Greg Mitchell: When Bush Got 'Drunk' -- As Meltdown Approached
It's fun, sad and fascinating to look back one year at one of the few YouTube highlights or lowlights of the George W. Bush presidency . In his fumbling way, was he actually trying to warn us -- despite himself-- about a coming disaster? One year ago, after it first gained wide attention here at HuffPost, media commentators weighedg in on the brief video captured (probably via cell phone) at a private fundraiser in which President Bush joked about Wall Street getting "drunk" with profits. Then...

Bush daughter Jenna Hager becomes 'Today' reporter - Yahoo! News
NEW YORK – NBC's "Today" show has hired someone with White House experience as a new correspondent — former first daughter Jenna Hager. The daughter of former President George W. Bush will contribute stories about once a month on issues like education to television's top-rated morning news show, said Jim Bell, its executive producer . Hager, a 27-year-old teacher in Baltimore, said she has always wanted to be a teacher and a writer, and has already authored two books. But she was...

U2 - Bono Saves Spider Man: PHOTO
U2 rocker Bono has rescued the ill-fated Spider-MAN musical by arranging financing to keep the show afloat. Bono and bandmate The Edge wrote the music to accompany the Broadway extravaganza, which was announced to much fanfare last year (08). But work on the stage show stopped last month (Aug09), amid rumours producers Hello Entertainment were encountering financial problems. Show bosses were forced to deny the musical had been scrapped altogether, after reports crew and castmembers, including...

Bush's Daughter Becomes Today Show Reporter!: PHOTO
Grrreeeeat! The Today show has hired Jenna Hager , daughter of former President George W. Bush , as a new correspondent. Once a month, the reformed pAArty girl will discuss issues from education on television's top-rated morning news show. Boring! "It wasn't something I'd always dreamed to do," said Hager. "But I think one of the most important things in life is to be open-minded and to be open-minded for change." Taking something undeservingly handed to her?! Definitely a family trait! Along...

Possible Kidnapping Near Bush House: PHOTO
Dallas police are investigating reports of a woman kidnapped less than a mile from President Bush's home in Preston Hollow.

Obscure economic indicator: presidential approval ratings.
If President Bush were a stock, his chart would look less like that of Texas-based oil giant Exxon-Mobil and more like that of Wal-Mart

Curt Schilling for Kennedy's Senate Seat?: PHOTO
(AP) Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, an outspoken Republican who campaigned in New Hampshire for George Bush and John McCain in the past two presidential election cycles, told New England Cable News that he has "been contacted" about a possible run for the Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy. Asked if he would run, the right-hander said he has "a lot on my plate" at the moment and is thus "not even going to speculate on it." Schilling told NECN that "the right [Republican]...

Bono electrified by U2: PHOTO
U2 singer Bono feels ''something very strong'' when he walks into a room with bandmates Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. and The Edge.

Bono Saves Spider-Man: PHOTO
U2 rocker Bono has rescued the ill-fated Spider-Man musical by arranging financing to keep the show afloat. Bono and bandmate The Edge wrote the music to accompany the Broadway extravaganza, which was announced to much fanfare last year (08). Bono feeds half of Africa But work on the stage show stopped last month (Aug09), amid rumours producers Hello Entertainment were encountering financial problems. Comment on this Article Show bosses were forced to deny the musical had been scrapped...

Fascinating fact:
Former U.S. President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna HAGER has been appointed a new correspondent to TV breakfast show TODAY. The 27-year-old teacher and author will contribute one special report on national issues like education every month. Hager once co-hosted an hour of Today with her mother Laura. Recommend  (0) | Comments (0) Name: * Displayed next to your comments. E-mail: * Not displayed publicly. Post as a guest OR login to track your comments using Login  |  Add a...

Eric Margolis: Send America to Rehab
Special for the Huffington PostEric S. MargolisDecember 24, 2008 Muntader al-Zaidi is one brave Iraqi journalist to have demonstrated more courage and veracity than all the sycophantic words of America's fawning media. The shoes Zaidi threw at Bush - a Force 10 Arab insult - reminded the world that George Bush, Dick Cheney and their Iraqi Quislings have the blood of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis on their hands - perhaps as many as one million - and ultimate responsibility for creating four million refuge

U2's 'I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight', 'Potter' Fanatic, Inside A Tornado & More (Videos): PHOTO
U2 debuts I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight; Japan's biggest Harry Potter fan meets the stars; Mariah Carey's Obsessed as sung by a... well, you'll see. There's also an

U2 To Perform on “Saturday Night Live” September 26th Premiere: PHOTO
Photo: Neal/AFP/Getty U2 will serve as the musical guest on the season premiere episode of Saturday Night Live on September 26th, cast member Bill Hader told Access Hollywood . The band’s performance will come just two days after the Dublin rockers bring their 360 Tour to two sold-out nights at East Rutherford, New Jersey’s Giants Stadium. Jennifer’s Body star Megan Fox will handle the hosting duties on the premiere. U2’s September 26th performance on SNL marks the third...

‘Runaway’ Production for A&E
A&E Network has picked up “Runaway Squad,” an unscripted series that follows Joe Mazzilli, a decorated former undercover detective in New York who searches for runaway kids and brings them back to their families on a pro Bono basis. A&E has already aired the pilot as a test; its premiere in December attracted 1.2 million viewers. Granada Television is expected to begin production next month on eight more episodes of the series. Robert Sharenow, senior VP for nonfiction programming at A&E,...

BEYONCE, BLIGE TO SING AT OFFICIAL INAUGURAL KICKOFF: Bono, Bruce Springsteen also on the bill for Lincoln Memorial concert.
*Beyonce, Mary J. Blige and Usher will join more than a dozen other music stars for the official kick off of Barack Obama's presidential inaugural festivities at Washington D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial on Jan. 18.             The free event, which is open to the public, will also be broadcast on HBO and include 19 other performers across various musical genres, including Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, will.i.am, Heather Headley, John Legend, Bono, Br

U2 - U2 To Set Out On Two-year World Tour
Irish rockers U2 will set off on a two-year world tour in June this year that will see them play live in Europe, North America and South America.The band will ...

The Edge - Unimportant Edge
The Edge thinks it "doesn't matter" if he plays well.The U2 guitarist claims the band have put on an "amazing" show every night of their current '360 Degrees'...

Salon Talk -- By: Jay Nordlinger
Arrived in my inbox a note without salutation or signature. It said, “Your memory is either very short or very selective” — and then it gave a link. The note turned out to be from Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com, and the link was to a piece he wrote called “Deleting the Bush Personality Cult from history.” Find it here . He says that conservatives like me are forgetting or ignoring a cult of personality around George W. Bush. Therefore, we are guilty of hypocrisy when...

It’s 7-Election time!!
7-Eleven coffee drinkers voice their pick for U.S. president in the informal poll by simply pouring their coffee into a red cup if they intend on voting for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain or into a blue cup for Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama. The stores polls open Wednesday and run through November 4th. Undecided voters can simply choose an unmarked 7-Eleven cup for their morning Joe. 7-Eleven stores also are offering bipartisan red, white and blue Big Gulp cups for consumers. 7-El

Stella McCartney to launch new perfume after winning 'NUDE' trademark fight with Mrs Bono: PHOTO
Fashion designer Stella McCartney will launch her new perfume - STELLANUDE - this weekend after winning a court battle with Ali Hewson, wife of U2 frontman Bono.

U2 - U2 Rock The Campus
U2 closed down a New York university on Friday (06Mar09) morning to play a live televised gig for students and staff. Fordham University in the Bronx was locked down for ...

U2 - The Edge Embarrassed By White Stripes Rewrite: PHOTO
U2 star The Edge avoided an embarrassing plagiarism battle when he played a new song for White Stripes star Jack White. The guitarist thought he'd composed a new hit and played the untitled track for his brother, who insisted it sounded familiar to White's Seven Nation Army - a track The Edge loves. Unconvinced, the rocker sat down with White while they were shooting new guitar documentary It Might Get Loud and played him the song. The Irishman says, "I went back and listened, and it wasn't...

U2 - U2 Set For 100-date Stadium Tour
U2 are set to play a 100-date stadium world tour over the next 18 months to promote their new album NO LINE ON THE HORIZON, according to reports. The Irish rockers will ...

Sir Paul Mccartney - Mccartney Allowed To Go Ahead With Perfume Launch: PHOTO
SIR Paul McCartney's daughter STELLA has won the first round in her court battle with the wife of U2 star Bono in a dispute over one of the fashion designer's fragrances. McCartney has been granted the right to launch her new perfume this weekend (begs22Aug09) after Bono's wife Ali Hewson lodged a bid to block its debut in British stores. Hewson is currently suing McCartney for trademark infringement over claims the title of her new scent, STELLANUDE, is similar to her own company Nude Brands...

The Corrs - Corr Weds In Ireland: PHOTO
Former THE CorrS star Andrea Corr has wed her billionaire fiance in a star-studded Irish ceremony. The singer-turned-actress exchanged vows with her longtime partner Brett Desmond on Friday (21Aug09). The 35 year old was joined by her sisters, and The Corrs bandmates, Sharon and Caroline and their elder brother Jim Corr at the ceremony. The couple tied the knot at St Joseph's Church in the Irish village of Miltown Malbay in County Clare. U2 star Bono and his wife Ali Hewson were among the...