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Madonna | Mary Poppins | Lost Boys of Sudan Madonna’s Adoption Kills Book Sales It may not be true after all that all publicity is good publicity. Take Madonna. Her hellacious month of bad press concerning the adoption, legal or otherwise, of a Malawian child has turned out to be …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Racism Shields? NAACP chairman Julian Bond told a Martin Luther King Day (search) celebration in Philadelphia that Colin Powell (search) and Condoleezza Rice (search) are being used as, “shields” to protect this administration from claims of racism. Bond also told the group, …

Here’s the latest edition of Some Stories You Won’t Find on any other Sunday show: For the Defense Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark (search) has signed up to be one of Saddam Hussein’s defense lawyers. Clark met with Saddam several times over the years and was a vocal opponent of …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: If you wonder how terrorists recruit young men with no history of radical activities, listen to this: An 18-year-old British Muslim tells the Daily Mirror that two London men tried to recruit him three years ago for a suicide bombing mission — …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: White House Is Laughing This is what the rumor mill in Washington has come to Tuesday. A Washington Post story quoting unnamed lawyers close to the Valerie Plame (search) investigation concludes that the focus is on Vice President Cheney’s office. Rumors quickly …

A new book out this week purports to reveal the truth about Hillary Clinton (search). The book, by former New York Times and Newsweek journalist Ed Klein, rocketed literally overnight to No. 1 on Amazon.com’s sales list. Whatever the truth or untruth about the senator from New York — and …

Jane Fonda | Oprah | Michael Jackson Jane Fonda Cancels Anti-War Bus Tour Jane Fonda told me yesterday she’s scrapped plans for an anti-war bus trip next March. Fonda will also be making only two appearances this month on another tour with controversial British politician George Galloway, not eight appearances …

Cat Stevens | Harvey Weinstein | Rolling Stones | Mia Farrow Cat Stevens Nominated for Rock Hall It had to happen eventually. Cat Stevens — now known as Yusuf Islam — has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My sources tell me he’s a …

50 Cent Movie | Patti LaBelle | Odds & Ends 50 Cent Movie: Violence for the Mainstream “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” is the name of the movie about Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, a very wealthy rapper who was once shot nine times by an enemy during his criminal pre-music …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Democratic Distribution The New York Times has reported that media outlets obtained that controversial memo highlighting the political benefits of the Terri Schiavo case (search) from “Democratic aides,” who said it had been distributed to Senate Republicans. But according to Fox News …