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John Travolta, Grieving and DeceivingToday

custom_1231366069140_jettphotoshop1a.jpgHas anything the celebrity family of Jett Travolta said about the teenager been the unvarnished truth? If so, we missed it. Even the publicity photos of Jett they sent out after his death are Photoshopped.

The constantly changing versions of the events surrounding Jett's death have gripped the public's imagination because it is so congruent with the story of his father's life. John Travolta would have us believe that he is normal; that he is not a member of a crazy cult; and that he is straight. At least two of those things are false.

Let's count the inconsistencies, which extend back long before Jett's tragic passing:

Universally Reviled Australian Bumping Obamas From Blair HouseToday

custom_1231343277814_76588880_01.jpgWe finally learned who Bush booked in the Blair House instead of letting the Obamas stay there. And—surprise!—it's a major-league asshole.

The one accomplishment listed in President Bush's fantasy novel about his "successful presidency" (he battled dragons!) that we can actually all be proud of is "Directed unprecedented preparations for a smooth presidential transition." But of course he had to screw that up in some small way, because that's how he operates, and so he didn't allow the president-elect to stay in the traditional pre-inaguration home of the president-elect, Blair House. The Obamas needed to move in this week to get their kids in school, but Bush's people said Blair House was already booked. Sorry, Obamas!

Well now we know who's staying there: hated former Australian Prime Minister Yahoo Serious John Howard. John Howard, Bush ally, is such an asshole, that

Ann Coulter Is Not Grateful For <em>Today</em> Show InvitationToday

Picture_16_01.pngAfter all the "banning" bullshit, NBC had Ann Coulter on the Today show this morning. She is that person you didn't want to invite to the party, but did, and then wished you hadn't.

The first two minutes in this clip are the only digestible part, where she and Matt Lauer argue about what happened with this very important "BANNED BY NBC" issue. Matt Lauer is basically like, "You got bumped by Tony Blair, deal with it, bitch," while the fascist lady sort of beams her eyes and acts entitled and denies saying anything, ever, to anyone. I will concede that the pastel sweater makes Ann look more like some sort of befuddled flightless bird, and less like a pale, evil witch. Stick with that look, Ann.


Jon Stewart Reduces Rupert Murdoch To '14-Year-Old Girl'Today

Jon Stewart humiliated pundit Tucker Carlson with a public deconstruction years ago. But his dissembling of media villain Rupert Murdoch last night was, in a way, more damning.

Sitting across from the News Corp. chairman's moonstruck biographer, Stewart called Murdoch humdrum and hormonal and, worse, a letdown from the Citizen Kane figure he'd been expecting. (See video above.)

Wolff rather vigorously (and ludicrously) countered that Murdoch may be the most powerful man on the planet. But by the end of his segment he hadn't changed the verdict:

Murdoch may run a feisty tabloid, sleep with a trophy wife, dominate Wall Street's news agenda and control a vast array of other media properties, including Stewart's favorite quarry, Fox News. He may want to leave a legacy. But the coolest guy on television just called him boring.

(He'll probably blame Wolff and his biography. Fair enough. The guy was mousy.)

New Surgeon General: Dr. Sanjay GuptaYesterday

sanjay.jpgBarack Obama wants to appoint tee-vee doctor Sanjay Gupta of CNN as our new Surgeon General. What the hell is this, really?

"Gupta has told administration officials that he wants the job, and the final vetting process is under way. He has asked for a few days to figure out the financial and logistical details of moving his family from Atlanta to Washington but is expected to accept the offer...

The offer followed a two-hour Chicago meeting in November with Obama, who said that Gupta could be the highest-profile surgeon general in history and would have an expanded role in providing health policy advice, the sources said."

More info TK, but obviously Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is the big loser here. [WP]

MORE ON SANJAY!: First keep in mind that there's a chance he might not take the gig, because it would be a huge pay cut for him. Now put that out of your mind immediately and gaze upon these fun facts about our probably new Surgeon General!

—Before he was a talking head, he was a real doctor! A neurosurgeon. One time he went to report from Iraq and did emergency surgery to help save a soldier's life!

—He's a New York Times bestselling author!

—And he won an Emmy award!

—And "He has recently had articles published in the Journal of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Focus on percutaneous pedicle screw placement."!

—He was one of People's Sexiest Men Alive in 2003.

And the single most famous moment of his career? Getting into a feud with Michael Moore over the tubby filmmaker's movie Sicko, which, let's face it, did have a fair amount of bullshit propaganda in it: