IS America having a hand-wringing moment over what President George W. Bush called "the one-fingered victory salute"? (Today)

I live in a town house complex, across from a woman who has become a friend. She copies me constantly -- exact replicas of my clothing, furniture, bath towels, artwork, even cookbooks. It's driving me nuts! (Today)

THE Governors Ball at the ballroom adjoining the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles -- the obligatory first stop for Oscar winners and nominees before they hit the real party scene -- was in full swing last Sunday night. Jeff Bridges was deep in conversation with his "Crazy Heart" co-star Maggie Gyllenhaal, who held, reverentially, his best-actor Oscar. Meryl Streep laughed with Alec Baldwin (over Steve Martin's joke about her Hitler memorabilia, perhaps?), while Lauren Bacall ("Betty!") held court looking every inch the Lifetime Achievement Award winner she is. (Today)

Kristine Louise Gomez, a daughter of Nancy O'Connell Gomez and Ralph A. Gomez, both of Miami, was married Saturday evening to Thomas Lincoln Crosby, the son of Linda E. Watt of New York and Benjamin L. Crosby III of Punta Gorda, Fla. The Rev. Thomas L. Brackett, an Episcopal priest, officiated at the Cocoplum Women's Club in Coral Gables, Fla. (Today)

Ann Patavino Vincola and Alan S. Votta were married Saturday at the Church of God of Prophecy in Charleston, S.C. The Rev. Bernie Levesque, the church's pastor, performed the ceremony. (Today)