The Reliable Source

Reliable Source columnists Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts were online to discuss your favorite gossip, what you think about their recent columns or who you want to see them writing about in future ones.

In today's Reliable Source, Argetsinger and Roberts talk about D.C.'s own "Rock" Harper and his win on "Hell's Kitchen," Godfather of Go-Go's Chuck Brown penning a theme song for, believe it or not, Cesar Millan's "Dog Whisperer" TV show and much, much more.

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A transcript follows.

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Amy Argetsinger: Good morning everyone. I'm writing to you from the beautiful Finger Lakes of New York while Roxanne is back in D.C., keeping this column going for one last week before it hibernates for the rest of August. But is she at her desk yet? We'll see....

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Rox Fan: I'm not going to needle you for being late. I just want to thank you for the amazing 1996 article about your father. Gene Weingarten supplied the link and the shout-out. Wow. Thanks.

Roxanne Roberts: Thanks, but you can still needle me---not much, though--I'm almost on time!

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The Invasion: I'm asking this early, so I don't forget. 'The Invasion' opens on Friday. Was Daniel Craig ever in D.C. for the movie?

Amy Argetsinger: Yes, indeed he was. In fact, we think he was here for a big chunk of the six weeks they were here filming in the fall of 2005, a period when we got so bombarded by and jaded by Nicole Kidman sightings that we just stopped printing them. But did anyone ever call in a Daniel Craig sighting? Nooooo.... Oh, except for one time when someone said they saw Nicole walking down M Street with a "short man" who I suspect was him. Of course, back in the fall of '05, he had only just recently been tapped to play Bond, and most people didn't know who he was yet. (I did.)

Anyway, there was talk of someone from the Reliable Source team going to see an advance screening of The Invasion last night, so may have a report for you soon...

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Alexandria, Va.: All of the magazines say Brangelina are calling it quits and having problems, but yet they are photographed in public looking happy and like a regular family. What's the real deal?

Amy Argetsinger: Ah ah ah -- not all of the magazines, just the ones that traffic on the more dubious, slippery side of things, i.e., the National Enquirer, In Touch, etc.

The magazines that play it more carefully (i.e., People, US) are not reporting a breakup. Or at least not that I checked -- what do I know, I'm on vacation, I haven't even seen a newspaper in days?

Point being... who knows? Sometimes the buzz emanating from the faster-and-looser publications is a good sign that something's up. Then again, In Touch/Life & Style, etc. had also been reporting ad nauseum for a couple years that Brad and Jen were having meetings, that Angelina was pregnant again, etc., that J-Lo is pregnant, etc. -- all stuff that history has pretty much proven to be nonsense.

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Please, please, pretty please: Do you think 50 Cent will hold up his end of the bargain and quit if Kanye West outsells him? Because I'll buy 10,000 copies of Kanye's CD if it gets that mush-mouthed Fitty off the scene.

Roxanne Roberts: In your dreams. The man's a marketing genius.

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Split-screen: Your predecessors, Mr. Leiby and Mr. Grove, growled about the difficulties of doing the Reliable Source columns solo. Yet, the two of you seem to be enjoying the job (at least that is the impression you give your readers). Is it truly a two-person gig, or are the two of you simply more adaptable than your predecessors?

Roxanne Roberts: Lucky us. It's a tough job solo---Amy is off this week (except for the chat---she LOVES you guys) and I'm juggling all sorts of tips and people who won't call back. I'm not a big grumbler, but Rich and Lloyd had a lot on their plate. It's hard to ferret out quality gossip, and I'm lucky to work with Amy. (Awww--group hug.)

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Indianapolis, Ind.: Who selects the gossip blurbs on the main Post Web page, and why do they think anyone would be interested in the fact that Lou Diamond Phillips's divorce is finalized? I had to stop and think about who the "Phillips" in the tease referred to, then clicked on it and said "eh." Granted, I thought he was sorta cute...20 YEARS AGO...

So unless he married a second cousin and things went horribly, publicly wrong...or something equally juicy...why would we need to know? Even on a very slow gossip news day?

Amy Argetsinger: Don't know specifically but that would have been one of our corporate cousins working over in Rosslyn for WPNI, the entity that produces this fine website. And while I hear what you're saying.... please have some sympathy for our brethren in the media business in the month of August. It's slow! Really slow. And yet just as we still have to put out a newspaper and a column, there's someone over in Rosslyn who still has to find stories to put in the little "entertainment news" box, and sometimes the pickin

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Bridgeport, Conn.: Did Jenna Bush get engaged to Henry Hager this past weekend when she was up in Maine? What do you think of Laura Bush and Jenna Bush writing a book together?

Roxanne Roberts: We know that both twins were in Kennebunkport last weekend, but no sightings of Henry. I kind of doubt an engagement--but then again--anything's possible. Got some intel you'd care to share?

As for the book---I think it's sweet. Laura has always loved reading, and writing a book---especially a fun, light children's book with her daughter could be great. And, as we noted in the item, they'll be the first mother-daughter team in the White House to co-author a book.

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Anonymous: I see by my local newspaper that today is Rose Marie's 84th birthday. Wasn't she at least 84 when she did the Dick Van Dyke show? Next thing I'll hear is that whippersnapper Morey Amsterdam is old enough to vote!

Amy Argetsinger: I had no idea she was still alive or still so young. The things I learn from this webchat! Alas, we lost Morey Amsterdam more than a decade ago.

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West Fido, Md.: I love Cesar Milan, I have learned SO much from his program. I even use his techniques on humans, as well as dogs. Try it sometime...next time someone misbehaves, make your hand into a mouth, like Cesar advises, then grab the nape of the neck and go "SH! SH!"

Works every time.

Roxanne Roberts: Does this work on boyfriends? Bosses?

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Amy Argetsinger: Whoops, accidentally hit "send." In regards to the question about Mr. Diamond Phillips, I was just going to say that in August the pickings are slim.

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Boston, Mass.: Ooohh, Amy I'm jealous. I LOVE the Finger Lakes. Dad grew up all of 5 minutes from Lake Ontario (obviously, not a Finger Lake), and I spent a few summer vacations at Lake Canandaigua. It's so beautiful up there. Perfect, not-insanely-humid summer weather. Kind of makes up for the fact that it's grey there from about November to April.

Amy Argetsinger: It's incredible up here right now. I got out of the car after driving up from D.C. the other day, and when I stepped out it was actually cold enough to put on a sweater! It's just perfect.

The lake I'm on is Seneca Lake.

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Upstate, N.Y.: Amy,

Just a little FYI -- there are many reputable newsstands in upstate N.Y., where you can get all sorts of trashy gossip magazines. There are a couple of places -- Ithaca, Syracuse, Rochester, even Albany -- where people actually know how to read.

Amy Argetsinger: Oh, rest assured, in a couple of days I'll make the pilgrimage into town to scoop up the latest People, US, etc. For now, though, I'm kind of enjoying being disconnected. In fact, after we're doing here, I'm thinking about staying offline for 48 hour increments -- no Web, no e-mail, no Facebook Scrabble.... In other words: Please, someone text me!

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Washington, D.C.: Why were Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen in town? I saw them walking in Dupont on Saturday. I thought about telling you but seeing them on the street didn't seem like much news. Ted is shorter than I thought. They looked good as a couple though.

Amy Argetsinger: Wait -- do you not read our column? Especially in the month of August, when the appearance of Dog the Bounty Hunter in a D.C. restaurant merits a mention? Of COURSE Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen walking in Dupont is news! You shoulda called.... reliablesource@washpost.com. Rox, do we know why they were here? Clinton fundraiser or anything? BTW, I can't vouch for the veracity of the sighting, just putting it out there to remind you all to ALWAYS bring us your sightings, no matter how lame they may appear.

Also: Really? I thought he'd be tall.

Roxanne Roberts: Actually, Dog the Bounty Header is a bigger star than Ted right now--the guy was mobbed by autograph hounds---but yes, you should have called. You owe us one.

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LiLo and the pants judge?: Let's get these two together. She claims she was wearing "someone else's pants" that fateful night. He's been looking for a missing pair of pants. Maybe LiLo got the pants judge pants by mistake? Who knew pants could cause so many problems.

Roxanne Roberts: That's great!! Saturday Night Live sketch-worthy!

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Washington, D.C.: Okay, this is only tangentially gossip-related, but is it weird that I have a HUGE crush on Gordon Ramsay (of "Hell's Kitchen")? Isn't he getting a new show?

Amy Argetsinger: Why, yes! He'll have a new show premiering on Fox next month, "Kitchen Nightmares," in which the sharp-tongued Scot will help failing restaurants get back on the map.

This sounds totally like one of those publicist-planted questions in "Personality Parade," doesn't it? Except that you forgot the part about "help settle a bet between me and my best friend..."

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Airport sighting: Sitting in National Airport last Friday morning eating PotBelly bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches and turned to my right to see, the Reverend Jesse Jackson strolling to his gate. Had to stop my wife from heckling him. She's not a fan.

Roxanne Roberts: Was he doing anything heckle-worthy? Or just flying off to his next photo-op?

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Location: Amy, did you actually tell us which lake you're really at? Aren't you worried about the papparazi or the CIA or the NSA pursuing you? (Too much "Bourne Ultimatum" hangover in my cube.)

Amy Argetsinger: Hey, and it just happens that "The Bourne Redundancy" or "The Bourne Mausoleum" or whatever it's called is showing at the local one-screener. Should I go see it?

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Finger Lakes: Amy -- I am so jealous you get to be in the Finger Lakes. Very mellow, small-town kind of vibe and a great respite from the East Coast lifestyle. Have a Riesling and a kayak ride for me.

Amy Argetsinger: Will do, thanks.

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Bush Engagement Announcement Coming Soon: After the Rove resignation cycle ends; it should be announced.

Amy Argetsinger: Oh, in our dreams. I suspect that Jenna won't get engaged until after her dad leaves office.

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RE: Ted Danson: IMDb listed as six foot two and a half inches.

Ms. Steenburgen at five foot eight inches.

How tall is the commenter? Jeez.

Roxanne Roberts: We've been through this: Male stars lie about their height all the time. I'm not saying he's not 6'2"--he's fairly lanky--but it's possible he added an inch or two to his bio.

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Matrimony: I was all set to rant on the idea of Jimmy Fallon, that perpetual tousle-haired adolescent, getting engaged to Nancy Juvenon. But then I thought of Britney (who probably never even had an engagement period per se), and he looks look good to go for a lifetime of marital bliss.

Amy Argetsinger: Ah, and she's an older woman too -- 39 to his 33. Good for him.

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Washington, D.C.: Re: Gordon Ramsay -- no, not a publicist..and as for my best friend, I'm too embarrassed to tell anyone that I swoon for a foul-mouthed chef. Thank goodness for anonymous chats! You guys are the best!

Amy Argetsinger: Your secret is safe with us.

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Anonymous: Okay, you have already posted all three of my entries today, and it's not yet 12:30. Is no one else out there, or am I singlehandedly carrying this chat on my back? Come on, other readers, send in some great questions!

Amy Argetsinger: Like I said, in August the pickings are pretty slim. But come on, I know more of you are out there. Send in your questions! Frankly, your odds are pretty good today.

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Alexandria, Va.: Are you in Watkins Glen? That used to be quite a hot spot for New York celebrities -- 75 years ago.

Amy Argetsinger: Not that long ago -- the golden years were roughly 1950 to 1980. If you were into racing anyway.

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Upstate, N.Y.: Amy,

Paul Newman is known to hang around Watkins Glen. And the Clintons's good friend Terry McAuliffe has a big spread on Skaneateles Lake.

Amy Argetsinger: Paul Newman competed here at the Watkins Glen race track just last month.

And right you are, I think the Clintons have summered at Skaneateles with Syracuse boy Terry McAuliffe.

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Karl Rove: Anyone worried about Bush now that his brain is leaving him? Is there a new brain on tap, or is the experiment over?

Amy Argetsinger: Excellent questions.

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Speaking of Pants: Your take of LiLo's "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" the other week had our entire office laughing. That was classic.

Roxanne Roberts: Merci. Really, I still can't figure out the logic of that bit of pr: Does LiLo routinely switch pants with people? Does she surround herself with women the same size? Oh, and what girl carries cocaine in her pants pocket? What happened to purses? It makes my head hurt.

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Lilo and SNL: Will be interesting to see if SNL gets all snarky on Lilo and her ongoing saga o. woes. Didn't Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels attempt an intervention with Lilo a while back? Reportedly they cornered her and tried to warn her about the bad places where her hard partying ways could lead her (Lorne having some sad examples to hold up.)

Amy Argetsinger: My guess is that they'll avoid the topic, unless and until she gets her act together to the point where she's able to make a guest appearance and do the requisite poking fun at herself, a la Winona Ryder after her shoplifting arrest. Otherwise, yes, she's got friends on the show, and the whole thing is just too sad to really make a lot of mirth about.

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RE: Bourne: If you enjoy intense action thrillers than yes, go see it as it is at the top of that genre's class.

Hope there are more. Too bad Ludlum died, the books are even better! I'm still enough of a Bourne junky to read the van Lustbader continuations though.

Amy Argetsinger: Okay then. Thanks.

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Re: Riesling and a kayak ride : You can do that in D.C.! We have Riesling and kayaks.

Amy Argetsinger: Yes, but...

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RE: Heckle worthy: Rev. Jackson was not doing anything at that moment that was heckle worthy, but no doubt he was off to do something that would qualify.

So my rib (yay Gene) was doing some preemptive heckling, if you will.

Roxanne Roberts: Preemptive heckling? As if that would stop JJ from getting in front of a camera!

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Boston, Mass.: OK, so I'm listening to the local radio station on my computer (thank God for headphones in open office), and they're playing "Rehab." I gotta ask: Are Amy and her equally-tatted-up hubby in some U.S. rehab? True or false? I hope true, she needs some help. Talented and sad, ya know?

Amy Argetsinger: For those of you having trouble keeping up, we're talking about Amy Winehouse here.

What do you think -- does she really have a problem, or is this just savvy marketing schtick? I mean, we like our artists to be troubled loose cannons, don't we?

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Original Ted Danson commentator: I guess I have seen Gulliver's Travels too many times!

Amy Argetsinger: Ha! Totally forgot he was in that movie.

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Silver Spring, Md.: I don't have a question, just exercising my crush on Roxanne.

Roxanne Roberts: Crunches or Pilates?

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Just so's you know: I have the Reliable Source e-mail address in my BlackBerry just in case I come across a celebrity. Except I'm kinda recognitionally challenged so they'd better be wearing (or not as the case may be) some identifying clothing or accountrement.

Roxanne Roberts: Name tags! Or a newly-adopted baby.

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Celeb sightings: hey, I just saw Rudy Giuliani. Does that count as a celebrity sighting? Of course, I'm at the Iowa State Fair and he's campaigning, so maybe that doesn't count. Hillary is supposed to be here today, too. I hope they run into each other at a corn dog stand and start squirting mustard at each other.

Boy, you must be desperate if you're using this one.

Amy Argetsinger: That was a dare, wasn't it?

But no, it doesn't count as a celebrity sighting. Unless, of course, the aforementioned corn-dog showdown goes off as hoped. How's the butter statue look this year?

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Kitchen Nightmares: Is the nightmare the condition the restaurant is in, or having Gordon Ramsay come boss you around?

Roxanne Roberts: Both, I think. I watched the first season with my son, but he was so nasty I quit. I know, I know---it's tv, blah, blah---but too grating for my sensitive constitution.

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College Park, Md.: I saw Malcolm McDowell of: "A Clockwork Orange," getting his own coffee at a horror convention on Sunday moring. He waved and said hi. Such a nice guy but I am afraid he is even older than Mr. Diamond Phillips.

Amy Argetsinger: A horror convention here in D.C.? Missed that. Hey, did you know that the guy who played the former terrorist who was trying to help the good guys (yeah, I forget the character's name) on the last season of "24" is Malcolm McDowell's half-Sudanese nephew?

Okay, just looked it up. His character was Assad, the guy who got blown up at the president's press conference.

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Washington, D.C.: I think the whole Amy Winehouse thing would be best told through a music hip-hopera a la R. Kelly. It could be equal parts One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Hairspray, the musical. I envision white walls, scrubs, drugs, nurses, beehive hairdos, and singing.

Amy Argetsinger: Okay, clearly my friends have started writing into the chat, finally. Thanks for that. Would Kellz play Amy Winehouse, or would he just be like the narrator? I'm looking forward to that project.

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Winehouse: I was wondering too, if it was marketing. But given how horribly skinny she's gotten, I don't think so. She used to be so voluptuous and sexy.

Roxanne Roberts: Looks real. Rolling Stone reports: "In an example of life not imitating art, Amy Winehouse might, in fact, go to rehab. After a string of missed concerts, the British tabloids are reporting that Winehouse finally revealed it was heroin and cocaine (and not exhaustion) that made her miss the performances, including a gig opening for the Rolling Stones."

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Upstate, N.Y.: Go to Letchworth State Park. It is magnificent and the deepest canyon east of Grand Canyon.

Amy Argetsinger: Huh, that's not too far away. Will have to check it out.

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D.C. Actor: Hi, I am a local actor and had a scene in "The Invasion" with Graig and Kidman. He is NOT tall and photographs much better than he looks in person. She was TALL, gorgeous and very pleasant with VERY large feet btw!

Roxanne Roberts: Ooh, what scene? Did you make the final cut?

I don't care if he's short and scruffy, Daniel is still pretty hot. Nicole is just gorgeous. So, how big are the feet?

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Seattle, Wash.: Oh, lord. The BBC version of "Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" is a GREAT show. I shudder to think what Fox will do to it.

Amy Argetsinger: Hey, the translation to American worked for "The Office."

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Georgetown, Washington, D.C.: Why is Dave Chapelle still here? Don't get me wrong, he's a cool guy and it's fun to see him in G'town. And yes, I know he grew up in the D.C. area, went to Duke Ellington, etc. But doesn't it seem strange that he's still here? Any word if he's doing a show here before he leaves?

Amy Argetsinger: Oh, I don't know. Maybe he just likes it here. I mean, think about it -- if you were in show biz and were very well off but still didn't have a lot of projects lined up and therefore no limits on your leisure time... why not?

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Except I'm kinda recognitionally challenged so they'd better be wearing (or not as the case may be) some identifying clothing or accountrement.: that's what I think, without all the makeup the the backdrop of whatever TV show or movie I know them from, I don't think I'd recognize anyone.

Except George Clooney, OF COURSE.

Roxanne Roberts: Be still, my heart. Thump, thump. What would you do if you ran into him?

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The Hills...: I missed the first episode, no thanks to airline delays. I caught a clip on the Internet and cannot wait to see the whole episode. I am praying for a nasty catfight, complete with pulled extensions, broken acrylic nails and scratches on the face...a popped implant might be fun, too.

Amy Argetsinger: A popped implant. Wow.

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Washington, D.C.: My friend in L.A. rode an elevator with Jesse Jackson yesterday. Maybe that's where he was headed on Friday.

I wish I had something more exciting to tell you!

Amy Argetsinger: Thanks for trying, though!

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November to April?: I went to school in the Finger Lakes (Wells) and it's gray from October to May! Hmmm. How to make this gossip related? Okay, Washington Irving wrote Sleepy Hollow near Lake Cayuga. Maybe his ghost still haunts the area. Now THAT would be a celebrity sighting!

Amy Argetsinger: Yeah, it would be hard to get confirmation on that sighting... I love it up here, but I don't come up here much between Christmas and Memorial Day. Have been up here too many Aprils when it's spitting gray snow.

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Re: Amy Winehouse: I don't think she has drinking problem. She just confuses alcohol for water. She has hair problems for sure tho. Her hair never listens to her. And her eye makeup turns me off. I hear she has a crush on Daniel Craig.

Amy Argetsinger: You're really talking about me, now, aren't you?

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Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels attempt an intervention with Lilo : But her hard partying ways did not prevent SNL from poking fun of her before all this. Several skits when she hosted involved what seemed to be brush offs of all the hard living rumors. Not a good way to intervene, although she maybe wasn't doing so bad then.

Amy Argetsinger: Yeah, but she was involved in those skits, and yeah, it was from a much less publicly dire time in her life...

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George Clooney Conversation: I would ask him if he wanted to go for a ride in my Prius.

Amy Argetsinger: Is that a euphemism?

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Bourne: The reviewer at The New Yorker said watching the latest Bourne flick left you feeling like you'd been beaten with "felt-covered drumsticks." Is that good or bad?

Roxanne Roberts: I've had deep-muscle massages that were tougher than that. In a movie, I think bad.

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D.C., not on vacation: Did you guys catch the first episode of Real World Sydney? So I haven't watched the Real World since 1995...or some equally awful year, but I stumbled upon this late Saturday night. It was a trainwreck, of course, but a trainwreck in Australia tops a trainwreck in the states any day. I have to say I was most impressed with the battling chicas -- apparently it only takes 24 hours to hate someone enough to try and force them to leave the house. P.S. Watch the show!

Amy Argetsinger: Is it worth checking out? I didn't watch at all between Real World San Francisco and Real World Las Vegas, and was of course shocked, shocked by those bad, bad kids.

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What do you think -- does Winehouse really have a problem: Hello! She weights 80 pounds! Something is going on.

Roxanne Roberts: Like not eating?

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Minneapolis, Minn.: Speaking of Ted Danson and Gulliver's Travels...

Here's a fun clip of Ted Danson in "Gulliver's Travels" from YouTube.

(Your readers can click on it, 'AFTER' your chat, of course.)

Gulliver's Travels ( YouTube)

Amy Argetsinger: Okay, thanks. I trust this is what you say it is and not, like, porn or something.

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Nicole...: I'm the one who posted yesterday about Daniel Craig. Yes, I was one of the lucky ones to see Nicole in Georgetown one Saturday whilst they were shooting the movie.

Amy Argetsinger: Lucky you. Where did you see her? Buying lingerie at the Wisconsin Avenue boutique? Snuggling with Keith Urban at 1789? Walking down M Street? There were so many...

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Re: Gordon Ramsay: My cousin was swooning over the show, not him, so I checked out the show. Man, he is a potty mouth. I was so turned off. Not that I don't use the F word every once in a while, but he couldn't be nice if his life depended on it. Granted a lot of it is drama for TV, but still ... Guess I don't have to say that I didn't watch the show again.

Amy Argetsinger: I'm gonna have to watch it one of these days...

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What would you do if you ran into George Clooney? : (Sigh) In my mind I'd say something so clever and witty and policitally insightful he'd see we're soul mates immediately. Really, I'd be lucky if I didn't trip up and spill hot coffee all over him.

Amy Argetsinger: I think the key is not to try so hard. To treat him like any other person. To not seem overly interested. To be cool. You know.

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Parental guidance required...: At what point can we stop pretending to be shocked at the behavior of these young stars (LiLo, Britney, etc.) and start wondering about the real consequences of giving babies access to millions of dollars, fancy automobiles, perfunctory supervision and no discipline? I'm not usually a "blame the parents" person, but lately it just speaks for itself...

Roxanne Roberts: True---but they are (technically) adults and bear some responsibility for being brats. There are other young stars who manage not to go off the rails--but maybe their parents were grown-ups.

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George Clooney/Prius: Considering that I don't have a Prius, I guess it's a euphemism.

Richard Kind, his best friend, lives down the street from me in New York. I keep hoping that George will come for a visit sometime soon.

Amy Argetsinger: So that's what the kids are calling it these days...

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Fun News today: So we have a horny, bisexual Britney (the horny part is the thing that disturbs me vis-a-vis the kids), and Paris and Nicky Hilton offering themselves for $500,000 to attend parties. Thoughts?

Amy Argetsinger: This is referring to the new US story about how Britney allegedly asked a nanny to sleep in the same bed as her and little Sean Preston? Unclear as to whether this was a sexual request. Maybe she was just scared of the dark.

RE: the Hiltons. I admire their work ethic.

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Richmond, Va.: I actually met George Clooney once in D.C. -- and he is EVERYTHING you would think he would be. It wasn't at an event so he was dressed down in jeans, T-shirt, baseball cap. Made you feel like you were the only person in the room. I've met a number of celebs but this is the only where my knees actually got wobbly.

Roxanne Roberts: I hear ya. I was among a cluster of reporters chasing him around D.C. afew year back, and he stopped and talked to everyone. A doll---at least in public.

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Re: 50: Word is, 50 has only two albums remaining on his current contract, which includes his forthcoming album that is being released at the same time as Kanye West's album. His next album would be a "greatest hits" type of CD and he hadn't planned on putting out any new material after this anyway.

Amy Argetsinger: No more Fiddy? So sad.

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Feud, ING: If Sietsema won't feud with you, why don't you try to feud with someone like Dan Froomkin? I hear he can be very snarky.

Amy Argetsinger: Froomkin has an army-like legion of rabid fans. Don't wanna go there. I was thinking of maybe feuding with Dan Steinberg of D.C. Sports Bog fame. He might play along, anyway. Any other suggestions?

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Philadelphia, Pa.: Roxanne, I'm sure you're getting a lot of comments like these after Gene linked to your article in his update today, but thank you. Your story, so personal and painful, and eloquently written conveyed so much brutal emotion and insight. I've been trying to make sense of a similar situation from my family and your story was enlightening -- the paint analogy is beautiful. Thank you so much for writing that piece and sharing it with everyone.

Roxanne Roberts: Thanks. The best thing about that piece is that it allowed a lot of people to start talking about a subject very hard to talk about. I'm pleased that people are still discovering it.

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Wishful thinking: I am going to with $181 million tonight in Powerball and start doing things so I can show up as a topic in these chats and your column.

Does that count as a career aspiration?

Amy Argetsinger: Yes, and a very noble and selfless one too. We'd be thrilled to have the material.

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Portland: Rox,

Maybe we could hang out -- I look just like George Clooney. Except I'm not that good-looking. And I'm not real suave. And I'm not rich. And my voice is more like Jerry Lewis'.

But I do have dark wavy hair...

Roxanne Roberts: And a sense of humor. Always a good thing.

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Washington, D.C.: They're replaying the first 2 Hills eps tonight. Good TV, I tell you.

Amy Argetsinger: Guess what -- I'm staying in a place that doesn't have a TV!

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Late to the chat, but...: I just want to make it perfectly clear that whenever I lend my pants to LiLo, I ALWAYS empty the pockets first.

Amy Argetsinger: Good advice for us all, thanks.

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Northwest D.C.: Can someone please tell me who won Hell's Kitchen? I heard that Rock threw a party at B. Smith's but I was out shopping on Monday evening, and so I missed the finale.

Amy Argetsinger: This was in today's column if you missed it on TV... but yes, Rock won, as everyone expected.

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Speaking of amy winehouse: Someone just sent me these to photos of her. She looks so much better with curves.

Winehouse Photos

Amy Argetsinger: Okay, someone posted these in the chat last week, but whatever...

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Washington, D.C.: Hi Amy and Roxanne (yes, I typed your full name this time, because I have a feeling that you hate nicknames from chatters). I think it would be cool if you ran a little sidebar with stories from regular people who are constantly mistaken for celebrities. Last year, I was told that I looked like Jill Scott at least twice per month. The people at the Trump Taj hotel shopping mall said I looked like her and gave me a little personal shopping experience because "she comes there all the time." Wish I could get free lattes for being a look-a-like.

Amy Argetsinger: Hmmm... a very good idea. Thanks.

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Feud Suggestion: How about a feud with the Post's Washington Nationals beatwriter Barry Svrluga? He's not going to have much to write about after the end of September and his chats start at the same time as yours end.

Go ahead. Say something mean about Dmitri Young and see what happens.

Amy Argetsinger: Much appreciated. We'll give it a shot.

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Sacramento, Calif.: Rose Marie has been around virtually forever. She was still doing TV 3-4 years ago and started singing as "Baby Rose Marie" in vaudeville, at the ripe age of 3. Almost eighty years of activity.

Amy Argetsinger: August -- the month that we devote the webchat to Rose Marie!

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Wobbly Knees: Yikes! I met John Lindsay (very handsome mayor of N.Y. in the '60s) long after he left public life. He had had at least one stroke and/or heart attack by that time. However, he made me feel like I was the only person in the room AND the most interesting person in the world. My sister met Bill Clinton once and said the same thing, also like it was being pulled into a force field that she couldn't escape from. Maybe that is what is meant by star power.

Amy Argetsinger: Indeed.

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Roxanne Roberts: Ah, sweet chatters. Time for me to sit by the phone that NEVER rings. Everyone seems to have drifted off to somewhere fabulous, which is bad for gossip. Which reminds me---Reliable Source is off the next two weeks reading trashy novels and daydreaming about George Clooney, so no chat until after Labor Day. In the meanwhile, our very able right-hand woman, Marissa Newhall, will write Names and Faces and check e-mails, so keep sending your tips to reliablesource@washpost.com. Stay well and use SFP 15 or higher.

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