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Predictions for the Year 2000 from the National Examiner
Check back at the end of December 2000 to see how many of these come true.1) HILLARY CLINTON - Will be forced out of the New York Senate Race after startling new information surfaces about the Vince Foster affair and she will be charged with murder. The jury will find her not guilty.
2) CALISTA FLOCKHART - Balloons to 175-plus pounds.
3) DENNIS RODMAN - Has a sex-change operation. He decides to play in the WNBA.
4) BRAD PITT & JENNIFER ANISTON - Wed in secret after they discover she's pregnant.
5) RICK SCHROEDER - Visits Colorado and stumbles onto key evidence that finally brings justice for slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey
6) JERRY SEINFELD - Will return to TV to heal his broken heart. Five months after marrying Jessica Sklar, the flaky divorcee will dump the funnyman
7) GEORGE CLOONEY - While driving on an L.A. freeway the TV doctor will play Good Samaritan when he pulls over to help victims of a terrible auto accident
8) BILL GATES - Starts giving away a million dollars a day to people who can prove they committed a random act of kindness
9) MICHAEL JACKSON - Will move to a Polynesian island after another child accuses him of molestation
10) RICHARD SIMMONS - Ever effervescent fitness fanatacism finally fizzles out. He will gain so much weight he becomes trapped in his home, forcing rescuers to remove a wall to get him out and to a hospital
11) Just hours apart, a series of freak lightning bolts strike down six of the most notorious terrorists across the planet
12) A bizarre monsoon-like rain storm dumps fish and frogs in the streets of Boston
13) Unending torrential downpours turn most of China into a giant lake
14) Scientists invent a potion to banish fat forever
15) A shopping gadget makes long check-out lines obsolete. A microchip implanted under the skin automatically scans store items and deducts the money owed from the shopper's bank accounts
16) A male U.S. Senator and a star NFL quarterback admit to having a homosexual love affair and get hitched in San Francisco
17) Kansas is rocked by an eathquake, after that a volcano rises from a cornfield
18) The polka steps up as the hottest dance craze ever.
19) GEORGE W. BUSH - Two months before the presidential election, a scandalous story will break about Bush's alleged affair with a White House intern during his father's administration
20) MICHAEL JORDAN - Comes out of retirement to save the ailing Chicago Bulls
21) ROSIE O'DONNELL & OPRAH WINFREY - Decide they've carried around the weight long enough and in a joint broadcast both undergo stomach stapling surgery
22) BARBARA STREISAND & JAMES BROLIN - Divorce! Babs cries:"He spent all my money on other women"
23) FRIENDS CAST - Kidnapped and held hostage for weeks by fanatical activists protesting unmarried sex
24) MARTHA STEWART - Will develop temporary but bizarre Tourette's Syndrome-like condition that will cause her to swear uncontrollably and gobble food like a slob
25) DON KING - Will lose his trademark hair - PERMANENTLY
26) KATIE COURIC - A blind date with a millionaire Saudi prince will lead to her quitting the Today show to marry him and move to Saudi Arabia
27) DEMI MOORE - After her sagging career is boosted by a hit movie with massive AMrlon Brando she will marry the aging Lothario after he drops 200 lbs. to make her happy
28) TIPPER GORE - Will take a swing at actress Elizabeth Taylor during an AIDS awareness conference when the actress criticizes Gore's AIDS position
29) OJ SIMPSON - Will be charged with bludgeoning his caddy to death with a 4 iron on a Florida golf course, and the Juice will stun the legal professionby hiring Judge Judy to head Dream Team II
30) BRYANT GUMBEL - Will be dumped from his new morning show and fired from CBS