14 July 2009 6:52 AM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
• That secret Bush-era C.I.A. plan we’ve been hearing about? Yeah, it was to assassinate al-Qaeda leaders, not to tap your Blackberry or whatever. You are now free to resume your shallow existence. [New York Times] • The Jackson family has paid Debbie Rowe $4 million to go away (again) and stop trying to gain custody of her kids. [New York Post] • Tony Romo had a big surprise planned for Jessica Simpson on her birthday: he was dumping her. Brutal. [People] • Somehow, it seems that foreigners are not all that interested in watching Sacha Baron Cohen imitate every homosexual stereotype known to man in an effort to get unfashionable Americans to make uncomfortable faces. [Screen Daily] • Meanwhile, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, opening tomorrow, is apparently the best movie since The Dark Knight, and is poised to turn J.K. Rowling's franchise into the most financially successful ever, beating out poor old 007. [Variety] • Oh, and President Obama is pissed »
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