January 5, 2009 - AS reported, one year ago Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with inop erable stage-four pancreatic cancer which, basically, gave him a go for four months. For the first time Swayze is finally speaking out about it. To - surprise, surprise - Barbara Walters. He's gaunt but still has his hair...

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• IT'S IN THE STARS: A PEEK AT 2009

  December 30, 2008 - FROM psychic Paula Roberts, who's on Manhattan Neighborhood Net work TV, Time Warner channel 67, Wednesdays, 9:30 p.m.: INTERNA TIONAL: Bin Laden apprehended but, under mysterious circumstances...more >

• BOOKS, BOOKS & EVEN MORE BOOKS

  December 29, 2008 - SOON to be ex-Veep Dick Cheney, snug in the Witness Protection Program after pushing the war in Iraq and its dread Weapons of Mass Destruction, is now unleashing his wife on us. Lynne Cheney's...more >

• NOW FOR A ROUND OF CHRISTMAS TALES

  December 23, 2008 - HO Ho, Jingle Bells and a special hi to whoever that stupid partridge is in that dumb pear tree. Andie MacDowell: "Years back my husband and I spent Christmas night in Montana's...more >

• LONDON CALLING ABOUT A BUM NAMED BERNIE

  December 22, 2008 - AS you read this, and as I write this, I am in London. I who decry that most hideous of creatures - the houseguest - am a houseguest. My hostess is Indonesian. Her husband, Dutch. The...more >

• PEACE ON EARTH WITH A LITTLE MIRTH

  December 21, 2008 - HO, ho, ho . . . and please pardon that expression. Ever since Spitzer, it seems to have taken on a different meaning. I actually know one politician's wife whose gift to him will be a pillow...more >

• GHOSTS, BOASTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST

  December 19, 2008 - CHRISTMAS. Rumor is Plaxico Burr-ass did his shopping early. Not sure what he got, but could be - with good behavior - two years. Tommy Hilfiger: "I had eight brothers and sisters. Every...more >

• BARACK AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

  December 18, 2008 - OBAMA item No. 1. There is now a brand-new Debbie Brooks- designed black leather purse, out in time for Christmas, that features Mme. Obama's picture. Behind her is the flag with bejeweled...more >

• CAROLINE'S SIGHTS MAY BE EVEN HIGHER

  December 17, 2008 - OPERATION Caroline Kennedy per a closecloseclose insider to a close closeclose friend: "Assume Caroline gets appointed 2009, officially elected to fill out Hillary's term 2010...more >

• NO DRECK IN B'WAY'S 'SHREK'

  December 16, 2008 - 'SHREK the Musical," which beats the Dis ney dreck like "Tar zan" and "Little Mermaid," will make your heart dance. The creative team who made onstage magic - smoke...more >

• WRITER SHOPS BIO OF NEW FIRST LADY

  December 15, 2008 - FOLLOWING the glut of Barack books, comes now the Michelle jobs. And Andrew Morton is poised to strike again. His Tom Cruise thing came and went. His "Posh & Becks" about David...more >