The National Enquirer

Shirley MacLaine's Daughter's Tell-All Is About To Come Out!

And it's not filled with terms of endearment. Suposedly, Shirley's daughter Sachi Parker, who's now 56, has written a bitter memoir called Lucky Me: My Life With--and Without--My Mom. It threatens to be the new Momie Dearest, or at least the new My Mother's Keeper (the sour tome written by Bette D ... More >>

Travolta's Ex Pilot Tells All!

Amidst an avalanche of other claims, Doug Gotterba has now come forward to The National Enquirer and told his side of things: How he met John Travolta in 1981 when he was hired as a pilot. How the relationship took off into the stratosphere and became sexual after a simple massage!!!!

Jessica Lange Lesbian Story Fizzles Out

The National Enquirer just ran a story saying that Jessica Lange had become more than friends with her American Horror Story costar Sarah Paulson, the latter being an open lesbian who had a relationship with actress Cherry Jones. Lange's people promptly pooh-poohed it. And I tend to think they're ... More >>

Scientology: Kiwi Reporter Puts Lisa Marie Presley On the Spot; Playboy Blows Tom Cruise

On Sunday, we broke the news that the lyrics to Lisa Marie Presley's song "So Long" -- from her new album Storm and Grace -- contained an even more obvious message that she was leaving Scientology than the one we perceived in the single she released in advance of the album a month ago, "You Ain't Se ... More >>

Russia Still Going About Things All Wrong, and More in our Scientology Stats Roundup

Back in October, we reported that Russian law enforcement agents had raided a Church of Scientology in Moscow, breaking down doors to get into store rooms (see the photo at right). A court there had found L. Ron Hubbard's literature to be "extremist," and called for a ban on his books in Russia. Y ... More >>

Rightbloggers Declare Former Future President Herman Cain a (What Else?) Victim of Obama, Media

Last weekend former GOP pack leader and accused horndog Herman Cain finally called an end to his flailing Presidential campaign/book tour -- or rather "suspended" it, allowing the enterprise to keep drawing money. Some normally opinionated rightbloggers tip-toed away from the embarrassing subje ... More >>

Sarah Palin Had a 'Fetish' for Black Men, Once Snorted Coke Off an Oil Drum, Says Enquirer

​Joe McGinniss' highly anticipated tell-all about Sarah Palin, which you will want to be buying after this -- it's out September 20 -- may actually merit all that anticipation. According to the National Enquirer, which seems to have gotten ahold of a galley of (or some savvy publishing sources ... More >>

O.J. Simpson Did Not Confess to Oprah; We Repeat: There Is No Confession!

​Oprah Winfrey told an audience last week, "I have a dream of O.J. Simpson confessing to me" about the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, but no confession exists at the moment, despite the proliferation of lies on the internet. False reports are currently making the r ... More >>

John Edwards National Enquirer Source Tells Her Story at The Huffington Post

​Pigeon O'Brien, a publicist and ex-magazine editor, has confessed at the Huffington Post that she was the National Enquirer's source for their early coverage of then-presidential candidate John Edwards's affair with Rielle Hunter. Beyond spinning an interesting yarn about her long up-and-down ... More >>

Todd Palin Had an Affair, According to the National Enquirer

​The House of Palin is crumbling, at least if you're willing to believe the most notorious liars in media, the National Enquirer, who report today that Todd Palin, the famed "First Dude" and father of five, cheated on Sarah Palin, potential presidential hopeful, with a "female massage therapis ... More >>

Did John Edwards Propose to Rielle Hunter? Should We Even Care?

​People are shocked -- shocked! -- that John Edwards has had the gall to propose to baby mama Rielle Hunter a mere three weeks after his wife Elizabeth died of cancer. And then, of all things, to introduce her and their baby to his kids, via the New York Post, in a meetup at the Macaroni Grill ... More >>

Tiger Woods Crashed His Car, Derailed His Life One Year Ago Today

This time last year, Tiger Woods was on his way down. On November 27, 2009, the once-golden golf star was injured in a car accident outside of his home in Orlando, Florida. According to preliminary local reports and the initial statement Woods posted to his website, "the car crash that sent him to ... More >>

Baby Mama Drama: Rielle Hunter Cheating on John Edwards?

Rielle Hunter​Remember the presidential hopeful with the expensive haircut, John Edwards, and his hippie dippie campaign videographer-cum-mistress, Rielle Hunter? They've managed to pretty much stay out of the spotlight since the whole National Enquirer grainy photos, pregnancy cover-up, wife ... More >>

"The Situation" Is a Hetero Trapped in a Gay Man's Body

​As he himself has joked. But judging from this brand-new National Enquirer piece, maybe the opposite is a little true, too.

Al Gore is Not a "Crazed Sex Poodle" in the Eyes of the Law, Cleared of Allegations

​It's been a tough few months for former Vice President Al Gore, who after announcing he and his wife of 40 years, Tipper, were separating, was accused rumored to have been cheating with Larry David's wife. As if the jokes from that to come aren't bad enough, more serious allegations soon surf ... More >>

Al Gore Deemed "Crazed Sex Poodle" by Allegedly Manhandled Massage Therapist

​Oh, National Enquirer. We knew exactly what to think of you (not much) until the day you broke the John Edwards love child story. (That was some good stuff!) And now, whenever you come out with the story of so-and-so's affair or drug addiction or secret baby lair, we wonder: Could you be tell ... More >>

National Enquirer Recycling Obama Sex Scandal, Powered By John Edwards Goodwill

​Did President Barack Obama have an affair with Vera Baker, a campaign aide on his run for Senate in 2004? Definitely (maybe), says the National Enquirer! Probably, says the Drudge Report, amid vivid Vietnam-style flashbacks while muttering "Lewinsky" repeatedly. Everyone else is hedging their ... More >>

National Enquirer Retracts Report of Existence of Obama Sex Scandal (Sorta) Proof, Or: Lied

​That's right, false alarm. The only thing adding any sliver of believability to the National Enquirer's rehashing of a 2008 rumor about a Barack Obama affair was a claim about the existence of a video tape showing the president and his former aide at an illicit hotel rendezvous. They didn't c ... More >>

2010 Pulitzer Prizes: The Breakdown!

​It's that magical time of year again when the uppity nerds of Columbia University bestow upon the people their picks for this year's Best Writing Stuff. And we're going to attempt to add some context to these proceedings as they happen. So, here, we're live-blogging the Pulitzer Prizes. Unfor ... More >>

Jason Lee and Scientology: Juicy Allegations by Lee's Ex-Wife in 'Enquirer' Story, 'Hollywood Cult Confidential'

​Last week's series on Scientology by Anderson Cooper was so effective at lulling us to sleep, we overlooked a nice pick-me-up from, of all places, the National Enquirer. How's this for a time-release bomb? Jason ("My Name Is Earl") Lee divorced actress Carmen Llywellyn in 2001, but only now ... More >>

"Internet Media Corporation" Sues Tribune for Use of "Preselected Internet Locations"

​Something called "Internet Media Corporation" is suing the Tribune Company (Chicago Tribune, etc.) for patent infringement. They claim the media company has stolen its "System for Providing Easy Access to the World Wide Web Utilizing a Published List of Preselected Internet Locations Together ... More >>

Jenny Sanford, Elizabeth Edwards Make Democracy Fun Again

The country's in the toilet -- in lieu of bread, let's get right to the circuses. Jenny Sanford has revealed more hilarious details of her life with South Carolina governor and adulterer Mark Sanford. Apparently the first red flag came when Mark and Jenny were working on the wedding vows and he said ... More >>

John Edwards Cops to Affair, Love Child; Wife Releases Separate Statement

​Former Presidential candidate John Edwards' affair with Rielle Hunter and child by her, first reported by the National Enquirer and more slowly covered by mainstream news sources, is now and for the first time admitted by Edwards. The onetime North Carolina Senator has released a statement a ... More >>

Tiger Woods Sex Rehab Story Revives Celebrity Scandal Once Thought Lost

The Tiger Woods scandal gave us lots and lots and lots of pleasure in 2009, but in recent weeks the sexed-up sports star has been keeping a low profile and hence not nearly as much easy to make fun of. So it is with relief we report that the National Enquirer allegedly has photographs allegedly of W ... More >>

Rachel Uchitel Story Loses Sex, Gains 9/11, Outrage

​Our esteemed colleague Ward Harkavy is correct that there are no authoritative accounts of sex between Rachel Uchitel and Tiger Woods at this writing, under the Post headline or anywhere else. Happily for journalists, there is a 9/11 angle. Uchitel lost her fiance, banker Andy O'Grady, in the ... More >>

'Tom Cruise Told Me to Talk to a Bottle': Life at Scientology's Secret Headquarters

The author of a new book on Scientology reveals to the Village Voice details of his experience being "audited" by Tom Cruise, who asked him to talk to a book, a bottle, and an ashtray for hours at a time in order to perfect his "upper indoctrination."​ Marc Headley's remarkable account of his ... More >>

Clip Job: A Sit-Down Discotheque, with Seat Belts?

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 18, 1965, Vol. XI, No. 5 Sit-Down Disc: Fasten Your Seat Belts & Dance By J.R. Goddard "We installed seat belts on the chairs so the kids could dance sitting down. "We were letting them dance to the Rock, but the cops stopp ... More >>

Enquirer: Gandolfini Tosses Intruder from God of Carnage Stage (Update: Story Bogus, Says Publicist)

Our sympathies with the guy who got thrown out of Yankee Stadium (and got paid for it) are obvious, but we side with James Gandolfini in his recent ejection of a fan who really overstepped his bounds, reported by the National Enquirer (yeah, we know, but why would they fake something like this? And ... More >>

Daily Flog: Edwards, faux Rockefeller both screwed; Olympic preening; a gated NYC; Bush's pardons list; defense of high gas prices

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The Very Best "Best of '07" Round-Up!

The absolutely last word on words not to have lived by during the previous year

One-Handers

Celebrities theatrically pleasure themselves on Broadway

Saint Bernard

Not so fast on canonizing Kerik—Bush's pick has big critics in New York

What Al Did to Jesse

Sharpton and Jackson: 'They were kind of the best of enemies'

Talking Point

In the Spin Room, even the big dogs start barking—but that doesn't make it worth talking about

Harrumph Roast

My Big Fat Funky Queer Marriage

Forget the rice. (We're on Atkins.) No his-and-his towels. (Nothing matches in our house.) Just give us Viagra—and wish us well

Friedman's Complaint

Times to Foxnews.com Columnist: Go Away

The Parallax View

You Can't Iron Out the Anthrax

The Difficulties of Decontamination

Winning Ugly

What a Racket When the U.S. Open Champion Turns Out to Be a Loser

Horoscope

From Riches to Rags: Ugly Americans and Plucky Irish

Bringing It All Back Home

Buford Furrow's Journey of Hate to L.A.

Just Walk Away

Anti-Rebel Yell

Wingers nail Veep

Thug Life

Wild Man Chris Paciello Has the Juice at Liquid

Puffing Over Huffington

Net Loss