Word: tabloidism
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Last week CODY GIFFORD filed his first lawsuit. And, no, it wasn't against his mother. The 10-year-old towheaded heir of KATHIE LEE and Frank Gifford is charging the National Examiner tabloid with injury to reputation and emotional distress for an article that reported he was a menace on the set of a TV movie. The Giffords claim the story is a fabrication. When asked if it was odd for a 10-year-old to file a lawsuit, Gifford's attorney Barry Langberg said, "It is a little unusual, but then again, it's unusual for a tabloid...
KATHARINE HEPBURN Tells New York tabloid she's still "doing fine" at 92. We'll have what she's having...
Pretty-boy actor DiCaprio is a good-looking kid who can't act and makes forgettable films. He doesn't merit the coverage you gave him. Who cares about his grocery-store receipt? This is tabloid material. I expect better stories from TIME. Go back to the original premise you were founded on and cover the real news and events that shape our world. STEPHEN M. ROSENBERG Littleton, Colo...
...nothing but a blessing for this middle-aged, graying and balding television majesty that Kathy Lee may finally sign off from her co-host post. Philbin has had enough to deal with throughout the years--from Gifford's tabloid troubles to her sweatshop scandals to her chatter about 10-year-old son Cody--that Regis deserves a morning show...
Rumors about sumo fixing have been around almost as long as the sport. Four years ago, a tabloid magazine in Japan ran a series of articles alleging yakuza (Japanese mafia) ties and match rigging. Making the claims then were two ex-wrestlers, who died suddenly within 15 hours of each other in the same Nagoya hospital and of the same respiratory ailment. Sumo is indeed filled with mystery. Itai is aware of the fate of previous whistle-blowers. One of the deceased wrestlers was his stable master...