Media-Whore D'Oevres



"Ted Kennedy sold his memoir to Grand Central Publishing for $8 million, but the deal first has to be cleared by the Senate Ethics Committee. Something tells us the chapter on Chappaquiddick won't be too long." (NYMag/ NYTimes)

"Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are tied in Iowa; Mitt Romney, at 26 percent, barely leads Huckabee, who has 24 percent of the vote." [Observer/ Strategic Vision]

"My eyes were a-poppin' at the Radio City Christmas show, which is 90 minutes of hedonistic glitz followed by the serene birth of Jesus. Shouldn't it be the other way around? No way—this show's got it right, from Santa's 3-D sleigh ride through the landmarks of New York (you know, like a North Fork Bank billboard) to the eye-popping Rockettes numbers (a candy-cane dance-off, with whistles blowing) to the myrrh-laden emergence of the Christ child, complete with talented sheep. Yes, there was one gayish dwarf who was overacting a bit, but as Santa himself said, 'What would Christmas be without a little holiday ham?'" (Musto)