With the death of Hugo Chavez, George W. Bush and the American right lose perhaps their most effective needler. Ostensibly in service of diplomacy, Chavez showed no fear in posing for photos with a rogue's gallery of world leaders.
Today in books and publishing: Senn Penn wants to adapt a survival memoir; Bruce Wagner grosses out Michiko Kakutani; David Barton's bad history recalled; The New York Times on immigrants' literary tastes.
Today: Lindsay Lohan gets a big Lifetime role, Gina Carano keeps on acting, and the BBC cancels a show.
Jennifer Aniston is apparently planning a July wedding in Crete, someone or some car wrecked Mario Batali's Vespa, and Carey Mulligan ties the knot.
Welcome to the Smart Set. Every morning we bring you the gossip coverage, filtered. Today: The Golden Globes happened and many celebrities did many things in their aftermath. Elsewhere, Sean Penn was named an ambassador at large to Haiti.
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment reaches a deal to remain at Universal, Sean Penn's sporadic anger management therapy is going well, and Katy Perry's father has stern words for "the jew."
Sean Penn and former co-star Maria Conchita Alonso accuse each other of being pigs and communists at LAX, Rep. David Wu is still hanging around Capitol Hill, and Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde are dating, but don't try snapping a photo of them.
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Plus: Pixar's two new projects involve dinosaurs and the human mind
His assumed expertise on Venezuela reminds our commenter of a commercial
The White Sox manager is fed up with Penn's support of Hugo Chavez
Winning the Palme d'Or doesn't settle the debate over Terrence Malick's new film
Rounding up the confused responses to the newest clip from 'The Tree of Life'
Plus: Savannah Guthrie is tabbed for 'Today'
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