A Little of the Old In and Out

In: Sofia Coppola and Quentin Tarrantino, according to Gawker, ar an item. Fuck. I'll be the depressed blogger sucking down can after can of Sofia Blanc de Blanc. Looking like Woody Allen at the end of Crimes and Misdemeanors. I mean, what does QT have that I don't .. wait, don't answer that.

Out: Bill Clinton Drama. According to The New York Magazine Intelligencer column this week, Clinton's memoirs may come out in August! Thus interfering with the Kerry campaign (unless --wink, wink -- Hilary is on the ticket -- wink, wink):

"Bill Clinton�s long-awaited memoir may finally have a release date, and if so, it�s not good for the John Kerry campaign. A publishing source says the Random House book, most recently slated for June, will hit stores in August, after the July Democratic convention and less than three months before the election�and some Kerry supporters fear it may divert attention from their candidate. Clinton is addressing the Random House sales force this week. (He�s also agreed to speak at anti-Bush political organization MoveOn.org�s benefit on May 11 at the Apollo.) A source close to Clinton will say only that he�s finishing up the book as fast as he can�and that it could come out before the convention. Random House declined to comment."

Damn.

In: Paris Hilton, the new model for Guess? Paris in the Fall ... campaign. We can now forget that whole porn business.

Out: Wall Street Journal. Bad news for the paper. According to Jenny Bailly of Fashionwiredaily:

"Mohamed Al Fayed's latest litigious move has gotten the green light. A High Court judge has ruled that Harrods can proceed with a defamation claim against Dow Jones and Company, owner of the Wall Street Journal.

"Harrods boss Al Fayed took issue with a WSJ story published about the Knightsbridge department store on April 5, 2002, headlined 'The Enron of Britain?' In response to a press release issued in jest by Harrods on March 31, titled 'Al Fayed Reveals Plan to Float Harrods,' the financial paper warned that if the company ever went public, investors would be 'wise to question its every disclosure.'

I guess the April Fool is the Journal.

In: Eminem, the most metrosexual rapper ever. According to that significant cultural artifact Star Magazine's Laura Schreffler, Em likes to pamper himself:

"On April 12, during his European trip, reports say the 31-year-old rapper indulged in luxurious treatments at the spa in London's posh The Dorchester hotel, where he was staying.

"Though a spokesman for The Dorchester Hotel wouldn't comment on Eminem's specific treatments, a staffer at the spa said he hit the tanning beds (which can cost up to $60 for a half-hour), the massage tables and pedicure baths -- accompanied by four big bodyguards who stood sentry outside the treatment rooms! Staffers say he was nice, sweet and friendly, 'nothing like you would expect.'

"But Em's no stranger to pampering: Reports say he's also been seen in Hollywood's upscale Ole Henriksen Salon for pore-cleansing facials."

Now, if only he could find something to rap with aromatherapy.

Out: Vanity. Chris Matthews tried to pretend that his vanity is under control on the Chris Matthews Show on Sunday, but David Brooks, resident conservative at the Old Gray Lady was having none of it:

Matthews: We're all gonna look at the back (index section) of the (Bill Clinton bio) and look under L for Lewinsky.

Brooks: "Who are you kidding? You'll look under M for Matthews."

Accurate, David ... accurate.

In: Lowculture's Doonesbury Send up. Goddamn the brilliance of the guys at Low Culture.

Out: Omarosa. MSNBC's Jeanette Walls gets the scoop:

"The much-loathed reject from 'The Apprentice' was scheduled to appear on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' last week, but refused to go on air when she saw a lie detector test backstage.

�'The lie-detector test wasn�t even for her,' a spokeswoman for the show told the Scoop. 'It was intended for Jimmy�s Uncle Frank [a regular character on the show], but when Omarosa saw it, she just freaked.� Some fellow contestants have accused Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth of lying when she said one of them used the N-word. 'We tried and tried to calm her down, but she just kept saying I�m not going on stage with that lie detector test, then she just walked out. It could have been a problem because we�re a live show. Luckily, Camryn Manheim [of �The Practice�] was also a guest, and so she just stayed on a while longer and cracked jokes.'"

You know you're in the cut when you can say you cracked jokes a little longer with Cameryn Manheim.

In: Socialite's Life On Estee Lauders untimely death, "Middle-aged women everywhere are trying to keep their mascara from running today." We love Miu.