E Online's top 5 Lara Logan facts

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E Online has done a rather interesting 5 fact listing about CBS' Lara Logan, due to her current public spotlight (albeit in very horrific circumstances). Consider it as a deserved respite from my previous Logan entry and my impending one dealing with blogger reaction to what happened to her, last Friday, in Egypt. (Hard to believe it has only been a week, hasn't it?) If nothing else, it proves she is a fascinating lady. Special thanks to Celebopedia.net.

Link: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b226686_five_things_know_about_lara_logan.html

‘Glee’ Sends Out Casting Call for ‘Sarah Palin Type’

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Since there are some Gleek fans here, this should be of some interest. Apparently, the show is now casting for a Sarah Palin/Tea Party type. Details within link.

Link: http://www.movieline.com/2011/02/casting-is-glee-about-to-take-on-sarah-palin-and-the-tea-party.php

Big Hollywood's John Nolte addressed the issue well:

Link: http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2011/02/18/glee-sends-out-casting-call-for-sarah-palin-type/

Given the Palin potshot precedent in the exit quotation below, I'm sure the end result will go as well as expected. (I'm grateful for the memory refresher, as I had forgotten if the show had done a Palin joke, or not.) As always, the reader makes the call.

Exit quotation: "“We’ve taken a couple jabs at the right wing this year,” Murphy told TV Guide last June. “So what I want to do with this character is have someone who Christian kids and parents can recognize and say, ‘Oh, look — I’m represented there, too!’ If we’re trying to form a world of inclusiveness, we’ve got to include that point of view as well.”

"Gleeks will recall that Sarah Palin was directly referenced last year in one of Sue Sylvester’s best quips to date. While reprimanding Santana and Brittany, the Jane Lynch character spat, “You may be two of the stupidest teens I’ve ever encountered — and that’s saying something. I once taught a cheerleading seminar to Sarah Palin.”"

Exit question: Per Ryan Murphy's right-wing jab comments in the exit quotation, has the show ever done the same to the Left? Just asking for the sake of fairness.

Update (2/20): The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Kathy Griffin will play Tammy Jean. To quote Allahpundit, "What could go wrong?" Special thanks to Big Hollywood.

Link: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kathy-griffin-loretta-divine-guest-157419

Update (2/21): Glo_unit in the Comments offers a essential correction:

The quote from Ryan Murphy came from an earlier article before the season started about a character he supposedly was going to add to the Glee club. That character has never materialized and if she ever will remains to be seen.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Glees-Blessed-Arrival-1019091.aspx

The quote was never about the Sarah Palin character and she was never intended to be the sympathetic conservative character.

Obviously, I misread the article whenever I first posted. Oh, well, been a while since I made such error. My apologies. At least, the Kathy Griffin casting should compensate things, albeit in a morbidly way.