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Bill Clinton Flatters Penélope Cruz

Originally posted 11/30/2007 01:15PM

Penélope Cruz didn't only receive an official gold medal from New York City's Spanish Institute on Thursday, she also got an unofficial Presidential medal of approval.

All right, make that former Presidential approval, as Bill Clinton and the actress were both honored at the institute's Gold Medal Gala for their contributions to Spanish-American relations.

"I was trying to figure out exactly why I would receive this award tonight," Clinton said after being presented with a medallion from Spain's Queen Sofía. "It may be because even though I'm not of Spanish descent, I've seen every one of Penélope Cruz's movies – and I liked them all."

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•  | Filed Under: Good Deeds, Bill Clinton, Penélope Cruz

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Topher Grace Joins Spider-Man 3

Originally posted 05/20/2005 08:20AM

HIRED: Fresh from his exit this week from FOX's That '70s Show after a seven-year run, Topher Grace, 26, has lined up his next gig, as a villain in Spider-Man 3 with series stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco and the previously announced cast addition, Sideways Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church. The movie is due for release on May 4, 2007, says the Hollywood Reporter. In other comic-book news, TV's Frasier star Kelsey Grammer, 50, will play Beast, a giant blue-furred creature, in X-Men 3, reports Variety. That movie is due to open next May.

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•  | Filed Under: Bill Clinton, Katie Couric, Larry King, Topher Grace

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Star Jones Reynolds Ready for PETA Diss

Originally posted 04/01/2005 09:00AM

PUNK'D: Star Jones Reynolds, 43, is keeping a sense of humor about a new ad campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which features a 6'-tall drag queen named Flotilla DeBarge who's dressed to look like the View cohost. The "Fur is a Drag" ad will feature DeBarge wearing a fur-accented bridal gown splattered with blood. "As long as no laws are broken, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," Jones Reynolds said in a statement to the Associated Press. "I hope his hair and makeup look fabulous and he remembers to shave."

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•  | Filed Under: Alicia Keys, Bill Clinton, Billy Joel, Jane Fonda, Prince Albert, Star Jones

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WEEK IN REVIEW: Sheen Denies Bad Behavior

Originally posted 03/11/2005 01:00PM

SHEEN STATEMENT: What went wrong in the two-a-half year marriage of Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, who is pregnant with the couple's second child and filed for divorce? Sources close to the situation say that Richards, 34, made the bold move out of concern that Sheen, 39, had reverted to some of his old bad boy ways. Sheen strongly denies this. In a statement, he said: "I did not cheat on my wife. These stories and allegations are unconscionable. The reason for our separation is a private matter between us."

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•  | Filed Under: Bill Clinton, Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards, Martha Stewart, Michael Jackson, Shannon Elizabeth

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Clinton Feels 'Good' Before New Surgery

Originally posted 03/09/2005 08:50AM

REASSURED: Former President Bill Clinton, who will undergo a low-risk medical procedure on Thursday to remove fluid and scar tissue from the left side of his chest, told reporters in Washington on Tuesday: "It'll knock me out of commission for a week or two, and then I'll be back to normal. I'm not in too bad a shape," he added. "I feel good." The procedure, to take place at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, comes six months after he underwent quadruple bypass surgery. Clinton, 58, will remain hospitalized for three to 10 days and is expected to make a "full functional recovery," doctors said.

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•  | Filed Under: Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Dan Rather, Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson, Sylvester Stallone