Private Lives

The Postmodern Hester Prynne

Oh, these naughty alpha males and their uncontrollable libidos! We’ve had a parade of powerful men in picture-perfect marriages, exposed as lying horndogs: John Edwards, Mark Sanford, Tiger Woods, Eliot Spitzer, now even (allegedly) Al Gore. And just look at their lovely, betrayed wives, each one “handling” the situation with her own brand of dignity. Read More

John Edwards Will Maybe Testify

The Daily Beast just sent out an email with an exclusive report that says John Edwards might be deposed in the suit by his mistress Rielle Hunter against his former aide, Andrew Young.

The only problem with the headline–”Edwards To Testify About Sex Tape”–is that the report says Ms. Hunter has skipped five dates Read More

Rielle Hunter Talks About Johnny, Jay, Pulitzer Prize

In a long Q&A–with accompanying photographs that shows her lounging in a white shirt next to her child’s stuffed animals–John Edwards associate Rielle Hunter tells G.Q. all about how she met “Johnny,” how the cover-up with Andrew Young came about, how the National Enquirer freed her but doesn’t really deserve a Pulitzer, how she Read More

The Convenient Tale of the John Edwards Saboteurs

George Stephanopoulos injected some unexpected intrigue into This Week when he declared that a group of former John Edwards staffers had secretly conspired in late 2007 and early 2008 to make sure that their candidate's presidential campaign would fail.

Stephanopoulos, who didn't name any of the staffers, made the claim after bringing up the Read More

Morning Memo: Barack Obama’s Star-Studded Victory Party; Tim Robbins’s Voting Debacle; The National Enquirer Plays (Very) Dirty

Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, Will.I.Am, and Star Jones were among the celebrities who attended Barack Obama‘s victory rally in Chicago’s Grant Park last night. Ms. Winfrey called the win "the greatest experience of [her] lifetime." [US Weekly

An indignant Tim Robbins spent five hours attempting to vote yesterday after a registration Read More