• Death of a President: Gerald Ford, until recently the oldest living American president, died last night in his California home. He was 93. Here's a Ford campaign ad from 1976.
• Prince of Iraq?: Prince Harry's blonde lady friend is telling pals that he's headed to Iraq. Now, if only we could get these two to go.
• Usually he jumps when Bush tells him to: As if that wasn't enough British gossip, a plane carrying Tony Blair overshot the runway of a Miami airport. The prime minister wasn't injured.
• Please, please, please: Spike Lee has signed on to direct a James Brown biopic. Lee has already shown his facility for turning music into movies, with 1988's School Daze.