Forget Katie, let’s see more Kyra
CNN anchor Kyra Phillips became instantly infamous on Tuesday when her ladies room chatter found its way onto the air during President Bush‘s speech from New Orleans.
Before being alerted that her wireless mike was still on, Phillips could be heard telling a fellow lavatory-goer how great her husband is, and calling her sister-in-law “a control freak.”
A game Phillips offered a few explanations for the snafu in the “Top 10” list on Thursday’s “Late Show with David Letterman,” including:
•”Still haven’t mastered complicated On/Off switch.”
•”How was I supposed to know we had a reporter embedded in the bathroom?”
•”I was set up by those bastards at Fox News.”
•”Oh, like you’ve never gone to the bathroom and had it broadcast on national television!”
•”You have to admit, it made the speech a lot more interesting.”
No ifs, ands or buts
Jessica Simpson sang for the first time Friday since injuring a vocal cord, but only made it through one song before faltering.
Simpson croaked her way through “I Belong to Me” on NBC’s “Today” show, but when it came time to hit a high note on “With You,” her voice cracked.
She insisted to co-host Matt Lauer: “Next time I sing, I’ll be singin’ my booty off.”
A Chrysler and a dodge
Simpson, by the way, was a big winner at MTV’s Video Music awards, though she didn’t take home a trophy.
She walked away with something even better – a Chrysler Crossfire – after picking out the key that started the $50,000 luxury car as part of a promotional contest.
She also managed to narrowly avoid ex-hubby Nick Lachey when both of them stopped by the Style Villa gift suite.
Living on Foo and water
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl says he plans to make good on an offer to buy beers for two Australian miners who listened to his band during their ordeal of being buried underground for two weeks.
“You know what? I’m not just having one beer with those dudes – we’re going for it,” said Grohl, who’ll be touring Australia in October.
As rescuers painstakingly dug an escape tunnel, the pair were handed music players to help keep their spirits up and asked to have Foo Fighters tunes put on them.
Shaking or stirring it up?
There are plenty of on-screen kisses in store for Daniel Craig as the new James Bond, but none bigger than the one that premiered Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
In “Infamous,” Craig plays one of the men who brutally murdered a Kansas farm family, as detailed in Truman Capote‘s “In Cold Blood.” His increasing attachment to the gay author leads to the smooch.
Said Toby Jones, who plays Capote: “I never dreamed I’d kiss James Bond.”
The birthday bunch
Actor Meinhardt Raabe (Munchkin coroner in “The Wizard of Oz”) is 91. Sportscaster Terry Bradshaw is 58. Actor Mark Harmon is 55. Actor Keanu Reeves is 42. Actress Salma Hayek is 40. Actress Cynthia Watros (“Lost”) is 38. Singer K-Ci (K-Ci and JoJo) is 37.