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NEW YORK – Forget the red carpet! They rolled out the black carpet in Gotham on Monday night for the stars of “The Dark Knight.” I talked to Batman himself, Christian Bale, who told me this film is more of a “psychological thriller” than an action flick. Bale also talked …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Under the Radar Largely unnoticed by the national press, questions have arisen about that special mortgage that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd of Connecticut secured from Countrywide Financial. They emerge not in the news section of the Hartford Courant newspaper, but …

You don’t have to wait until November. The election is over. The Democrats have won. Big government is back. And it all happened today. Because today republicans caved. Just like lately it seems they’ve always caved on spending programs that do little. And tax incentives that do even less. So …

LOS ANGELES – While the world is mourning the fact that they won’t get to see Hollywood’s hottest couple (aka Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) cruise down the carpet at the 65th Annual Golden Globes this weekend, it turns out that Jolie will be doing something even more enjoyable than …

Indiana Jones Vs. ‘Sex’ | Sharon Stone Sells Madonna For $10 Million | Being Charlie Kaufman: Death Dreams, Etc. Indiana Jones Vs. ‘Sex’ Indiana Jones didn’t really use his whip this time out. That may have cost him breaking the top, top box-office record of all time. But “Kingdom of …

LOS ANGELES – It’s no secret Joe Simpson is very involved in his daughters’ professional and personal lives, but recent rumors that he fit Jessica Simpson with a bra are just a little too silly to be true. “There have been stories that are ridiculous,” Simpson told K-FROG 95.1 in …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Candid Camera The Reverend Michael Pfleger, who has been temporarily removed from his duties as pastor at Saint Sabina Church in Chicago, has a simple explanation for how his anti-Hillary Clinton rant at Barack Obama’s former church ended up YouTube phenomenon: He …

Jacko Coughs Up $$$ in Taxes on Neverland | How Warner Music Squandered $18M | Jerry Lee and Pals Kick-Start Grammys Jacko Coughs Up $$$ in Taxes on Neverland Michael Jackson, who may or may not wave at the Grammy audience on Sunday night, paid some taxes last week. According …

I consider myself an open-minded person —you can ask anyone who answers my ads on Craig’s List. They’re usually surprised, then satisfied and only a small portion seek medical attention. But my open-mindedness stops at yoga clowns. What’s a yoga clown? Well, according to one who goes by the name, …

Astronomers have peered into the womb of a stellar disk to capture an image of material falling onto what could be a planet in an early stage of formation. The new image shows a somewhat horseshoe-shaped void in the disk surrounding a young star called AB Aurigae about 470 light-years …