Mackenzie Phillips expected to drop bombshell on ‘Oprah’

Mackenzie Phillips hid in her home, made compulsive purchases and struggled with personal issues, she tells Oprah Winfrey. The 49-year-old former child star, best known as Julie on the sitcom “One Day at a Time,” also reportedly tells Winfrey about a family secret she’s kept hidden for 31 years

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Obama launches Web site to reach public

Barack Obama had a formidable online presence during his quest for the White House, and he is once again turning to the Internet to communicate with the American public as president-elect. Within 24 hours of last week’s historic vote, his transition team rolled out change.gov, a Web site that promises to be “your source for the latest news, events and announcements so that you can follow the setting up of the Obama administration.” The site is still a little thin on content, but there’s a blog, a newsroom and a countdown to the January 20 inauguration

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Actor Henry Gibson dead at 73, spokesman says

Actor Henry Gibson, who played roles ranging from loopy poets to vengeful Illinois Nazis and cranky judges during a 40-year film and television career, has died at age 73, his representatives said Wednesday. Gibson was a regular on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” where he was known for popping up to read short, humorous poems during the show’s 1968-71 run

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Jennifer Aniston ready to reveal her singing voice

Jennifer Aniston will be singing and playing the guitar in an upcoming film, and she makes one guarantee about her big-screen musical debut: “I can carry a tune.” Aniston is both starring in and producing “The Goree Girls” — the story of a real-life 1940s-era country music group comprised of all-female prison inmates — and is currently honing her singing skills as the production prepares to roll in January.

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