• Names & Faces: Former Senate candidate Jack Ryan and Fox News' Juliet Huddy publicly affectionate at Fox News offices; they deny a relationship. . . Lautenberg, Gephardt, Wallace, Cochran, Borger celebrate Dan Glickman, new MPAA president. . . Carter's mother: "When I look at my children, sometimes I wish I remained a virgin." [WP]
• Inside the Beltway: NRA ad shows Kerry "as a sweater-wearing poodle with a pink bow.". . . Florida congressman busy "pulling the oak tree off my attic" to join Bush. [WT]
• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: "McEnroe" ranks 833 of 834, ahead of the Food Network's "How to Boil Water". . . Diddy watched the debate with Bloomberg. [NYDN]
• Rush & Molloy:D'Amato scared of Cheney after calling for him to be removed from ticket. . . Oprah: "I'll bet both the presidential candidates were wishing they could reach as many people on a daily basis as I do." [NYDN]
• Page Six:Cheney on Kerry: "It's not easy being orange.". . . Mark Green gives up hopes for Washington career, announces run for state attorney general. [NYP, NYP]
• Fox 411: MoveOn concerts underselling. . . Ben Affleck, Leo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone host screening of "Going Upriver" tonight in Philadelphia. [Fox News]