CHEF JULIA CHILD WAS A WWII SPY - HOW WILD!

oh my gosh - this is totally the most random story i've heard in a longtime - everyone remembers beloved chef julia child and her infamous cooking shows that ran for years (plus she penned a number of cook books) maybe you found her style to be a little on the dry side (at least i did when i was a kid...) but now the truth comes out four years after her death at age 91 that she was spy during WWII (how very alias of her!) she's like the last person you'd expect to be a spy (which i guess is the point - perhaps martha stewart was never in jail - maybe her whole scandal was part of some espionage ploy!) ms. child's name is being released tomorrow along with 24,000 other names of people who at some point did a little spy work on behalf of the united states government! oh my gosh - i wonder what kind of spy work julia did?!? popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo

Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world. They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt.

The secret comes out Thursday, all of the names and previously classified files identifying nearly 24,000 spies who formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the United States. The National Archives, which this week released a list of the names found in the records, will make available for the first time all 750,000 pages identifying the vast spy network of military and civilian operatives.

They were soldiers, actors, historians, lawyers, athletes, professors, reporters. But for several years during World War II, they were known simply as the OSS. They studied military plans, created propaganda, infiltrated enemy ranks and stirred resistance among foreign troops. READ MORE

ELVIS & PRISCILLA GET THE BARBIE TREATMENT

good evening! i'm a total sucker for most pop culture collectibles (which my mom would probably classify as junk...) and this one is no exception - mattel is releasing a limited edition barbie set of both the king of rock & roll elvis presley and his one-time bride priscilla presley (retailing for about $75) whom he married back on may 1st 1967 when priscilla was just twenty-one years old (elvis was 32 at the time) the detailed barbies depict the couple back on that happy day - they divorced six years later in '73 (lisa marie was their only child born in '68) and the king passed away in '77 - this coming saturday marks the 31st anniversary of his untimely & unfortunate death at age 42 - if elvis was still alive today he would have turned 73 this year! (oh my gosh i totally feel like 'factoid sally' tonight) popbytes over & out for now...xxoo

PHOTOS OF ELVIS & PRISCILLA | WENN

POP NOSH: JOHN MAYER DUMPED JEN ANISTON

† jennifer aniston has never been lucky w/ love - word is john mayer dumped her ass :( celebslam † did jamie lynn spears get played by her baby's daddy casey aldridge?!? a socialite's life † the worst idea ever - a film starring tom cruise and katie holmes together - ugh! popsugar † oh lordy - denise richards is franctically trying to win fugly richie sambora back cele|bitchy † lindsay lohan & samantha ronson want to keep their relationship a private matter gabby babble † who do you think jessica simpson is singing about in her song 'remember that'? i'm not obsessed † if sex were an olympic sport - p. diddy thinks he'd win a gold medal! in case you didn't know † why is mariah carey lounging on a pile of fancy luggage in a bikini? the blemish † britney spears is pimping out her two boys in the latest issue of OK! magazine celebwarship † avril lavigne doesn't want to have kids for at least ten years... celebrity baby scoop
one more chance will.i.am	what the buck? w/ michael buckley
† ian ziering thinks appearing on the new '90120' would be a step backwards... l.a. rag mag † jake gyllenhaal is totally ready to play he-man (master of the universe!) pretty on the outside † miley cyrus was spotted with her spoiled brat face on (site NSFW) drunken stepfather † what does harriet carter want to accomplish with her sex strap? i'm bringing blogging back † rihanna bikini pictures from barbados! egotastic † do you think billy bob thorton can top robert englund as 'freddy krueger'? agent bedhead † an old modeling shot of cutie ryan seacrest from 1994 has surfaced... candy kirby † paris hilton is being sued for not promoting some crappy ass movie... seriously? omg! wtf? † jennie garth is bummed that tori spelling won't be on the new '90120' celebrity smack † play kim kardashian ass detective! can you tell kim's real ass from a fake one? cityrag BONUS GENDER BENDER ANTM will feature a transgender model! webster's is my bitch

CUTEST TABLOID COVER EVER - SHILOH VS SURI

good morning! oh my goodness - in my almost five years of blogging here on popbytes (next month is my big anniversary) this has to be hands down the cutest tabloid cover ever - the latest STAR magazine is featuring a hollywood princess face-off between two of the most adorable hollywood babies (who are apparently living in totally different worlds) shiloh nouvel jolie-pitt and suri cruise - both of 'em turned two-years old this past spring and are already being featured front & center on the cover of the gossip rags (what's it going to be like when the girls turn 18?!?) forget team miley cyrus or team selena gomez - it's all about about shiloh vs. suri! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo