Media-Whore D'Oevres



On Nancy Grace replacing Rosie O'Donnell on The View: "Grace's representatives declined to comment on the record, dismissing the talk as just a rumor...." As opposed to Nancy Grace's show where talk of rumor is always just and never dismissed.(Jossip; TVNewser)

Bloomberg-Hagel; Hagel-Bloomberg? Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel hints and Independent run for the White House. New Yorkers poll 46% to 26% that Bloomberg would make a better President than Giuliani. Hagel told CBS' Face the Nation:"'It’s a great country to think about a New York boy and a Nebraska boy to be teamed up leading this nation.'" (TheHill)

Kurt Anderson: "I enjoyed the odd-couple improbability of me (bourgeois wonk) hanging out with—being greeted with great hugs by—Phil Spector." (NYMag)

"Putting 'Criminal Intent' originals on USA was the centerpiece of this whole thing," said NBC Universal prexy-CEO Jeff Zucker. "The fact that originals will air on USA serves to make USA an even stronger and more dominant channel. It propels USA into a new stratosphere above where they already were, and into the big leagues with ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. It starts to make USA the fifth major network."
(Variety)

Restless-Jealous Billionaire ISO Another Actress. At the Bob Colacello Party: "Oh, yes - there was billionaire Ron Perelman with the fabulous gritty actress Gina Gershon on his arm." (Liz Smith)