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...icon. As Emily Hartley, the wife of Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show, the throaty Brooklynite upped the ante for sitcom spouses. Though Pleshette never became a blockbuster star, she often outshone weaker material in film (Jerry Lewis' 1958 Geisha Boy) and onstage (she met future husband Tom Poston in 1959's Golden Fleecing). Pleshette gained millions of fans on TV shows ranging from Dr. Kildare in the '60s to the more recent Will & Grace, where she had guest appearances. She said being a megastar was overrated: "I'm an actress; that's why I'm still here...
...Obama isn't the only one who has taken issue with the former President's suddenly vocal role on the trail. Some past and present Democratic leaders, including former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, have complained that it is inappropriate for the former President to be playing such a nakedly partisan role in the nomination race. (Daschle, it must be noted, is backing Obama.) Some Democrats were particularly taken aback after Clinton called Obama's candidacy a "fairy tale" in New Hampshire, though Clinton later recanted, saying he was referring to Obama's position on the war in Iraq. South...
...Conservative élites are the ones most likely to break out into hives at the mention of McCain's name. Former Republican House majority leader Tom DeLay has declared that he would not vote for McCain in the general election, even if Hillary Clinton were the Democratic nominee. Railing against McCain and Huckabee, both of whom he views as anathema to conservatives, talk-radio kingpin Rush Limbaugh recently warned his 13.5 million listeners, "If either of these two guys gets the nomination, it's going to destroy the Republican Party." A few days later, Limbaugh was so outraged...
...Names everyone has heard of were left off the finalists' list. Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts were snubbed for their adept roles in Charlie Wilson's War. (Sorry, too entertaining.) Brad Pitt had a scuzzy majesty as Jesse James, and his missus was nobly agonized in A Mighty Heart, but neither Bra nor ngelina was nominated. Meanwhile, foreigners flourished: nine of the 20 acting slots went to the Brits, the Aussies and the tragic, singing Frenchwoman - Marion Cotillard, giving a Susan Hayward-meets-Judy Garland performance in La Vie en Rose. Sorry, Marion who? It's as if the voters...
...Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans made the first assault on May 26, and got within 100 m of their goal. Three days later Hillary and Tenzing set out in fine weather and, after a five-hour climb, reached the summit, 8,848 m above sea level. "My initial feelings were of relief," Hillary later wrote. "Relief that there were no more steps to cut - no more ridges to traverse and no more humps to tantalize us with hopes of success...