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Wendi Deng's Twitter Account Is—Gasp!—a Fake

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:07:41 CST

If you spent the weekend glued to Rupert Murdoch's newly launched Twitter account (sample tweet about St. Barth's: "too many people") and found glee in the public admonishments wife Wendi Deng tweeted his way (sample: "RUPERT!! delete tweet!!"), some bad news. Her account is, shockingly, a fake (though Twitter...

Murdoch Kid's Godfather: Tony Blair

Polly Davis Doig — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:41:43 CDT

Wendi Deng Murdoch may be no one to trifle with when there's a foam pie involved, but octogenarian hubby Rupert is probably wishing she had shut her piehole on this one: Seems that during an interview with Vogue, Mrs. Murdoch let slide that former British PM Tony Blair is the...

Murdoch on Wendi: 'Oh Yes, She's Tough'

Mark Russell — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:32:05 CDT

"Oh yes, she's very tough," said Rupert Murdoch prophetically about his protestor-smacking wife Wendi in an interview last month on Chinese TV. "Successful men need a critical wife, it brings him down to earth," said the media mogul. Murdoch went on to give some rare insights into his personal life,...

Jon Stewart: Wendi Smacks Down, Rupert Nods Off

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:22:00 CDT

Wendi Deng came off as having "Chuck Norris-esque hand speed" yesterday while defending her hubby from a pie-thrower, but Rupert Murdoch ... not so much, chortles Jon Stewart . In fact, the 80-year-old publisher is seen nodding off in the middle of his grilling by a parliament committee on the News of...

Meet the Murdoch Pie Tosser

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:00:00 CDT

The man who nearly creamed Rupert Murdoch —and got creamed by the publisher's wife—is an "activist comedian." Stand-up comic Jonnie Marbles, née Jonathan May-Bowles, tweeted his plan to launch a shaving-foam pie into Murdoch's face yesterday as the beleaguered publisher was being grilled before a parliament committee on the...

Smackdown by Murdoch's Wife Steals the Show

Matt Cantor — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:36:09 CDT

When a protester launched a pie at Rupert Murdoch today , his wife leaped to his rescue, pushing others aside before bashing the assailant on the head. Where did 42-year-old Wendi Deng get such guts—and such reflexes? Born in China, she grew up at a tough time in the country’s...

Pie Protester Lunges at Murdoch; Wife Defends

John Johnson — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:21:17 CDT

A little drama toward the end of the Rupert Murdoch hearing today: A protester lunged forward with something like a plate of shaving cream and tried to smear the News Corp chief. Murdoch's wife, Wendi Deng, jumped up to defend her 80-year-old husband from the attack, notes the Wall Street...

Meet the Murdochs, the Last News Dynasty

Jason Farago — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:24:01 CST

In an age of MBA-holding executives and shareholder revolts, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is that rarest thing: a business dynasty. The media mogul's six children, by three different wives, have conducted their power plays in public and private. But as Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair , while the elder Murdochs...

May-December Effect Is Real

Kevin Spak — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:14:22 CDT

The older men are when they walk down the aisle, the more likely they are to have a younger bride, according to a new study. Famous May-December pairings usually involve the rich and famous—think Donald Trump or Larry King—but the trend holds up at every income level, the...