All’s Fair In Love And War But Especially In Politics
The subject is wives of candidates, and Mirabella magazine devotes much of its efforts to Republican-bashing.
For example, it quotes Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist, James Carville, on the notion of Republican family values. “The Republicans must love families,” says Carville, “they have so many of them. I’m offering a reward to any Republican candidate who’s left his wife for an older woman.”
And then the first wife of Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, 72, attempts to explain their divorce.
“We didn’t communicate very much,” Phyllis Macey, 71, says. “The last year we were married, he worked from sunup to past sundown… Bob wasn’t a hugger and a toucher.” She adds, “What is amazing is how young he looks for how old he is.”
Loose talk
Emma Thompson, waxing philosophical on her breakup with Kenneth Branagh (in Vanity Fair): “Marriages stop. Marriages change. People are always saying a marriage failed. It’s such a negative way of putting it.”
He should celebrate on Halloween, but he can’t wait
John Carpenter turns 48 today.
Who do the ‘Voodoo’ they aren’t doing too well
The Rolling Stones won’t be performing in South American anytime soon. They canceled the southern-globe version of their “Voodoo Lounge” tour, which was to have gone to South America in March and on to southeast Asia. A source close to the band said the South American promoter couldn’t raise the money.
The working title? ‘For a Few Jokes More’
Speaking of money, Daily Variety reports that “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno has gotten a $4 million advance from HarperCollins to write a humorous autobiography. HarperCollins beat out six other publishers offering seven-figure deals, Variety reported Thursday.
She’s finally at the point were she can buy a new family
And we aren’t finished yet. The next time you check out your weekly pay stub, try to forget the reports that Janet Jackson just signed an $80 million contract with Virgin Records.
He got given an offer he just couldn’t refuse
It got little notice, but 37-year-old Christian Brando, Marlon Brando’s son, was released from prison shortly after midnight on Wednesday. He’d served half of a 10-year sentence for killing Dag Drollet, the boyfriend of his half-sister Cheyenne Brando. Cheyenne hanged herself in April.
He must wanna see what’s in Dracula’s vault
Finally, this from “Late Night” host Conan O’Brien. “Geraldo Rivera will be doing a live show from Bosnia,” he announced. “My God, haven’t those people suffered enough?”
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