"Colbert was brought up to be polite — a gentlemanly South Carolina boy, who married his hometown sweetheart — so initially it was a challenge to overcome that: 'It's not in my nature to be a jerk — but I do enjoy it.'How the character formed: Originally based on Geraldo Rivera and Stone Philips — 'national reporters with a real sense of mission.' Then he looked around and realized that the real bombast was coming from commentators...like Bill O'Reilly. His character, said Colbert, has 'an unexamined life.' Levy asks him if he's examined it; Colbert says, yes, they have a bio on the character that they are constantly adding to — he has a dog named Gipper, he went to Dartmouth, he dated Laura Ingraham. He says it on the show, it goes in the bio. But it's been an evolving process ..." (TheHuffingtonPost)
"On Saturday night I had dinner with a friend at Swifty’s. It was fairly quiet for a Saturday night, but cozy, as Swifty’s is. Two tables down Andre Balazs was dining with Renee Zellweger. My friend could barely concentrate on our conversation, his eyes helplessly drawn to the charismatic blonde who appears to be quite effusive." (NYSocialDiary)
"Has the financial crisis caused all of that stubborn crazy Americans bigotry suddenly to evaporate? Have those whom self-styled progressives disparage as the racist Reagan Democrats-turned-Clinton Democrats suddenly snapped to their senses (even though, historically, hard times and economic anxieties often worsen racial and other social animosities rather than curb them)? Or have the more fervent Obama supporters allowed their own class prejudices to misjudge the voters of, say, Michigan, where McCain's campaign has just abandoned ship? Might class, and concerns related to class, now trump race in American politics, or at least for the moment?" (SeanWillentz)
"The McCain campaign’s attacks, and Obama’s escalation, reflect a fluid race that has Republicans terrified and Democrats confident. Election Day is 29 days away but the campaigns know that most voters will make up their minds – and many will actually vote by mail – in the next two weeks. In the past 24 hours, Obama has hit Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for 'erratic' behavior during the market meltdown. And in an overnight e-mail to millions of supporters announcing a 'Keating Economics' website and documentary, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe says: 'The point of the film and the web site is that John McCain still hasn't learned his lesson.' McCain, in turn, has hit Obama for his ties to former domestic terrorist William Ayers, and released an ad calling his opponent 'dangerous' and "dishonorable" for a comment about Afghanistan." (Politico)
"Pink has spoken for the first time of her heartache since splitting with husband Carey Hart ... Asked what she misses most about motocross racer Carey, from who she split earlier this year, she said: 'I really loved my husband's penis. It was really pretty.'" (3AMGirls)
"As reporting turns to reflection about the financial collapse, The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz talks to journalists about how no one saw it coming. Along with the system, CNBC's Charlie Gasparino says business reporters 'all failed,' as well. 'What we didn't understand was that this was building up. We all bear responsibility to a certain extent,' he said." (TVNewser)
"In The Washington Post’s daily campaign diary, The Trail, Libby Copeland looked at McCain’s Georgetown problem. On the hustings the Republican presidential nominee twice derided 'Georgetown cocktail parties' and the types of people who show up at them. Copeland sought to learn whether Georgetown cocktail parties were still around to deride. She reported what many already know: 'Georgetown cocktail parties ain’t what they used to be.' She also noted that the while the reborn McCain of the campaign trail may slam the historic neighborhood, before the nomination he was 'many times' seated beside Sally Quinn at Georgetown soirees. No one, so far, has said the same of Barack Obama .. The lore and lure of Georgetown is that, back in the day, it was a glamorous and adult safe harbor for glittering salons from where the country allegedly really was run by the Bruces, the Alsops, the Grahams, the Coopers, the Harrimans and, especially, the Kennedys. But that crowd has moved on to the after-life and they took their cocktail recipes, and secrets, with them." (WashingtonSocialDiary)
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