Archive for September, 2008
UPDATE: Christina Applegate Talks to Oprah On Surviving Breast Cancer
On Tuesday’s Oprah Winfrey Show, Christina Applegate says she wasn’t surprised when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36, reports Usmagazine.com.
“I knew. I just knew. And I went home and they called me and, I mean, you don’t — you don’t want to hear that ever,” she says.
“It came back positive. And I just — like right now I’m sitting here shaking remembering that moment. As you guys know, you don’t think it’s gonna happen to me,” she adds.
MEN'S VOGUE: What You Didn't Know About Barack Obama!
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Well, you know he’s stylish – even without trying.
But “unlike any candidate I’ve [Annie Leibowitz] ever seen, he drinks neither coffee nor Diet Coke, favoring energy bars and plates of fruit; he rarely works on a computer; sometimes at the end of a flight, he’ll listen to his iPod and…
Happy Rosh Hashanah
Tonight marks the second night of the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah.
Hot Links:
Newsday: Rosh Hashanah a time of introspection for Jews
Jewish Living: How to “survive the holidays”
New York Times: Jews and Muslims share Holy season in Jerusalem
BREAKING NEWS: Janet Jackson in Hospital
Janet Jackson has been hospitalized!
The singer “got suddenly ill during the sound check” before her concert in Montreal and had to be rushed to the hospital, according to a statement released by W&W Public Relations.
No further details are available.
NEW YORK POST: A Third Term for Michael Bloomberg?
It’s possible according to an exclusive in today’s New York Post.
Michael Bloomberg geared up to seek a third term after the path to four more years was cleared yesterday when billionaire term-limits advocate Ron Lauder vowed to support a change in the law that would allow Hizzoner to run again, The Post has learned.
FAREWELL: New York Sun Releases Final Issue Today After Seven Years
It’s a sad day for the New York Sun. Today marks the final issue of the seven year-old newspaper. Below are comments made by Editor Seth Lipsky:
It is my [Seth Lipsky] duty to report today that Ira Stoll and I and our partners have concluded that the Sun will cease publication. Our last number will be the issue dated September 30, the first day of Rosh Hashanah. I want you to know that Ira and I, and our partners, explored every possible way to avoid having to cease publication.
CLOSING REMARKS The Editor of The New York Sun, Seth Lipsky, addressing the newspaper’s staff yesterday.
We have spoken with every individual who seemed to be a prospective partner, and everywhere we were received with courtesy and respect. I tend to be an optimist and held out hope for a favorable outcome as late as mid-afternoon today. But among other problems that we faced was the fact that this month, not to mention this week, has been one of the worst in a century in which to be trying to raise capital, and in the end we were out not only of money but time.
WALL STREET CRISIS: New York Times Calls House "Defiant"
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WALL STREET CRISIS: AM New York – "Pols to Wall St..Bail Yourself Out"
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WALL STREET CRISIS: Newsday Says "Well, That Didn't Work"
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WALL STREET CRISIS: NY Daily News Visualizes Market PLUNGE!
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