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TMZ TV Tonite - The Girlie Show

TMZ TV Tonight is all about girl power! Reese Witherspoon tries to kill us with kindness (but it doesn't work)... Sienna Miller tries to kill us with her British death stare... and Claudia Jordan tries to kill her career with bulimia jokes.Check your...Permalink (original story)

Miley: I'm Not Old Enough to Get Housed

Filed under: Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus stopped to look at a new pad while riding her bike yesterday -- and while she didn't seriously consider buying the place, she's probably the only 15-year-old on the street who could. See Also Dog to Miley: How Dare You! It's a...Permalink (original story)

Daddy's Little Girl

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Heath LedgerLil' Matilda Rose is growing into a identical version of her dad Heath Ledger. Keep Mary-Kate far, far away from her. See Also Mary-Kate a Red Herring in Ledger-Gate ...Permalink (original story)

Princess Gummi: Someone Get Me My Staph!

Filed under: Wacky & Weird Gummi Bear's new make-out partner looked pleased with the nickname we came up with for her -- and it sure beats him comparing her to an "older sister." "Flowers in the Attic" anyone?One thing they weren't happy about: Our photog breaking the news...Permalink (original story)

Biden says he's not the guy

Via MyDD, Biden announces it himself: Hey guys, I'm not the guy. See ya. He and Richardson can now fight over secretary of state. So who's left? Assuming slotted speakers at the DNC are not the Veep, then Kaine is out. He's speaking Thursday night before Gore and Obama. Kerry is speaking Wednes... (original story)

Kate Beckinsale -- Ribbed for Your Pleasure

Filed under: Hot Bodies It's okay to envy the sand, the water, the bathing suit, the sunglasses, and, hell, the frickin' air around Kate Beckinsale as she pranced along the beaches of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in tiny two-piece.All hail. See Also Kate Beckinsale Suffers...Permalink (original story)

Dave Matthews Band Member Dead

Filed under: Music, R.I.P. TMZ has learned LeRoi Moore, the sax player in the Dave Matthews Band, has died. He was 46.Moore was seriously injured in an ATV accident June 30 outside Charlottesville. He had a punctured lung and broken ribs. Moore went back into the hospital last...Permalink (original story)

A Noun, A Verb, POW

HE TALKS ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME!!! (original story)

John McCain's sadistic North Vietnamese homosexual captors

I'm not even sure what to do with this. But I agree with Gawker - where did McCain get the notion that his captors were gay if they never hit on him? Were there any openly gay North Vietnamese soldiers in 1970? I'm going to guess no. From Gawker(via Queerty)Queerty tracked down what may be McCai... (original story)

Deep Thought

I hope the list of approved patriotically correct 9/11 day activities is released early this year, so we can all celebrate appropriately. (original story)

McClellan to Obama: Don't investigate us

Let's all click our heels and repeat the mantra one more time: If we're nice to the Republicans, maybe they'll stop being so mean to us. Stockholm meet syndrome. (original story)

Welcome to the Land of Double Digit Inflation

Having once been the happy owner of a 13.75% mortgage -- obtained through a state program for first time home buyers at a time when the bank was advertising 18% -- the inflation rate of the early 1980s is not something for which I'm nostalgic. But for those longing to bring back the days of Ronald R... (original story)

This looks interesting....

Schneier on Security - the book!Signed,Not Atrios (original story)

FINALLY!

I'll never understand why this took so damn long. Just in time for the closing rush of the presidential election, MSNBC is shaking up its prime-time programming lineup, removing the long-time host –- and one-time general manager of the network — Dan Abrams from his 9 p.m. program and r... (original story)

McCain does have more foreign policy experience than Obama - too bad it's mostly bad experience

Great commentary from the Star-Telegram:There is little doubt about McCain’s lengthier foreign policy experience. But it is not at all apparent that his judgment is superior to Obama’s. Indeed, the record indicates that McCain’s own judgment is alarmingly bad....McCain’s own prognostications... (original story)



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