NEWS LITE : DOLE GIVES VIAGRA THUMBS UP.Calling it ``a great drug,'' former Sen. Bob Dole says he was among the men who took part in trials of the new impotence pill Viagra. ``I wish I'd have bought stock earlier,'' the 1996 Republican presidential nominee In United States politics and government, the phrase presidential nominee has two distinct meanings. The first is somebody chosen by the primary voters and caucus-goers of this party to be the party's nominee for President of the United States. joked on CNN's ``Larry King Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an award-winning American writer, journalist and broadcaster. He currently hosts a nightly interview program on CNN called Larry King Live, one of the longest running talk shows on American air. Live'' show Thursday night. Dole, 74, was diagnosed with prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. in 1991 while serving as a senator from Kansas, and underwent surgery. Since then he has appeared in TV ads, before Congress and in interviews to promote the importance of early detection and to encourage men to speak frankly with their doctors about prostate-related problems, including impotence. When King asked Dole what he thought about the overwhelming popularity of the new impotence pill, Dole said: ``It is a great drug. I'll be honest - I was in the protocol and participated in the program. ``I think we need to learn more about it. There are many men out there, millions of men out there, who suffer from impotence, and this may be the first step.'' Dole's wife, Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole, was asked about it Friday in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . She laughed and said: ``Let me just say, I'll make this statement: He was in the protocol and it's a great drug. OK?'' The audience burst into laughter and applause. Did she buy stock? ``I wish I had,'' she said. Linkletter falls into just the right arms Art Linkletter Art Linkletter (born Gordon Arthur Kelly on July 17 1912 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada), was the host of two of the longest-running shows in United States broadcast history: House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and picked the right place to faint. The television personality collapsed during a speech in front of 2,000 health-care workers in Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. . ``When I woke up, you never saw so many nurses around me wanting to do something,'' Linkletter said Friday as he left Grant Medical Center. A photographer also had leapt on stage and grabbed Linkletter before he hit the floor. Linkletter, 85, said he fainted Thursday because he had not eaten or taken his blood-pressure medication. Linkletter's television show ``People Are Funny'' ran for 10 years starting in 1955, and his daytime ``House Party'' appeared on CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. for 26 years. The show is best remembered for the feature ``Kids Say the Darnedest Things Kids Say the Darnedest Things was a TV show hosted by Bill Cosby and co-hosted by Art Linkletter that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000. It is based on Art Linkletter's TV show, Art Linkletter's House Party ,'' reprised this year by Bill Cosby William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D. (born July 12 1937) is an American actor, comedian, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. . New kid on block for `Friends' star It's a boy for ``Friends'' star Lisa Kudrow. The actress gave birth Wednesday to a 6-pound, 12-ounce boy, spokeswoman Jennifer Allen announced Friday in Los Angeles. The TV star and husband Michel Stern named their son Julian Murray. Mother and baby were resting comfortably, Allen said. Country music entices Springer Country music and ``Jerry Springer'' have a lot in common, according to the host of the brawling talk show. ``I took my daughter to the Grand Ole' Opry a couple of years ago and as we were listening to the country music there it dawned on me that the themes of country music are totally consistent with the themes of talk shows,'' Springer told TV's ``Hard Copy'' in an interview to be broadcast Monday. ``They're about broken relationships, divorce, cheating, who slept with whom.'' Springer even has a country music CD. He joked that if played backward, you can hear, ``Watch Oprah!'' Michael Jackson dealing for casino The cat's out of the glove: Michael Jackson has met with casino officials and shopped for land to build a casino, hotel and theme park complex in St. Croix, the Virgin Islands, the New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. reported Friday. Jackson is considering a multimillion-dollar investment with a Detroit developer, the newspaper said. He met with members of the Casino Control Commission on Thursday and inspected a 600-acre site on the west end of St. Croix, one of the main islands in the U.S. Caribbean territory. Jackson was quoted as having said he was focusing on St. Croix because of his ``love for this beautiful island and its people.'' Film, fashion to join in ad promotion Miramax's Dimension Films will join forces with Tommy Hilfiger USA for a $30 million advertising and marketing campaign to support an upcoming picture directed by Robert Rodriguez. In what may be an unprecedented level of collaboration between the fashion and entertainment industries, young actors from the film will pose in Tommy jeans for a back-to-school advertising campaign that will begin in July. The film's younger stars will be seen in print and TV advertisements for Tommy jeans. They include R&B singer Usher, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall and Elijah Wood. The campaign will not include the film's older stars, including Salma Hayek, Bebe Neuwirth and Piper Laurie. The film is to open Christmas Day. --- News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 5 Photos PHOTO (1) A kiss is just a kiss Bill Cosby, right, and USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. President Steven B. Sample Steven B. Sample (born 1940) is the 10th and current (1991-) President of the University of Southern California. Background He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. pucker puck·er v. puck·ered, puck·er·ing, puck·ers v.tr. To gather into small wrinkles or folds: puckered my lips; puckered the curtains. v.intr. up at Friday's graduation ceremony. Cosby received an honorary doctorate degree and also delivered the commencement speech. Nick Ut/Associated Press (2) Bob Dole Praises impotence pill (3) LINKLETTER (4) SPRINGER (5) HILFIGER |
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