Gossip Cop Celebrates Its One Year Anniversary
This time last year, a new kind of gossip site hit the web. Gossip Cop , co-founded by Michael Lewittes and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams , was created with the mission of policing celebrity news and rumors -- or "busting bad dish." The site factchecks sites ranging ranging from Perez Hilton and TMZ to magazines like Life & Style and Star . In light of this anniversary, we spoke to Lewittes about ...

An Unabashedly Sexy Celebrity Gets Political
Since returning to Indonesia, Julia Perez has quickly become one of this nation’s most sought-after celebrities. And now, she’s seeking office.

An Unabashedly Sexy Celebrity Gets Political in Indonesia
Since returning to Indonesia after a decade in Europe, Julia Perez has quickly become one of this nation’s most sought-after celebrities. And now, she’s seeking office.

Making the news
THIS week’s Malaysian news has been dominated by two main items. In the process, a more important item — the nosedive in foreign direct investments (FDI) in Malaysia last year — was, and still remains, buried.

The scoop on unauthorized celeb books: fewer sales
Put Angelina Jolie's face on a magazine cover and sales will surely rise. Get her to write a memoir and it would be worth millions. But write a book about her, without her cooperation, and you're taking a chance.

Chelsea Clinton set for lavish, secretive wedding
After an intensely secretive build-up, Chelsea Clinton and her hedge fund manager beau were to marry on Saturday at a star-studded wedding outside New York.

Secrets of my sofa: As she leaves GMTV, Emma Crosby takes you behind the scenes
No sooner had I signed the contract for my new job as a presenter on GMTV than I found myself trapped in a rickety old lift on the way down from my agent’s fourth- floor office.

Indonesian Islamic body issues gossip show ban
Jakarta - Indonesia's Islamic clerical body has issued an edict declaring that television gossip shows exposing celebrities' dirty laundry are forbidden, its leader said Wednesday.

Angelina Jolie's book bombshell
CELEBRITY biographer Andrew Morton has lifted the lid on Angelina Jolie's shocking past of drugs, sex and mental health.

Chelsea Clinton's wedding day UPDATE
THE COUPLE: Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky at a party for them earlier this year. Interesting. Nothing, after a number of catty runup articles, in the New York Times today on Chelsea Clinton's wedding to Marc Mezvinsky this evening at an estate within commuting distance of New York City. The Washington Post on the other hand blows it out. Speculation on the guest list. A roundup of headlines ...