Below The Beltway

From the London Telegraph, proof that winning an Oscar doesn’t preclude the possibility that you’re just plain crazy:
Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard was facing embarrasment with her new American public last night after it emerged that she doubted the official account of the September 11 attacks.
The 32-year-old French star has swept this year’s best actress awards, also [...]

Barack Obama was at the Meadowlands in New Jersey today along with the Kennedy’s and Robert DeNiro:
Mike Huckabee may have the support of Chuck Norris, but Barack Obama has someone new to watch his back: Robert De Niro.
You got a problem with that?
As the crowd at the Meadowlands awaited Mr. Obama’s arrival, Mr. De Niro [...]

Apparently, Los Angeles Police have taken Britney Spears to the hospital again:
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — A police motorcade the length of a football field escorted troubled pop star Britney Spears to a Los Angeles hospital early Thursday to get her some help, a law-enforcement official told CNN.
This is the second hospital visit for Spears [...]

Apparently, Donald Trump is getting sued out in Las Vegas:
Nights at Vegas., Inc. is suing Trump, alleging he jock-blocked them in connection with the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas. Nights at Vegas is a licensed real estate property management company that leased out a number of the 1,200 condos in Trump complex.
When [...]

I mean, seriously, his website lists every book he’s read since June 1968.
Art, dude, do you really think anyone cares ?
And can you explain this one:
612. Mar 1993 The Random House Dictionary of the English Language 1966-83 1664 pp.
You read the dictionary ?
H/T: Andrew Sullivan

Yea, Bill Gates is a geek.
And, yea, he’s a corporate geek that all the other geeks hate.
But, ya know, this is still pretty funny:

Nickelodeon is reportedly considering airing a special on teen pregnancy:
Nickelodeon is considering a special for its young audience about sex and love following the news that 16-year-old “Zoey 101″ star Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant.
The television network has made no announcement about the future of “Zoey 101,” its popular program aimed primarily at youngsters aged [...]

First Britney, now her sister ?
NEW YORK (AP) — Another Spears baby is reportedly on the way — and it’s not Britney’s.
Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old “Zoey 101″ star and sister of Britney, told OK! magazine that she’s pregnant and that the father is her boyfriend, Casey Aldridge.
“It was a shock for both of us, [...]

Well, what can you say, this is the season of giving:
Just in time for Christmas, porn star Mary Carey is giving a gift to support breast cancer research: her own breasts.
Carey has dumped her size 36D breast implants for the larger 36DDD, and she is selling the used implants on eBay. As of Thursday afternoon, [...]

With production on 24 shutdown thanks to a writer’s strike that shows no sign of ending, Kiefer Sutherland reported early to begin serving his 48 day jail sentence:
Actor Kiefer Sutherland was sentenced Wednesday to 48 days in the Glendale city jail in connection with a misdemeanor drunk driving charge and began serving his sentence the [...]