The mayor of Newark, New Jersey Cory Booker is protecting foreign criminals who commit crimes in his city. Booker and his predecessor Sharp James ordered police and officers of the court not to alert federal authorities when aliens both legal and illegal are arrested for criminal activity. Even though three …
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He was the most important advisor to our most important ally. Held in high esteem by politicos. Reviled by angry journalists hungry for a scoop. But on this quiet Saturday morning, Alastair Campbell was an unassuming fellow in a simple suit, carrying his own Starbucks coffee and greeting me as …
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Perception and aging have always traveled together, hand in hand. But aging isn’t only about crow’s-feet around the eyes, gray hair, comfortable shoes, and flannel pants. Aging is about the experiences that time brings. It’s about coming full circle. I think it’s a beautiful thing. There is nothing more elegant …
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Having children keeps me on my toes. I am one of those parents who is always checking up on the kids–it drives my wife crazy! I have to admit this behavior of mine could drive anyone crazy. But can you blame me? I have spent most of my adult life …
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He is not a rich man. He is a doorman. And this cold New York day he’s holding what looks like at least a dozen thick envelopes in his woolen gloved hand. I kid with him. “Season going well, I see.” “Oh these aren’t mine, Neil,” he explains. “These are …
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Bruce Springsteen | Michael Jackson | Kelly Clarkson | Odds ‘n’ Ends Bruce Springsteen to Release New E Street Band Album in Fall The general disarray at Sony Music’s Columbia Records may have a savior: Bruce Springsteen. The Boss, as we still call him, is apparently planning a new album …
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Last week The New York Times blasted McDonald’s for its new product, the “Hugo” — a drink so big it could drown a cat. What peeves The Times is that the “Hugo ads are available in several languages,” the paper scolds, making sure that minorities — who are more adversely …
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Larry Wachowski | Beatles Movie | ‘Romance’; Halle Berry | Luciano Pavarotti ‘Matrix’ Director: No Sex Change, Thanks Larry Wachowski is still a man. The co-director of the “Matrix” movies was rumored to have had a sex-change operation recently. Internet sites started buzzing recently that Larry was now called Lana. …
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NEW YORK – If you’re a film buff, you’ve heard all the chatter surrounding Friday’s release of the uber-indie, uber-low-budget flick “Bubble,” which is coming out in five dozen theaters and on cable at the same time — and on DVD a few days later. It is the first movie …
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Mariah’s Up; Where’s Tommy? | Hell Freezes Over | A ‘History’ of Popularity | Sightings Mariah’s Up, So Where’s Tommy? Is the infamous, legendary, reviled, beloved, scorned and sometimes scary Tommy Mottola officially retired from the music business? Maybe not yet, but consider all of this: His celebrated ex-wife, Mariah …
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