His Mama Taught Him How To Handle Paparazzi
Before a recent luncheon honoring George magazine’s “20 Most Fascinating Women In Politics,” publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. was asked about a report that Princess Diana had said she hoped her sons would learn to handle celebrity as well as he does.
“My mother was a very strong woman, and we learned from her,” Kennedy said of the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
And as for being in the public eye, a questioner added, what about the current issue of George, which displays a darkly lighted photo of Kennedy in the nude?
“I wanted to see the reaction,” he said. “It was a sociological experiment. Every summer there are 30 photographers out there taking pictures of me swimming. This was rather tame compared to a lot of those images.”
Loose talk
Stanford’s campus newspaper editor, on respecting Chelsea Clinton’s privacy: “Of course, if she involves herself in a newsworthy event, we’ll cover it - for example, if she founds a Stanford Democratic Club.”
What hair dye does he use? Hi-Ho Silver, Away!
Clayton Moore turns 83 today.
Suppose it was one of those wax models?
Speaking of snoops, former CIA modeling shop director Kenny Lane tells the Washington Post that every time Chinese leader Mao Zedong’s picture was in the news, “The only thing you could see was his head. He was always in a river up to his neck … you can identify a person by their ear, so they had us build this 12-inch (replica of his) ear to figure out whether it was him or a stand-in.”
Or in other words, be a big, fat ideologue
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, whose serious-minded nationally syndicated radio talk show flopped last year, is trying it again on public radio. To succeed over the commercial airwaves, Cuomo says, “you have to be entertaining … what you have to do is what Rush Limbaugh does.”
Well, at least she has her sights set high
Along with news, former congresswoman Susan Molinari’s new “CBS News Saturday Morning” will include segments on health, fitness, personal finance, sports, entertainment and cooking. Said Molinari: “Our challenge is to find a way to do those typical kinds of packages in a less insipid way than they usually get done.”
He will, however, start being paid by the hour
Mike Wallace, still spry at age 79, has signed a contract with CBS that will keep him on “60 Minutes” until he’s 83. Said Wallace: “Term limits are for politicians.”
Another reason presidents have a perm limit
During a ‘70s-themed press party at the end of his Martha’s Vineyard vacation, a band member sneaked up behind President Clinton and stuck an Afro wig on his head. Clinton warned his guests that if the pictures ever saw print, he’d never throw another press party again.
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