Come on, Daddy, read me the Monica story again
Bill Clinton came to sell his book on the “Late Show with David Letterman” Tuesday night, but left a copy as a gift for Letterman’s son. Reading aloud the inscription in his hefty 957-page memoir, “My Life,” the former president wished Harry Letterman (born to Dave and his girlfriend, Regina Lasko, on Nov. 3) a happy 9-month birthday.
“With luck,” Clinton went on, “you will finish this by your 21st birthday. Meanwhile, carry it around and build more muscles than your dad has.”
While mostly serious during their interview, Letterman mischievously asked: “Tell me what you know about Sandy Berger sticking documents in his pants and walking out of the National Archives.”
Clinton chuckled, then praised his former national security adviser, accused of mishandling classified terrorism documents.
“Anybody that ever saw Sandy Berger’s office at the White House would not be surprised that he gets the papers mixed up or takes the wrong ones away,” Clinton grinned. “He’s got a well-organized mind and a disorganized desk.”
Ex-‘Terminator’ bug spray, anyone?
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger settled a lawsuit against a U.S. toy maker that has agreed to disarm a gun-toting “bobblehead” doll bearing his likeness.
Ohio Discount Merchandise also will donate a “substantial” portion of returns from the sales of the dolls to the former action star’s charity, Arnold’s All Stars, and will stop using a photograph of him on the packaging.
“If we didn’t seek to stop it, anybody would try to use Arnold’s image for commercial purposes whether they are selling toilet seats, porn products or dog food,” a Schwarzenegger attorney said.
That’s it – she’s doing Arnold!
One of the biggest questions surrounding Paramount’s remake of the 1962 classic “The Manchurian Candidate” is whether Meryl Streep is channeling Hillary Clinton in her performance as a power-hungry senator.
Streep admits that the character is modeled after a real political figure, whom she declines to name.
“I think I’m doing a dead-on impersonation of them,” she teased, “but no one has identified who it is yet. And who says I haven’t modeled it on a man?”
Sure sounds like a politician to us
Don’t look for “Mean Girls” star Lindsay Lohan to start rocking the vote now that she’s 18.
“I’m not very politically involved,” she tells Rolling Stone. “And I don’t like to talk about it. I mean, if you say you’re a Democrat, that’ll turn off Republicans, and that’s half of your fan base.”
Another flower child for Kerry
Natalie Portman, on the other hand, had to hold flowers over her chest after she showed up for a “Good Morning America” interview sporting a T-shirt with Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry‘s name and picture.
“We can’t just have John Kerry the whole time,” said Diane Sawyer. “Who do we bring in for equal time?”
Replied a stunned but laughing Portman: “Come on, you’ve got Bill O’Reilly‘s ‘The O’Reilly Factor.’ That’s on television; that evens it out!”
He should be able to run on his record
An album John Kerry recorded with his prep school rock band, the Electras, is being re-released in two versions — one for Democrats and one for Republicans. Bandmates reportedly split over whether the profits should go to Kerry’s campaign. The compromise: two separate albums.
The birthday bunch
Actress Loni Anderson is 58. Singer Rick Derringer is 57. Actress Maureen McCormick (“The Brady Bunch”) is 48. Rapper Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys is 40. Actor Jonathan Silverman (“The Single Guy”) is 38. Country singer Terri Clark is 36.