If you're Steve Earle, she is. The rebel cowboy professes his love for Rice in the song "Condi, Condi" on his new CD "The Revolution Starts...Now" in what might just be the first love song to a national security adviser.
"You be the flower and I'll be the bumblebee/Oh she loves me; oops, she loves me not/
People say you're cold, but I think you're hot."
The country singer also croons:
"They say you're too uptight, I say you're not/Dance around me spinnin' like a top/Oh, Condi, Condi, don't ever stop."
While cynics may see the song as satire, Earle sincerely believes her power is an aphrodisiac. He recently told a skeptical writer for the music magazine Ice, "Well, don't you think she's kind of hot?"
A White House spokeswoman for Rice, herself a classical pianist, told us: "I don't think we'll be commenting on that."
Mr. Earle
ESPN likes him but he seems a tad strange to me.
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A big reason Ben Affleck turned down the role of Texas basketball coach Don Haskins is that he wants to do a full-court press for Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign.
A pal of the actor tells us he nixed the starring role in Walt Disney's "Glory Road," about the first coach to win an NCAA championship with five African-American starters in 1966, because the studio wanted to start production next month, three months before the election.
"His priority right now is John Kerry," an Affleck friend told us. "Ben's going to be very visible at the [Democratic] convention and afterward. He's been studying the issues and he's going to travel with Kerry."
Ben's been learnin' the pro-noun-sa-tions ah words and them issue things! Bless his heart.
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Just like a dem, wanting something for nothing:
If there's one person who deserved a free copy of the now-historic New York Post blooper of trumpeting Rep. Dick Gephardt as John Kerry's vice president pick, it was Gephardt.
Indeed, one of New York's top lawyers told The News' Lore Croghan that when the congressman's office contacted the flubbing tabloid for a copy, the request was refused. They offered to pay, but that, too, was denied. So the lawyer sent his assistant out to buy one - for $5 - and sent it to Gephardt for his scrapbook.
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The final weekend of "Raisin in the Sun" had Broadway enthusiasts and Sean (P. Diddy) Combs fans camping outside the box office to try to buy cancellation tickets. The last three shows were completely sold out, although a few boldface names - including Sen. Hillary Clinton and rapper 50 Cent - were able to score seats...
Gosh, I hope hilly and 50 Cent were able to sit together! all from NYDailyNews