Posted on 11/30/2003 8:16:47 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
Awards for what, exactly? Page Six reports:
New York Magazine will have an engraved award waiting for P. Diddy when he arrives at The Four Seasons restaurant for the New York Awards on Dec. 15. With a new owner expected to take over the weekly early in the new year, the mag's annual luncheon honoring local luminaries is suddenly hotter than ever. Also receiving awards will be Hillary Clinton, Al Franken, Richard Meier, Tim Robbins, Kevin Kline and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg.
Chuckie Schumer running for NY Gov?
Sen. Chuck Schumer denies that he's contemplating entering the 2006 race for governor. So why did fund-raisers for New York's senior senator recently ask some of their big donors not to give to state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who almost certainly is? Moneygivers tell us they've been asked to "keep their powder dry" and not write the big checks for the crusading AG - because Schumer just might want to move to Albany. full story
Probably can't stand the stench of serving next to NY's junior senator. From the same news source, blahblahblahBarbraStreisandblahhatesGeorgeWBushblahblah:
Barbra Streisand is working to get another Bush-bashing expose on the best-seller list: "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq," by Christopher Scheer, Lakshmi Chaudhry and Robert Scheer. Streisand, her hubby, James Brolin, and Norman Lear will join forces to launch the latest revelation of Republican mendacity at a party at Arianna Huffington's L.A. home on Thursday...
And have an Oyster House fish sandwich for me please! I lived there in the early 70's and can still taste how good they were.
There is always someone wanting to take all the sport out of the season.
IG-I can relate about the lost crystal trees. I purchased a 32 inch Santa a few years ago, on sale a few days before Christmas. I displayed it for a short time that year, then packed it away in a black garbage bag, somewhere, and have been looking for it every year since.
If these are they, they sure are pretty...
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I made the mistake of renting "Two Weeks Notice" this weekend...Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock. Blechtttt! Not only does the movie never develop a reason these characters would be attracted to one another. In their enimical fashion, Hollywood just had to make a political statement.
Bullock plays an activist lawyer trying to save historical buildings from the conglomerate wrecking ball. Hugh Grant is the richy rich owner of the development company. His name is GEORGE WADE (his assistant actually calls him "Mr. Dubya".) He's a creep. All the company wrecking balls have a huge "W" on them, as do his skyscrapers, helicopters, etc. I guess Holy-wood thought subtlety would go over the heads of us little people. Don't waste your time or your money on this one.
(Grant's latest, "Love Actually" is also a big stinker. Saw it Friday night....boring Benny Hill-type humor.)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Dec. 1 -/E-Wire/-- Oceana, a leading non-profit ocean advocacy group dedicated to restoring and protecting the world's oceans, today announced that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will be a recipient of its 2003 Oceana Partners Award. Oceana will recognize Clinton for her many successful efforts as a Senator and as the First Lady to protect the nation's oceans and waterways. The award will be presented by her longtime friend, actor-activist Mary Steenburgen, on December 3rd at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.
"Senator Clinton's commitment to preserving the world's oceans has been a tremendous boost for ocean advocates everywhere," said Oceana CEO Andrew Sharpless. "From protecting fish breeding areas to cleaning up environmental health hazards, [to smelling like an old dead carp], Senator Clinton has fought to prevent the irreversible collapse of fish populations and marine mammals, and to ensure that other sea life remains healthy and vibrant. We are proud to make her an Oceana partner, and we look forward to working together in years to come."
Clinton has quickly distinguished herself as one of the Senate's most passionate advocates for environmental and public health protection. She has used her seat on the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee to challenge the nation's environmental agencies to do more to promote environmental conservation. She is also a steadfast supporter of restoring Long Island Sound, an important nursing area for many ocean fish species. And earlier this year, Clinton joined California Senators Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to strike provisions in the Energy Bill that would have undermined current protections against new offshore drilling along California and other coastal states.
Producer Brian Grazer, Director Ron Howard and Ocean Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau Also to be Honored ... full story
Oh please, Hillary the Environmentalist. If only she would don a flannel shirt and sit in a canoe, then we'd know for sure she's an environmentalist.
How could anyone tell they weren't working?
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