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You know, I still haven't gotten around to watching the "60 Minutes" segment. Worthwhile? Guess I'm just a little overdosed on him this week. But here's the question -- do you think they'll get back together? He clearly wants to.

I didn't follow anything Carlson or the Daily Caller were saying about this, but it was amusing to see the little bubble of hype last night, as Drudge, etc.,  trumpeted some supposedly newly emerging video that was going to be a game-changer -- and then the deflation as everyone realized, oh wait, you mean that speech we all covered four years ago? Mwa-MWAH!

Please. Let's finish the postseason first, okay? There's a time for everything.

You know, they genuinely loved each other and I think he really is sorry about the affair. SO....maybe she's happier with him than not. Just sayin'.

Why are you hating on Trump's blowover? It's not like you have to run your fingers through it. In a cranky mood, or just don't like The Donald?

How many times do I have to defend clown questions, bro? I haven't seen the interview, so maybe it was terrible, but too often I see interviews of the kind you apparently like -- where the unctuous interviewer does nothing more than make polite cocktail party chitchat with the subject, and gets nothing but banal chitchat responses in return. If you're doing your job as a journalist, then you're by necessity asking questions that would be deemed socially awkward in a different setting. If you were impressed and entertained by Caroline Kennedy's response -- well, give some credit to King for asking the question. 

Nope. They've been separated since this winter and he's not wearing a wedding ring. They've finished up the settlement, so the divorce will be final pretty soon. Here's today's column on him: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/catching-up-with-chris-cooley--off-the-roster-but-still-a-redskin/2012/10/02/0366f8e6-0ce4-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_blog.html

And news of the split: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/chris-cooley-and-wife-christy-divorcing-after-four-years/2012/09/12/bad827ca-fd21-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_blog.html

Don't think the Nats beat reporters have a lot of time or inclination to monitor Luke Russert or George Will at the ballgame. Not a useful use of their resources. Meanwhile, we typically write about the VIP playing-hooky-at-Opening Day scene, if that kind of thing lights you up. 

Hey, Gayle King is now interviewing people in the news as anchor of the CBS Morning News, so I guess CBS is categorizing her as a journalist.

Honestly, how stupid do you have to be to invite strangers to your hotel room and think they're not going to tweet, text or take pictures? Sometimes I'm amazed at how clueless celebrities are about...everything.

What you're saying is that you have a life. Henry's a great guy, but the fact you weren't obsessively checking your phone or computer for updates is a good thing. 

Expectations are high, sure, and you may ask too much of a movie that will likely focus on the quick, violent deaths of several young men with eastern European accents who have been insufficient help in finding one's daughter. But I'm taking heart in the fact that we're now celebrating Neeson Season as a national holiday.

A good reporter HAS to ask about a news story related to the interviewee. Caroline has every right not to answer the question, but she should never be offended or surprised if asked in a civil manner. "Gumption" suggests she's put upon in some way, when in fact the question could have been answered in a civil but "no comment" manner.

Hmmm, no idea. She's kind of kept him under wraps, which is probably good. Red carpet overexposure is bad for a relationship.

But yes, there's a link I forgot: Anne Hathaway got married this week, and good for her.

Yep, that ship's sailed.

Charlie ALWAYS wants to talk. He missed the "give and take" training in Morning Host 101.

Tennessee Williams -- also a nickname.

Good question about Virginia -- don't know when that resurfaced as a girls' name, whether it was before or after the Commonwealth was named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I's relationship status.

This might be beyond his comprehension. Who knows. I was going to say, "hey, go ask him yourself," but it turns out his D.C. book chat was last night -- check out video excerpts here.

Not saracastic at all. Sleeping with someone else (they weren't married or engaged at the time) is sometimes a good way to discover your feelings for another person. I'm not recommending it and there are other ways to gauge True Love, but it happens way too many times to issue a blanket condemnation. Plus, it was more than 30 years ago. 

David Letterman, I guess.

Nothing public that I'm aware of. The kids were still little when Bobby died, so that's 20 years or so focusing on them. I can't remember her even dating another man.

That People magazine cover story on Tom's sad lonely life has been keeping me up at nights with worry.

Oh, I think we need to change the constitution so he can run for president here.

Oh, did Nick Lachey name his kid Camden too? Same as the Cutler-Cavalleris? Crazy. Why is this suddenly the thing?

Good for him. I think it's got to be hard for an actor when everyone keeps associating you with one long-ago role -- but he seems to have found a way to be very gracious and cool about it.

Fair enough.

Actually, Rafaello Follieri got released from prison in May -- and was immediately deported to Italy.

Oh. My. God. I would pay serious, serious money to see that.

Oh, I disagree. "Taken" is perfect for sequels, because every Liam Neeson action movie feels like a "Taken" sequel even if it isn't. I can't remember their names -- they're all just "the new Liam Neeson movie," or "last year's Liam Neeson movie," and I love them all.

Wasn't he married at the time?

Apparently that's how rural Illinoisans talked back then. So, you know, get over it.

But everything else about him you're okay with, I take it?

Tom would be too nice.

Okay, fair point.

Were they? Okay, that's worse.

No one really cares anymore. Ann lost, Matt won. Samantha is hanging on, but the show is sinking and that's the story.

The Washington Grays would have been a great name, honestly. Suave, different, with a clear acknowledgement of the past.

I kind of love that. It could happen, you know? "Arlington" sort of sounds like a good-ol-boy aristocrat name, but if they're not claiming it, let the hipsters run with it.

I look for the Big Moments --which are very often little pauses or stumbles or snark -- that reveal the person. Both of them are overprepared to answer the questions, so the telling moments will be what isn't rehearsed.

I think I'm going to need to ask you to do some more research on this and get back to us. Who were  Stallone's other liaisons?

Smart and tough -- but Jon Stewart always makes it all about Jon Stewart, you know? And a good debate moderate, as Paul Farhi wrote today, needs to seem invisible, make it seem effortless.

You're bad.

Nope. She'll get at least a year. I can't watch the show anymore. But I can't watch any of the network morning shows anymore because it's 10 minutes of news and then recipes, cooking, clothes, diets, the lastest way your teenager will die, etc., etc., etc. What a drag.

Right you are. So the name came first, then the state. CROATOAN! Poor child.

I KNEW that! And she's a lovely person. I need more coffee.

That's me:  Quaint.

You see, that should have been the third lesson: If Lindsay Lohan invites you back to party in the hotel suite, don't go. But who among us could say no? I mean, you'd be so desperately curious you'd have to go, even at risk of death.

Meh.

Thor. Of course.

Ann, also a lovely person, was not what I call a hard-hitting interviewer.

Well, the first five minutes should be interesting.

I know. Been listening to an audiobook ab0ut the Jamestown colony, and of course the Roanoke colony is the unnerving backdrop for that story. Can you imagine being in England 400 years ago and someone saying, "hey, want to get on this boat and go start a new life in a completely unknown land?" It would be as terrifyingly irresistible as Lindsay Lohan inviting you to party back at the W.

Bring back the chimp.

The back seat of an MG?!?!? I don't think that's physically possible.

Draw at best. Ann wasn't helping and probably hurting the rating.

But they can't, because that becomes a meme in itself.

Well, yes, of course, Washington -- but we're talking about place names used as first names. Which is exotic, certainly.

That doesn't mean she doesn't love him. Yeah, I feel bad, too.

Named after the great hero of the revolution that preceded his birth.

I know the video you're talking about. And yes, that looks a lot easier than the back seat of an MG.

They could have been just buddies. Ethel was a pretty devout Catholic, if that counts for anything.

Pretty bad. Franco wasn't even funny; Seth will be.

Call me crazy, but I think Warren Beatty was just plain exhausted by the time he married Annette Bening. I bet he's done with all that.

Yes.

I think she meant in it in a class-action sense: Lots of people being criticized instead of one person being harassed by another person.

Oh, I like the directness of that. Instead of naming your kid from the Atlas, just named them "Atlas."

Musta been.

Except that Nic Cage's action movies are terrible, and Liam Neeson's are awesome.

Now, now. Let's not step into that confessional booth, son.

Those are both very pretty.

Agreed. It will probably happen.

I liked the fact that they blew up January Jones in "Taken 2: The One Where He Loses His Memory." And the one with the wolves was great. I love how Neeson seems really very sad about the fact that he has to kill you.

Not the problem.

I still need an explainer on what's inspiring the Camden thing.

Cadence -- that's hilarious.

Well, there's a bunch of sober, blend-into-the-scenery guys.

Did he kill anyone with his hands in "Michael Collins"? Because if so, they definitely marketed that one wrong.

Yeah, original chatter -- still there?

Those are very pretty, too.

Until they start getting uppity. That's why you need a strict contract to govern things.

They were, for about an hour and a half.

Hey, that's Emmy-winning Jeff Probst to you. And isn't this just the original Tribal Council we're going through now?

People, people: Chill. The maid and son are the dealbreaker for me, too. The decade-long lie is the worst part of it all. But --- and I just reading the book here --Arnold still sounds like he loves Maria and wants her back. Don't know if that will happen but I don't know Maria and whether she will/can/should forgive. Not my call. 

Oh, the waves of sadness and nostalgia that come over me when you mention  Falco. Been thinking about him a lot, and how that guy Psy (everyone's Halloween costume, right?) is ripping off his shtick and M.C. Hammer's. Don't you think?

Well, glad to help you work through your feelings here. But yes, it's harder to write him off as a joke now, isn't it?

Glad I could outsource this one. Thank you so much.

Actually, my sense is that that story did not get much traction at all.

That's what she always does: "How does it feel to be called a hero?" Etc., etc. Drives me crazy. It only works in disaster zones, and even then not so much.

We haven't had a cougar menacing a teenager yet in a Liam Neeson movie, have we? It's about darned time.

I'm waiting for HER book.

You say "sad" and "depressing" like that's a bad thing in a movie.

Not just roaming -- cleaning dirty laundry!

And then they were a Washington team.

Hey, didn't say it was a good strategy.

Ah, thanks.

You mean, "Taken 3: The One with Wolves and Dermot Mulroney"? Saw it opening night in the theater. Loved it.

Someone else here wants to have a word with you.

Thanks for your thoughts.

Ha.

Difference between a Hollywood guy and a politician; Edwards had farther to fall.

Kids, finish work early so you can be front of the TV for the debate: Civic responsibility AND a chance to cheer and boo. Really, there should be a betting line. ("Will Mitt cover the spread?") Then send your tips, insights, and sightings to reliablesource@washpost.com. Same next, next week.