FameCrawler : George Bush

Daily Show's Rob Corddry Welcomes Second Daughter

Karl Erikson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:13:00 GMT

Rob Corddry, former correspondent for "The Daily Show," and his wife Sandra welcomed their second daughter early yesterday morning. The little darling - Marlo Stevenson Corddry - has a big sister, Sloane Sullivan, who is now 2.

A rep says, "Mother and daughter are doing well."

The couple announced the sex of the baby in September and Rob, 37, joked that "Sloane is pretty set on the name 'Freeka.' She also likes 'Laurie Berkner,' but that sounds weird in front of Corddry. We may just go with 'Baby the Entertainer' in case she grows up to be a black comedian."

Rob can be seen most recently in Oliver Stone's George Bush movie, "W." He plays White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer.

Congratulations Rob and Sandra! Welcome to the world, Marlo. You've got one funny, funny daddy.

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Diane Lane Happy With Blended Family

Karl Erikson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:05:00 GMT

Single mom Diane Lane, 43, divorced her first husband Christopher Lambert when daughter Eleanor was a toddler. "It's better to be friends and be functional than a married couple and dysfunctional," Diane says.

Christoper "Highlander" Lambert is still involved in Eleanor's life...she's now 15, believe it or not. Diane equates her early single motherhood with "having a croquet mallet in one hand, a tennis racket in the other, a baseball bat in the other, and some fins on my feet." Wait, how many hands does Diane have?

Now she married to actor Josh Brolin, who is playing President Bush in the upcoming Oliver Stone movie "W." And it's a mixed family - Josh has children with his ex-wife Alice Adair. There's Trevor, 20, and Eden, 15, so it's a pretty busy life for Diane, but she's very happy.

Eleanor loves the blended family, too. Diane says that her daughter loves visiting her stepgrandparents, James Brolin and Barbra Streisand. Nanny Barbra makes gourmet meals for the holidays, and even comes to the kids' plays.

Diane's latest movie, "Nights in Rodanthe," is already in theaters. I couldn't care less about the nights. I'm much more interested in what happens in Rodanthe during the day.

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Thandie Newton Wishes She Could Give Birth Every Year

Karl Erikson — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Thandie Newton, 35, is currently filming the movie "2012" in Canada. Mother of girls Ripley, 8, and Nico, 3, Thandie says that acting makes her feel "more alive, more self-aware...not a bad thing for a mum," she tells the Times Online.

Little known fact: Newton turned down one of the lead roles in the "Charlie's Angels" movie because she didn't want to be "that famous." She loves acting and think is makes her a better mother. She talks about pregnancy, saying, "Every fiber of your being is alive. It's like you are conducting electricity. I'd like to give birth every year if I could, just for that experience."

Thandie is married to English director Ol Parker. And while she hates that she has to work away from home, she thinks it's great that her daughters have a wonderful relationship with their father as a result. She's enjoying a great family summer in Vancouver, taking Ripley to horse camp and shucking oysters with her and Ol. "It's pretty idyllic," she says.

The star of movies such as "Crash" and also TV show "ER," Newton is next going to be seen in Oliver Stone's biopic of George Bush, titled "W.," which comes out next month. She'll be playing Condoleezza Rice to Josh Brolin's George Bush.

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Robin Williams on Sarah Palin on David Letterman

Karl Erikson — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:01:00 GMT

Robin Williams was on David Letterman's show the other night and, as usual, he appeared to be in some hyper manic state. Course, that's his schtick. But he was in rare form the other night, riffing for a couple of minutes on Sarah Palin and then George W. Bush. Check out the video here. Hysterical.

Tony Gonzalez is a Hero

Whit Honea — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:01:00 GMT

Tony Gonzalez is on pace to be among the best, if not the best, tight ends of all time. Tight end is a football position and any resemblance to his ass is purely coincidence- and no, I'm not going to look.

Gonzalez was eating dinner in Hunnington Beach with his wife, his brother and his baby daughter when a patron at the next table started choking. This wasn't just heavy coughing and watery eyes choking, this was the everyone freezes and/or freaks-out kind of choking, like in the movies.

The choking man, Ken Hunter, had a piece of meat lodged in his throat and his dining companion started yelling, "He can't breathe, he can't breathe."

Gonzalez, who has never been trained in the Heimlich maneuver, realized that nobody else was going to act so he "jumped to his feet, wrapped his long, sinewy arms around the stricken man and began to squeeze. After a few seconds, the meat popped out and Hunter, a shipping company manager in Huntington Beach, recovered."

After the incident Hunter told the media, "Tony saved my life."

The story was so big that Gonzalez received a letter from President Bush (he can write?) and was even approached by Barack Obama at a campaign stop to discuss the heroics.

From the NFL:

"I never anticipated what an impact this would have," said Gonzalez, who arrived in River Falls on Thursday for the Chiefs' training camp.

"But now, looking back, I think with all the negative stuff that's in the media these days about NFL players and athletes in general, when a story like that comes out, it really grabs people's attention. I know it was an incredible situation the way it came down. I believe things happen for a reason. Hopefully, there'll be a domino affect."

Chiefs president Carl Peterson was traveling in Europe when his star tight end made news off the football field.

"Nothing surprises me about the abilities of Tony Gonzalez," Peterson said. "Thank God he was there, in the right place at the right time and reacted the way he did. The story was all over the world."

Shortly afterward, Peterson happened to run into Steve Tisch, part owner of the New York Giants, in France.

"We hugged each other and right away he said, `Hey, how about your tight end saving that guy's life?"'

Good for Tony Gonzalez and lucky for Ken Hunter, kind of pathetic for everyone else in the restaurant.

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Man Held For Assassination Threats Against Obama

Karen — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:07:00 GMT

Raymond Hunter Giesel is likely regretting his stupidity after being taken in by the Secret Service for threatening to assassinate Senator Barack Obama.

MSN reports: A Secret Service affidavit charges that Geisel made the threat during a training class for bail bondsmen in Miami in late July. According to someone else in the 48-member class, Geisel allegedly referred to Obama with a racial epithet and continued, "If he gets elected, I'll assassinate him myself."

Obama was in Florida August 1-2 but did not visit South Florida.

Another person in the class quoted Geisel as saying that "he hated George W. Bush and that he wanted to put a bullet in the president's head," the Secret Service reported.

Geisel denied in a written statement to a Secret Service agent that he ever made those threats. He was charged with making threats against Obama, but not against Bush.

Geisel said in his interview with The Secret Service, "if he wanted to kill Senator Obama he simply would shoot him with a sniper rifle, but then he claimed that he was just joking," according to court documents.

I hope they throw the book at him, and then move on. ~~I'm sure this guy is simply a waste of time and resources~~, but of course the Secret Service has to treat every threat as serious.

CORRECTION: Find out what they found in his house.

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Miley Cyrus and the Art of the Downward Spiral

Whit Honea — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Miley, Miley, Miley, it's never a good idea to hide from one mistake by making another- just ask George Bush.

Miss Miley, fresh off whatever controversy you caught last is now going on the offensive and attacking her Disney competition- in public.

Miley and her friend Mandy made a video in which they openly mock Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.

Disney can't be happy about this.

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Dads Gone Wild: Jeffrey Wright, Josh Brolin Arrested

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:00 GMT

MSNBC is reporting that actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright were arrested during a bar fight Saturday morning. Shreveport, La, police say the two were arrested along with five members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie just after 2 a.m. at a club called the Stray Cat bar.

Brolin and Wright reportedly interfered with police when who arrived to deal with a rowdy patron.

According to The Times of Shreveport, Brolin was booked and posted $334 cash bond to be released. Police are not confirming whether he or the others had been released. The paper said they are part of the crew on the Oliver Stone film, "W," about President Bush.

Wright lives in Brooklyn with his wife and young son. Brolin, who is married to actress Diane Lane, has two children from a previous marriage.

Ashlee Simpson Not Drinking, Must Be Pregnant

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:05:00 GMT

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner that took place in Washington on Saturday. Ashlee was reportedly "not drinking," which in Hollywood means that you are definitely pregnant. (Unless you're Lindsay Lohan, in which case "not drinking" just means that you're asleep.)

I'm wondering how the guest list for this prestigious event was made. Sure, Ashlee's cute and perky, and Pete is keeping the eyeliner industry afloat, but if these two were included, who wasn't invited? Were Carrot Top and Gary Coleman busy?

Then again, Pamela Anderson was invited, but even she was overheard remarking that "I thought this was the 'White Trash Correspondents' Dinner."

Will Pamela Anderson Give George Bush a Lap Dance, Too?

Whit Honea — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:00:00 GMT

In just one more sign that the end of days are upon us, Pamela Anderson will attending a function at the White House as an invited guest.

The newly, and once again, single mom (photographed above while watching her son's baseball game) will be joining a list of 'who's whos' and 'who the hell are theys' as guests at the annual White House Press Correspondents Association Dinner. Other invited celebrities include Lauren Conrad, Hayden Panettiere, and FameCrawler regulars Ben Affleck and Marcia Cross. Are any of them Bush supporters?

I wonder if Bush ranks higher than Hef? She does have a thing for magicians and he did make all of those WMDs disappear. Could be kismet.

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Matthew McConaughey Makin' Clothes, Drinkin' Bud, Namin' Babies and Just Keeps Livin'

Whit Honea — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:42:00 GMT

Matthew McConaughey putting out a clothing line is like George Bush putting out a children's book. It ain't right.

Of course, by starting J.K. Livin, which translates to "Just Keep Living" in Matthewese, we are blessed with the apparent side-effect of McConaughey having to actually wear a shirt. So, there's that.

In other news, he drinks really crappy beer. Turns out he wants to name his baby after his favorite beer, Bud. Too bad for his future kid he doesn't enjoy a nice Porter. Porter McConaughey, that has a much better ring to it. Sorry, Bud.

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Jon Stewart Needs a Hug

Whit Honea — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:43:00 GMT

It ain't easy on the street for a comedian without a writing staff. Jon Stewart is apparently calling someone that cares, and that's sweet.

I don't know what the big deal is with needing writers for his show. As long as George Bush is in office he does all the work.

I suppose Stewart could just show YouTube clips for 30 minutes.

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Trick or Treat! Smell My Feet! Give Brangelina Something Good to Eat!

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:05:00 GMT

Expect to see Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at your door this Halloween. Alot. According to a survey of 600 Americans conducted by Captain Morgan/Kelton Research (that would be the rum?) Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were named 2007's most popular celebrity couple costume. Runners-up included Britney and K-Fed, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the Bushes and the Beckhams. That would be a rare sight to see on Halloween - Posh actually eating a candy bar. I wonder if the costume comes with its own barf bag.

So if you and your mate are going to a Halloween party and Brangelina is all sold out, here are some other celebrity couple costume ideas:

Britney Spears and a Starbucks Cup

Lindsay Lohan and Twelve Dudes from Rehab

Paris Hilton and A Mirror

Heidi Klum and Seal's Penis

Andy Dick and His Hand

[photo: UsMagazine.com]