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Move over, Ivana, and prepare to make room for two newcomers to the Gajillionaire Ex-Wives' Club. Onetime model and antifur activist HEATHER MILLS, 38, and her Beatle husband of four years, SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY, 63, left, have officially announced their separation. And across the globe, former No. 1 golfer GREG NORMAN, 51, told an Australian newspaper that he is splitting with LAURA, his wife of 25 years. The question on most people's minds is not "Why?" but "How much?" McCartney's personal fortune, which includes part ownership of the Beatles brand, is estimated at more than $1.5 billion...
...takes as much from The Jungle as it does from Schlosser's book. Here the immigrants are illegals from Mexico, but their path, their Calvary, is the same. They survive a perilous trip into the U.S. and are assigned a literally vomitous job handling cattle innards at the "Uni-globe" meat plant. The women endure rough handling by their sexually avaricious overlord; some of the men get mangled in the machinery, only to be told they're not eligible for insurance...
...have to say I enjoyed Bruce Willis, who, as a wily businessman who cut the deal between Mickey's and Uni-globe, says sagely, "We all have to eat a little shit from time to time." Kris Kristofferson brings his flinty authority to the role of a rancher who knows all the dirty tricks of the meat business. And the knee-jerk Leftie in me appreciated Lou Taylor Pucci's comments as a campus activist. He notes that, these days, any of act of civil disobedience could attract the attention of the Department of Homeland Security, and adds, "Right...
...ever finished second in arrogance. In July 2005, the American marketing machine sent a rosy letter to retailers worldwide that read, in part, "The new season for Spring 06 will serve as the platform for launching Nike into the number one soccer brand in the U.S. and the globe ... Prepare yourself and your business for a historic ride...
...press to get an up-close, personal and full immersion view of our secret prisons in Eastern Europe," Herman said with McClellanesque matter-of-factness. "That will be pool only. The poolers will be Helen Thomas and David Gregory." Then, referring to persistent questioner Raghubir Goyal of the India Globe, he added, "I wanted to get back to you with answers to some questions I left hanging. Goyal, the president thinks India is a wonderful, wonderful country...