In the high-stakes world of Communist Party politics, it sometimes takes a politician only one wrong move to slide from fame to shame.
As the drama surrounding one of the Chinese Communist Party's most high-profile politicians, Bo Xilai, unfolds with all the twists of a soap opera, attention has zoomed in again on his wife, Gu Kailai, the woman likened by some as the "Jackie Kennedy of China" and who is now officially charged with murder.
Dinner invitations, decorating notes and a congratulatory telegram were among the first batch of personal papers from former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis released Monday.
The 1964-model Cadillac hearse that carried President John F. Kennedy's body and casket after his assassination is to be auctioned Saturday in Scottsdale, Arizona, the auctioneer's representatives said.
From bustles to silk chiffon with organza flowers and Swarovski crystals, the newly updated first ladies exhibition at the National Museum of American History is an extravaganza of frills and fashion.
Through recently released tapes and new interviews, PEOPLE reveals a Jackie Kennedy the public never knew
Caroline Kennedy releases recordings of her mother done four months after JFK's assassination
Fans flock to her home, while biographer Andrew Morton speculates on if she had lived
What price love -- or more accurately, what price a love letter?
Letters by a teenage Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis to her Harvard boyfriend in the late 1940s show the future first lady writing about adolescent love, kissing and her loathing of attending a finishing school.
Dressed for a later dinner, President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy smile as they greet guests in the grand ballroom. A mariachi band plays behind them. Men and women, the latter wearing the bouffant hairstyles of the time, shake their hands.
Prince William and Prince Charles have been cast - but who will play the royal bride?
Michael Prupas is confident the eight-hour miniseries The Kennedys will be shown somehow, somewhere
"We have decided the dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand," the network says
Brian Todd reports on new details of JFK's Secret Service detail and the assassination.
After mostly avoiding the spotlight for decades, many of the former U.S. Secret Service agents who were assigned to protect President John F. Kennedy are now offering their accounts of the day he was assassinated, 47 years ago Monday.
Both actresses may be playing Jackie Kennedy, but it's no contest, says Weisz
Kitty Kelley, author of the controversial biography "Oprah," has a motto over her desk that speaks to her philosophy about her profession as a celebrity biographer: "Tell the truth, but ride a fast horse."
The actress will star in The Kennedys next year on The History Channel
Eleanor Roosevelt was also 5' 11," a good seven inches above Laura Bush and Nancy Reagan
When U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated nearly 50 years ago, he left behind a nation stunned by grief and brimming with questions.
CNN's Carol Costello looks at letters that expressed anguish over the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Kitty Kelley, biographer of the rich and famous, is getting ready to release an unauthorized biography on talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
There is something new to do in Sin City: Follow the trail of "The Amazing Race" finalists who sprinted through Las Vegas, Nevada, in a quest to win a $1 million grand prize.
In just 200 days, Michelle Obama has put her own stamp on one of America's most unusual political positions -- the unelected, undefined job of being first lady. And the way she's done it? It's largely through the fashion choices she's made.
The FBI has seized a two-page, handwritten letter of condolence sent by Jacqueline Kennedy to the widow of Robert F. Kennedy shortly after he was assassinated in 1968. The family contends the letter was stolen.
He had a name that rang down through generations.
Sen. Ted Kennedy passes away, marking "the end of Camelot." CNN's Candy Crowley reports.
Heather Ferreira works in the slums of Mumbai, India, where she has watched thousands of women live under a "curse."
The Grey Gardens actress says she wants to focus on directing and starring in dramas
"I really enjoyed our meeting," the First Lady says after her audience with the Queen
What can the first lady accomplish when she accompanies her husband on his first trip to Europe? She can play a role in the rebranding of America.
Madame Tussauds in D.C. is creating the new First Lady's likeness for display in March
Michelle Obama may be the first First Lady fashion icon since Jacqueline Kennedy. CNN's Brianna Keilar reports.
She got quite a resume: author, mother, fundraiser and school crossing guard!
For the Obama family, it is the move of a lifetime.
A big part of being president is making decisions, and one of the key decisions a would-be president can make is who he or she marries.
Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain have very different styles. CNN's Jill Dougherty asks what kind of first lady each would be.
Keeping in constant character for the role of Jackie Kennedy's eccentric cousin Edie Beale in HBO's upcoming Grey Gardens, Drew Barrymore refers to her real-life boyfriend Justin Long not by his name, but by the Edie-like label of "gentleman caller."
Designers played it safe at New York Fashion Week, with simple, easy pieces. But achieving simplicity in fashion is one of the toughest things to do
Friday will find relatives of Heath Ledger arriving in New York City for his funeral, says a spokesman for the funeral home handling the service.
Here are some tips on how to gracefully and painlessly remove yourself from sticky social situations.
Karl Lagerfeld lamented the decision by Valentino to retire next year, saying Wednesday that he feared the 75-year-old Italian would find life after fashion a bore
Time.com: Replacing Valentinoupdated: Wed Sep 05 2007 13:00:00
Alessandra Facchinetti, a former designer of Gucci, will replace the legendary couturier as creative director of the Valentino women's collections
Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who was married to President Lyndon B. Johnson, died Wednesday, according to a family spokeswoman. She was 94.
Two people were arrested in Cheshire, England, in connection with terrorist incidents in England and Scotland, bringing the total number of people in custody to four, Scotland Yard said early Sunday.
Flaming car rams into airport
OGLING OTHER PEOPLE'S REAL ESTATE has become the national pastime. But for jaw-dropping apartment porn, it's hard to beat Michael Gross's description of corporate raider Saul Steinberg's place at 7...
As a child at the White House, Caroline Kennedy got early lessons in the power of words.
A golden 1954 Oldsmobile concept car sold at auction this weekend for $3.24 million.
"Kennedy is the Remedy," "I Back Jack" and "Leadership for the 60s" are just some of the slogans on posters, buttons and pennants that adorn the walls claiming allegiance to John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Horses are an incredible amount of work. I was raised on a horse farm in Harding Township, N.J. My father worked on Wall Street. There were always horses on the property, and we grew up with horses...
Money Magazine: Augustupdated: Thu Aug 01 2002 00:01:00
Cheap flicks The good news for digital auteurs: Prices for digital videocams have finally begun to fall. Take the new Sony DCR-PC101, the smallest model in Sony's line, which sells for about $1,300...
Last year the second most popular museum exhibit in the world wasn't an Old Master but a young subject: "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years," featuring dresses from the former First Lady's w...
THE ANSWER: "No. But you have 60 days to dispute the charge, and you don't pay anything until the matter is resolved."
A more glossy gathering of self-made women could scarcely be found than at the annual Power Lunch for Women to benefit Citymeals-on-Wheels, which provides meals for homebound elderly New Yorkers. T...
It's hard to resist the temptation to buy when you see the fancy fakes sidewalk vendors display. But pick the wrong thing, and you will look like a phony--or a fool--to those who know the genuine a...
In life, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a beacon of grace and courage. In death, she continues to lead by example, not least on the importance of thorough estate planning, including having a well-d...
To Maurice Tempelsman, her friend and companion of some 15 years and an executor of her will, she left a Greek alabaster head of a woman. To her children, Caroline and John, she left $250,000 apiec...
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/SPECIAL REPORT 44 MANAGING IN A WIRED COMPANY An organization becomes a different animal when it gets network technology. The old ways of harnessing the beast won't work. Her...
Apart from being linked in history, one thing the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Richard Nixon shared -- along with millions of Americans -- was the desire to die with dignity. News that both ...
Phone calls not returned? Faxes left unanswered? Appointments showing up late? Today's office manners, it seems, have become just horrendous. Why all the incivility? After a decade of corporate dow...
When Barry Silver and his fiancee Mary Krupinsky began shopping for a beach house a year ago, they ignored Martha's Vineyard, the island off Cape Cod that is favored by such well-heeled vacationers...
Fortune: NOW HEAR THIS updated: Mon Feb 13 1989 00:01:00
-- BARBARA BUSH, 63, on her role as a fashion trendsetter: ''My mail tells me that a lot of fat, white-haired, wrinkled ladies are tickled pink.''
Fortune: Don't be a boorupdated: Mon Mar 14 1988 00:01:00
The next time you attend a social dinner, do not, whatever you do, whip out your business card and hand it across the table. ''That is so crass and so bad,'' admonishes Letitia Baldrige, 62, author...
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