Her Majesty getting tough on terror.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (news - web sites) delivers her speech in the House of Lords. The British government announced a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organized crime, as the Queen set out its new lawmaking agenda ahead of expected polls next year.(AFP/POOL/Kirsty
A very grateful guy this Thanksgiving.
November 23, 2004 -- Mega Millions winner Juan Rodriguez's entire life savings couldn't buy him a cup of joe.
The $149 million man — the biggest single winner in New York lottery history — had just 78 cents in his bank account the day he filed for bankruptcy, court papers show.
The destitute 49-year-old Queens man was almost $45,000 in debt — and considering he only earned $31,000 a year as a parking attendant, there was no way he could repay it. More
Brains are not a requirement to be Mrs. Nicholas Cage.
November 23, 2004 -- SOMEBODY get Nicolas Cage's new wife, Alice, an American history book — and quick! Spies at the L.A. premiere of "National Treasure" last week said Alice, 20, seemed befuddled when someone talked to her about the Declaration of Independence. "She looked at them and said, 'What is the Declaration of Independence?' " our witness relates — an account confirmed by another attendee. Cage, 40, quickly came to the rescue and said, "I'm sorry — please don't ask my wife any history questions." Another source said, "Nic is so odd — a day before he married Alice, he was asking friends for advice because he didn't want to go through with the wedding. He just can't be alone." Cage and Alice met on Valentine's Day at a sushi joint where she was a waitress, and just six months later tied the knot. Annett Wolff, Cage's representative, said: "I am sure Alice knows about the Declaration of Independence and they could not be more in love or happy."
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/32101.htm
Rut roh!
November 23, 2004 --
IS George Pataki a "girlie-man," as his gubernatorial colleague Arnold Schwarzenegger would phrase it? The guv is declining to respond to William F. Buckley, who called Pataki "epicene" in a recent piece in the New Yorker as he dismissed Pataki's prospects as a presidential candidate in 2008. "Epicene" means "common to both sexes" and "effeminate," although Buckley probably meant it in its other definition, "neither one thing nor the other." We'll apparently never know how Pataki took it. He wouldn't comment when the Albany Times-Union called last week and when PAGE SIX called yesterday. Other meanings given for "epicene" are "sexless, neutered and unmanly."
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/32093.htm
From the Twilight Zone:
SINGER Moby will be honored Mon day at the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room. It happens during this year's Music Has Power Awards, and Moby's efforts for the Institute for Neurologic Function are being recognized.
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm
Can't remember if this was already posted on the last thread, sorry if so...
The nerve of these celebrattys. I'm so grateful we have such a gracious first couple. I'm NOT grateful for pompass blowhard brats who think anyone outside their little bubble wants their opinion.
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Strong-willed [aka RUDE] celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz gave President Bush her two cents after a Vogue shoot at the White House.
The fashion bible has a tradition of featuring the president after every election, so they rushed Leibovitz and feature editor Julia Reed down to D.C. on Nov. 11 to get the story in time for the January issue. But after the president and First Lady Laura Bush posed for her lens, Leibovitz surprised everyone, including Reed, by letting him have a piece of her mind.
"These are going to be hard times ahead," the fearless snapper admonished the prez, according to sources.
Liebovitz could not be reached for comment.
http://www.nypost.com/gossip/elisa.htm