AP - Michelle Obama said Wednesday she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for her February comment that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States.
E! Online - They couldn't help it from being a sad day, but the hundreds of mourners who attended a private mass and memorial service for Tim Russert did their best to point out the most shining moments of a life well lived.
AP - Jerry Seinfeld claims a cookbook author is cooking up some fancy semantics by calling him an actor rather than a comedian to minimize the humor in statements she says defamed her.
Reuters - If reality TV is junk
food, then the full-season daytime reality marathon has become
the equivalent to a daylong, couch-bound Del Taco binge.
Reuters - It's a felony to print
money, but Disney, for all practical purposes, has found a way
around that law. By adhering closely to its "High School
Musical" formula and stretching the results over even more of
its divisions, Disney has devised a way to generate coin more
efficiently than the U.S. Mint.
Reuters - Foul-mouthed British chef Gordon
Ramsay prompted Australia's parliament on Thursday to push for
tighter rules to protect viewers from swearing on television.
AP - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Senate panel rejected calls Thursday to ban certain swear words on Australian TV following an inquiry prompted by a popular series on restaurant kitchens with foul-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay.
