"What started as a common cold developed into severe breathing problems exacerbated by heart and kidney problems. It took the full three weeks to find a way to control it."

"There's no question that Fleiss had been illegally wiretapped," said [George B.] Newhouse, now a partner with Thelen Reid & Priest. "The evidence was incontrovertible." In the end, the wiretapping was "not something seen to be so important that federal resources should be devoted to it," he said.

I now realize that I made a big mistake in posting a blog without clearly identifying that the material in it didn't originate as a blog post but was pieced together from previous interviews. I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier. But I see it now and here is what I'm going to do about it: 1. Going forward, any time the HuffPost uses repurposed material we will identify it as such and source where it originally appeared and link to it. (Thank you Jeff Jarvis) 2. Even though the point of providing George Clooney a sample blog was to show how it's done and encourage him to join the blogosphere, I will curb my enthusiasm and not do this in the future.

Los Angeles Fashion Week may not be influential enough to set trends or lure major players from the East Coast. According to its producers, it's not even financially profitable. Still, the twice-yearly event becomes more strangely interesting with every coming season. The fall season begins today at Smashbox Studios in Culver City with more than 35 shows and a new "denim day," to capitalize on Southern California's chief fashion export.