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...often synonymous with popularity in our skewed social scene. We love to despise, and the despised revel in the glory of their infamy. And, so, Pomey and Gomes may have triumphed after all: they tainted our noble institution, a la Monica Lewinsky, they skirted the law, a la Heidi Fleiss, and they arrogantly believed that they could get away with it, a la O.J. Simpson, to become genuine household—or at least dormitory—names. They’re not just “almost famous” anymore, and the trial hasn’t even...

Author: By Jordana R. Lewis, HUMANITIES | Title: You Pay for What You Get | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

...school desk in a room with an ON AIR sign and a wall full of 8-by-10 glossies of all his students, two of whom were posing with puppets. Leiberman has a salt-and-pepper ponytail and a vanity license plate that reads BE FUNNYR, and counts Heidi Fleiss among his clients. It used to be so much easier to meet Heidi Fleiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Off The Funny Bench | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...lived his own scary story with Fox's loss. To replace Fox, he needed a big-enough star to "legitimately stand on his own" without imitating his well-liked predecessor. He picked a departure, all right--Sheen, lately out of rehab and one of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss's most infamous customers. "I saw it as an opportunity to get back into the fold," says Sheen. It took eight script drafts to introduce deputy mayor Charlie Crawford, a party boy we first see waking up in bed with a flight attendant, late for a press conference. (In an early scenario...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Meet the Substi-Stars | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...million How much Fleiss was reportedly offered, and turned down, for a tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Nov. 1, 1999 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

Sources: USA Today, Congressional Quarterly, AP, Reuters, Fleiss interview in Playboy, PEOPLE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Nov. 1, 1999 | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

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