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Disney|Michael Jackson Disney Chaos: $140 Million anda Saudi Problem Remember back in June when “Fahrenheit 9/11” was about to be released? Disney wouldn’t put it out, and critics said the reason was they feared that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush would hurt the company’s tax breaks at Walt Disney World in …

The latest from the Political Grapevine: Tiff Over Term President Bush has named Gerald Reynolds, a former official in the Education Department’s civil rights office, to replace Mary Frances Berry (search) as chair of the U.S. commission on Civil Rights, effective today. But the controversial Berry, who last week accused …

What would you do if everything you built a career on was obliterated in a single natural disaster? All the money you made. All the factories you built. All the dreams you achieved. Gone. In a flash. Just like that. What’s more, you think you’ve lost out. Your workers have …

And now the most riveting two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Congressman’s Conclusion The Chief Weapons Inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, has told Congress that a major obstacle he faces is that Iraqi scientists won’t talk. One member of congress insists he knows why. Indiana Republican …

Bluto Getsa Star |Jacko’s Bentley |Grammy Update Belushi Will Finally Get Hollywood Star He’s been dead 22 years, but John Belushi is finally scheduled to get his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Another Hollywood legend, Bernie Brillstein, a great friend of Belushi who worked with him as a …

And now the most scintillating two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Keep Your Enemies Clo$er? Democratic presidential candidateHoward Dean (search)has touted himself as — “the outside the beltway guy,” and his campaign has promised to — “take this country back from a bunch of lobbyists.” But …

WASHINGTON – It hasn’t been easy for Democrats in Congress since the so-calledRepublican revolution (search)in 1994 ended 40 years of Democratic majorities in the House of Representatives. But MarylandRep. Steny Hoyer (search), in his role as official head-counter for House Democrats as the Minority Whip, is trying to make it …

Barbra to Be in ‘Meet The Fockers?’ | Jacko Custody Case Not Happening | W Mag Barbra Streisand to Be in ‘Meet the Fockers’? Barbra Streisand is seriously considering becoming a Focker. I am told that the actress-director-singer will likely say “yes” to an offer from the producers of “Meet …

Another ruling by an activist judge that puts us all in danger. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Here’s the story. Shortly after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan three years ago, Salim Ahmed Hamdan (search) was captured on the battlefield. Hamdan is a Yemeni from Yemen and …

Get ready. The greens are set to terrorize us with yet another junk science-fueled campaign intended to advance their mindless anti-chemical agenda. The new campaign is part of what the greens are calling “the broadest and most ambitious operation ever attempted by the national environmental community.” “Environmentalism in the U.S. …