Celebrity Scandals

Sandra Bullock's Crisis : Opinion Brief
Sandra Bullock made a splash at the MTV music video awards.

Sandra Bullock's 'MTV-manufactured' return

Did a staged kiss between Sandra Bullock and Scarlett Johansson ruin the tabloid-battered Bullock's return to the Hollywood spotlight?

 
Octomom's Odyssey : Opinion Brief
Octomom: PETA's newest spokeswoman.

Octomom: PETA's overbreeding expert

Nadya Suleman's urging people to get their pets spayed and neutered — so the animals don't end up like her. Is this, as PETA says, a "win-win' situation?

 
First Muslim Miss USA : Best Column
Miss USA: Bikini diplomacy?

'Bikini diplomacy': What a Muslim Miss USA means to the world

Some on the right are upset that Lebanese-American Rima Fakih won the crown, says Tunku Varadarajan in The Daily Beast, but they're missing the point

 
First Muslim Miss USA : Opinion Brief
Rima Fakih: The politically correct choice for Miss USA?

Miss USA: Does it matter if she's Arab-American?

Commentators on the Right say Rima Fakih's pageant crown is a sign of political correctness gone awry. Is that crazy?

 
Sandra Bullock's Crisis : Opinion Brief
Sandra Bullock's "People" cover

Sandra Bullock's 'bombshell' adoption: Strategic?

The besieged star surprised America with news that she's adopted a baby boy. Some cynics find the announcement too convenient

 
Sandra Bullock's Crisis : Infographic
Infotab

Tiger Woods vs. Jesse James: The infographic

The two men's respective sex scandals have unfolded along eerily similar lines—as TheWeek.com documents in a quick-reference graph  

 
Sandra Bullock's Crisis : Best Column
Sandra Bullock.

The 'philosophic question' facing Sandra Bullock

The New York Times' David Brooks examines the mixed fortunes of Sandra Bullock, who won an Oscar and confronted a cheating husband in the same week

 
Octomom's Odyssey : Update
Octomom's PETA partnership might save her home.

Octomom: No to porn, yes to PETA?

Faced with foreclosure, Nadya Suleman accepts $5,000 and vegan food donations from PETA in exchange for placing an embarrassing sign in her front yard

 
Octomom's Odyssey : Opinion Brief
"Octomom" talks on The View.

Can porn save 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman?

To save her house from foreclosure, should the Octomom accept an offer to shoot an adult film?

 
Octomom's Odyssey : Opinion Brief
"Octomom"

Could 'Octomom' face foreclosure?

News that "Octomom" Nadya Suleman — and her 14 children — might be evicted has bloggers in a tizzy

 
Sandra Bullock's Crisis : The List
Michelle "Bombshell" McGee

Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee and 7 other swastika scandals

A Nazi-themed photo shoot of Jesse James' alleged mistress Michelle "Bombshell" McGee" is just the latest focus of furor over the notorious Nazi symbol

 
Sandra Bullock's Crisis : Twitter Take
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The latest Tweets on 'Sandra Bullock'

Unfiltered, real-time commentary from the world at large

 
Sandra Bullock's Crisis : Instant Guide
Michelle "Bombshell" McGee.

Who is Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee?

Sandra Bullock won an Oscar, only to be confronted by claims that her marriage is a sham. Here's what's known about the self-proclaimed "other woman" — tattoo artist, MySpace star, and...biochemist?

 
The Mel Gibson Scandal : Opinion Brief
Mel Gibson in "Edge of Darkness."

'Edge of Darkness': Mel Gibson's comeback?

Will this be the beginning of the road to reform for the troubled actor?

 
Octomom's Odyssey : Flashback
The 'Star' cover

Octomom's bikini body: Fake?

The mother of 14 posed for the new issue of Star magazine in nothing but a bikini, claiming her 150-pound weight-loss was natural

 

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