Ken Burns on Palin: Unqualified
Everybody from our entertainers to our chiropractors are talking politics these days. Who can resist?
Not Ken Burns, whose opinion carries far more weight than your everyday (even well-informed) movie star. Here's what he thinks about Sarah Palin:
"He (McCain) selected someone who is so supremely unqualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency and he has turned the selection process into a high school popularity contest and an 'American Idol' competition...In the whole history of the Republic there has been no one with as thin a credential."
Burns, a multiple Emmy winner/Oscar nominee whose latest project, "The War" on PBS, recently picked up three Emmys, was speaking at a panel today at Fordham University's law school ahead of tonight's News and Documentary Emmy Awards where he'll take home a lifetime achievement award.
Read more about his candor here, and feel free to pass it along to everyone you know.
Mmmmm, chocolate Oscar. Not every star will walk away from the 81st annual Academy Awards with a trophy, but if they hit the high-profile Governor's Ball they can have pastry chef Sherry Yard's gold-dusted candy version. Also on the menu from celeb chef Wolfgang Puck is tuna tartare in sesame miso cones, chopped Chino Farms vegetable salad with ginger soy vinaigrette, Maine lobster and caviar. Serve it up! (Getty Images)
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