Hillary to be out, but "Vanity Fair" puts Bill back in the news!
Hello, everybody. Just 24 hours after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic Presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton announced that she's finally throwing in the towel this weekend in favor of endorsing Obama. And now there's rumors that the words "running mate" may be in her vocabulary.
It has been quite an epic battle in the race for 2,118 delegates over the last five months, but in the end, Obama after the last primaries on Tuesday scored enough delegates to reach above the target number. The final score: Obama 2,158, Clinton 1,956.
So, what now? When the presidential campaign started last year, the one issue in the minds of voters was an immediate end to the war in Iraq. But with the troubled economy making headlines every day (especially with news about General Motors closing four truck/SUV plants as well as the possibility of discontinuing their Hummer brand, and also that Ed McMahon may be homeless as the mortgage crisis has hit him), that became the primary focus. The Iditarod is also hit by the economy, as rising fuel costs have forced them to up the entry fee to $4,000 for next year's big race. But the big question is: Will we still see $2,000 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend checks or not?
Anyway, this may shape up to be quite a clash for the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as Barack Obama may be making history. As for John McCain? He was history!
Now...the news of Hillary Clinton suspending her presidential bid is nothing compared to husband Bill as of late, as he is making news himself thanks to an article in probably the most dangerous publication in the world.
In the July issue of "Vanity Fair" out soon, writer Todd Purdum scribbled that the former President has had affairs with a few other women behind Hillary's back; one of them is actress Gina Gershon of "Showgirls" fame...and boy, is she steaming mad! Gershon's lawyers have now released a letter saying those allegations are false and demands a retraction and correction from the magazine.
Well, that's "Vanity Fair" for you...the very same magazine who last issue brought us Annie Leibovitz' photo of a backless Miley Cyrus, and that too made worldwide headlines -- not to mention criticism. But over the years, the publication has made all sorts of headlines over their pictorials and articles.
The identity of "Deep Throat" was a mystery even after the Watergate scandal, until the May 2005 revelation that it was W. Mark Felt. And other than Cyrus, it was the pictures themselves that told the story, from a nude and pregnant Demi Moore on the cover in August 1991 to one of Mike Myers dressed as a Hindu in 1999; the magazine and photographer David LaChapelle apologized for that after all the flack surrounding it. By the way, Myers' new movie "The Love Guru" -- in which, ironically, he plays a Hindu-like character -- comes out on June 20.
Any press is good or bad press for "Vanity Fair", and that has been the case since Conde Nast Publications brought it back in 1983 after a 47-year hiatus (it was first published from 1913 to 1936). But when it comes to running the most provocative pictures and articles that would make Hugh Hefner cry uncle, a more appropriate title would be "Vanity Un-Fair." So long and stay strong!
Hello, everybody. Just 24 hours after Barack Obama clinched the Democratic Presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton announced that she's finally throwing in the towel this weekend in favor of endorsing Obama. And now there's rumors that the words "running mate" may be in her vocabulary.
It has been quite an epic battle in the race for 2,118 delegates over the last five months, but in the end, Obama after the last primaries on Tuesday scored enough delegates to reach above the target number. The final score: Obama 2,158, Clinton 1,956.
So, what now? When the presidential campaign started last year, the one issue in the minds of voters was an immediate end to the war in Iraq. But with the troubled economy making headlines every day (especially with news about General Motors closing four truck/SUV plants as well as the possibility of discontinuing their Hummer brand, and also that Ed McMahon may be homeless as the mortgage crisis has hit him), that became the primary focus. The Iditarod is also hit by the economy, as rising fuel costs have forced them to up the entry fee to $4,000 for next year's big race. But the big question is: Will we still see $2,000 Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend checks or not?
Anyway, this may shape up to be quite a clash for the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as Barack Obama may be making history. As for John McCain? He was history!
Now...the news of Hillary Clinton suspending her presidential bid is nothing compared to husband Bill as of late, as he is making news himself thanks to an article in probably the most dangerous publication in the world.
In the July issue of "Vanity Fair" out soon, writer Todd Purdum scribbled that the former President has had affairs with a few other women behind Hillary's back; one of them is actress Gina Gershon of "Showgirls" fame...and boy, is she steaming mad! Gershon's lawyers have now released a letter saying those allegations are false and demands a retraction and correction from the magazine.
Well, that's "Vanity Fair" for you...the very same magazine who last issue brought us Annie Leibovitz' photo of a backless Miley Cyrus, and that too made worldwide headlines -- not to mention criticism. But over the years, the publication has made all sorts of headlines over their pictorials and articles.
The identity of "Deep Throat" was a mystery even after the Watergate scandal, until the May 2005 revelation that it was W. Mark Felt. And other than Cyrus, it was the pictures themselves that told the story, from a nude and pregnant Demi Moore on the cover in August 1991 to one of Mike Myers dressed as a Hindu in 1999; the magazine and photographer David LaChapelle apologized for that after all the flack surrounding it. By the way, Myers' new movie "The Love Guru" -- in which, ironically, he plays a Hindu-like character -- comes out on June 20.
Any press is good or bad press for "Vanity Fair", and that has been the case since Conde Nast Publications brought it back in 1983 after a 47-year hiatus (it was first published from 1913 to 1936). But when it comes to running the most provocative pictures and articles that would make Hugh Hefner cry uncle, a more appropriate title would be "Vanity Un-Fair." So long and stay strong!
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