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...other two go over the top, which they often do. Like Simon and Paula, Randy Jackson has become a celebrity in his own right judging hundreds of warbling American Idol wannabes each week on Fox's unbeatable talent competition, which has steamrolled into its sixth season, debuting with its highest ratings ever. TIME's Jeanne McDowell talked to Jackson - the man who introduced "dawg" and "pitchy" into the lexicon - about a new Idol season, what Simon says and being a top "dawg" on primetime's biggest...
...Christie's December auction of the Givenchy "little black dress" that Hepburn wore as Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". It sold for more than $900,000, the highest price ever for a movie costume. (Proceeds to the City of Joy charity for poor children in India. "There are tears in my eyes," said Dominic Lapierre, founder of the charity. "I am absolutely dumbfounded to believe that a piece of cloth which belonged to such a magical actress will now enable me to buy bricks and cement to put the most destitute children in the world into schools...
...Gibson? Though his highest-profile public role in 2006 was as a raving drunk, and his sound man was a cop, Mel is in seventh place, same as last year. The Americans polled seem to have short-term memory loss. Or else they abide by the maxim: It's not who you are, but who you used to play. They like Mel, and a few anti-Jewish lunacies haven't eradicated their affection...
...what if she faces a rival who spoke eloquently against the Iraq war from the first--yet also has a hawkish national security record? What if that man has substantial experience at the highest levels of government--and can also raise plenty of money as a candidate? What if he ran for President once before--and won the popular vote? Clinton undoubtedly dreams occasionally about the fates of Ed Muskie and John Kerry. But if she stays awake at night, it's because she's worrying about Al Gore...
...read the first three Crimson profiles of possible Harvard presidential candidates with great interest; clearly, people of the highest quality and talent are being considered for this tremendously important job. So I was surprised to see that the sub-headline of your first profile (“Provost Considered for Top Post,” 12/19) asserted that this candidate’s resume, more than any other’s, “may make him [the] most qualified candidate...