Media-Whore's D'Oevres



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Maxim's Hottest chick, Lindsay Lohan, crashed her convertible, then ran away from the scene, possibly drugged up on blowcaine. Crazy chicks on the run are burning hott, yo. (TheMerc)

Blowcaine -- it's a Hell of a Drug, right, LiLo?: "Which Hollywood mother's idea of managing her daughter's drug addiction is that she now carries the cocaine for her?" (Gatecrasher)

"Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a loyal supporter of President Bush, indicated Sunday that Republicans will be ready by September to look at bipartisan efforts to draw down the troops that were part of the surge to help secure Baghdad. 'We have to be realistic,' Sessions said on CBS’s Face the Nation. 'We have to know that we can’t achieve everything we’d like to achieve. We have a limited number of men and women we can send to Iraq, and we can’t overburden them.' The senator added that, when General David Petraeus is reporting back on the progress of the surge in September, 'I think most of the people in Congress believe, unless something extraordinary occurs, that we should be on a move to draw those surge numbers down.'" (TheHill)


"(Judd) Apatow followed up 'Virgin' by producing 'Talladega Nights,' which earned $150 million at the box office. The perks began to multiply. At the Deauville Film Festival in September 2005, Apatow and Rogen stalked the director Harold Ramis, one of Apatow’s boyhood heroes. They all became fast friends, and Ramis agreed to be in his next movie. (He plays Rogen’s father in 'Knocked Up.') Tom Cruise wanted a meeting. Apatow happily trudged to Cruise’s Malibu digs, the remnants of a craft-services burrito smeared across his shirt. Suddenly, Judd Apatow had become one of Hollywood’s most bankable commodities." (SundayTimesMagazine)

"Gore is a deep-dyed Democrat; the real question is whether he will be a late entrant for the party nomination. He is '50-50,' according to one of his closest friends and financial backers. On the one hand, Gore inquires about Manhattan office space for his business and charity ("It has to be a 'green' building," said this source, who didn't want to be named discussing Gore's affairs). On the other hand, he keeps his face in front of big donors, as he did at a recent dinner in Miami. Gore is all the rage among corporate executives, who see wisdom—and profits—in going green, and who appreciate Gore's prescience. "Al has set this up so he can jump either way in the fall," said the close friend. 'If there is an opening, I say he goes.'" (HowardFineman)

"Big changes are reportedly coming in the NBC TV programming team here in LA, which will have implications on its digital strategy as well: it is finalizing a management overhaul that will include the departure of its top programming executive, Kevin Reilly, reports WSJ. It is also negotiating with 'The Office' and 'Ugly Betty' producer Ben Silverman be the next entertainment chief, says the story, which was first reported by Nikke Finke on Friday. Silverman has been among the most digital savvy TV executives, and has a big digital deal with MSN through his company Reville. The story says Silverman may be given control over both NBC and its in-house TV production studio, and would potentially speed the progress of scripts to screen." (Paidcontent)