Posted on 06/06/2003 1:52:57 AM PDT by kattracks
Call it Basic High Jinks : A movie about Sen. Hillary Clinton has been put on the fast track at the A&E network - and execs there want Sharon Stone to portray the former First Lady.A&E was inspired to rush the flick into production after the Associated Press leaked dramatic excerpts of the New York senator's upcoming book, "Living History," this week. In the memoir, the pol writes that she was heartbroken, outraged and dumbfounded after then-President Bill Clinton told her he'd had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
However, the movie won't be based on Clinton's memoir, but on Gail Sheehy's 2000 book "Hillary's Choice," which chronicled her life in the White House and public humiliation over the affair, as well as her Senate campaign.
A source familiar with the production told the Daily News' Donna Petrozzello that Stone tops the producers' wish list.
"We should be so lucky," he said.
Fortunately they don't have to worry about Sen. Clinton having veto power over casting.
Stone has been linked with the Clintons before: After the actress attended a policy conference with the then-President, Daily News columnist Mike Barnicle and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, the "Showgirls" scripter openly referred to rumors that Bill was perhaps as close to Stone as to Lewinsky.
Stone is filming in Malta, and her agent said she wasn't aware of any offers for the role.
Hillary, meanwhile, will celebrate her book with a power-packed party at the Four Seasons restaurant on June 16.
Hot wheels
She's been an intern, a handbag designer and a reality show host. But a truck?
Iraqis, who customarily nickname popular vehicles after actresses and belly dancers, have now honored Monica Lewinsky by calling Toyota's Land Cruiser "the Monica."
"She's a beautiful girl, and it's a beautiful car," an auto dealer in the city of Irbil told the Knight Ridder news service.
"They are a very tempting car," explained another dealer. "Just as Monica tempted Clinton, they will tempt you."
Most of the Land Cruisers, which are a favorite vehicle of Saddam Hussein's regime, are believed to have been stolen by looters in the chaos following the American victory.
Meanwhile, just like Madonna and Demi Moore, the original Monica is relying on the mystical Jewish tradition of the kabbalah to cope with the publication of "Living History." Lewinsky was spotted in the West Village this week toting a $2 bottle of rabbi-blessed Kabbalah Water.
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They sell France
France has announced four unlikely new ambassadors to the U.S.: Woody Allen, Wynton Marsalis, George Plimpton and Robert De Niro.
The four Francophiles are all in a new short film promoting American tourism to the land of the fragrant fromage.
France is trying to heal the Atlantic rift created over its opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
In the ad, called "Let's Fall In Love Again," Allen says, "I don't want to have to refer to my french-fry potatoes as 'freedom fries,' and I don't want to have to 'freedom kiss' my wife, when I really want to French kiss her."
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With Suzanne Rozdeba and Ben Widdicombe
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Originally published on June 6, 2003
I never noticed the resemblance until you pointed it out. I also think Pat Paulson would make a great Lieberman (Even if he did die in 1997)
LOL ...wretch...gag...running to the bathroom.
Is his wife even old enough to french kiss?
Not yet, but she's gettin' there.
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