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Richard Curtis, the latest closeted Republican involved in a gay sex scandal, announced his resignation on Tuesday.

The politician from Washington was involved in an extortion case.

In police reports, Curtis alleges he was being extorted by a man he had sex with in a Spokane hotel room - while in town on a Republican retreat.

The other man contends Curtis reneged on a promise to pay $1,000 for sex.

In a statement from Curtis he announced his resignation.”Today I submitted my letter of resignation to Governor Gregoire effective immediately. While I believe we’ve done some good and helped a lot of people during the time I served in the Legislature, events that have recently come to light have hurt a lot of people. I sincerely apologize for any pain my actions may have caused,” the statement read.”This has been damaging to my family, and I don’t want to subject them to any additional pain that might result from carrying out this matter under the scrutiny that comes with holding public office.”

See ya later, liar!

SJP and the rest of the cast of the Sex and the City movie were back to work in their very formal wear in NYC yesterday. We’ve seen so many pictures on the set of the movie already, but we’re still looking forward to all the surprises the movie has in store for us — like all the steamy scenes that couldn’t be shot outdoors. We also can’t help but wonder if Carrie and Big took their relationship to the next level and moved in together. We’d hate to see her lose that fabulous apartment, but we can always just get the look of her crib to keep the Carrie vibe going strong until the movie hits theaters and we can find out for sure.

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Kiefer Sutherland never used to mind signing autographs and was a favorite among collectors. But after his arrest for DUI in September he’s not feeling the love, according to Page Six:

“He would always stand and sign for a half hour, but since his arrest, he’s been telling collectors, ‘I don’t do that anymore. You guys screwed me.’ ” Photos taken before the arrest, showing Sutherland looking tired and emotional, were quickly posted on the Internet. The shots could have been introduced as evidence in court.

Kiefer Sutherland truly was the best autograph signer. I remember one time he signed 50 autographs in under a minute. Yeah, he was blitzed on Jager, and he wasn’t really signing anything as much as punching people in the face. He even threw up on guy’s shoe after yelling “Jack Bauer is a pickle!” But you just don’t see very many stars connect with their fans like that anymore. He really was one of the greats. We’re gonna miss him.

Today’s Variety offers a cornucopia of eye-popping advertisements meant to catch the attention of American Film Market buyers looking to find a B-lister-starring, low-budget diamond in the rough (David Boreanaz in Ghost Writer! Patrick Swayze’s Jump! Treasure Raiders, with David Carradine! ) they can polish up for audiences hungry for any entertainment product featuring a semi-recognizable Hollywood name. But not even ads for fading actors’ desperation projects leap from the trade paper’s pages as memorably as the one for Norwegian import Kill Bujlo, featuring a poster (click the image for a larger version) that seems to promise a protagonist who will engage in the kind of goat-raping, sword-slashing adventures that will combine the best of Quentin Tarantino and Sacha Baron Cohen’s provocative oeuvres. Get out those checkbooks before some other distributor desperate for post-strike product can rush it into as many as five domestic movie theaters before kicking off a lucrative home video run.

[Ad via Digital Variety]

• Kill Buljo [IMDb]

The big day that everyone in Hollywood has been anticipating with a mixture of dread, fear and, well, a deeper kind of dread that chills to the very bone is finally here. At midnight tonight, the Writers Guild’s contract with the studios expires, a development that could quickly lead to the potentially catastrophic strike that’s been looming™ since the moment the expiring deal was signed. So where do things stand on Grab Your Ankles And Pray It Won’t Hurt Too Much Day? A round-up:

· Following yesterday’s negotiating session, the WGA released this not-very-encouraging statement: “Today’s negotiations began at 10:00 AM. No significant progress was made. At 4:30 PM, we informed the AMPTP that we would prepare a comprehensive package proposal for their review today. At 6:45 PM, we told them the proposal would be ready in 15 minutes. Management negotiators responded by saying they preferred to leave for the day and hear our proposal tomorrow, the expiration date of our contract.” In fairness to the AMPTP, it’s easier to look your adversaries in the eye and say, “Fuck you, you’ll all be replaced with Final Draft plug-ins by the end of next week,” after a full night of sleep. [WGA.org]
· Said the studios with a disappointing lack of profanity: “Both sides worked on modifications to their proposals. The Guild indicated that they were preparing a comprehensive package and would be ready to present it tomorrow. The mediator scheduled the meeting for 10 a.m. We are committed to a fair, reasonable and sensible agreement that is beneficial for everyone.

However, opportunities do not come without challenges. We will not agree to any proposals that impose unreasonable restrictions and unjustified costs. We will not ignore the challenges of today’s economic realities, the shifts in audience taste and viewing habits and the unpredictability of still-evolving technology.” [AMPTP.org]
· But good news, sort of! The Guild may not walk out on Friday morning following the general meeting they’ve called for Thursday night, possibly delaying a strike “until next week at the earliest.” This means that you can spend your weekend feeling queasy from the profoundly depressing possibility of a strike instead of the disturbing reality of one in progress. [Variety]
· A “highly placed insider” psychoanalyzes the typical, unemployed WGA member, who just needs to lash out to feel something again: “In my mind, it always comes down to the fact that most of the membership doesn’t work anyway, and they get to be just the same as everybody else for a day or a week or a month or more if there’s a strike. They get to walk a picket line and vent their anger.” [THR]
· TV screens “will not go black,” but you’ll quickly wish they would. Without Guild scribes to write their jokes, David Letterman and Jay Leno will begin each show by collapsing into the fetal position for the usual duration of their monologues rather than try to deliver unscripted observations on the day’s news. Other unpleasant possible effects of a strike: Repeats, more reality TV, rampant layoffs, the overcrowding of coffee shops, a local increased incidence of prostate cancer, famine, war, pestilence, and death. [Variety]
· And what might next Fall’s TV season look like if a strike drags on too long? Brad Grey’s Anatomy, Thursday nights on ABC. Would that really be so bad? [Past Deadline]
· Studios have had plenty of time to ensure that they won’t be caught with their pants around their ankles in the event of a walkout, at least on the features side: “For now, it’s a television strike, not a movie strike. Everybody has done their films for 2008 and part of 2009. It would need a very long strike, six or seven months, to have an impact.” [Variety]
· No matter what happens, remember this: If you believe in the magic of your dreams, one day the streets our strike-ravaged town will once again be filled with gamboling unicorns, and its wildfire-darkened skies with beautiful rainbows. [Unicornsunited.com]

· Recoil in horror as Ivanka Trump reveals to Oprah how her father refused to spoil her to the extent enjoyed by her cavalierly private-jet-appropriating peers. No credit cards? It’s like she spent her childhood chained to a diamond-encrusted radiator with a pair of 24-karat gold handcuffs.
· NBC is boldly taking us into the future of intrusive, in-programming advertising.
· Take a guided, photographic tour of Hollywood’s most fondly remembered strikes.
· Click here to find out what Rosie O’Donnell’s watching on TV, right now!

They’re filming Sex & The City at Bryant Park today.

Go over and tell the old gals hello!

After a weekend of Halloween partying with all the celebrities at Kate Hudson’s party, Ashley Olsen was off to NYC to meet up with her dad, Danny Tanner. Ashley and Bob Saget grabbed dinner at Manhattan’s The Spotted Pig last night, obviously giving their fellow diners a pretty awesome celebrity sighting. While I’m not sure that Bob Saget is one for fatherly advice these days (um, have you seen his stand-up?), I’m sure he’ll always have a special place as a mentor in the Olsens’ hearts. Maybe next time they can bring along DJ or Stephanie? Uncle Joey or Jesse? Comet even?

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Britney Spears released her new album Blackout today. To drum up some press, because apparently there’s not enough, Jive sent out photos of a half-naked Britney sitting on the lap of a priest in a confession booth. The photos are also included in the liner notes for her new album. The Catholic Church wasn’t too thrilled about this “bottom of the barrel” stunt, according to NY Daily News:

“This is all the puzzle pieces coming together. This girl is crashing,” said Bill Donohue, president of the New York-based Catholic League. “She’s not even allowed to bring up her own kids because she’s not responsible enough. Now we see she can’t even entertain.”

Clearly Britney Spears’ publicist is ripping pages straight from the Madonna playbook. Unfortunately for them, Britney is pretty much stuck on pissing off Catholics and wearing Kabbalah bracelets. She’s barely allowed to have her own kids, so she can’t adopt one from Africa. Also the marrying Sean Penn thing is out too. Besides the fact that he has a wife, I heard that Sean Penn not only hates the Iraq war but also hates “fatty-fat fat-fat’s.” That’s a direct quote that I in no way made up.

· Defamer videographer Molly goes deep inside slow news day victim Barbara Walters’ beef with her TMZ TV tormentors, stringing together the show’s speech-impediment-based attack and Walters’ subsequent Airing of the Grievances on today’s The View. Enjoy the feud while it lasts!
· Brad Pitt’s publicist patiently explains that just because someone at his production company may be looking at Unambomber script doesn’t mean that he’s wandering around the office trying on hooded sweatshirts, sunglasses, and various crazy-person beards quite yet. After all, he may eventually realize that Benicio del Toro is a much more natural fit for the part.
· David Beckham will attempt to save his adopted home from the wildfires through the power of soccer.
· An angry father accuses a strip club of fraudulently lapdancing and champagne-rooming his son into $53,000 worth of charges, threatening to diminish what was obviously the greatest day of his kid’s life.

Cate Blanchett was all dressed in black as she made her way around Manhattan this weekend. Lately, we’ve been seeing Cate in loose fitting dresses at the various premieres of Elizabeth: The Golden Age and now that she’s not all done up we can’t help but notice a few things. You know we hate to speculate, but the Internet is abuzz that Cate might be expecting her third baby. Of course, it could just be some unflattering fashion choices or being caught at a bad angle, so tell us what do you think?

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English model/actress Kelly Brook keeps her body in great shape. Want to know her secret? Doing it. A lot. The Daily Mail shares her advice that every attractive woman I meet should know:

The former Big Breakfast keeps her figure trim by “having tons of sex so you look fit and healthy - it’s the best thing in the world.”
Asked for her hot tip on maintaining a good sex life, she replied: “Fantastic lighting! When you redecorate, make sure everything’s on dimmers. Either that or candlelight.”

I’m not going to say Kelly Brook’s boyfriend Billy Zane is the luckiest bastard in the world, but I will say that if I could stab him in the chest and then wear his body like a suit, I would. Wait a minute, why is there a dimmer switch on Billy Zane’s testicles? Jesus, lady, you’ve got a problem. We need to talk about this. But after we work off that half a biscuit, fatty.

Emma Bunton, the last remaining Spice Girl to come, was spotted at Heathrow airport in London on Monday, boarding a flight to Los Angeles. All the girls are set to begin rehearsing for their big reunion tour, which kicks off in early December.

Fans of the original Escape From New York can breathe a sigh of relief, as Brett Ratner has intimated that someone else will be handling the ruination of the John Carpenter classic. We suggest that everyone now start praying that some comic book movie in desperate need of his hacky skillset will come along and make Ratner forget all about how much he loves Sinatra. [AICN]

Stephen Colbert kicked off his presidential campaign in his home state of South Carolina on Sunday.

The Comedy Central funnyman made an appearance at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

Stephen got the key to the city and was proclaimed South Carolina’s favorite son by Mayor Bob Coble.

The host of The Colbert Report, recently announced that he would be running for President in 2008 but only in South Carolina. His plan is to run on both the Republican and Democratic ticket.

Colbert was honored to receive the key to the city and said he “loves South Carolina, almost as much as South Carolina loves” him.

Stephen also says that if he is elected as President, he promises not only to crush the state of Georgia, but also Tennessee.

Colbert for president!