Posts by John Cook
Small Screen
Oprah To Fans: I’m Quitting My Show Because My Bones Told Me Too
4:53AM John Cook | Here’s a clip from Oprah Winfrey’s on-air announcement that she’s putting the Oprah Winfrey Show out to pasture: “Why walk away, and make next season the last? Here is the real reason: [T]wenty-five years feels right in my bones.” More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Xenophon V. Xenu: The Galactic Battle For Australia’s Soul
7:38AM John Cook | An Australian senator has called for a criminal investigation into Scientology, alleging that the cult is “an abusive, manipulative, violent and criminal organisation”. The senator’s name is Nick Xenophon. This is going to be good. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Balloon Boy’s Parents To Plead Guilty To Hoaxing The Whole World
1:52AM John Cook | Richard and Mayumi Heene, the parents of that cute vomiting boy who did not get lost in the air in a balloon, will plead guilty tomorrow to charges that they concocted the story in order to become famous, which happened. More »
People
Now You Can Make Money When A Celebrity Bolts From Scientology
7:13AM John Cook | The British bookmaker Paddy Power is taking bets on which celebrity will be the next to turn their backs on L. Ron Hubbard. John Travolta leads the pack at 9:4 odds, and Tom Cruise is at 50:1. Place your markers. More »
People
Deadbeat Photographer Takes Official White House Family Portrait
1:28AM John Cook | The White House has released the official Obama family portrait, which was taken by Annie Leibovitz. What do you think that gig pays? More »
People
1:12AM John Cook | Nearly a month after Roman Polanski was jailed in Switzerland, the US has filed a formal demand for extradition so he can face sentencing for charges of unlawful sex with a minor. Litigation over the request could take six months.
Roman Polanski Is One Step Closer To Justice
1:12AM John Cook | Nearly a month after Roman Polanski was jailed in Switzerland, the US has filed a formal demand for extradition so he can face sentencing for charges of unlawful sex with a minor. Litigation over the request could take six months. 
Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
2:17AM John Cook | Maziar Bahari, the Canadian-Iranian Newsweek reporter who has been detained in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison since his arrest while covering the nation’s post-election uprising in June, has arrived safely in London in time for the birth of his first child. More »
People
Padma Lakshmi Still Haunting Salman Rushdie’s Dreams
1:45AM John Cook | According to Page Six, Salman Rushdie’s ex-girlfriend says he’s “cowardly, dysfunctional, and immature” and won’t stop talking about Padma Lakshmi, the one that got away. More »
Print
Today In David Rohde’s Great Escape
4:41AM John Cook | In Part Two of New York Times reporter David Rohde’s account of his captivity by the Taliban, we learn two things: 1) The Taliban lies, and 2) it seems like the New York Times‘ public relations professionals lie, too. More »
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