1) Hey BHDC, maybe you can do a new post about the threats and harassment that Free Republic and many other Web sites are getting over Larry Sinclair’s story: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055994/posts

2) How Gawker Media screens its interns.

3) Any news on Leola McConnell? I hope she is alive and doing well. I believe her and find her “stories” to be credible. What is the latest on her? Where can I get a copy of her books if she had time to write them?

4) John Cusack to appear in Hustler: “Actor and producer John Cusack finally unleashes his outrage at the Bush Administration and their disastrous failures: ‘The right-wing uses the aesthetics of authoritarianism. American patriotism is the cover for what they do.” In the context of his most recent movie, War, Inc., a dark comedy that skewers the Iraq War and American capitalism and greed, Cusack discusses with Hustler the goals, motivations and stresses of writing and producing such a film. The controversial War, Inc. was an international success starring Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Joan Cusack, Hilary Duff and Cusack himself. War, Inc. will be available on DVD October 14 at retailers nationwide.” Related: recent interview.

5) Seriously. You had DCist and Wonkette on the ropes and now you’re doing weekly posts about Larry fucking Sinclair? Are you going to relaunch the blog, or is it going to stay like this?

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(Or at least her nipples do.)

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Is it just us, or was it exceptionally inappropriate for sitting Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff to be hobnobbing with Kiefer Sutherland while he shot a few 24 scenes in Washington over the weekend? On Sunday, it seemed that Chertoff was much more interested in kissing up to the actor - who acts like he’s protecting the U.S. each week on the popular FOX series - rather than doing his real job of protecting the U.S. from real security threats. What’s next? When Tina Turner comes to town, is he going to put on a sparkly red fringed dress and start dancing? Shame on you, Mr. Chertoff.

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Hillary Clinton may not be in Vogue, but she is related to Madonna. The Washington Post makes that shocking revelation today, and also notes that she’s relatives with Angelina Jolie and Camilla Parker-Bowles. Madge, in case you were wondering, is Hillary’s 10th cousin, while the presidential candidate is 9th cousins with both Camilla and Angelina.

Earlier: Possible Lesbian Hillary Titillating Tell-All Titles

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Bigwigs at The Price Is Right are wondering if maybe they’ve made a mistake by hiring rotund comic Drew Carey to fill the legendary Bob Barker’s shoes. And not because Carey isn’t doing a fine job of navigating the likes of Plinko. No, what’s got their proverbial Big Wheel in a tizzy is the fact that Carey has gone out of his way to tout his political beliefs by forging a partnership with the libertarian Reason magazine.

“We didn’t expect him to become political,” one CBS-TV insider admitted to Big Head DC. “We sure hope it doesn’t hurt the show’s ratings.”

In contrast to Barker, whose most visible political action over the decades was to support controlling the pet population, Carey made a splash in Washington over the weekend on the arm of Reason editor Nick Gillespie (shown at right). Carey is expected to contribute regularly to the magazine’s Web site, espousing his own conservative viewpoints.

Carey seems to know he’s treading dangerous waters — for a game show host, that is. Read more…

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“The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving Liz Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting,” the AP reports, which is sort of refreshing when you think about it because the Supreme Court should probably be doing more important things. Of course, sometimes when the court does important things, other things turn out not so good, so maybe it’s not such a good development after all?

Earlier: Barack Obama to Supreme Court?

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And its reporting, we hear, will be just as solid as that of the Washington Times. We kid, of course, since the Washington Capital Sun is a completely imaginary paper dreamed up by the creators of a new movie based on the outing of Valerie Plame and the wacky world of former New York Times reporter Judith Miller. But that’s not the only trickery doing down! “[W]hile the real Judith Miller may be remembered as a stylish, slightly scary reporter of 59, headed off to jail in a quilted black jacket and tortoise-frame sunglasses, in the movie she is a sizzling Kate Beckinsale, 34, dressed in a, shall we say, form-fitting skirt,” reports WaPo. Miller has got to be flattered by that casting. Meanwhile, the editor of the Capital Sun is none other than Angela Bassett, most famous for her star turn as Tina Turner. Another bit of Hollywood magic, indeed, since diversity in real Washington newsrooms, especially at the top, is lean at best. As Anne Schroeder might say, “Not sayin’, just sayin’.”

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Big Head DC hears that FOX’s 24 is heading to Washington in early November. Get ready for some explosions — and hopefully not from any of Kiefer Sutherland’s now infamous drunken antics.

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…at a kids’ charity event in DC last week. Since when does she have a wrinkled chin?

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