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...high financial standard for single motherhood, she exulted, "This is the greatest miracle of my life"--a cry not generally echoed in parts of the country where 48% of the children were born to single mothers. Rosie O'Donnell threw her a baby shower, her pediatrician was madam Heidi Fleiss's father, and her progeny-provider was her personal trainer, who, while deprived of the privileges of Mr. Madonnahood, posed for photos in hopes of a modeling career. Not to be outshone, Michael Jackson also got pregnant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TO BE OR NOT TO BE...WHATEVER | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...signs that virtue is growing ever more chic: actor Charlie Sheen, who ran up a $50,000 tab with the Heidi Fleiss escort service, has declared himself a born-again Christian. ("There's such a thing as having too much fun," he concluded after years of arduous research.) Geraldo Rivera, who pioneered the craft of filing video dispatches from the primordial ooze, now bemoans the filth of daytime TV and vows to clean up his act. ("I'm sick of the garbage that is on.") A p.r. executive whose past clients include Michael Jackson is leading a campaign to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONVENTION '96: THE FALSE POLITICS OF VALUES | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

CONVICTION OVERTURNED. Of "Hollywood Madam" HEIDI FLEISS, 30, found guilty in 1994 of pandering; by a state appeals court; in Los Angeles. The court ruled jurors had made a "farce" of the trial by trading votes. The ruling does not affect a separate federal money-laundering conviction, for which she awaits sentencing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 10, 1996 | 6/10/1996 | See Source »

...gallant enough, he added, "You buy a bad car, it breaks down, what are you gonna do?" Peele took the high road on Extra, saying she was hurt by his remarks but still loved him. She also said she didn't know Sheen had booked 27 of Heidi Fleiss's hookers before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 4, 1996 | 3/4/1996 | See Source »

...predecessors, who routinely used the slush fund to finance election campaigns, bribe opposition politicians and invest for personal profit. The real fallout could come if prosecutors discover that Kim Young-sam, elected in 1992 as an anti-graft crusader, accepted money from Roh. "Roh is like the Heidi Fleiss of Korean politics," says former Seoul bureau chief David Jackson. "There's no doubt that he could bring down quite a few political figures with what he knows. The big question is: will he take all the blame personally or will he drag down other political and business figures?" Although there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROH IN JAIL | 11/16/1995 | See Source »

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