A Little of the Old In and Out

In: Indiewire on Bill Murray at BAM. They write:

"When an audience member asked about his role in Wes Anderson's forthcoming 'The Life Aquatic,' Murray said the shoot was 'an absolute hell' as it stretched from a planned three months to more than five months, and the cast and crew had to deal with the cold Italian winter. But it was evidently worth it: 'It's the best movie that [Anderson] has ever made,' Murray said. 'I'm proud of everything that's on the screen.' When an audience member blurted out that Murray was robbed of the Oscar for 'Lost in Translation,' he smiled and assured that audience, 'I'm really okay... I don't care about the prizes. Making movies is the only thing I can do really well in my life that's not a disaster.'"

Out: Omerosa, to open VH1's Diva's Live. From a mean public official, to the Apprentice, to Clairol Herbal Essence commercials to hosting a VH1 Show. Why do we continue to reward evil?

In: Everyone's favorite cafe society blogger, David Patrick Columbia, a man surrounded my money and priviledge, waxed compassionaltely for a moment in his Social Diary:

"I was reminded of a dinner of the United Nations Association of the United States of America a few years ago where former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin spoke. He said that most of the world (population-wise) was so poor, that if us wealthier ones didn�t do something about improving their lot in life, there would be worse problems for all of us. They have nothing to lose."

Then, of course, ironically, our Columbia launched into a Tale of Two Parties, one at Elaine's with The Bruckheimers and Blaine and Robert Trump, and the other at Celine's for Neighborhood House's 10th Anniversary.

We still love you, David. Someone's got to cover the rich.

Out: Cheney. The Washington Post's William Hamilton writes today:

"Woodward describes a relationship between Cheney and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell that became so strained Cheney and Powell are barely on speaking terms. Cheney engaged in a bitter and eventually winning struggle over Iraq with Powell, an opponent of war who believed Cheney was obsessively trying to establish a connection between Iraq and the al Qaeda terrorist network and treated ambiguous intelligence as fact.

"Powell felt Cheney and his allies -- his chief aide, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby; Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz; and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith and what Powell called Feith's 'Gestapo' office -- had established what amounted to a separate government. The vice president, for his part, believed Powell was mainly concerned with his own popularity and told friends at a dinner he hosted a year ago celebrating the outcome of the war that Powell was a problem and 'always had major reservations about what we were trying to do.'

"Before the war with Iraq, Powell bluntly told Bush that if he sent U.S. troops there "you're going to be owning this place." Powell and his deputy and closest friend, Richard L. Armitage, used to refer to what they called 'the Pottery Barn rule' on Iraq: 'You break it, you own it,' according to Woodward."

So, do you think Cheney will claim "health issues" and quit the ticket in Spring, or right before the convention?

In: Nothing says "I'm sorry I fucked someone else," like a pink diamond (thanks, fashionweekdaily). According to professionaljeweller.com:

"When L.A. Lakers great Kobe Bryant, who was recently charged with rape, gave his wife a $4 million purplish pink diamond 'apology' ring after publicly confessing to adultery, many observers joked that he was creating a new category of jewelry."

Indeed he has. The eight karat pink cheaters diamond. First Kobe, now Becks. Accroding to Ananova:

"Victoria Beckham is celebrating her 30th birthday today but husband David is thousands of miles away in Spain.

"She is planning a small family party at 'Beckingham Palace', the couple's Hertfordshire home, while he is in Spain for Real Madrid's clash with Atletico Madrid.

"The couple hope to be reunited on Sunday when Victoria should be getting a very special birthday present - David has reportedly bought her a �1 million pink diamond ring."

But what about the rest of us cheaters who don't make the Oprah money?


Out: Who leaked Valerie Plame's name to columnist Robert Novak? My guess? Scooter Libby.