Because god forbid anyone miss out on the press frenzy that is (well, at this point, was) Michelle Obama’s State Dinner dress by Alexander McQueen, Sally Singer dropped by Morning Joetoday to throw her opinion into the mix. And while we normally think Singer walks on water, not only do we disagree with her opinions, the editor in chief [...]

For better or worse, the scope of the word “celebrity” appears to ever be expanding, and while it’s common to see it used nowadays for people in YouTube videos or reality TV stars, watching our president get the celebrity treatment will never not be bizarre. The latest celebrity treatment Barack Obama is unfortunate enough to be getting comes from the UK’s Daily Mail, who dare ask whether the President’s “new” hair color is synthetic.

ABC News is reporting that the Secret Service stopped a limousine carrying Michaele and Tareq Salahi last night, as it ran a red light and tried to enter a restricted parking area for the White House. The Salahis are best known for crashing the last state dinner, and the White House made it known that [...]

The White House is letting its hair down tonight to welcome President Felipe Calderon and the Mexican delegation to La Casa Blanca, and President Barack Obama gave a heartfelt speech reassuring President Calderon of their alliance and thanking the Mexican people for their contributions to society.

As the White House prepares for tonight’s state dinner for Mexican President Felipe Calderón, they have taken steps to ensure that this affair quiets the unfortunate echoes of November’s Salahi-crashed state dinner. At Monday’s briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs assured reporters that additional steps will be taken, although he wouldn’t elaborate for fear of tipping off potential crashers. I did manage to get Gibbs to confirm one change, that there will be someone from the Social Secretary’s office at the Secret Service checkpoint.

The Chicago Sun-Times’ Lynn Sweet reported, yesterday, that celebrity restaurateur and state dinner guest chef Rick Bayless was circumventing White House directives by Twittering from the White House kitchen. Overnight, Bayless took major exception with Sweet’s story, calling it “offensive” and saying she “made (it) up.” (h/t Billie Hill)

What could be better for the slowpoke day-before-Thanksgiving than a glittering White House State Dinner, with its photos to page through (Michelle Obama’s looks like a beautiful Oscar! Desiree Rogers is in Commes Des Garcons!) and its guest list to parse (where was Richard Holbrooke? Chris Dodd made the cut but Harry Reid didn’t? Hey! [...]