A Little of the Old In and Out

In: Nudity Riders. TheSmokinggun has collected two, count them two, nougaty, nudity riders from Linda Fiorentino and Diane Lane, both respectable older actresses who have been around the Hollywood block. Linda Fiorentino's is 4 pages long!

Out: Congressman Henry Hyde. The paunch, the small minded take on internationalism, the (makes disgusted hand gestures) the whole Hyde package -- (averted gaze), it just doesn't work. Now, According to TheHill the Congressman has been ahving a grand old time with taxpayer funding for a fiscal conservative:

"Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), chairman of the House International Relations Committee, took 23 aides on a 13-lawmaker congressional delegation, to Ireland and Hungary last month.

"There were 17 congressional staff and 6 military aides.

"The high number caused consternation among lawmakers on the trip who say codels usually include fewer staff than members of Congress.

"Among Hyde�s retinue were three of his Chicago-based district staff, including a mother and her daughter, and a military physical therapist/personal trainer who spent much of his time shopping and sightseeing with the lawmakers� spouses."

(Averted gaze) Now, you will remember, of course, this asshole Hyde, from Lewinskygate where his own hypocritical affair was revealed in all it's suburban smarm.

Out: Sadie Frost. Jude Law's terminally melancholy ex-wife Sadie Frost got fired from her UK talk show, according to the Sun.

"The series, What Sadie Did Next on Channel 4�s satellite arm E4, was her first go at telly presenting and she hoped it would be a springboard to a new career. But bosses pulled the plug after eight shows.

"Last night a source said: 'Sadie got a lot of criticism for being a lightweight interviewer. People just didn�t warm to the sycophantic way she treated her celebrity pals on the show.'

"She was supposed to use her connections to pull in A-list guests. But after kicking off impressively with GWYNETH PALTROW, things went downhill fast."

Okay, we'll leave aside those of you (me included) that question the status of Gwyneth Paltrow as an A-Lister. The article continues, brutally:

"The limp cast of low-rent C-listers included artist TRACEY EMIN, dope smuggler HOWARD MARKS, Hollywood madam HEIDI FLEISS and singer PEACHES."

This unfortunate news does, however, have a good side. The spare time will allow Frost to more accurately stalk Jude Law.

In: Orla Healy, who will replace the excellent Libby Calloway as fashion editor of The NY Post. Calloway left the Post this past February to edit The Tennessean's Living Section. As WWD's Jeff Bercovici tells it, "The New York Post has hired Orla Healy to be its fashion editor. Healy�s career in fashion started in 1989 with an 18-month stint as Anna Wintour�s assistant. After 10 years with The New York Daily News, she joined In Style in 2000 as deputy editor, leaving in 2002 to become U.S. correspondent for The Sunday Independent, an Irish newspaper. 'She�s unique in her ability to understand both news and style,' said Faye Penn, the Post�s features editor."

Out: One nasty little Conde Nasty. According to the Fashionwiredaily, Bernd Runge, (doesn't the name tip you off that no good is coming up?) "the founding publisher of Russian Vogue and Vice President of Conde Nast International, was a snitch for eight years, who tattled on his own colleagues, according to Der Spiegel, Germany's leading news weekly." Apparently his code name was "Olden," as opposed to, say, Jonah.

Fashionwiredaily continues:

"In his file, Runge is described as 'social, a good talker and crafty.'" Which, in retrospect, makes him the perfect Conde Nasty.

In: Peter Jennings, acoording to The Drudgereport, "ABC News� World News Tonight with Peter Jennings attracted 8,940,000 total viewers and 3,060,000 Adults 25-54 to place first in the ratings race last week. NBC News� Nightly News with Tom Brokaw placed second with 8,740,000 total viewers and 2,690,000 Adults 25-54.

"The ratings mark the first time since September 24, 2001 that World News Tonight beat Nightly News in both demos with Peter Jennings and exiting-Tom Brokaw anchoring the broadcasts. Additionally, World News Tonight won four out of the five nights for the week of May 3rd, 2004."