Media-Whore D'Oeuvres

"BRUCE Springsteen is willing to take the coat off his back to help wounded vets. At Wednesday's 'Stand Up for Heroes' benefit at Town Hall for the Bob Woodruff Foundation as part of the NY Comedy Festival, The Boss was the highlight among performers Ricky Gervais, Regis Philbin and Darrell Hammond, reports The Post's Mandy Stadtmiller. The rock superstar rode onstage on his 1994 Harley, which he was donating - but when bid ding stalled at $40,000, Springsteen literally took off the leather jacket he was wearing to up the ante. The final price was $70,000. After his duet with wife Patti Scialfa, guest auctioneer Whoopi Goldberg said, 'No one can follow Bruce.' And who knew CNN's Christiane Amanpour was such a fan? She bought the guitar he played that night, which he autographed for her backstage, for a whopping $50,000." (PageSix)

"FOXNEWS Greta Van Susteren obtains first post election interview with Gov. Palin... Van Susteren traveling to Alaska for extensive sit-down interview with Palin to air Monday night exclusively..." (DrudgeReport)

"President-elect Obama has announced the leaders of his transition team, and it’s a mix of longtime Senate aides, Obama friends, and top officials at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank that has been a major influence on Obama’s policy proposals. The team will be co-chaired by John Podesta, the center’s president and CEO and a former White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton; Pete Rouse, Obama’s Senate chief of staff and previously a top aide to former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle; and Valerie Jarrett, one of the Obamas’ closest friends and president and chief executive officer of the Habitat Co., a real estate development firm." (CQPolitics)

"Rachel Maddow took a visit to Colbert Nation last night, as a guest on the Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert began the interview bragging about his Peabody Awards, and Maddow said she had none. Colbert gave her some advice 'that O'Reilly gave me' — 'Just say you have some, nobody checks.'" (TVNewser)

"DENNIS Rodman at Jean Georges, leaning over tables with his pants falling down and 'mooning the entire restaurant.'" (PageSix)