Media-Whore D'Oeuvres



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"It was supposed to be a blind item, but the accompanying picture of Anderson Cooper helps answer the Post's question about a reefer-mad 'Olympic champion.' Which Olympian trashed a Michigan hotel room after trying pot for the first time? Well, Cooper just did a big splashy 60 Minutes interview with swimmer Michael Phelps ..Phelps has been touring around the country (and staying in hotel rooms) and, by his own admission, let himself go." (Gawker)

"Last Thursday at around 5 p.m., I had just checked on a rising cheese soufflé in my oven when my best friend called. 'Heard Madoff's been arrested,' she said. 'I hope it's a rumor. Doesn't he handle most of your money?' Indeed, he did. More than a decade ago, when I was in my late 40s, I handed over my life savings to Madoff’s firm. It was money I’d been tucking away since I was 16-years-old, when I began working summers in Lord & Taylor, earning about $65 a week. Not a penny was inherited." (Alexandra Penney/TheDailyBeast)

"Geri Halliwell hit it off with a wealthy club owner after he chatted her up in one of his own bars. The former Spice Girl, 36, was at Whisky Mist last night, and she had no shortage of male suitors ... Our spy in the VIP area said: 'Geri was clearly on the pull. She spoke to quite a few guys that came near her, but didn't seem that interested in any of them. 'She then got chatting to the owner Nick, and they hit it off straight away. They were sitting on a private table laden with magnums of Dom Perignon and Grey Goose vodka, and were flirting with each other. They were whispering into each others ears and laughing, and holding hands. They were trying to be discreet, but it's impossible for two major figures to go unnoticed.' Geri ar rived at Whisky Mist's Committee night at 12.30am this morning and stayed until 3am, when she left with Nick in a taxi to go to a lock-in at Mahiki - which he also owns." (Thisislondon)

"President-Elect Barack Obama ’s decision to name Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado as his Interior Secretary means that Democrats may have more of a fight to hang on to the seat than if Salazar ran for re-election in 2010.Salazar would have been decisively favored to win in a state that has trended Democratic in recent elections. But the seat will be little tougher for the Democrats to hold with Salazar not on the ballot. Whereas Salazar would have run for re-election as a six-year incumbent, the person that Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter appoints will have served less than two years by the time of the 2010 election, when he or she presumably will seek a full six-year term. Potential Democratic appointees include Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, outgoing state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff and three members of Colorado’s U.S. House delegation: Diana DeGette, who represents the Denver-based 1st District; John Salazar, the senator’s older brother .." (CQPolitics)