Sarah Palin, a favorite target of late night comedians and "Saturday Night Live" for more than a year, is having the last laugh. Her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," has become the publishing sensation of the holiday season.
The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate's autobiography has sold more than 700,000 copies in its first week of release -- including 300,000 on the first day alone.
Text and photos from LIFE.com, which you can visit FOR MORE. Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton is engaged to be married, after accepting a Thanksgiving proposal from her longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky.
It may have been the year of one of her classic films, Some Like It Hot, but a home movie found after 50 years in an attic apparently demonstrates that Marilyn Monroe may have enjoyed pot too. A silent reel-to-reel colour film.
Bill Clinton is a man that once thought Monica Lewinsky was hot enough to stick a cigar up her vagina. So his taste may be questionable. But daughter Chelsea should still be comforted by the fact that her father is a big fan of his future son-in-law.
TEMPE, Ariz.-Hundreds of Sarah Palin fans flocked to a Costco store in Tempe on Tuesday to meet the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate and to have her sign their copies of "Going Rogue.
CHICAGO—Sarah Palin says it's "a bit heartbreaking" to see the road the father of her grandson has taken. Palin appeared on Monday's episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," saying Levi Johnston is on a road that is "not a healthy place to be.
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