HBO bought the kids some Sparks, sent a copy of their new funny indie show to the Rock n Roll hotel, and had a little party last Saturday night. Because we were… out of town, we sent the former Intern Nick (last Friday was his last day! Wish him well!) and the intrepid Liz Gorman to cover the shenanigans. Oh, and Andy Rourke was there for some reason.

Liz’s pictures are all right here, and Nick’s inspiring report is after the jump. (And for those playing along at home, find our nightlife reporters in their natural habitat hidden somewhere in this gallery).

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Smug jackass Tucker Carlson’s career has hit the dreaded “Howie Mandel plateau” — the man needs to let loose a racial epithet on live TV soon or he’ll find himself in the bottom-right Hollywood Square by 2008. Tucker’s about to start dividing his time between his popular MSNBC chat show, Carlson!, and a new network game show that sounds pretty much like the one Penn Jillette hosts. MORE »

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Baby’s Day Out star Fred Thompson is still trying to get everyone excited about the prospect of a scary old man running for President. While he’s currently polling better than every other Republican, because old people still fondly recall his portrayal of Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal in a 1993 episode of Matlock, there’s one huge problem with the prospect of a Thompson campaign, completely overlooked until now: it might fuck up Law & Order reruns. MORE »

* Teenbeat’s +/- at the Rock & Roll Hotel with Bishop Allen and Say Hi To Your Mom. $12 at 8:30PM. [R&R Hotel]
* Film adaptation of Alice Munro’s novel The Bear Came over the Mountain at the Smithsonian. Director Sarah Polley and actor Gordon Pinsent will be present to discuss the film following the screening. $13 at 7PM. [Smithsonian]
* Since we can’t think of anything else, we’ll recommend Work Out, a TV show we’ve never heard of. “Jackie finally calls it quits with Mimi and then throws a party at which she winds up drunkenly offending one of her trainers.” Have fun! [WP]

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* Dans les Villes follows “the stories of four people as they deal with loneliness and alienation in contemporary Montréal, this film explores our inability to connect, even when our need for contact becomes dire.” 7PM at the Freer. [Smithsonian]
* Against Me! at the Recher Theater, which is in Towson, MD, $15 at 7PM. [Ticketmaster]
* Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School at the Palace of Wonders. Not sure what this is, but it involves something called Dr. Sketchy’s Rainy Day Coloring Book. $10 at 8PM. [Palace of Wonders]
* Get home in time to see Jeff Foxworthy host the premiere of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? at 9:30PM. [WP]

This is freaking ridiculous: There are about a dozen video streams for this Dem candidate forum in Carson City, Nevada, that just started, but they’re all Windows Media Player or Real Thingy or Vista XP-Superb, and the only option for Mac users (all the Dem primary voters, basically) is to download Internet Explorer and Real Player and Windows Media Deal and other such stuff that will take three hours and break the computer. MORE »

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The Democrats are having a grand old time at their Retreat today — telling ghost stories, staying up late, falling backwards into each other’s arms — so MSNBC is doing what they do best: wall-to-wall political coverage. MORE »