Scandal: A Manual

Together, married syndicated columnists George Rush and Joanna Molloy broke some of the biggest stories of recent years in the pages of New York's Daily News. They also crossed paths with—and sometimes, just crossed—such boldface names as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker, Julia Roberts, Jay Z, Donald Trump, Anna Nicole Smith, Bernie Madoff, Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee, Princess Diana, Bill O'Reilly, Oprah, and Kirstie Alley and her baby possum. And that's just for starters.

"[They're] dishing the dirt."—The New York Times
Along the way, they turned down bribes, were threatened with lawsuits, tangled with politicians and gangsters, fought off blackmailers, saw things...