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06/05/2007
Paris Hilton: Terrorist on the Run!
In what may just be the best screw-up on a national news show ever, yesterday's Today Show inadvertently confirmed that Paris Hilton is indeed what is wrong with America when it accompanied a promo of its "Terror Within" segment with footage of the beleaguered heiress leaving the MTV Movie Awards. The resulting pastiche is truly magically delicious -- particularly when Paris hops into her chaffeured SUV just as Matt Lauer is gravely intoning that the fourth suspect in the JFK airport bombing plot is "still on the run."
One has to wonder if the mistake was not a mistake at all, but merely the brainchild of an overworked, underpaid intern, trapped somewhere in the bowels of Rockefeller Center with nothing but an overdeveloped sense of schadenfreude and an underdeveloped sense of job preservation. Now that's hot.
05/29/2007
Miss USA Takes a Spill
No, that's not a catty comment about former Miss USA Tara Connor and her well-documented run-ins with drugs and alcohol. This is the story of an unfortunate tumble by Miss USA 2007, Rachel Smith, at last night's Miss Universe pageant. Smith was slinking across the stage gracefully when her heel suddenly got caught in the train of her evening gown, tripping her up and sending her crashing onto her well-toned backside.
Now, I like to see beauty queens fall down as much as the next petty person, but give credit where credit's due, because Smith recovered with impressive aplomb -- immediately getting up, moving to her mark, and capping off the eventful walk with a dazzling smile. Her reward? Some well-deserved applause and cheers... and, you know, not winning Miss Universe. Ah, well.
