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...problems plaguing Hollywood producer STEVE BING, lack of virility is not one. Actress ELIZABETH HURLEY says Bing is the father of her newborn son, a claim he is fighting in court. Now he is also being cited as the father of Kira Kerkorian. Until recently, Kira, 4, the daughter of Bing's ex-girlfriend Lisa Bonder, was believed to have been sired by Bonder's former husband, billionaire movie-studio mogul Kirk Kerkorian. In January Bonder, 37, petitioned Kerkorian, 84, for $320,000 a month in child support. His lawyers say he is sterile and could not possibly...
What is a queen for anyway? As the crowds cheer and rock stars gyrate next week to celebrate Elizabeth II's 50 years on the British throne, the question sounds churlish, even impertinent. Surely we should let the Brits have their fun, let the 76-year-old monarch-soul of probity and dutiful service-have her reward for a life sentence of grand ceremonies and banal conversations, without laboring to figure out why, in the 21st century, she ought to exist. But the question would not sound strange to Elizabeth herself. She has been grappling with it her whole life...
...months ago, officials at Buckingham Palace feared that the celebrations of her Golden Jubilee would be lifeless and sour. The climb back from Princess Diana's death in 1997, when Elizabeth's wooden initial response provoked public fury, has been arduous. Her offspring have continued to provide embarrassing fodder for the tabloids, from Edward and Sophie trying to trade their lineage for gain to Prince Harry's dabbling in drugs...
...Perhaps, after the throngs that lined London's streets for the Queen Mother's funeral, it also represents a surprised rediscovery that the royal family-not just charismatic black sheep Diana, but its dutiful core-has something to offer. Yet most of all it is respect for Elizabeth, as someone who has fulfilled every task expected of her. In 50 years, she has undertaken 251 official overseas visits to 128 different countries, launched 17 ships, sat for 120 portraits, conferred 380,630 honors and awards (and owned more than 30 Corgis...
...find their footing in a media age. But the progress they made was undermined by scandal, especially through the mutual loathing of Charles and Diana. The public snapped it up, ogling the juicy parts while clucking disapprovingly about the "terrible decline in standards." This was a peril mainly for Elizabeth's offspring. She herself never cheapened the brand. In fact, courtiers often wished she was not so reticent and had a greater sense of the touching gesture that would play...