Ben Stein Repulsed By Sarah Palin, Thinks Henry Kissinger Should ‘Babysit’ Her
Here’s teevee’s Ben Stein, the funny conservative author and Nixon/Ford speechwriter best known for that game show and yelling at Matthew Broderick in the 1980s. He is not impressed with Sarah Palin. No matter what weird causes Ben Stein supports, he has never been very forgiving of total idiots. Read More: Liveblogging Famous Historical War Leader Sar...Sarah Sinking So Fast Th

Oprah To (Maybe) Guest Star On 30 Rock [Dirt Bag]
Oprah! In final talks! To be on 30 Rock! She'll play herself in scenes with Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon. Will Arnett and Jennifer Aniston are also making appearances on the show this fall. The bad news? The season premiere doesn't air until October 30. [E!]Paris Hilton has "manipulated" the Toronto Film Festival to get more publicity for a documentary about herself. There were three screenings of the film Paris, Not France; now there is only one, because that Will "create more buzz." Hasn't her moment in

Vetting Sarah Palin: America Introduced to With Acceptance Speech (Video)
Sarah Palin has been under attack ever since John McCain announced that Sarah Palin would be his running mate.  Since that moment, there have been complaints that the vetting process was incomplete.  John McCain...

POLITICS: SARAH PALIN’S RNC SPEECH
Presidential candidate John McCain, 72, is the first Republican to share the ticket with a woman and only the second presidential candidate from a major party to do so. With all the recent media attention surrounding her, Palin told the RNC she is not going to Washington to seek the approval of the media but rather to “serve the people of this country”. 20 CommentsCOMMENT? Posted by: J. Dakar 20 Comments

Sarah Palin’s Baby Talk
A little slow at the beginning, but a very strong speech, well-delivered. It’s as if she’s done this speechmaking thing before. The crowd is certainly behind her, and the fiance is on the stage with the whole family—and with John McCain. It’s like they’re taunting the press and the Democrats to go on with the baby-talk. As I’ve said, I don’t think they believe this hurts them. Sarah Palin is hard to dislike… Share and Enjoy: Posted:

TV reporters buffeted, but coverage isn't overblown
Hurricane Gustav spared New Orleans the worst of its might and largely spared TV viewers excessive dramatic shots of heavy winds blowing anchors silly. There was plenty of footage of anchors in the rain, no doubt. READ HELEN KENNEDY'S BLOG FROM NEW ORLEANS So many viewers wrote in after seeing NBC's Ann Curry and Kevin Tibbles battered by wind during the "Today" show that Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira later held up a shot of them in a safe spot. The cable and broadcast networks flooded the region with

Lesbian Scientistics: TV Characters on the issues
Last week, when Republican presidential nominee John McCain named Sarah Palin as his running mate, reporters and bloggers immediately began calling the Alaskan governor a Tina Fey look-alike. Just the mention of Fey in relation to the White House sent millions of people into fantasy overload as they began pondering what Fey's 30 Rock character, Liz Lemon, would make of being America's vice president. Fantasizing about a fictional character as vice president is ridiculous, of course. If you're going to f

Liveblogging Famous Historical War Leader Sarah Palin at the RNC
Guess who hasn’t been mentioned at all tonight? America’s favorite president, George W. Bush Junior! It’s as if Republicans haven’t held the White House for the past eight years. Who can remember that far back? So let’s welcome the new Geraldine Ferraro, “Barracuda Sarah” Palin — her own sister just called her that, on CNN — as she squeaks through a speech destined to give John McCain the SURGE he needs to finish this campaign as a complete sell-out lose

And Now, A Word on Sarah Palin From Noted Political Pundit Lindsay Lohan
While all of Hollywood waits with bated breath to hear the reaction to VP pick Sarah Palin from the only actress who matters — her doppleganger, Tina Fey — headline-friendly Lindsay Lohan has decided to wade into the political waters, spouting off her own, unsolicited thoughts on the matter from her Myspace celebrity blog. Now that Palin has revealed that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol is pregnant, she's become fair game for the Us Weekly set (indeed, she's snagged that cover as well as the fr

Palin Had Affair, Says Enquirer
Just as Sarah Palin was preparing to speak at the Republican convention in St. Paul (more on that momentarily), word bubbled up that the National Enquirer alleged in its print edition that John McCain's running mate had an affair with a business partner to her husband. With the sensational charge, the supermarket tabloid is gambling the measure of respect it has earned from more buttoned-down media in the wake of its reporting on John Edwards's affair with a campaign staffer, which was partially admitted to

Sarah Palin Questions Obama's Experience At Republican National Convention
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — A week ago, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was barely a blip on the national political map. But with one biting address to the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, Palin rose above the din surrounding her low profile and emerged as one of the new stars of the Republican Party. On Tuesday night, President Bush praised presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain as a maverick unafraid to go his own way and who makes decisions that don't toe any part

Heidi Montag ‘can’t believe’ she’s not McCain’s running mate
Heidi Montag, who has declared her support for John McCain, jokes that she’s “really hurt” she was passed over as the Republican presidential candidate’s running mate. “I can’t believe it,” she kidded with Extra. “Blondes have more fun. I guess he doesn’t know that.” On Friday, McCain announced that he’d chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential pick. “He picked a girl and it wasn’t Heidi,” Montag’s boyfri

'Whiner' Hillary Clinton Is One Role Susan Sarandon Would Prefer Not To Touch-A [Thelma & Harry & Louise]
For most actresses, a complicated role like Hillary Clinton (or even Sarah Palin!) would be catnip — but not to Oscar winner Susan Sarandon. In an interview with The Advocate, Sarandon is asked for her thoughts on a Hillary Clinton biopic, and suffice it to say, the longtime liberal activist/trail mix smuggler doesn't mince words on the subject: You’ve played quite a few real-life people now. Would you like to play Hillary Clinton in the movie of her life? No. I’ve been around her and don’t fi

Conventional Crap: Vice-Presidential Viagra? Palin Stiffens The Dick Of The RNC [Crappy Hour]
This conventioneering thing is almost done, and, sadly, so am I. Despite the barn burning, roof-raising, political cock-stiffening speech that Alaska governor Sarah Palin gave at the Republican convention last night, I am still tired (and slightly late to my own crappy party) this morning. Luckily, HuffPo blogger Jason Linkins always waits for me and has funny things to say; after the jump we talk Palin, Rudy, Palin, McCain, Palin, Huckabee, and more Palin. MEGAN: You know what sucks most of all

The World from Berlin: 'Sarah Palin Will Cost the Republican Party Dearly'
Sarah Palin is a fresh-faced fishing and hunting wild card in the US presidential race. She just might be able to lure the media away from Obama. But can she attract enough voters from the Right to make up for those she might lose McCain in the Center? Who is Sarah Palin? More importantly, what does McCain's pick for vice president think or know about foreign policy? Even after her speech at Wednesday's Republican National Convention she remains both a mystery and a subject of intense curiosity.

Christian Bale: Ledger had ‘wonderful time’ as Joker
Those who say Heath Ledger’s tragic death from a drug overdose was somehow related to the late actor’s work playing the Joker in upcoming Batman epic “The Dark Knight” are ignorant and wrong, the film’s star said Monday. “Personally, I find it to be a complete lack of understanding of acting,” Christian Bale told TODAY’s Matt Lauer in New York. “I also found it very rude to try to create some kind of a sound bite for such a tragedy. The man was a complex man, he’s a good man. I saw hi

Reuters "Reports" Sarah Palin's Speech Before She Gives It [Journalismism]
Presumably, Reuters's coverage of the forthcoming Republican convention address by Sarah Palin is based on a pre-distributed written version of the speech, and that's why the report at left was posted at least an hour ago. But shouldn't the future tense be employed, or a dislaimer be included, given that the speech hasn't, you know, occurred yet? Wrote the newswire of John McCain's running mate: "Sarah Palin touted her small-town roots and swiped at Democrat Barack Obama during a highly anticipated speech t

Barack Obama’s Camp Reacts To Sarah Palin’s RNC Speech
Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama's political campaign released a statement to ET, reacting to Sarah Palin's fiery VP acceptance speech made Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. Campaign spokesman Bill Burton released this statement to ET: "The speech that Governor Palin gave was well delivered, but it was written by George Bush's speechwriter and sounds exactly like the same divisive, partisan attacks we've heard from George Bush for the last eight years. If Governor Pal

Solange Knowles Performs 'I Decided' On 'Today'
Solange Knowles visited 'Today' on Tuesday (August 26) in New York City to talk with co-host Matt Lauer about the sound of her new album '' and how writing his her truest form of expression. She then performed the disc's first single 'I Decided'. Wat

Palin Squire Chews Gum Like A Tool [Summer Of Love Child]
newVideoPlayer("/levi_cudchewer2_gawker.flv", 506, 423,""); If you're a teen father thrust into the spotlight because your fiancée's mom is suddenly a vice-presidential candidate, how to cope with the stress? For 18-year-old Levi Johnston, the answer is to chew gum obnoxiously on the stage at the Republican National Convention, even while meeting presidential candidate John McCain. Maybe the father to Bristol Palin's baby was just trying to prove that he really is a "fuckin' redneck" as stated on his MySp

Joe Biden on Sarah Palin: 'Typical Rove'
He was impressed with what he heard, but is asking questions about what he didn't hear. Bidenalso dismissed as "Rovian'' the attacks that Palin made against Barack Obama - with Palin suggesting that the presidency is not a personal "journey'' - Biden said: "Talk about a guy who's had a journey. This is a guy who knows what he's about.'' "I was impressed,'' Biden, the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee, said of the convention talk of the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee. "I think it

McCain Ticket's Reversal On Family Matters [Politics]
newVideoPlayer("/palin_son_gawker.flv", 506, 423,""); Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has reason to be proud of her son Track, 19 of whom she spoke at length at the Republican National Convention. Track will be deployed to Iraq on Sept. 11, Palin informed the crowd (and the press) last night, while her nephew Casey is already serving on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. But Palin mentioned her family's military service by way of explaining her strong support for her running mate John McCain, a

PALIN MAKES HER MOVE BY MOCKING OBAMA; Also, McCain claims Republican presidential nomination.
*Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed her historic spot as the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee Wednesday night, uncorking a smiling, sarcastic attack on Barack Obama and winning cheers of acceptance and approval after a tumult-filled first week on the national stage.      She vowed to the Republican National Convention — and millions more around the country — that she would help presidential nominee John McCain bring real change to Washington, saying "he's a man who's there

John McCain: The "Maverick" Fights His Ultimate Battle
He has been called a maverick, a hero, a survivor. John McCain, the longtime Arizona senator adds a new title on Thursday: Republican presidential nominee.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212169471.shtml"><b>More</b>