| Poole back as Vanoc chair after cancer treatment
Jack's back. Sounding fit and feisty despite weathering pancreatic cancer, undergoing an aggressive and experimental treatment and losing 30 pounds, Vanoc chairman Jack Poole says he's ready to take on more Olympic business. In his first extensive interview since being diagnosed with cancer five months ago, Poole dispelled rumours he planned to resign at today's Vanoc board meeting. .
SFGate: Daily Dish
Paris Hilton will no longer be associated with two nightclubs called Club Paris, because the socialite's failure to attend scheduled appearances has angered the venues' owner. Fred Khalilian refuses to change the name of his flagship club in Orlando, Fla., or that of its sister club in nearby Jacksonville. He has now "fired" Hilton, who even arrived six hours late for the Orlando club's opening two years ago, and wants the two Club Paris' to refer to the French capital instead. Khalilian says, "She's created a circus for herself. It's all about, how has she screwed up now?" Hilton's spokesman Elliott Mintz, who claims neither Hilton nor himself have been contacted by Khalilian, says, "I'm certainly disappointed to learn of Fred's unfortunate comments.
Super Bowl hype week is just like talking to a child
You'd like Ornstein, honey, because he says he's innocent, and I know how much you like fairy tales.
THE NFL brought the coach of the Patriots and six players to the media headquarters, about the same time I was getting an e-mail from the Kings.
The Kings are a hockey team that is about as exciting as that drive you make with your parents from L.A. to Arizona, and competing for attention with the Super Bowl is like trying to get a word in when your grandmother starts talking.
The coach of the Patriots is Bill Belichick, and I know what you're going to say: "I scared."
You and I are a little different, honey. I say: "Nap time."
But this is what is so amazing about the Super Bowl. There were hundreds of reporters writing down every monotone mumble, and he already spoke on Sunday, and will do so again Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
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