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The Guiding Liza: Actor Will Seymour gets "personal redemption through public humiliation" this November with the release of the book "Mortified," capturing the most embarrassing and private teenage diary entries of its contributors. Seymour -- whose mother was personal assistant to Liza Minnelli and whose cousin is legendary supermodel Stephanie Seymour -- details in his chapter a childhood spent hanging out with Aunt Liza, cutting school, shoplifting and an obsession with soap operas. What could be more fun -- but a book about embarrassment that I wasn't asked to contribute to? Now that's just embarrassing. (Amazon preorder)

Divorce and Let Die: Even though he stabbed and choked her, "media intrusion" was the reason Paul McCartney and Heather Mills' marriage failed?? (Reuters)

Studds4U: Because of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, it seems 17-year-old-page-banging former Rep. Gerry Studds' surviving husband (in Massachusetts, anyway) is not eligible for Studds' $114,337 congressional pension following his partner's death last week. Incidentally, Studds' husband, Dean Hara, is 21 years his junior. A leopard never changes his congressional spots. (AP)

Tag Team: Officials at an elementary school in Attleboro, Mass., have banned playground tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chasing games over concerns about the risk of injury and liability for the school. Does this mean no more "smear the queer"? Where were these officials when I needed them back in '74? (WP)

Maine Man: The Mets relied on their (cute) rookie pitcher John Maine to get them through Game 6 of the NLCS vs. the St. Louis Cardinals -- and he did not disappoint. The boys are back in town and it's all down to tonight's game for a spot in the World Series against Detroit. (MLB)

Bad Example: Dove is hyping this video clip that's supposed to illustrate just how much hair/makeup and Photoshopping goes into a print advertisement -- and how women shouldn't get down on themselves for not looking like the models in advertisements. It's a great idea that Jamie Lee Curtis already did in a "before and after" spread in More magazine, but this Dove thing is completely underwhelming. I think the gal is just as pretty in the beginning. (Watch the clip here)

Everybody Hates to Serve Chris' Mom: With the help of Al Sharpton, Chris Rock's mom is planning to file a discrimination lawsuit against the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain. Rose Rock says that for more than 30 minutes after she and her 21-year-old daughter sat down at a Cracker Barrel in Murrells Inlet, S.C., in April, no one would take their order. She believes this is because they are black. Then when she complained to the manager he had the audacity to give her and her daughter free meals. (I sure hope this is a class action suit because being ignored in dump restaurants happens to me all the time, and I sure could use a $2 million settlement too.) (IHT)