Lara Logan
Morning Memo: Lara Logan's War Spoils; The Jolie-Pitts Stop Traffic; Elizabeth Hasselback Will Stick With 'The View' (For Now)
Scandal-causing CBS correspondent Lara Logan might be in even more trouble; she allegedly (and illegally!) brought home a couple of pre-invasion portraits of Saddam Hussein from Iraq and displayed them in her office. [P6]
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their half-dozen children caused a traffic jam outside their hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Said someone on the scene: "Angelina undoubtedly has more foreign-policy knowledge than Sarah Palin...No wonder people don't know where to direct their attention." [The Scoop]
Madonna and Alex Rodriguez, who caused a stir by denying their relationship this summer, had a "secret dinner" at Dos Caminos. [P6] read more »
Radar Chronicles How CBS's Lara Logan 'Hit a Trifecta of Rebelliousness, Dogged Reporting, and Sexual Intrigue'
In the forthcoming October/November issue of Radar magazine, Lauren Sandler profiles Lara Logan, CBS News' alluring, aggressive war correspondent.
Over the course of several thousand words, Ms. Sandler chronicles Ms. Logan's blazing ascent from casual South African swimsuit model to swashbuckling war correspondent to tabloid sensation for her involvement in a series of war zone affairs, including with CNN's war correspondent Michael Ware.
"Ware and Logan became legendary for their blowout arguments," reports Ms. Sandler. "Some members of Iraq's press pack referred to them as 'the Sid and Nancy of Baghdad.'"
In short: It's a good read. (Though, as of this writing, not yet online. read more »
Lara Logan Tells Men's Vogue 'I Break Out Into Hives at the Thought of the Word "Settling"'
Lara Logan, the comely war correspondent for CBS News who recently became the network's chief foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington D.C., recently sat down with Men's Vogue for an interview that appears in the magazine's September issue.
According to the style mag, Ms. Logan wore an "unabashedly feminine—and sheer—blouse and a black pencil skirt" to the wide-ranging interview, which took place at Washington's Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown. Along the way, Ms. Logan reveals that she's not much of a life planner, believes that Iran's role in the war in Iraq is underreported, and that she'll spend the fifth month of her current pregnancy reporting for CBS from Afghanistan.
What Does It Take to Get a War Correspondent Back on the Front Page?
As we noted recently, reporters and correspondents in Baghdad have had an increasingly difficult time in recent months getting their reports on air and their stories on the front pages of newspapers.
But this morning, seasoned war reporter Lara Logan of CBS News popped up on the front page of the New York Post—albeit for a bunch of allegations about her life in Baghdad that have nothing to do with her enterprising reporting on the region.
The allegations against her couldn't have come at a worse time for Ms. Logan. Yesterday, CBS News announced that Ms. Logan, considered a rising star within the network, will be assuming a new role for CBS, serving as "chief foreign affairs correspondent" out of Washington, D.C.
