Gossip Roundup: A Riveting Read Edition

•Reliable Source: WHCA Dinner Guests: For MSNBC, ApprenticeBill Rancic;ForPeople, theOlsen twins[Oops!]; ForNewsweek,Meg Ryan;For Bloomberg,Kournikova, Drew Carey, Minnie Driver,andCandice Bergen;For CNN,Wayne Newton;ForWP,Cameron KerryandVincent D'Onofrio;For ABC,Affleck, Tom Brady, Rove, Powell, Rumsfeld, Shrum.Says flak, "We've got Shrummy and Rummy!". . .McDermottskips "under God" in the Pledge. [ WP ]

•Heard on the Hill: SchumertoKavanaughaboutClintonimpeachment, joking about infamous comment bySpecter: "Would you have voted 'Aye' or 'Nay' — and you can’'t use Scottish law!" Later,HillarytellsSchumer: "I heard you were brilliant! I heard you were brilliant!". . . Democrats launch site to makePelosithe first female speaker of the House. . . MTV launches "Stand Up and Holla!" contest with DNC and RNC to increase youth participation. [ Roll Call ]

•Inside the Beltway: Cheney: "I was interested to learn thatTrumanandChurchilltraveled [to Westminster College] from Washington on the presidential railroad car. The evening before they arrived,Churchillhad five scotches before dinner and then joinedTruman,members of the White House staff, and probably a few reporters for an all-night poker game. Well, that was a different era. And I can tell you that we had a lot quieter time this morning on Air Force Two."

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•Rush & Molloy: Cardinal EgansaysKerrymay not be invited to Smith Dinner. . .Robin Williams, Mellencamp, Midler, James Taylorplan Radio CityKerryfundraiser. [ NYDN ]

•Page Six: Secret Service waits forTeresa'shair to be done. [ NYP ]

•Cindy Adams: Clinton's My Lifeshould be "a riveting read," said insiders. [ NYP ]