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This weekend's Kennedy Center Honors marked the last time President Bush and first lady Laura Bush sat alongside the honorees as they watched the tributes unfold on the stage of the institution's opera house last night. Roger Daltrey, who was feted along with a fellow member of the rock group the Who, said the award "means so much." The outgoing president hosted not only one of his wife's favorite musicians - it was the first time a first lady took the stage in the event's 31-year history - but also one of his biggest Hollywood detractors. *snip* This year's honorees...

Peach-coloured toilet roll to match her complexion, and rose petals in the toilet bowl. One hundred-and-twenty designer bathroom towels also in peach. Ten highly specified designer floor lamps. And that's before we get to the insistence that the security team wear 'neat dark sweaters' and use metal detectors. Directing a night shoot in New York for one of her movies, her perfectionism resulted in the production running a few hours behind schedule. Just before one take, she noticed more light than usual. "Where the **** is that light coming from," she screamed. "It's 5.30am," a hesitant crew member responded. "I...

BARBRA STREISAND is sick of advertisments for anti-impotence drugs, deeming them "morally questionnable". The singer and actress claims Hollywood films hardly ever shape our moral attitudes, unlike commercials for CIALIS, which improves a man's ability to function for up to 36 hours. She moans, "I resent this thing about Hollywood and moral values. What movies are out now that have questionable moral values? "You know what I think has questionable moral values? The Cialis commercials."

LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of pieces of memorabilia from Barbra Streisand’s career will be auctioned off June 5, with proceeds going to charities that the Streisand Foundation supports. ...[snip] The auction, dubbed “Her Name is Barbra,” will feature famous items that trace the career of the singer and actress from the early 1960s to today, ...

I have reflected a great deal over the years about the need for dialogue and unity among various minority and progressive communities. The presidential primary process is underway, and this is the time when the candidates within the Democratic party work to differentiate themselves from one other. It is important, however, to keep in mind that the end goal for all of us is to elect a Democratic president who will work to provide a decent education for the most underprivileged children, pass tax cuts for the lower and middle classes rather than the wealthy, protect the environment and a...

"Bush wants to drop the "double tax" on dividends, but that's nothing. Wages withheld for Social Security may get hit three times, a burden on far more (less wealthy) Americans." "The Really Unfair Tax" by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele He uses words that Democrats would use, like "Conservation" and "The Environment", while he's deregulating the polluters and suggesting a tax rebate on SUV's. p.s. More State of The Union hypocrisy to follow. ----------------- Babs' recommended reading for today includes scratch from Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden, and Robert Reich, plus William Rivers Pitt's letter to CNN from 1/16....

Barbra Streisand may have a voice like buttah, but she has an ego as fragile as a china doll. In the latest item on her Website (www.barbrastreisand.com), the songstress takes issue with an ad being run by Republican Marilyn O'Grady, who is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Carolyn McCarthy of New York. According to the "truth alert" posted on Streisand's site, O'Grady has "made a last-ditch effort to win headlines by devising ads in which she blatantly misquoted Barbra Streisand, fabricating outrageous quotes and completely misrepresenting Ms. Streisand's deep opposition to the Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein." The Republican's ad says, "Barbra...

NOT AGAIN?! STREISAND REFERS TO SADDAM AS 'IRANIAN' DICTATOR IN LATEST 'TRUTH ALERT'...

STREISAND WATCHES HER PENNIES Barbra Streisand dined at Arnie Morton's in BevHills with hubby James Brolin, and when the $180 bill came, the diva whipped out a crumpled, 1-year-old $100 discount coupon — then took a calculator from her purse and figured a 15 percent tip only on the $80 she had to cough up! That's right, folks — Ms. MultiMillionaire left a lousy $12 tip for the poor schleps who waited on her!