Bin Laden in China? Not sure of the provenance of this article (though it appears to come from El Mundo), but there’s still the likelihood of an October surprise so I thought I’d float it.

Nylon magazine to launch version for men.

Tom Ford cautiously stepping into role as film director. “A bad first picture could be as spectacularly humiliating as a belly flop into the Beverly Hills Hotel pool, with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones looking on.”

Wire, bulletproof vest, or mere hallucination? Photo gallery of Bush bulges.