AHOT! HOT! SCOOP: THE LEGENDARY MADONNA will be bringing her "Sticky & Sweet Tour" to the United Center for one night only, Oct. 26, thanks to Live Nation. This hard-working and high-kicking diva turns 50 this year, and her new album is titled "Hard Candy."
A HOT! HOT! TICKET! Oprah Winfrey will introduce and present Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu with the Lincoln Leadership Prize at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library dinner May 13 at the Ritz-Carlton. The illustrious co-chairs are Chaz Ebert, Ray McCaskey, Frank Clark and Norm Bobins. Noted broadcaster and documentarian Bill Kurtis will emcee.
THE TRUMP INTERNATIONAL Hotel & Tower Chicago on North Wabash is a fabulous jewel that has settled down for good in the heart of this great city, and the shine is just blinding.
VIOLENCE IN CHI TOWN: IN MY OPINION, parents should be given back the power to discipline their kids and teens without being afraid they will call the police and have the parents arrested for no good reason.
I ASKED THE REV. MIKE PFLEGER, a community activist whom I hold in high regard, to give me a personal quote regarding the violence that is permeating the black community:
THE QUESTION raised by media and some interviewers on the campaign trail that bothers me the most in the battle between Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton: Depending on who wins, will you consider the other for your running mate?
THE POLICE SHOOTING and killing of that big cougar that roamed around in the Roscoe Village area the other day made plenty of sense to me. It is bad enough when you hear about pit bulls attacking folks on the street that result in horrible injuries and in some cases, death. So congrats to the cops for a job well done.
A BUSH ALERT: My sources are now telling me that first lady Laura Bush and daughter Jenna Bush will be signing their new book Read All About It only at the Naperville North High School auditorium at 7 p.m. April 28. They will not be signing at the Anderson's Bookshop . . . but the Bookshop is sponsoring the signing, and it is a ticketed event. The $25 ticket price includes a book and can be purchased at the Bookshop in Naperville or Downers Grove.
THE SCOOPS: FIRST LADY LAURA Bush and daughter Jenna Bush will be in Naperville April 28 to promote their new book, Read All About It, which is scheduled to land in stores April 22. The mother and daughter team will appear at the Naperville North High School Auditorium. They'll also sign books at 7 p.m. at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville. Ms. Jenna has been very busy planning her wedding to longtime boyfriend, Henry Hager, on May 10 in Waco, Texas. . . . Also, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao will speak at the Will County Republican Party's Lincoln Day dinner next Tuesday at the Bolingbrook Golf Club.
