[mountaineer]

Taking bets on who will try to one up Dean with a confession they're gay.

You're right. So far at least half of them are newly Jewish. It's just a matter of time!

Happy BD, lod.

[mountaineer]

ELIZABETH Smart wanted to play herself in the CBS movie about her nine-month ordeal of kidnapping and sexual assault when she was 15. Mark Lasswell reports in next week's TV Guide that when she was rejected for the title role in "The Elizabeth Smart Story," Smart asked her parents, "Why don't they want me?" Ed and Lois Smart, who authorized the movie, have been everywhere lately promoting their new book, from Katie Couric on "Dateline" to the cover of People magazine. But even they have to agree it would have been a bad idea. (PageSix)