Wonkette

• Reliable Source: Tipper Gore at the premiere of “An Inconvenient Truth”: “It ends with a message of ‘we can do it.’ [Al] doesn’t want people to go from denial to despair.” Moby, Lynda Carter, and Queen Noor were in the audience. . . Euan Blair is reportedly deciding between Yale and Harvard graduate programs. . . Ted Kennedy, Mary Cheney, Barack Obama, Tim Russert, Gary Hart, Pat Buchanan, Ariana Huffington, Karenna Gore Schiff, Cindy Sheehan, and Jim McGreevey are all making appearances at BookExpo 2006. . . Sean Penn to play Richard Clarke in upcoming film. [WP]

• Rush & Molloy: Halle Berry on Barack Obama: “I so love what he stands for and respect him so much that when I met him, I was a bit shaky.” [NYDN]
• Cindy Adams: Chelsea Clinton was seen paying for her dinner with a “tall, lean dude.” [NYP]

• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Karl Rove has been suffering with kidney stones for weeks. . . Terry McAuliffe is writing a memoir. [NYDN]
• Names & Faces: Paul Wolfowitz, Queen Noor, Karl Rove join the Bush family on Washington’s “most invited” list. [WP]
• Page Six: Scenes from the Christopher Hitchens-George Galloway debate. Galloway: “What you have witnessed is a phenomenon, the first metamorphosis in natural history of a butterfly back into a slug… and the one thing a slug leaves behind it is a trail of slime.”. . . Joke circulating on the internet: “Q: What is George W. Bush’s position on Roe vs. Wade? A: He really doesn’t care how people get out of New Orleans.”. . . Bill Maher: “Michael Brown, the head of FEMA has been relieved of his command. He has been asked to return to Washington immediately. He is expected to arrive in about a week.” [NYP, NYP]
• Rush & Molloy: Tony Blair and posse dined at SoHo House in New York. [NYDN]