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Kristin Gore is set to co-write the screenplay for Nailed, a political satire in which the main character, Sammy Joyce, turns into a nympho after a nail is accidentally shot into her head.  The Hollywood Reporter reports:

Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel are attached to star in the risque political satire "Nailed." David O. Russell is attached to direct and co-write the screenplay with Al Gore's daughter, Kristin Gore.

Biel would play Sammy Joyce, a socially awkward small-town receptionist who has a nail accidentally shot into her head by a clumsy workman, eliciting wild sexual urges.

The uninsured Joyce goes on a crusade to Washington to fight for the rights of the bizarrely injured. She meets an immoral congressman (Gyllenhaal) who takes advantage of her sex drive and capitalizes on her crusade as Joyce heads into her own career in politics.

Prior to working on Nailed, Kristin penned two novels, Sammy's Hill and Sammy's House, that also "star" Sammy Joyce, the character in the film. We've read and recommend both books.  (Read Sammy's House second, because it gives away the ending to Sammy's Hill.)

On a personal fitness note, Kristin stays in shape by running.  See what's on her running iTunes playlist here (you'll have to scroll down a little).

See also:

Kristin Gore - Stylish in Cosmo [PolichicksOnline.com]

Photo of Kristin Gore (above left) was taken by her mom, Tipper Gore.

 

Jenna Bush, 26, and BFF Mia Baxter, 25, talked to Glamour about their best friendship. 

The pair met 10 years ago in Madrid, when they participated in a high school overseas student exchange program.  They recently published the book Ana's Story together (Jenna wrote the text and Mia, a photographer, took the pictures). Ana's Story is about the difficulties faced by an HIV infected single mother living in Latin America.   

Not sure when Glamour posted the article about the girls' BFF-hood (probably within the past few weeks).  Just ran across it.

In photo on left, Jenna Bush and Mia Baxter pose for Glamour.

Bill Clinton is hosting a book party for Chelsea's ex-boyfriend, Ian Klauss, who penned Elvis Is Titanic.  The move is unusual in that, at least, I hope my dad isn't throwing any festivas for any of my exes. 

Chelsea and her friends are expected to attend the book party, and Ian has dedicated the book to Chelsea.

Apparently, Chelsea and Ian really meant it when they said "let's still be friends" at the end of their break up talk. (We all say that, but who ever really means it?) 

Jenna Bush talks about her new book (Ana's Story), her recent engagement and life as a first daughter in this week's People magazine (October 8, 2007).  She says that her dad is "so funny and so goofy; he keeps me laughing."  She also says that as president, her dad "has done a really great job." 

When Hardball host Chris Matthews appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to plug his new book, Life's  a Campaign, Jon Stewart totally trashed his book for the entire segment.  And Matthews didn't like it (although, strangely enough, he laughed through all of the insults).

Good for ratings? Yep.  Good for book sales? Not so much.

 

Jenna Bush has penned Ana's Story, a book about a young, single mother she met in Latin America who is HIV positive.  Her book tour kicked off on Saturday in Washington, D.C. and will take her to 25 cities.

She told The Washington Post that "UNICEF is doing incredible work,"  and "the Clinton Foundation is doing amazing work in Africa and Latin America." She also joked that she and her fiance, Henry Hager, are thinking about a Las Vegas wedding.

See Jenna's Story: A New Author Steps Forth [The Washington Post]

Photo by Bill O'leary, The Washington Post

Tonight, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden,
chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will be featured
in an encore broadcast of The Late Show with David Letterman on CBS-TV.

The show originally aired on July 31, 2007, the publication date of
his book, Promises To Keep. Tune in or TiVO this interview with
Senator Biden!

To learn more about Sen. Biden, visit www.JoeBiden.com

From Shennanigans:

Jenna is "hitting the book-tour circuit, "Heard On the Hill reports. "Jenna kicks it off on Sept. 29 at Borders in Annapolis, Md., and she'll be in Washington a week later at Politics & Prose bookstore in Northwest D.C. to read excerpts from her book, which is targeted at middle-schoolers. Any extra security and crowd control measures beyond her Secret Service detail haven't been decided, but so far the bookstore has gotten more interest than expected and is still working out the details of whether the event at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 5 will be open to the public."

 

President Bill Clinton will be on Oprah today at 4 EST to share his new passion: giving.

Bill Clinton's new book, Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, is out today.  Below is a description of the book in Clinton's own words.  And check out his new rustic look in the photo.  Nice update. We like.