All the President’s Men catapulted reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to stardom. Little credit at the time was given to the book’s editor, Alice Mayhew. But it would be Woodward and Mayhew who became the more important team.

Thanks to a Republican, the Democratic National Convention just got closer to making budget.

Harriet Miers, former White House counsel and unsuccessful U.S. Supreme Court nominee, has returned to her old law firm, but with a new portfoliio - as a registered agent for the Pakistan People’s Party and the Embassy of Pakistan.

Phil Collins has edged out Paul McCartney for the title of the largest celebrity divorce settlement in Britain.

The co-founder of one of the leading hook-up websites in the gay community, Manhunt.net, has been outed as a McCain supporter.

Can a former aerospace engineer who pioneered the development of satellite television save the Los Angeles Times?

After winning a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, Michael Phelps has earned a rest. Instead, he’s spending the rest of this week in Beijing making appearances for sponsors such as Visa and Hilton Hotels.

Mega-church pastor Rick Warren will accomplish tomorrow what no one else has been able to do: He will bring John McCain and Barack Obama together on the same stage (albeit sequentially) to be grilled about their faith, leadership and compassion.

For months during the heated contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Mark J. Penn was the Hillary Clinton adviser everyone loved to hate.

The late Julia Child mastered the art of French cooking, but that wasn’t the extent of her foreign involvement. The legendary chef is one of several high-profile figures who were involved with the undercover World War II intelligence agency, called the Office of Strategic Services.

As NBC’s commentator for women’s gymnastics, Bela Karolyi beat the drum all week arguing that members of China’s Olympics team were under-aged. Chances are, he will turn out to be right, but he has little credibility because of his own conflicts of interest.

“If you make that much money there’s bound to be a mess.” The line from John Steinbeck’s novel, East of Eden, is one of many in his books presaging the never-ending battles among his heirs.

The latest suggestion from the religious right on how to stop Democrat Barack Obama’s bid to be president? Rain him out.

For months, Barack Obama’s website has advertised ‘Republicans for Obama’ buttons, but there have been few signs of mass GOP defection. Now, Republicans for Obama has been organized to reach out to disillusioned GOP voters.

Frederick M. Baron was there for John Edwards in the past, giving and raising lots of money and doing other favors like letting the Democratic presidential candidate use his private jet.

Former U.S. Rep. Robert W. Ney will be a free man Saturday after serving 17 months of a 30-month federal sentence on political corruption charges. And then, he is expected to embark on a new career with the Talk Radio News Network.

The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller and who is being held on charges of abducting his 7-year-old daughter, has no inherited wealth, as it turns out, let alone any tie to the late oil baron’s family.

Despite hard times, or maybe because of hard times, Fortress Investment Group has just awarded $300 million in shares to retain one of its traders.

Political analyst Rachel Maddow may be an openly gay, former AIDS activist who doesn’t own a TV set. But her smarts and self-assurance have catapulted her to the forefront of cable TV’s talking heads, and made her a likely bet for her own time slot on MSNBC.

This fall, a new cable show called Whatever, Martha! will poke fun at old episodes of Living with Martha Stewart, which ran from 1991 to 2004. The lead poker will be Martha’s own daughter, Alexis Stewart.