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We have a winner! Beating out more than 3,000 wanna-bes--even Tammy Faye Bakker sent in a tape--former Channel One News reporter Lisa Ling has won a seat at the talk table with Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Joy Behar on "The View." Ling, 25, fills in the generation gap created when twentysomething Debbie Matenopoulos exited the show at the end of last year. Ling must have learned something from her infamously airheaded predecessor: she comes off as a lot more reserved and grounded than Matenopoulos. Still, Ling likes the occasional walk on the wild side. During her on-air audition for the show, she got her navel pierced. "She thought it was wonderful," sniffs Walters. "I thought it was disgusting." Hey, it passes for debate on daytime TV.
Musk, With a Top Note of Pile Driver
Want to smell like a wrestler? You're in luck. World Championship Wrestling and Perfumania have teamed up to launch a new scent, Nitro for Men, in December. And just who do we have to thank for this malodorous must-have? "My son. He's a big fan of the WCW," says Perfumania CEO Ilia Lekach. "He was the one who first thought of it. When he told me about it, I said he must be nuts. But then I saw the demographics--35 million loyal fans--and it made a lot more sense." WCW stars Kevin Nash and Bill Goldberg are already on the promotion bandwagon, shooting the first print ads last weekend in Miami. "When they first approached me, I thought they were going to use my sweat or something," says Goldberg. Too bad the names Old Spice and Brut are taken.
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Mum's the Word
Some advice for the monarchs of Monaco: if you're trying to keep Princess Caroline's pregnancy under wraps, tell her to keep the jacket closed. The rumors first flew when she seemed to sport a little extra weight around the middle at her January wedding to Prince Ernst of Hanover. Now pics from last week add more fuel to speculation that the next royal boldface name was in the works well before the winter nuptials. The royal family won't budge from its past denial of all rumors. And people think Nitro smells fishy?
Lolita at Large
Amy Fisher should get down on her knees and thank Saint Mary. And we don't mean the Virgin. After serving just seven years of her original 15-year sentence for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco in a bid to secure the cheating heart of hubby Joey, the Long Island Lolita could be back in Massapequa as soon as this week. "Amy would not have been released this soon were it not for Mary Jo's forgiveness and generosity," says Fisher lawyer Bruce Barket. Remember, the bullet is still lodged in Mary Jo's head. As for Amy's post-prison plans: "She's lined up a fairly ordinary, hourly job related to the fashion industry," reports Barket. Designing a line of bullet-proof hats?
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