Jessica Simpson is angry! For a good reason! She is upset that footage of how terrible it was in Iraq were cut from her special. Salon put it nicely: "You know things are not going well in Iraq when pop singer Jessica Simpson joins the ranks of the outraged. Simpson is reportedly upset that footage depicting the not-so-great side of life in Iraq was excised from a show about her trip earlier this year to visit U.S. troops. ABC filmed Simpson's trip to perform for soldiers there, but Simpson reportedly claims that ABC didn't include the parts involving "the enemy attacks and the shelling," charging that those tapes "got mysteriously misplaced."

Since it is supposed to rain this weekend, I figured I'd mention: One of my favorite movies ever is Whale Rider, which came on PBS last night. It is also playing on WETA on Sunday at 1:30pm... in case you're doing laundry or something, and happen to be at home, it really is so, so good. If you can't watch it Sunday, definitely watch it another time!