• Reliable Source: Tipper Gore at the premiere of “An Inconvenient Truth”: “It ends with a message of ‘we can do it.’ [Al] doesn’t want people to go from denial to despair.” Moby, Lynda Carter, and Queen Noor were in the audience… Euan Blair is reportedly deciding between Yale and Harvard graduate programs… Ted Kennedy, Mary Cheney, Barack Obama, Tim Russert, Gary Hart, Pat Buchanan, Ariana Huffington, Karenna Gore Schiff, Cindy Sheehan, and Jim McGreevey are all making appearances at BookExpo 2006… Sean Penn to play Richard Clarke in upcoming film. [WP]
• Rush & Molloy: Halle Berry on Barack Obama: “I so love what he stands for and respect him so much that when I met him, I was a bit shaky.” [NYDN]
• Cindy Adams: Chelsea Clinton was seen paying for her dinner with a “tall, lean dude.” [NYP]

• Reliable Source: Selwa “Lucky ” Roosevelt raises $4m at “Fifty for Fifty Club”… Alberto Gonzales grabs lunch from Leesburg Pike Taco Bell. [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: Local pet owners told to be alert for coyotes… CNN invites Alex Trebek to the White House Correspondent’s Association dinner. [WT]
• Rush & Molloy: Paul Haggis, the director of “Crash,” is making a film of Richard Clarke’s “Against All Enemies.” [NYDN]

Sightings of George Stephanopoulos, national security experts-slash-novelists, and fake newsmen are sent in by readers. Send yours to . Remember: The bar is low. In this issue: Clinton, Stephanopoulos, Feinstein, Stein, Friedman, Russert, Clarke, Lott, Holmes Norton, Colbert and our favorite submission in recent months, which we will now quote in full: "I saw Hugh Downs pulling onto the GW Parkway in McLean last weekend. He was making a left. Yeah, I know how to party." Also, an amusing Adrian Fenty story at the bottom, sort of worth it.

Sightings continue after the jump.

• This is a little late but I saw Bill Clinton in Prague on November 11th. We were walking from the Charles Bridge to the Old Town Square, he was walking in the opposite direction and we crossed paths. It's a pretty narrow road and it's off-season, but he still attracts a crowd. Cameras were flashing, people laughing and he was posing with tourists. He (and the men in black) broke from the small crowd, walking in front of me. I guess he just wanted to walk around beautiful Prague, doing the tourist thing.

• George Stephanopoulos and his wife Ali Wentworth came in to hip new Logan Circle eatery Viridian in the 1515 14th Street arts building on Monday, Nov. 28, for a late dinner (around 9). Shortly thereafter, developer Georgio Furioso, who’s an investor in the restaurant and whose company refurbished the old auto sales building that now houses it, came in and joined them at their table, getting up at various points to flit around the restaurant. Lots of other restaurant staffers came by to meet the Stephanopouli, and when they left Wentworth gave Furioso a big hug. I got the sense they were friends.

• On 11/29/05 a friend and I were dining at the "Famous" M on the Bund in Shanghai (Whore of the Orient) , China. Drinking cocktails and looking out over the city's futuristic skyline, I noticed the woman sitting next to me looked like a young-ish Diane Feinstien and told her as much. She smiled and introduced herself as the fabled Senator, much to my embarassment. She was gracious and polite. I mumbled and tried to blame it all on the opium.

• A couple weeks back, I walked into Brooks Brothers to spend some birthday money. While perusing the sweaters, I heard a deep nasally voice saying, "bye bye, thank you, bye bye" to the cashier. I looked up to see Ben Stein waddling toward the door with handler in tow. He does rock the blazer and Vans in real life. Saw him again a few minutes later on Connecticut Ave. talking to a 20-something hipster girl who had stopped to get his autograph. While walking by, I caught Stein saying, "So your name's Wendy? Alright, Wendy, we'll get together." Sitting in DuPont Circle a few minutes after that, I saw Stein, his handler and the hipster girl all walking down the street together.

• Two weeks ago, I shared a cab with Rosa DeLauro (third district Representative from Connecticut) on a rainy night. Turns out I live down the street from her. I almost mentioned that we could have caught the bus had we been five minutes earlier. Fortunately, I remembered before opening my mouth that she probably doesn't catch the bus. Other recent sightings: Tom Friedman buying sushi at Tenleytown Whole Foods; Tim Russert at the Greek Festival at St. Sophia's Cathedral; and George Stephanopolous near Farragut North metro.

• Richard Clarke on the USAIR concourse at National[I cannot say Reagan] Airport on Monday last,looking quite satisfied with himself.

• Saw Senator Trent Lott around 5 P.M. [12/4] loitering outside the Macy's at Pentagon City Mall. His hair looked more malleable than usual (and more gray), and he was dressed in what I would consider a Senator's casual uniform--gray slacks and a blue blazer.

• Eleanor Holmes Norton on the 10am US Airways Shuttle to LaGuardia this morning [12/6]...

• Stephen Colbert ...coming out of Union Station Saturday afternoon with his blond wife and three little (and adorable) kids. He was definitely in "Dad" mode -- one of the kids held up a toy or something for him to look at and Colbert said, "Whoa, that's big!"

•  Adrian Fenty at homoriffic party: I was at a party at the fancy condos at 1300 N St NW on Saturday night. It was your pretty typical shindig with about 50-75 homos of all stripes (and their assorted straight female hangers-on). I was near the door and in came this guy who I thought might be Adrian Fenty, but upon noticing an Adrian Fenty sticker on his coat I decided that nobody is that lame enough to wear their own sticker this far in advance of an election. But I was wrong, as it was Fenty and he was also wearing a "Hello, my name is Adrian" sticker on his other lapel. He didn't have anything to drink and didn't take his coat off. Just sort of worked the room for about 45 minutes. The hosts work in Sen Rep. Levin's office, Human Rights Campaign, and Service Member's Legal Defense and I believe they requested a check to one or the other of the latter two, but it certainly wasn't a fundraiser per se. By the way, he's much shorter and thinner in person than I would have expected. UPDATE: The party raised money, yes, but for "Food and Friends’ Holiday Giving Tree to make sure low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS in DC also receive a holiday meal." Excellent.

• Reliable Source: Laura Bush makes quick trip to Georgetown Pottery Barn. . . Oprah spotted at D.C. L.A. D.C. gym. [uhm...yeah.] [stupid gym name.]. . Readers try to decipher Richard Clarke's fictional characters. [WP]
• Cindy Adams: Barbara Streisand reportedly turned down Kennedy Center Honor in anti-Bush move. . . Jeanine Pirro thought to leave Senate race on December 12th. [NYP]
• Rush & Molloy: Jeb Bush is "flattered" by Fidel Castro's fat joke. [NYDN]
• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Howard Stern on Iraq: "We give Saddam Hussein a nice shave, hand him back his old uniform, and put him back in office. . . This guy was unbelievable." [NYDN]

• '06 brings anxiety for Republican candidates about their prospects; Elizabeth Dole faulted for weak performance as chairwoman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Analyst: "Is it poor recruiting or a bad environment? Probably both." [WP, LAT]
• Specter questions Miers' qualifications; Bush says she "has excelled at everything she has done." 27 GOP senators have expressed skepticism. [WP, WSJ, NYT, LAT, WT]
• Brownstein: "Bush picked Miers because he felt strong, not weak. . . Bush bypassed a long list of prominent federal judges who are known quantities to the conservative movement, but just names on a page to him. Instead, he picked someone who is a known quantity to him, but barely a name on the page to them. . . Bush simply overestimated their willingness to defer to him." [LAT]
• High-level single women in the administration have formed informal social network; Miers has "a lot of girl talk" with Rice. [NYT]
• Republicans worry about a White House without Rove. [WSJ]

• Bush commits "initial contribution" of $50m to Pakistan following major earthquake. [NYT]
• Miers' record in private practice offers little insight into her character. [NYT]
• Louis Freeh disparages Richard Clarke in new book: "If he was rushing around the executive branch trying to make a case that we were in imminent danger of a terrorist attack on our shores, he wasn't trying to make that case with me." [NYT]
• $300m ad campaign launched to educate seniors about new Medicare benefits. [WP]

• 53% disapprove of Bush in WP-ABC poll. Two-thirds complain about gas prices and a majority think the administration can reduce them, painting "a portrait of national frustration with the direction and leadership of the country, which, if not reversed in coming months, is likely to color the environment for next year's midterm elections, putting incumbents in both parties on the defensive." 52% think Bush should meet with Sheehan; Democrats and independents are disappointed by their leaders. [WP]
• Reagan library finds thousands of Roberts-related documents; officials rush to sort them out before next week's confirmation hearings. [NYT, LAT]
• Bush decides to tap oil reserves; returns to Washington to orchestrate response to Hurricane Katrina. [WP, WP]
• Oil prices likely to pass $3 a gallon this weekend. [WP]
• Incomes have not grown in five years and the poverty rate has increased to 12.7%, the Census Bureau reports. [NYT]
• Bush compares Iraq war to WWII: "They will fail, because the terrorists of our century are making the same mistake that the followers of totalitarian ideology made in the last century. They believe that democracies are inherently weak and corrupt and can be brought to their knees." [WP]
• Administration has drafted rules that weaken environmental oversight for power plants, allowing for the release of more pollution. [WP]

• Religious gap widens: 29% in Pew survey say Democrats are "generally friendly" toward religion, down from 42% in 2003; 64% open to idea of teaching intelligent design. [NYT, WP]
• White House advisors are debating whether to cap major tax deductions and exclusions. [WSJ]
• GOP strategists say California can be won --as early as '08-- by the right presidential candidate. [LAT]
• 71 liberal advocacy groups join to denounce Roberts. [WP]
• China's President Hu is irked that his meeting with Bush will not be an official state affair; White House flack says "the lunch is just a lunch." [WSJ]
• Richard Clarke disturbed by rising number of terrorist attacks related to Iraq. [WP]
• Administration launches justthinktwice.com to curb meth use. [WP]
• Jesse Helms says he's "not the least bit racist." [NYT]
• Club for Growth and the Free Enterprise Fund squabbling and imploding. [WP]