Don’t waste precious hours reading all 525 pages of the new gossip-filled Oprah bio — The Daily Beast has wrapped up all the juciest bits into only two pages.
Tell-alls
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Highlights from the John Edwards tell-all
The WSJ drips a few tasty tidbits from the forthcoming tell-all book by a former staffer to 2004 US Democratic VP nominee John Edwards, including allegations of a sex tape and calling his mistress a “crazy sl-t” when she got pregnant.
Monica Lewinski’s back
It’s the political scandal that never rests: Monica Lewinsky is back, accusing Bill Clinton of lying under oath about their sexual encounters in an explosive new book about Clinton’s impeachment trial.
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A new twist in the JFK assasination
A recently declassified oral history by JFK’s former military aide claims that, following the president’s assassination, he found Lyndon Johnson huddled in the bathroom of Air Force One, crying, “They’re going to get us all. It’s a plot. It’s a plot. It’s going to get us all.”
Andrew Agassi: no more heroes anymore?
Five-times Grand Slam champ Andre Agassi’s new autobiography is getting lots of attention for all the wrong reasons, with revelations he used crystal meth, took speed before matches, and his ’90s mullet was a fake. Neil Walker laments another sporting hero’s fall from grace.
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Inside Campaign Obama
Get a peak inside Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign from the man pulling all the strings, campaign manager David Plouffe, with this extract from his new memoir, The Audacity to Win
My father, Osama bin Laden
Read a chapter from the new book by Omar bin Laden, son of the world’s most infamous terrorist leader, Osama bin Laden, who he describes (amongst other things) as a mathematical genius who showed little affection and didn’t believe in refrigerators.
David Letterman’s boys’ club: a former Late Show writer tells all
In the wake of the David Letterman blackmail and sex scandal, one of the few women to ever write for Letterman dishes the dirt on the sexist and sexually-charged working environment in a tell-all piece for Vanity Fair
The Simpsons laid bare
John Ortved wrote an unauthorised history of The Simpson, dishing the dirt on all the goings-on behind the scenes of America’s favourite family. The show’s creators weren’t happy. He tells the whole sordid tale.
Lachlan’s philosophy tutor tells all
Ten years ago, Lachlan Murdoch was studying philosphy at Princeton. Today his tutor Alan Hajek reflects on the nature of celebrity and the nice young man he met.
