Media-Whore D'Oevres



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"With Mr. Sarkozy set to visit India in two and a half weeks, some of the news media there are predicting a protocol crisis if Ms. Bruni goes along. 'The top model cannot receive the same consideration as the president because a girlfriend is not treated like a wife,' the daily newspaper Indian Express quoted an anonymous Foreign Affairs Ministry official as saying. But The Telegraph, of Calcutta, called for calm, saying in an editorial on Sunday, 'There should have been a perfect fit between the French, the best-known lovers of the world, and the Indians, who gave the world that locus classicus of erotic literature, the Kama Sutra.'" (NYTimes)

"Brangelina have landed — on the only decent red carpet we may see this strike-laden award season. The power couple showed to last night's Critics Choice awards at the Santa Monica Civic center in Los Angeles, alongside their nouveau Rat Pack members George Clooney and Don Cheadle. The pair arrived late for the ceremony. Proving that it does't matter how big you are in this town, there's still no eeking past an anxious P.A. in a headset — Brange were made to wait in the wings of the auditorium while the first awards were being handed out as to not draw attenton away while making their way to their seats." (PageSix)

"But, whoever actually wrote (The Ron Paul Newsletter), the newsletters I saw all had one thing in common: They were published under a banner containing Paul's name, and the articles (except for one special edition of a newsletter that contained the byline of another writer) seem designed to create the impression that they were written by him--and reflected his views. What they reveal are decades worth of obsession with conspiracies, sympathy for the right-wing militia movement, and deeply held bigotry against blacks, Jews, and gays. In short, they suggest that Ron Paul is not the plain-speaking antiwar activist his supporters believe they are backing--but rather a member in good standing of some of the oldest and ugliest traditions in American politics." (TNR)

"Sad news. Due to the ongoing writers strike, there will be no televised Golden Globes this year! We just have one question: Will Rumer Willis's Miss Golden Globe title hold over to next year???" (Papermag)