HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – Elvis has overrun the building. Paul MacLeod, 64, has converted his home on a sleepy street in this north Mississippi town into a 24-7-365 shrine to the King of rock ‘n’ roll. “I eat, sleep and breathe Elvis, 24 hours a day,” said MacLeod, a Detroit-born …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Diplomatic Distress Libya may have finally restored diplomatic relations with the U.S. after 25 years, but it still can’t reopen its embassy in Washington. That’s because the city has refused to turn on water services saying Libya owes more than $27,000 in …

“Rocky Balboa” is the perfect ending to the long saga that is the “Rocky” series, and if it’s Stallone’s last big film, it is also a fitting farewell to the action titan. Meanwhile, Hollywood’s next generation action superstar, the everyman Matt Damon, opens with “The Good Shepherd” this Friday, pitting …

It began as a book. It has grown into an empire. That empire, built on the best-selling novel ‘The Da Vinci Code,” is bound to explode even further this weekend with the opening of the movie, which premiered Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The film joins scores …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Liberal Web site Truthout.org has issued what it calls a “partial apology” for reporting that White House adviser Karl Rove had been indicted last weekend in the CIA leak case and given “24 hours” to set his affairs in order. More than …

If the USA fights the War on Terror the way the committed left wants to fight it, we might as well surrender right now. The anti-Bush crew, led by The New York Times and the ACLU want civilian trials for terrorists, no coerced interrogation, no rendition for terrorists to other …

The “Talking Points Memo” this evening is about another piece of history, the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. By a vote of 58-42, the Senate confirmed Judge Alito this morning, but there was deep-seated anger in the secular progressive precincts. That’s because with Alito and Judge Roberts …

Michael Jackson Jacko Kicked Out, Cut Off by Arab Prince Today will be the seventh week in a row that employees at Michael Jackson‘s Neverland Ranch have not received paychecks. And now I have really bad news for them: Jackson has been cut off and kicked out by Prince Abdullah, …

Katie Couric | Macaulay Culkin | Connie Stevens Katie: ‘It Must Have Been a Slow News Week’ Katie Couric celebrated her career move — I’m sure you heard about it — with a quiet dinner for about 10 people last night at Nobu 57. When I asked her how she …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Quitting Candidates A group of candidates running in New Orleans’ first election since Hurricane Katrina all make an unusual promise to voters — if elected, they’ll quit the position they’re seeking. Seven candidates are challenging the city’s seven incumbent tax assessors in …