

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004 Gibson's 'Passion' Cover a Best Seller For anyone who cares about People magazine, its cover story in March on Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" sold 1.7 million copies, its best seller for the first half of the year. The big loser was Martha Stewart Living, who circulation sank 19 percent, to 1.9 million, the New York Daily News reported.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/8/17/152006.shtml

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Parenting: You only get one chance to do it right My family recently returned from one of our legendary Hagelin road trips: Two adults, six children (three of them friends), a dog, a van and 20 hours of highway. Both ways. We get a lot of camaraderie out of such trips. We rinse off a lot of sand. We go through a lot of suntan lotion. And we eat a lot of food you won't find on the surgeon general's recommended list anytime soon. Sometimes, we nearly kill each other – but, all in all, these family trips are loads...

<p>Want to read People magazine online? Soon, it might cost you.</p> <p>America Online and sister magazine publisher Time Inc. are discussing an agreement under which a substantial portion of the content on Time Inc.'s currently free Web sites could be transferred onto America Online's struggling proprietary service, company executives say.</p>

I was alerted to this from a source of mine and ran out and picked up a copy. Great new pictures, and there is the one of Ann holding the gun. They captioned it liberal bait. LOL

I rarely gasp when I look at a magazine cover, but a recent issue of People astonished me. First Lady Laura Bush was on the cover, captured, I thought, in a harsh and unflattering light - one that showed every wrinkle on her smiling face. At the time, I wondered how difficult it would have been for the photographer to shoot Mrs. Bush from a different angle, in a different light. People magazine, after all, routinely features actors and models to their best advantage. The beautiful people always look beautiful on People's cover. While contemplating the prospective political underpinnings...