Media-Whore D'oevres



Ana Marie Cox liveblogs the debate: "9:21 PM I have a bulletin for Senator McCain. You lost in 2006 because of the war. No, seriously, you did. Also? Retire the drunken sailor story. It dates you. And, really, you don't need to be dated. (Unless by carbon.)" (Time)

Master Thespian David Faustino of "Married ... with Children" is caught smoking weed. Insert "Bud" joke here. (NationalEnquirer via Radar)

Cannes Opens: "Actress Maggie Cheung, a frequent collaborator with Wong Kar wai, is among the jurors who will judge Wong's film and the other 21 titles in competition. She will be joined by actress Toni Collette from Australia, director and actress Maria de Medeiros from Portugal, director and actress Sarah Polley from Canada, director Marco Bellocchio from Italy, writer Orhan Pamuk from Turkey, director and actor Michel Piccoli from France, and director Abderramane Sissako from Mauritania. Filmmaker Stephen Frears will preside as the jury president." (Indiewire)

Uhm, We're guessing -- don't quote us -- the answer to the following Sphynxian riddle is Sean Lennon to Irina Lazarean: "WHICH indie rocker described his model date at last night's big benefit as a 'Ferrari'? The model in question has several campaigns under her belt, but since the rocker has already dated a Manhattan fashion designer and a hard partying starlet, he's probably more into her glossy hair than anything else..." (Fashionista)