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McCain's '24' Moment: The Clock Is Ticking
8:59:52 Will this TV never warm up?
9:00:01 Show on! Viewer discretion advised -- all right!
 When real life and fandom collide: In search of Sen. John McCain's split-second appearance on "24." (Ralph Orlowski -- Getty Images) |
9:31: 52 There he is! In the upper left-hand corner of the post-commercial montage, handing Audrey Raines a folder at screen-time 1:32:22 -- and then gone in a second. Pause to mull whether it was worth it. Keep watching.
Stormie's Blog, Too Hot for the Hill
Oh, those Capitol Hill staffers and their naughty blogs! Inquiries from the Montgomery Advertiser prompted a scheduler for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to shut down her personal Web page, which the paper reported included "a provocative photo of her bare midriff in unzipped jeans . . . the waistband of her underwear showing."
The scheduler, Stormie Janzen , 34, did not return calls yesterday. Sessions spokesman Michael Brumas confirmed that Janzen still has a job: "We have dealt with this matter, and it's closed."
Oh, come on! Hasn't anyone called offering a book contract?
"I have no idea," Brumas said wearily. "I doubt it."
Okay. Has Playboy called?
"Why are you asking me these questions?" he groaned.
Well, because we're always on the lookout for the next Washington sex mini-scandal. Granted, Janzen's page at MySpace.com isn't going to get her there. Those who saw it say her writing was pretty PG-13, nothing nearly as spicy as the famous "Washingtonienne" diary that caused Jessica Cutler to lose her congressional staff job but gain a book contract. Then again, she does have a great name . . .
"If I can do it," Cutler told us, "why not Stormie?"
Rhymes's Bodyguard Slain
Rappers Busta Rhymes and Tony Yayo are among the throngs of people New York police seek to question in connection with the fatal shooting of Rhymes's bodyguard on the set of a music video early Sunday.
Israel Ramirez , 29, was killed by a single shot to the chest after a fight broke out on the Brooklyn set. A galaxy of hip-hop stars, including Missy Elliot , Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent , were scheduled to appear in the video for Rhymes's song "Touch It."
The New York Post reported that Yayo had an on-set outburst shortly before the shooting. A lawyer for Yayo wrote to prosecutors yesterday denying any involvement -- but also refusing to answer any questions from police, the Associated Press reported.
HEY, ISN'T THAT . . . ?
· Jordan's King Abdullah grocery shopping at the Social Safeway in Georgetown Sunday, almost incognito (if you don't count the scads of security) going through the no-candy line in a brown leather jacket and jeans. His Royal Highness was last spotted there in September.
· Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora (recovering from their MCI Center show the night before) at Degrees bar in the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton Friday. Jon looked weary -- signed autographs but declined photos, and hotel staff eventually roped off their table. Richie, yukking it up with his no-blondes-apparent posse, looked unusually jolly for a guy getting divorced from Heather Locklear , and stayed late.