Nothing But Best-Seller Out Of This Babe’s Mouth
Kathie Lee Gifford picked a pretty cute coauthor for her new book, “Listen to my Heart” - her 4-year-old son, Cody.
Some of his pearls of preschool wisdom, as reported in Entertainment Weekly:
On role models: “Am I as bad as Dennis the Menace, or am I perfect?”
On romance: “You can never have too many kisses.”
On aging: “Daddy’s a zillion.”
On Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards: “I prayed for those guys with the horrible faces to have good hearts.”
On starving Africans: “Mommy, I will share my grilled cheese with them.”
On the culinary arts: “Mom, do pirates eat their boogs?”
On good hygiene: “Somebody come wipe my buns!”
Loose talk
Mary Lou Retton, on her month-old daughter, Shayla (in People magazine): “All she does is eat, sleep and poop. She’s gained a pound and a half in two weeks. I’m calling her my little George Foreman.”
Seems like he’s always making trips to the John
Bernie Taupin turns 45 today.
That’s one way to get the message across
Michael and Janet Jackson’s duet single “Scream” (sample lyric: “Stop pressuring me, stop pressuring me, makes me wanna scream”) made its world radio debut Friday, with one British station playing it for an hour straight.
Can’t they go bother Bob Dole instead?
Buyers of Michael’s new album “HIStory,” due next month, will get much more than music. The package includes a drawing of a child in underwear screaming in pain, pictures of the pop star holding and kissing kids and a copy of a letter to President Clinton from a 7-year-old pleading: “Stop the reporters from bothering Michael Jackson.”
No wonder we haven’t invaded anyone lately
Chez Panisse chef Alice Waters says it’s “discouraging when we have a president who is such a big McDonald’s fan,” but adds that her letters to the White House have had an effect: “There’s now fresh fruit on the table at the breakfast Cabinet meetings instead of Ritz crackers, saltwater toffee, donuts and pork rinds.”
In France, he would be considered normal
A 52-year-old man who was briefly married to Jerry Lewis’ housekeeper has been sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to stalking the comedian. Offered Gary Benson in his own defense: “I was always polite about it.”
Yeah, we’ve seen the dude try to hang 12
Boardheads are up in arms over CNN’s characterization of former O.J. Simpson pal Kato Kaelin as “the quintessential aging surfer.” Said Surfer magazine: “Just because a guy has bleached hair, winter tan, speaks slowly and is pleasant to the point of being vacuous, does that mean he’s a surfer? Of course not.”
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