| In Newsweek, Bush Aide Says GOP Suffers from 'Bolshevik Fervor'
If were picking which conservative could represent us in Newsweek, conservatives would now find it hard to say "I guess I could live with Michael Gerson." These same Republican voters that are now being muddied with comparison to the Bolsheviks for their obsession with "purity" voted easily for Gerson's man George W. Bush in the last two elections, despite his lack of such purity. At the very least, Gerson might have the manners not to dismiss the voters who gave him his cozy place of profit and prominence as a bunch of bloody-minded Soviet commissars. Surely, liberal Newsweek editor Jon Meacham loved every word of this piece, especially the claim that major GOP donors are thinking of going Obama. You could easily argue that voters who prize ideological perfection to other qualities that might make a Republican candidate electable – charm, rhetorical fluency, an ability to build trust – could be making a mistake.
An Interview with Idina Menzel
The reason being that just singing your own words and putting yourself out there for everyone to embrace or to criticize...it's a very scarifying thing...and yet, it's the most rewarding thing in the world. I will be forever indebted to the likes of Stephen Schwartz, Jonathan Larson and all the other composers that I've worked with, because it's an honor to sing their music. There's just something different about doing your own thing. What's next for you after the the release of I Stand? Are you planning more solo work immediately or back to the stage, or...? I hope to do it all. I will never leave the theater. My heart is there and I love being on stage 8 times a week. It just so happens this is also something that I love. I've spent a lot of my life trying to figure out which one was more "me" and trying to decide, trying to make, trying to focus on one thing...left me thinking that I couldn't' have it all.
Carmit Bachar quits Pussycat Dolls
Carmit Bachar has quit the Pussycat Dolls. The singer announced Thursday she is leaving to "pursue other projects." She joined the group in 1995 when it was a burlesque troupe. Carmit was one of the band's three main vocalists along with Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton. It is expected the group's with continue as a five-piece along with other members, Kimberly Wyatt, Jessica Sutta and Ashley Roberts. .
Of course children don't need fathers
Again, jolly nice for the kids lucky enough to get full-beam attention. But to turn nice into necessary requires a denial of history as well as of geography — there are still many parts of the world where the bearing and raising of children is entirely the province of women — and, indeed, of nature itself: for every male swan, happy to embrace monogamy and even to squat on a clutch of spring eggs, there is a bull to inseminate a promiscuous dozen, unable to care less for the resulting progeny. Yet both species, rather like our own, seem to truck along quite nicely. Among opponents to this hot-potato Bill there is a less shrill cabal of those who agree that, as long as adequate provision is made for the physical nurture of children, and as long as there are sufficiently committed female parents, the routine presence of a man might not be important; nevertheless, they say, children should have a "right" at least to know who their genetic father is.
Happily ever after
Yesterday, as she and David Pelletier, the world champion and Olympic gold-medal winning pairs team out of Edmonton's Royal Glenora Club were inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame, she finally got it. "I guess you just have to be in the moment," Sale said as she and her partner/husband left the Pacific Coliseum ice surface after an emotional ceremony filled with tears and laughter in what was both an absolute love-in and love story. "It's so powerful," she said. "All the focus is on you. What people are saying about you is so personal and means so much. "It's impossible not to cry. Before I even came out I was crying," she said. After watching an exceptionally well done video of highlights and tributes, Pelletier had tears in his eyes and rolling down his cheeks.
Source and Source
Madonna's upcoming album is named Hard Candy and will be released in the US on April 29, but the first single, "Four Minutes," will be available in March. We can't wait to hear what she's come up with, especially with collaborators like JT. — Entertainment Weekly Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch has been foreclosed by the bank and will be auctioned off, contents included, on March 19, unless he somehow comes up with the money. .
Vanessa Minnillo will never propose
Vanessa Minnillo will never propose to boyfriend Nick Lachey. The 27-year-old star is reportedly eager for the pair to tie the knot, but believes it should always be the man who pops the question. "I know that a lot of girls nowadays are proposing to guys but I think I'll be old fashioned," Minnillo said. "I'll wait until I have grey hair before I propose." .
Heidi Klum Is Sexy, Smart and Funny
Someone call Lindsay Lohan, and drop Katie (sorry, Kate) Holmes a note while you're at it. This is why they call them "talk" shows, see - people (celebrities I mean) are really supposed to talk and not just look pretty and smile for the camera. I mean, if looking reasonably pretty with your face covered in tons of make-up would be enough to make someone famous, I think some of the celebrities out there could have their whole brains removed and still manage to keep their faces on the covers of magazines. Heidi on the other hand really seems to have scored big on all fronts: she's happily married, already a mother of three, and is keeping busy with something she's really good at namely, a fashion show. She's not adopting 20 kids, selling her latest baby photos or throwing hissy diva fits. Hear that Mariah Carey? Heidi on Jimmy Kimmel: Heidi on "Ellen": .
Taurus Dating Style
Ready to spend some money? If you have a Taurus date, you'd better have a big pocket book or a rich imagination. Taureans like luxury, so do it up right -- expensive dinner, the theater, dessert and a foot massage might just earn you a permanent place on your Taurean's calendar. If you don't have the money, get creative- - make the experience feel rich, earthy and delicious. Suggestions for the perfect date: Go to a restaurant for a sweet and chocolatey dessert, spend a romantic evening in a 5 star hotel, go for a walk in the park, go to the opera, go to a cafe for coffee, go hot-tubbing, go to a Shakespeare play in the park, have a wine and cheese picnic at the beach or park, spend a cozy evening in a cabin, go for a walk in a botanical garden, take a Japanese flower arranging class, get a joint massage or spa treatment.
Matthew and Camila's Casual Leather Coated V-Day
It was a momentous Valentine's Day for Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves — their first together as a couple and last before the baby comes! Double the reason for a nice night on the town in Santa Monica wearing their matching leather coats. The couple wasn't beaming, but I'm sure they shared some sweet moments throughout the day. I can imagine with a baby on the way and a construction project in the works there's a lot to stress about, but now that Matthew's got his partner by his side all he's gotta do is keep on L-I-V-I-N. .
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