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Not a slam on their politics but still pretty funny.

TONI Collette has won the Emmy for her American TV series, United States of Tara. She won the outstanding actress in a comedy Emmy, beating favourite Tina Fey for 30 Rock. Sydney-born Collette is no stranger to big Hollywood awards nights after being nominated for an Oscar for her supporting performance in the 1999 thriller Sixth Sense and an Emmy in 2007 for the TV mini-series Tsunami: The Aftermath. She came away from both empty-handed.

I was kind of half-watching so maybe someone can fill me in but from what I gathered they bought an old park for the poor kids from the Knucklehead City (or some such name) ghetto, took it over, and pulled down a statue of Jefferson Davis. They started playing baseball but the kids reverted to back to fighting in gangs so they brought in a "surge" of Dominican ballplayers as ringers and to keep order. A lefty view of things but still pretty funny. I have to admit Baldwin's a pretty good comic although still a total jackass.

NEW YORK (CNN) — Former Vice President Al Gore is expected to make an appearance on the NBC comedy show "30 Rock" in November. Gore was in New York last week to tape the episode, and a Gore spokeswoman says "he did have a great time". Gore's office anticipates the episode will air as part of, what it called, NBC's upcoming "Green is Universal" week of environmentally-based programming, Nov. 4 - 10. NBC would not comment on the story.

At times, [during the Iraq War] Ms. Banfield sounded like she was Press Secretary for Saddam Hussein and Hezbollah .Still, she could be a big news star someday. She is sexy and attractive, articulate and smart. And the press loved her.But now she is being sent to Coventry for opening her cute little mouth.This was amazing. Why was NBC News President himself bothering to squelch this little pipsqueak when she squeaked in Kansas?They are so upset with Banfield at 30 Rockefeller Center that insiders are saying that her career is finished at NBC, if not elsewhere.