Spice Girls

  • Beckham, the virus

    He's one of the most famous humans who has ever lived -- even though he's not that cute, not that smart and not that great a soccer player.
  • Princess Di -- movie star?

    Costner says Diana was considering "Bodyguard" sequel; Hugh Grant's a jerk; and Scary Spice ditches the breast implants she said she never had.
  • Sporty Spice, Ditching Spice

    The Spice formerly known as Mel C. says she's leaving; Leif Garrett's wanted by the law; and Björn Borg wants more sex for everyone. Plus: Russell Crowe comes out of hiding and more!
  • Did Barrymore call off wedding?

    "SNL" chief says Drew canceled five minutes before televised vows; Kyra Sedgwick on turkey basters and barenaked Bacon. Plus: A Famke Janssen Thanksgiving: "I don't care what I eat, as long as my meat gets well massaged"!
  • The naked and the dead

    Kate Winslet gives necrophilia a whirl, big bum and all; Kate Moss gets robbed -- and sad. Plus: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas push the tacky envelope, and Babs gets sued by an accused stalker.
  • The naked truth

    Paula Jones to give Penthouse readers the presidential treatment; Mel C. gives her fellow Spice Girl a good licking on British TV; Elizabeth Hurley's still talking about her Hugh-free bed.
  • Sally Field on f***ability

    Prince Charles on bum rap in Britain; Spice Girl Mel C. on the joys of tailwind; Jennifer's dress and Puffy's suit. Plus: Dr. Laura -- going down in Canada.
  • Marlon Brando in "Flashdance"!

    Whole lotta shakin' goin' on while His Greatness shoots new movie with De Niro; Yasmine Bleeth's new role: "I'm a bitch ..."; Mike Myers: "I'm as happy as a little girl." Plus: How George Clooney makes waves wherever he goes.
  • Lust and bullets at Rumba Beach

    If Chaucer had retired to a trailer in Margaritaville, would he spend his evenings watching Fellini movies? He might.
  • Hell, 90210

    Aaron Spelling shares special moments with starlets; is Kevin Costner Catherine Zeta-Jonesing or just following her around? And Neve vs. Jamie Lee ... she who screams last?
  • A new year and a new spouse

    Forget losing weight. For 2000, a vast number of British couples resolved to lose something else.
  • Sharps & Flats

    Sporty Spice breaks out of the pack. Who knew Mel C was an L.A. rocker at heart?
  • Munster movies

    Widow's peaked: Eddie and Grandpa are baaack ... their careers, not so much. Posh Spice on how to get famous in 30 days or your money back; and Anna Nicole Smith's late, great, reprobate husband.
  • Sharps & flats

    Thug rapper Eve's assertive female raps would sound even more radical at the top of the charts if the countrified Dixie Chicks weren't telling the exact same stories.
  • The high whine of top models

    It ain't so pretty bein' beautiful; Cruise shows mom his Clockwork Orgy; key to men's minds: The Three Stooges. Plus: EBay says online hooking violates user agreement.
  • And many more ...

    Kids' birthday parties are out of hand. Whatever happened to cake, ice cream and pin the tail on the donkey?
  • Geri-rigged

    The artist formerly known as Ginger Spice slips out of the Union Jack drag-queen glad rags with her debut solo effort, "Schizophonic."
  • Newt won't doodle for charity

    Gingrich digs a 'do with a "minty feeling"; moms dig Wiggles' butts; Lady Aitken wilts before the press; and Flynt crowns Stephanopoulos "Queen Bitch."
  • John Mellencamp

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  • The Donnas

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  • Spice World

    The five babes from Britain serve up sass and song in a vacuous debut that looks like one long, convoluted music video.
  • Newsreal: The fame economy

    What's good for Michael Jordan is good for America
  • Bubblegum Thatcherism

    The Spice Girls want you to think they're Tiger Beatish riot grrrls. Actually, they're inane Young Tories.

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