Thursday, December 01, 2005

Page 1 Consider (12/01)

  • More like 'prominent forehead': Who knew it would only take Kenneth in the (212) three months to become a "prominent gay blogger" — well, that is if you believe the kids over at Nick Denton's formulaic Brit-snark "blog empire" (Deadspin)
  • But he's so sweet, now: California Supreme Court Refuses to Block Execution of Crips Founder Stanley Tookie Williams / even though he's not killing people at this very moment. (AP)

  • The FedEx-Kinko's Offensive: I love how President Bush thinks if he gets a catchy slogan ("Plan for Victory") and then laminates colorful little booklets with this slogan on it (a 35-page White House document titled "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq") , it will make his disaster of a war seem more palpable. Of course, I guess it's better than the old slogan, "Mission Accomplished!"(too ambiguous) and its accompanying document, "Smear the Queer Whose Wife Has to Get Him Work." (AP)
  • Part of 'The Plan'?: U.S. Is Said to Pay to Plant Articles in Iraq Papers / When they saw the Armstrong Williams, Fallujah Bureau Chief byline, they should have suspected something was up (NYT)

  • Take that, LC!: Laguna Beach Kristin to host reality show with Buffy stud Ethan Erickson (NY Daily News)

  • Pays to Suck: Julia Roberts tops list of high-paid actresses / On the list at No. 10 is Jennifer Aniston, who commands $9 million per film. Who knew straight-to-video movies paid so well? (Reuters)

  • Bosom Buddy: Actress Wendie Jo Sperber dies / What a sweetheart. We miss you already. (AP)

  • Aussie Rules: Martina Hingis to get wildcard into next month's Australian Open (Sportal.com.au)

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