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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