Gossip Roundup: A F-ing Big Story
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•Salt historian knows very old jokes; toldBushis reading his tome, "Salt: A World History,"Mark Kurlanskytold Newsday "My first reaction was, 'Oh, he reads books?'". . . . Washingtonians not funny . . . . Universal to make film of 9/11's "Flight 93." [ WP ]
•Hollywood crowd applaudsReagan'son-screen death, cheers his being "threatened at gunpoint and pushed out of a speeding car," boos the words "Also Starring Ronald Reagan." [ WT ]
• Michael Wolfftells offends delicate sensibilities of Michael's crowd, says CIA leak investigation a "fucking big deal;" WP'sCohenpoints out that VF wankathons not the same as reporting: "You guess, and then you write!" [ NYDN ]
•MorePirrobloopers: Campaign website misspells names, forgets to note some pictured are dead. "It's another example of the screw-ups that have now come to define the Pirro campaign," a disgusted GOP activist says . . . . Producers of "The Great American Trailer Park Musical" dedicating production toBill Clinton. . . . Overflow crowd for funeral of slain war journalist Steven Vincent. [ Page Six , Page Six , Page Six ]
• Robert Redfordproducing sequel to "The Candidate". . . . BREAKING: Dems not enthused about secondKerrynom. [ Cindy Adams ]
•Possible tell-all byPeter Jennings'sex dividing chattering class. [ Liz Smith ]