Word: tabloidism
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...Trash" and "tabloid psychobabble" was the response from Speaker Newt Gingrich's office to a scorching article in the latest issue of Vanity Fair magazine alleging that the family-values-flogging politician engaged in a series of affairs during his first marriage...
...girlfriend, by schmoozing stalwartly with Regis and Kathie Lee, by enduring Larry King's penny-Freud psychoanalyzing while admitting that his own behavior was "disloyal and shabby and goatish." And by defending Hurley (who uneasily accompanied him to the Nine Months Hollywood premiere) against the predatory voyeurism of the tabloid press. "They can go on hounding me, I suppose, as much as they like," he told Couric. "But they should damn well leave her alone...
Locked in a losing battle with embarrassing tabloid headlines -- New York's Daily News dubbed Perelman the king of mean, comparable to Leona Helmsley's queen of the same title -- Perelman's lawyer, Stanley Arkin, did his best to tarnish Tepperman's reputation. Outside the jury's presence, Arkin claimed that Tepperman, after admitting his wife to the Florida nursing home where she is still a resident, began living with Denese Galban, the nurse who once cared for her. Tepperman's lawyers do not dispute his involvement with Galban but insist that the relationship has the blessing of other family...
...worried, though, that the media scrutiny of Marcia Clark and her team may scare prosecutors off other high-profile cases. "We expected a magazine profile or two, but do you expect to see topless photos from an ex-mother-in-law?" he says, referring to a tabloid story about Clark. "Most people who work for this office are not making a lot of money. They have the luxury of doing the right thing. They may think from now on, 'Sure, I'd like to test myself on this big case, but it's not worth it to myself...
Still, individual songs shine. The hip-hopping Money features sly, smart vocals by Jackson and an aggressive, gnarled beat, aptly capturing the sensation of being strangled by consumerism. And although the media-bashing Tabloid Junkie might strike some as self-serving, the song is still cutting and catchy. Also, Shaq's mini-rap flows well. "Any time you get the chance to work with a legend," says O'Neal, who actually worked with an engineer, not with Jackson, "you don't pass...