November 14, 2008

Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Miley Cyrus have all fascinated Barbara Walters this year. Those celebrities and more will be featured in the 2008 edition of Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People special. Also making the cut are Olympic super-athlete Michael Phelps and conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Want to know the identity of the number-one most fascinating person in 2008? You'll have to watch the ABC special on December 4th to find out.

I’ve been excited about this ever since I saw the first trailer – the new James Bond movie opens today! Quantum of Solace has already stirred up plenty of interest elsewhere – it opened last weekend overseas and pulled in $160 million. My guess is it will dominate the box-office this weekend. I really liked Casino Royale and I think Daniel Craig plays a great James Bond. Quantum of Solace is in theaters today.

The latest Hollywood couples getting together for play dates with their kids are costars from Tropic Thunder. Ben Stiller’s wife Christine Taylor says their 6 year-old daughter Ella, has enjoyed a series of play dates with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ 2 year-old daughter Suri. Christine tells me, "Suri's amazing, Tom and Katie are terrific. When little kids get together you just let them do their thing and there's no outside elements, you know what I mean." Cruise and Stiller don't allow their kids to have play dates with Angelina Jolie's children. They're afraid she'll keep them.

STAR Artist David Cook is going overseas to entertain the troops. After that he’ll head out on a U.S. tour and David has said he wants to play college campuses but no dates have been nailed down yet.