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Borat, Kazakhstan's Mighty Faux
"I like to give Premier Bush an invitation to see a screening of my film," he told the officer who approached.
"Do you have an appointment?"
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"Eh, no so much." But he conveyed the rest of the invitation through the gate: Friday night screening, with cocktails and conversation about U.S.-Kazakh relations to follow at Hooters. "Thenk you." And then he climbed into the back of a black SUV and drove away.
No one answered our repeated calls to the Kazakh Embassy.
Take Our Local Celebrities. Please.
Highlights from the 13th annual "Funniest Celebrity in Washington" fundraiser Wednesday at the Improv:
· CNN Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre (third-place winner), as a husband parrying his wife's questions in Don Rumsfeld "accountability avoidance" style: "Am I home late? It's unknowable. Was I out cavorting with women? Life is untidy. . . ."
· Former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) getting heckled by their own "Crossfire" dummies (winning second place). Kucinich: "Like most politicians, I've wanted to run for president in the worst way." His dummy: "Well, you did!"
· The winner, Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.): "The Republicans are getting a little carried away on immigration. They just built a 200-mile wall around my office. . . . The Republican flacks are so good, I'm scared to death of my little brown mother. She called me last week and told me she wanted to drop off some food, but she wasn't fooling me. I knew she was going to steal my stereo."
Dad: How Dare They Let Fantasia Say That!
They're singing the blues about "Fantasia: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale," the best-selling autobiography and TV movie by the "American Idol" winner. Her father, Joseph Barrino , filed a $10 million lawsuit against the publisher this week, claiming the book is full of "malicious untruths." But he's not blaming his daughter. Though she's listed as the author of the book, it was ghostwritten because the singer is functionally illiterate. "We don't understand how Mr. Barrino considers Simon & Schuster rather than his daughter responsible for the book's content," said S&S spokesman Adam Rothberg .
Meanwhile, ghostwriter Kim Green , who was paid $45,000 for the job, tells Radar's online site she didn't get enough credit, had no role in the making of the Lifetime movie based on the book, and even had to pay for her own ticket to a Fantasia concert recently. "I just think it's a terrible statement about the entertainment business," Green complained.
HEY, ISN'T THAT . . . ?
Redskins defensive linemen Demetric Evans, Joe Salave'a and Renaldo Wynn at the Big Apple Circus Wednesday night. The three big guys sat in the front row with their families under the big top at Dulles Town Center, and went unnoticed until one of the clowns dragged Evans and his fiancee, Aungel , into the ring for some conga. Everyone in the party received a red foam nose.
