Media-Whore's D'oevres



"BRITNEY Spears is trying to patch up her marriage to Kevin Federline —and has spent two nights in the past week with him. Pals say the pop star, 25, is desperate to get the couple's relationship back on track for the sake of their children. They claim she has dumped latest boyfriend John Sundahl — a drugs counsellor at the rehab centre she went to — and has been spending time with Kev at her house. A friend said: 'Britney does not want two divorces behind her at her age.'" (Newsoftheworld)

Flirting with Jon Stewart: "After NBC Universal’s high-profile signing of Ben Silverman for the top programming job, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart might be next on the Peacock’s wish list.NBC Universal President/Chief Executive Jeff Zucker and NBC Entertainment/Universal Media Studios Co-Chair Marc Graboff recently wined and dined the satirical news anchor and his agent, James Dixon. According to a network source, Zucker and Graboff didn’t focus on pitching any specific role at the dinner meeting. 'They just made their interest known in finding a way to do business together if Jon was ever available,' says the source, who categorized the talks as 'exploratory.'" (B&C via TVNewser)


The Upcoming Veto Onslaught: "ADDRESSING a Republican fund-raising dinner at the Washington Convention Center last Wednesday night, President Bush declared: 'If the Democrats want to test us, that's why they give the president the veto. I'm looking forward to vetoing excessive spending, and I'm looking forward to having the United States Congress support my veto.' That was more than blather for a political pep rally. Bush plans to veto the Homeland Security appropriations bill nearing final passage, followed by vetoes of eight more money bills sent him by the Democratic-controlled Congress. That constitutes a veto onslaught of historic proportions from a president who did not reject a single bill during his first term." (Rovak)

"In New York, Saks Fifth Avenue's Steve Sadove hosted an intimate dinner at the Four Seasons in honor of Victoria Beckham and her new sunglasses and jeans collections. 'It was bedlam,' he said of her in-store appearance earlier in the day. The paparazzi crush didn't seem to faze the designer formerly known as Posh. 'I love it here,' she said. 'David, the boys, and I were in Spain, and Brooklyn [one of their three sons] asked, 'Dad, when are we going to America?' My husband said, 'What do you know about America?' And Brooklyn replied, 'It's the place where you can have everything.'" (Style)

Republicans for The Baker Report: "The Republican leader in the Senate said Sunday that support in the GOP is growing to follow recommendations from the Iraq Study Group. 'The president himself has spoken favorably of the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, which…basically involves still having troops forward- deployed but getting them off the point which would obviously reduce our casualties, and possibly reducing our numbers as well,' Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said." (TheHill)