Word: scuttlebutt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...looks the merger retains more of M, but, as the first issue's cover signals, the sensibility is pure Manhattan, inc. It proclaims POWER BROKERS in letters 1 1/2 in. high and names 11 of them (10 men and Madonna). Inside is an almost nonstop stream of gossip, scuttlebutt and awestruck praise about the rich and famous, including 65 miniprofiles of such figures as financier Michael-David Weil and Hollywood superagent Mike Ovitz. The prose is burnished, but not much of the dish is fresh, save for two first-rate pieces -- one by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings about...
Ivana's holding summit meetings with Liz Smith, Donald's in conference with Cindy Adams, and celebrity scuttlebutt is absolutely trumps with all the media. Is this harmless airhead fun or a fatal distraction from serious news...