Judge Simon Cowell attends the party for "American Idol."
American Idol
• audience for may finally be getting slightly sick of
Becker, Gary
• belief of that Internet correspondent was teenage girl leads to sex sting arrest of
bin Laden, Osama
• release by of audiotape containing references to current events is reminder of the utter failure of George W. Bush — after seven-plus years — to effect the capture or murder of
Buffalo Beast
• annual list of "The 50 Most Loathsome Americans" is published by
Bush, George W.
• final Gallup numbers for show disapproval rating second only to Nixon's
• final smirk-riddled press conference by fails to win over critics of
• history of response to Katrina of is brazenly rewritten by
• Larry King is told by how much being called a racist hurt the feelings of
• question about possible regret by for ignoring August 6, 2001, CIA briefing memo is not asked by any reporters at last press conference of
Cheney, Dick
• aggravation of that New York Times won a Pulitzer for exposing law-breaking championed by
• Guantanamo is described as a "first-rate" facility by
• score-settling tome is under consideration by
Cohen, Sacha Baron
• Golden Globes audience is grimly unamused by amusing mocking of Madonna, Charlie Sheen and Victoria Beckham by
Department of Justice
• contempt for career lawyers in civil rights division of by certain ideologues at
Dixon, Sheila
• refusal of to step down from Baltimore mayoralty after indictment of for perjury and theft
Dowd, Maureen
• resistance by of repeated urge to kick Cheney in the shins
Geithner, Timothy
• failure of to pay$34,000 in taxes, despite efforts of Obama transition team to minimize its importance, raises questions about appropriateness of appointment as Treasury Secretary of
Harry, Prince of Wales
• racist babblings of
Huckabee, Mike
• opinion that complaints by Palin about her unfair treatment at the hands of Katie Couric were absurd and "if anything, [Couric] was extraordinarily gentle, even helpful" is expressed by
Jobs, Steve
• illness of is acknowledged by
• increasing unlikeliness of, you know, appointment to the Senate of
Kerry, John
• foot of is once again jammed by into mouth of
Madoff, Bernard
• bulletproof vest is sported by
McGoohan, Patrick
• passing of
Montalban, Ricardo
• passing of
Obama, Barack
• citizenship of is hilariously challenged by lunatic fringe group engaged in futile efforts to prevent the ascension to the presidency of
• congressman finds decision of to use full name at swearing-in of "bizarre"
• consumption of food by with friends and foes
• ice cream flavor is inspired by
• mother-in-law of is moving in with
• observation is made by humorist about the excessive kissing of the posterior of
• rage of right-wing bloggers at Republicans demonstrating insufficient hate for
Palin, Sarah
• annoyance of at "bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie"
• dinner hosted by Obama for McCain will not be attended by
• McCain's daughter seems less than fond of
• tired old "say it ain't so" catch phrase of is trotted out yet again by, and not to the benefit of
Schrenker, Marcus
• capture of following efforts to fake death, and subsequent effort by to actually kill self
Sullenberger, Chesley B. III
• horrific disaster is averted by
Vitter, David
• news is made by for something other than patronizing hookers
Wallace, Cornelia
• passing of
Winehouse, Amy
• spectacle of self continues to be made by
Wurzelbacher, Samuel Joseph (Joe the Plumber)
• well-deserved evisceration of