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...face of it, the '90s have been the decade of politically inexperienced celebrities waltzing into public office. Clint Eastwood made his day when he was voted mayor of Carmel, Calif.; Sonny Bono rose from washed-up singer to Palm Springs mayor to congressman; and Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota with little more on his C.V. than the WWF Intercontinental wrestling championship and a few Schwarzenegger-movie cameos. Mere fame, however, appears to be an inadequate campaign asset for those aspiring to the presidency, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. For instance, in September, Donald Trump...
...global rock-and-roll odyssey that soars through the post-colonial and India before stumbling into pop-icon America. Inspired at least partly by Rushdie's association with U2. Rushdie made a rare public appearance at a U2 concert in 1993, coming onstage to greet lead singer Bono who was dressed (appro-priately enough for his meeting with The Satanic Verses' author) as the devil. A few years and a little hob-nobbing later, Rushdie, once a London music critic takes on the rock world from its birth in the '50s, through the glam '70s and into the technologically-driven...
...SONNY BONO...
...ISSUE: Cher filed a claim against Bono's $1.6 million estate for unpaid alimony. And a California judge has ordered DNA tests on Bono and Machu to determine if he is Bono's son and eligible for inheritance...
According to Charn, the foundation's goals in establishing this pro bono center weren't always uncommon--in fact, law school itself was once seen as an addition to experience received...