Category: viggo mortensen

Gossip Roundup: 'Anti-Bush Behavior'

• Reliable Source: Scooter Libby met with lawyers at a cafe near Union Station, openly discussed the leak case, drank diet Dr Pepper, and purchased cookies. . . Bushes have lunch with Rep. John Dingell to celebrate his 50 years in Congress. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: Bono changed Sen. Jesse Helms' views on AIDS. . . Terry McAuliffe's book is titled "Bring it On!" [WT]
• Page Six: Maureen Dowd: "If there had been no Monica Lewinsky, there would have been no Sen. [Hillary] Clinton. She had to run as a victim because she was seen as so controlling". . . Bill McCuddy of Fox News: "One of our makeup artists got Kofi Annan ready for a TV appearance at the U.N. the other day. Kind of embarrassing, when she told him the makeup was oil-based, out of habit he gave her food.". . . Karl Rove, dining at 21 with Ken Mehlman, devours beef tenderloin. . . Hillary Clinton's deputy state director, Tyson Pratcher, will run for Harold Ford's congressional seat [NYP, NYP]
• Cindy Adams: Jeanine Pirro expected to run for attorney general instead of the senate. [NYP]
• The Scoop: Viggo Mortensen: "I’m not anti-Bush, I’m anti-Bush behavior. In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by Bush and his administration." [MSNBC]

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Gossip Roundup: Smooth Jazz

The Daily Briefing is on vacation.

•"The Bill Clinton Collection: Selections From the Clinton Music Room" to contain both real and light jazz, Judy Collins. No word on poetry compilation. [WP]
• Panel on free speech at Michael's restaurant in NYC to be a gilded cage match between Time Inc.'s Norman Pearlstine and Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff; Wolff pounded Pearlstine's argument about turning over Matt Cooper's notes re: Valerie Plame in latest issue of VF. . . . Hobbit-pal Viggo Mortensen continues to champion the little people, visited Cindy Sheehan in Crawford. [NYDN]
• Coldplay's Chris Martin nixes invite from Tony Blair because "Martin frets it would damage his image," doesn't like idea of becoming UK's Toby Keith. [The Scoop]

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