Word: gossiped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Internet gossip broker Matt Drudge has his own half-hour talk show on the Fox News Channel...
...more this-worldly among us, though, it may seem cliched, but we can and should express our appreciation to the famous and not-so-famous who have touched us while they're still around. For the famous in particular, rather than devouring the gossip dredged from their private lives, we should thank them for their achievements by supporting them and respecting their privacy. It's time we worked to diminish our seemingly insatiable appetite for celebrity news and gossip. By turning down the glare of the bright lights, we can let the celebrated live and die in peace...
...laughs now as it was when I was cracking wise from the back of the room in fifth grade. I get a surge of pleasure each time I score with my New York Times shtick: "The Times still hasn't figured out how to handle gossip. What they need is a special page brimming with dishy detail called 'News We Disapprove Of.' Or, this being the Times, 'News of Which We Disapprove...
...Gossip? Gossip is fine, as long as you know that the person gossiped about is not the best friend of the woman across the table. Do not make ugly generalizations, especially not in the ethnic vein. To illustrate: it's O.K. to gossip about a man who happens to be Irish, who got drunk and did something appalling, but don't make sweeping statements about the Irish being drunks...
...Disney's romantic comedy Six Days, Seven Nights--she met and fell in love with Ellen DeGeneres, TV's first openly gay leading actress. Overnight, the couple, showing up at premieres arm in arm, snuggling in front of the President at the White House correspondents' dinner, became a gossip columnist's dream and a public relations nightmare. And just as suddenly, Disney's frothy little summer vehicle for Ford became the bearer of a heavy burden: Would moviegoers accept Hollywood's first avowedly lesbian leading lady...