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Lauren Conrad Or Laura Bush: Who’s Got The Worst Case Of Crazy Eyes?

Jessica WakemanMay 25, 2010 //

Oh, look, Laura Bush in her memoir Spoken From The Heart and Lauren Conrad in her style manual Style have the same blind book designer doing their cover art.

Scary! Tell us, who wore the “crazy eyes” look better, Laura or L.C.? Keep reading »

Quotable: Laura Bush Wants More Women On The Supreme Court

Jessica WakemanMay 17, 2010 //

“I’m really glad that there will be three, if [Elena Kagan is] confirmed. I like to have women on the Supreme Court. I think it does make a difference. I like women to be represented in all parts of American political and civic life.”

— Former First Lady Laura Bush on “Fox News Sunday” [New York Daily News]
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Today’s Lady News: Laura Bush Is Pro-Choice And Supports Gay Marriage

Amelia McDonell-ParryMay 12, 2010 //

  • Appearing on “Larry King Live,” former First Lady Laura Bush — who is promoting her memoir — confirmed that she is both pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. Awesome!
  • Is “Emma the Amish Model,” who appeared on “Howard Stern” this week, captivated the internet simply because of her extreme “good girl gone bad” story? [Broadsheet]
  • New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has forced American Eagle Outfitters to change their employee rules, including one rule which banned cross-dressing. This decision came after a trangender rights group complained that the brand has shown a pattern of discriminatory behavior and attitudes toward transgender employees and applicants. [NY Daily News]

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Quotable: Laura Bush And Bob Marley Are Tight

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comMay 4, 2010 //

“My mom’s a secret Rastafarian. She loves Bob Marley … We sit around and we talk and we laugh and we do puzzles and we get in bed by 9:00.”

—Jenna Bush outs her mom as a reggae fiend on “Oprah.” The secrets about Laura Bush keep rolling in! Stir it up! [CNN] Keep reading »

Quotable: Laura Bush Says The Bushes Have “A Number Of Close Friends Who Are Gay”

Jessica WakemanApril 29, 2010 //

“In 2004 the social question that animated the campaign was gay marriage. Before the election season had unfolded, I had talked to George about not making gay marriage a significant issue. We have, I reminded him, a number of close friends who are gay or whose children are gay. But at that moment I could never have imagined what path this issue would take and where it would lead.”

— Laura Bush in her forthcoming memoir, Spoken From The Heart [Queerty] Keep reading »

In A New Memoir, Laura Bush Alleges The Bushes Were Poisoned On Germany Trip

Jessica WakemanApril 28, 2010 //

Former First Lady Laura Bush is not known for saying anything too controversial or even interesting. But holy moly, does her forthcoming memoir, Spoken From The Heart, sound like a juicy read! According to The New York Times, Laura Bush will finally open up about the incident when she killed a high school friend in a car crash at age 17 and even defend President Bush’s handling of Hurricane Katrina. But the most interesting part of Laura Bush’s memoir, which is to be released in May, is when she alleges that she, President George W. Bush, and several members of their staff were poisoned on a trip to Germany for a G8 Summit. Yes, poisoned. That’s some really cloak-and-dagger stuff right there. Keep reading »

Laura Bush Gets A Book Deal

Catherine StrawnJanuary 5, 2009 //

First lady Laura Bush, who, according to the Associated Press, is “among the most reserved and enigmatic public figures of recent times” just got a book deal! Bush will, with the help of a collaborator, “tell the stories of the extraordinary events and people I’ve met in my life, particularly during my years in the White House.” Hmmm…. Does this mean she’s not going to talk about the car accident she was in as a teenager or any of the really juicy stuff Curtis Sittenfield wrote about in American Wife, her novel inspired by Bush? [AP] Keep reading »

The Daily Squeeze: Hugh Jackman Half-Naked, First Ladies, And Professional Chocolate Tasting

Catherine StrawnNovember 26, 2008 //
  • If you’re at all interested in seeing Hugh Jackman’s bare chest, you should go see “Australia” this weekend. [NY Mag]
  • First lady Laura Bush is planning to write a memoir and is shopping the idea around to various publishers. According to AP, books from recent first ladies have a more dependable commercial appeal than those written by former presidents. [AP]

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    Sweet Release: What’s In And Out The Week Of September 2nd 2008

    SimchaSeptember 2, 2008 //

    BOOKS

  • The American Wife
    What’s dirtier than a romance novel? A thinly veiled novel about the First Lady and all her juicy indiscretions. From a secret abortion, to vehicular manslaughter, to worshiping the Washington Monument in her husbands pants, this American Wife will remind you of a certain woman in the White House. This novel shows Laura Bush is no married name misnomer as it delves into the protagonist’s predilections. From the soapy sounds of the excerpts we got our grubby hands on, Prep author Curtis Sittenfeld has composed yet another chick lit classic.

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    Real Chick Lit: “American Wife” Is The Closest We’ll Get To Presidential Erotica

    Amelia McDonell-ParryJuly 10, 2008 //

    Curtis Sittenfeld’s Prep is one of my favorite books that is kinda, sorta in the “chick lit” genre. But that’s only one of the reasons why I am so on-the-edge-of-my-damn seat over her upcoming novel American Wife (due out in September) — the book is being so closely guarded by Random House that only a few manuscripts have been released to members of the media. Why all the secrecy? American Wife is said to be a thinly-veiled piece of “speculative fiction” about First Lady Laura Bush and is filled with lesbianism, a car accident (nothing fiction about that!), abortions, and lots and lots of humping. Radar got a hold of one of the manuscripts — describing it as “the story of Alice Blackwell, a quiet librarian whose husband Charlie becomes the bumbling president of the United States” — and ran some of the racier bits on its website…a few of the sexier quotes, after the jump… Keep reading »