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- Release date: Mondays-Fridays
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Liz Smith
The "Grande Dame of Dish," Smith offers intimate insights into the worlds of show business, politics, publishing and media. Her meticulous reporting and candid approach have earned her a reputation as solid as her sources.
Liz Smith Samples
Bill Clinton: 'Obama will be the next president'
"I THINK Barack Obama will be the next president. That's former president Bill Clinton talking to Esquire magazine. Mr. Clinton's support is important.
Celebrities -- who are they? What are they? Should we care?
"INSTEAD OF looking up to heroes, Americans a new kind of eminence; 'a person who is known for his well-knownness' ... Daniel Boorstin decried the passing of a perhaps imaginary era in which accomplishment or moral fiber was a pre-requisite to fam...
China goes Hollywood
"IT DOESN'T matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice," said China's Deng Xiaoping. CHINA ISN'T so interested in catching mice. China is going Hollywood in a big way.
Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue
"Being a movie star!" That was MGM's swimming icon, Esther Williams, answering a query -- "What do you consider your greatest achievement?"
One for the really big money -- Katherine Heigl
"I BELIEVE that people should cultivate silence and contemplation; both things are imperiled by the web!" Thus spoke Pope Benedict XVI and he spoke it on the Vatican's own website.
Stars to the media -- 'we want to be alone' -- now that we are Oscar nominees
"THE PUBLIC have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing," said Oscar Wilde. EVERY SINGLE major celebrity in the Oscar sweepstakes has now had a change of heart.
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