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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Angela Kinsey on Pregnancy Cravings and Maternity Clothes - Babies, Angela Kinsey : People.com


"As Angela Kinsey settles into her pregnancy, she's getting much more experimental with the snack food than she is with the baby names. 'I've been really craving Snickers, so I have a bag,' the actress, who plays Angela on The Office, tells PEOPLE. 'I keep them in my fridge. I like them really cold. So, Snickers has really been making me happy.' She's also thinking about baby names, but will go a more traditional route there. 'I have a feeling my husband would want us to keep that to ourselves,' she says. 'Nothing funky, I can say that. Nothing crazy.' Kinsey, 36, who is expecting her first child with TV writer Warren Lieberstein, also says prenatal yoga has been 'hilarious,' and that she's exploring maternity clothes and pregnancy books. 'As you flip later in the book, it's all scary, so I just try to stay in the front of the book,' she says. Best of all, she reports no morning sickness whatsoever. For the prenatal yoga, Kinsey, who spoke to PEOPLE at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Power 100 Breakfast, will soon have an unlikely companion – castmate Jenna Fischer, who plays Pam on the NBC sitcom. Fischer isn't pregnant, but says yoga is good for her back, which she injured in a fall in M"

Kevin Connolly Denies Romance with Julianne Hough - Fall TV Watch


"A few dinner dates aside, Entourage star Kevin Connolly would like put to rest rumors of romance with Julianne Hough. “I don’t want to bore you, but really, we are just friends,” Connolly told PEOPLE recently of Hough. “We’ve gone out to dinner a few times, we’ve gone to a Halloween party, but I don’t even know her.” He explains, “You meet people, you like them, you go out to dinner…People see you at dinner, they take pictures, and things get misconstrued.” Connolly was seen buying an 18-karat white gold ring with diamonds for Hough recently, and told Howard Stern’s radio show in early November that he was “actively pursuing” Hough. But Hough’s rep said the two “are just friends. They are not dating.” When asked of Hough’s win on Dancing with the Stars with Helio Castroneves, Connolly says, “She deserves it. … I say good for her.”

Bush Calls for Continued Pressure on Iran


Bush says there will be no change in U.S. policy on Iran following the release of a new U.S. intelligence assessment of Tehran's nuclear capabilities and ambitions. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Mr. Bush says the world must continue to keep the pressure on Tehran."

The president called a press conference at the White House to specifically address the new intelligence report on Iran that was released on Monday.

According to the report, the U.S. intelligence community now believes Iran halted a secret nuclear weapons program in 2003, and had not resumed work as of mid-2007.

President Bush told reporters the new National Intelligence Estimate does nothing to shake his belief that the international community must be vigilant when it comes to Iran's nuclear intentions.

"Iran was dangerous," he said. "Iran is dangerous. And Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon."

Iran has never acknowledged the existence of a nuclear weapons program. The president said the intelligence community report shows Tehran secretly tried to circumvent the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and is attempting to enrich uranium today in defiance of international calls to suspend.

"And so I view this report as a warning signal," said President Bush. "They had the program, they halted the program. And the reason why it is a warning signal is they can restart it and the thing that would make a restarted program effective and dangerous is the ability to enrich uranium, the knowledge of which can be passed on to a hidden program."

The president stressed that Iran halted its nuclear development program in 2003 at about the same time Germany, France, and Britain launched an effort to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear intentions through diplomatic means.

Mr. Bush said the fact that Iran suspended the program shows that Tehran does respond to international pressure. He said pressure is more important now that ever.

"This report is not [saying], okay, everybody needs to relax and quit," he said. "This is a report that says what has happened in the past can be repeated, that the policies used to get the regime to halt are effective policies, let's keep them up, let's continue to work together."

The president said the most effective diplomacy is one in which all options are on the table, implying he would not rule out the military option.

Congressional critics of the administration's Iran policy welcomed the intelligence findings on Iran and urged the White House to tone down its rhetoric..

Illinois Congressman Rahm Emmanuel spoke for Democrats in the House of Representatives.

"We now have the NIE report on Iran, and we can abandon a policy based on hype and fear and go to a policy that is clear-eyed and hard-headed as it relates to Iran," he said.

In a written statement, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee - Democrat Tom Lantos of California - struck a similar chord. He said the White House needs to engage in more diplomacy on Iran and less saber-rattling.

Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo's Late-Night PDA


The Dallas Cowboys had the weekend off – but quarterback Tony Romo still made plenty of passes.

Jessica Simpson and the NFL star flirted up a storm Saturday at Hollywood nightclub Teddy's, as the two helped Simpson's BFF, Cacee Cobb, celebrate her 30th birthday.

At first, the singer – wearing a form-fitting black dress and spike heels – and her new beau kept things low-key in a secluded booth. But as the night wore on, the two were spotted with their arms around each other. Then, after a few seconds of conversation, they leaned in for a kiss – right in the middle of the crowded club.

Also on hand for the bash were Cobb's Scrubs-star boyfriend, Donald Faison, and Simpson's mane man, Ken Paves.

Last month, Simpson and Romo, both 27, shared Thanksgiving dinner in Dallas. The Cowboys star has previously dated Carrie Underwood, Britney Spears and Sophia Bush.

Dennis & Kimberly Quaid Sue Drug Company


Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly have sued the manufacturer of the drug Heparin, according to court documents filed in Cook County, Ill.

The lawsuit, which seeks more than $50,000 in damages, claims the Baxter Healthcare Corporation, makers of the anti-coagulant Heparin, failed to properly label vials of its product and that the 10-units-per-milliliter vial and the 10,000-units-per-milliliter are virtually identical.

The Quaids assert that the company knew of previous dosage mix-ups, yet failed to recall shipments of the drug or properly warn hospitals of the dangers.

The couple's children, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, were born Nov. 8. They were hospitalized Nov. 20 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after accidentally being given 1,000 times the recommended dose of Heparin on Nov. 18.

The twins "suffered and will continue to suffer injuries" from the accident, the suit alleges.

"On a negligence scale of one to 10, Baxter Corporation gets a 10," the Quaids' lawyer, Susan E. Loggans, tells PEOPLE. "They knew medication errors due to product labeling resulted in death but failed to recall the drug. Each year there's 1.5 million medication errors in America – it is a national epidemic."

A spokeswoman for Baxter, Erin Gardiner, tells PEOPLE: "We have not been served with a lawsuit related to this incident, so we cannot comment on the lawsuit itself.

Gardiner added: "This is not a product issue, the issue here is improper use of a product. Heparin is one of the most commonly used generic drugs in a hospital setting manufactured by seven companies in standard vials. It plays a vital role in the treatment of thousands of patients everyday when administered and used properly."

In terms of the labeling, "Baxter strives to clearly differentiate products and dosages, but no amount of differentiation will replace the value of clinicians carefully reading and reviewing a drug name and dose."