"Alice Cooper is an American treasure, just like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price are American treasures. And I don't mean that I am an American treasure, but that the character of Alice Cooper is." Rocker Alice Cooper gives himself a little high praise, but forgets horror master Vincent Price was British.

"Kingston always claps for me. I love it." Even Gwen Stefani's baby son, who sat in the front row at mom's L.A.M.B catwalk show at New York Fashion Week on Wednesday, finds the pop star entertaining.

"Without sounding pompous, she looks like a combination of ancient Egypt and ancient Rome." Ben Kingsley on his new wife Daniela Barbosa De Caeneiro.

"I was wondering if anyone noticed the subtle irony... I was like, 'What is the universe telling me?' They're all looking like, 'Congratulations, loud mouth!'" Lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge on receiving her 2007 Best Song Oscar from John Travolta and Queen Latifah, who have both been labelled closet gays in recent media reports.

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