From the Democrat Convention in Denver, aloha and what a great event! The police presence here is amazing. Between the Army fighter helicopters buzzing the Pepsi Center and armored Hummer looking vehicles that cruse by with 12 SWAT guys hanging on, it‘s amazing! There are also Police Dogs on every block, it’s like ground zero!

You want to talk souvenirs, they got anything you want! T-shirts, mugs, hats, buttons, refrigerator magnets and all that crap - everything under the sun! Dog cloths, cell phones, basketballs, anything you want with Barack’s picture! There were also 20,000 Trojan condoms with Barack’s name on the wrapper given out at the Rolling Stone Magazine party! Only in America!

Let’s talk celebrities - and there’s a lot of them here!

John Legend was spectacular singing the opening song, If You Are Out There. The song brought Forest Whitaker to tears.

Great concert last night with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan’s son, Jacob. It was fabulous and more weed being passed than DNC donation buckets! That reminds me, when Willie Nelson’s Limo went through security a huge plume of pot came out the window, but when the cops saw who it was, they just let him go through. Toby Keith was also in Willie’s limo!

More celebrity sighting, Darrell Hannah. And I would like to report, Darrell Hannah has man-hands! … Steven Spielberg hanging out with Oprah. … Richard Dreyfus and Barry Manilow down Larimer Street. … I had dinner at a Ruth Chris, sitting outside on the patio, Bill O’Reilly walked by, and after a little heckling, stopped and said hello - but he was getting booed by others as he left!

Charlize Theron acting like a jerk, first at the airport, then at the hotel and she wanted special treatment getting in and out of the convention center! John Mayer who is definitely here has been spotted with a Denver Bronco Cheerleader! And, here’s some scoop: Mayer originally met this Bronco Cheerleader two weeks ago when he was in concert here, that was on a Saturday. The next day, Sunday, he broke up with Jennifer Aniston! Draw your own conclusions!

I heard that Madonna sent the DNC a video that was so anti-bush, and so vulgar, that it will not be used. Hey, I don’t make this stuff up folks!

There is still three more days. However, the local merchants say that business is dead here. The town is packed, but they are not spending any money. The high end restaurants are dead!

In the 1980’s Sheila Witkin owned a small teen club in Pompano Beach Florida. Her son was in a band called The Kids and all four members of the band lived at Sheila’s house. Sheila died a couple years ago, but the members of her son’s band have remained best friends and the Second Annual Sheila Witkin Reunion Concert is this weekend. And, all 4 band mates will be together and even stay at Sheila’s house, just like the old days. What makes this so interesting is the lead guitar player - Johnny Depp, who will be on stage with his old band this Friday and Saturday! Depp is flying in from France and says it’ll be the highlight of the year!

Ego, party of one! Rod Stewart travels with two huge bodyguards and insists on his 15 Foot Rule - all people must stay at least 15 feet from him.

I am catching a plane in a couple hours to Denver, to cover the Democratic Convention. Tonight I’m going to the Rolling Stone magazine VIP Party, hosted by Bill Maher, sponsored by Trojan Condoms, I kid you not! This is not your grandmothers democratic convention! One of the biggest events will be tonight’s salute to the Kennedy family and Ted Kennedy could make a surprise visit, I’ll be there!

One, only one, Hollywood star predicted Joe Biden would be Barack’s V.P., that was Sean Penn! Hollywood has never been a Biden fan, he’s never had a fund raiser here! Now however, Sean Penn has contacted his ex, Madonna, to help get Hollywood to support his Joe Biden.

More Hollywood / Democratic Convention: Chris Tucker and George Clooney are hosting a party for Super Delegates. Another party will be hosted by, Jamie Foxx, Fran Drescher and Lucy Liu! Scoop: Bruce Springsteen will do a concert Thursday at Invesco Field before Obama’s acceptance speech, and I can‘t wait for that!

Movie Review: Opening today, The Longshots starring the darling Keke Palmer who was fabulous in Akeelah and the Bee, also staring the one dimensional, hideous, Ice Cube. It’s a story about an eleven year-old girl living in a small Midwest town, who can’t make friends and who wants to play Pop Warner Football. She is an athlete, has a good throwing arm, and with a little help makes the team! This movie could have been another Rudy but it just falls short. The dialog, plot, pacing, everything is weak. Too bad, could have been brilliant! (Rated PG) - (111 Minutes) - (2 Stars)!

When Jodie Foster dumped her partner, Sidney Bernard, after a 14 year relationship, people here in Hollywood were shocked. Now word that Sidney is shopping a tell all book about Jodie, who is radical about keeping her life private. She can‘t be happy about this news! This could get ugly!

Michael Phelps‘ mother was paid $500,000 for a TV commercial for Johnson and Johnson baby products. She was also tagged as the Mother of the Olympic Games! The commercial was shot in Beijing and will be airing several times during the closing ceremonies - and during NCAA and NFL games.

Odds and Ends: Andy Garcia’s daugher, Dominic, is destined to be a star. … Madonna’s concert, Sticky and Sweet - Hard Candy is reportedly so nasty that there will be a warning on the ticket, May not be suitable for Children.… Randy Jackson is telling friends he’s had enough of American Idol and this will probably be his last season. … Celebrity sightings, at the Jenson’s Market in Palm Springs, Danno - James MacArthur from Hawaii 5-0 - as in Book ‘em Danno! … Susanne Summers buying lots of vegetables and looking skinny.

TV News: I hear the new 90210 is horrible, really, really horrible. … NBC is having second thoughts about giving Rosie O’Donnell a talk show. Rosie refuses to return their calls, submit guest lists, or even meet with potential sponsors.

Ryan Seacrest has hung out his new, Ryan Seacrest Inc. shingle and he plans to produce movies, TV Shows, Broadway Plays, and Game Shows! Ryan also has regular meetings with Dick Clark, his mentor. For the record, with his radio show, his E Network and producing gig, and his American Idol job, Ryan makes $22 million a year.

TV Review: The Cho Show reality show debuts tonight on VHI. Comedien Margret Cho, her parents, hair stylist, manicurist, and her three-foot-tall assistant - Selene make for a very funny show! 3 Stars!

Love Nuggets: Ryan Gosling and Rachael Adams are very much a couple they are living together and engaged in Toronto, Canada. … Here’s how it went down, according to Jennifer Aniston. As I reported here, John Mayer called Jen and said, It’s not working, I’ll call you next week. But he has never called her back Instead, three days after that call, he text’d her - It’s over and it would be better we never speak again. What a cad! … Ben Kingsley tells friends that Penelope Cruz is the sexiest woman he’s ever known. They had some very steamy scenes in the movie Elegy.

Johnny Depp has been asked to be Heath Ledger’s daughter’s, God Father!

Michael Phelps has made a $1.1 million offer on a house in Baltimore his Mom has seen, but Michael has not! Michael, his sister and Mom will live in the house together.

More Patrick Swayze News: Not only is cancer stricken Patrick partying like a big dog, while shooting his movie last week in Chicago, between takes, he was playing touch football!

Hot scoop on Michael Phelps: We see his Mom at the Olympics, but not his dad! His parents were divorced years ago. His dad is a retired Maryland State Trooper. It was a nasty divorce and Michael and his dad are estranged. When Michael was young and started his swimming training his dad was against it and called swimming sissy, preferring he play Pop Warner Football or Little League baseball instead. But Michael wanted to be a swimmer! Michael has a crush on US swimmer Amanda Beard. But when asked if she had feelings for Michael she said, and I quote, Yuck! That’s nice! Cindy Crawford met Phelps in Beijing and they talked. When she left Phelps said, Who was that, one of the Visa sponsors?

Family News: Jane Pitt, Brad’s Mom, has been visiting him, Angelina and the grandkids in France, and trying her best to talk Brad into coming back to the U.S. But don’t hold your breath, Angelina still wants to live in France! One more Angelina nugget, there is a rumor, rumor that she might make a surprise appearance at the Republic Convention to support John McCain, which could be very interesting since her dad, Jon Voight will be at the convention, in fact he’s schedules to make a speech there.

More Hollywood and Politics: At the Democratic convention next week in Denver Scarlett Johanson and Sean Penn will address the folks, The Dixie Chicks will perform at a breakfast for Barrack, Oprah and Danny Glover will also have some type of official roles.

How odd is this? Loud mouth, obnoxious, former wrestler, Jessie Ventura, who was Governor of Minnesota, will next be a TV Judge! Jessie never even went to Law school, but he’s going to make rulings in real cases!

Love Nugget: Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz have been dating for months. Now friends say they are talking marriage and that Penelope wants to have babies!

Paris Hilton took a lump sum when she sold her Perfume product. Her grandfather has cut her money line and Paris is now broke! Her $100,000 appearance fees have dried up. So, she’s been trying to get a modeling deal, or anything else to make some bucks! The girl needs bucks!

Movie Review: Death Race 2008 opens Friday, and this movie is bad! Jason Statham plays an ex-con forced by a prison warden to compete in a futuristic car race where the object is to win the race and kill as many as you can in the process. The acting is hideous, the plot is ridiculous, and the directing is disastrous! Worse movie of the year, guaranteed Razzie nominee! Rated R - 116 Minutes - 0 Stars!

Don’t be surprised if there is a law suit filed in the next month by Tito, Jermain, Jackie and Marlin Jackson against their brother Michael Jackson! They say Wacko owes them $869,000 in music royalties!

TV News: One NBC executive told me yesterday that, as strong as the ratings have been for the Olympics, the network is very worried that now that Michael Phelps is threw the ratings might be threw too!

Movie News: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio are co-staring in a great new movie called Revolutionary Road where they play a married couple in the 1950’s. The movie is expected to get Oscar nominations and will be released Christmas day. One interesting twist, as a married couple, Kate and Leonardo do a lot of kissing, and the director Sam Mendes, is Kate’s real life husband. He said it was very weird directing his wife how to kiss another man! The last time Kate and Leo worked together was in Titanic!

Universal wants to do a biopic about the life of Abe Lincoln, and Tom Hanks has the inside track to play the former President!

Kate Hudson and Jennifer Aniston are friends and have been talking about their recent dating experiences with Lance Armstrong and John Mayer. Both jokingly say, no more dating for a while!

Lot’s of stuff happened since we last spoke. Yesterday, 14,000 people showed up at The Meadowlands in New Jersey for the N.Y. American Idol auditions, but Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and nut-job Paula Abdul were not at the auditions at the stadium. But they will be at a plush studio in midtown New York City today, to see the people that got through the first round, and the worst of the worst. By the way, I hear this years American Idol crop is the worst ever!

This is odd. Over the weekend, Lindsey’s dad Michael Lohan said he has no problem with Lindsey being gay - However, if she was to become Jewish (to make her girlfriend, Samantha Ronson, happy) he would disown her. In other words, Lesbian - no problem, Jew - problem. Say what? By the way, Lindsey Lohan has instructed her agent to shop around for products and services she and Samantha can endorse in both Japan and Australia!

Meanwhile Sylvester Stallone has a agreed to be the world wide spokes person for Russian Vodka. Four year deal. $1 million a year and all the vodka he can drink!

The Olympics have been a huge success. Bigger than anyone predicted. NBC will make $1 billion for the games! However, I have a problem with the I.O.C.’s decision to drop baseball and softball from the games because people can’t relate to it, they’re not sports played by the masses! What? The javelin, pole vault, hammer throw, discus, bobsled, luge, curling, fencing and all the others are relatable and played by the masses? What’s up with that?

Baby News: Is it true that Julia Roberts is pregnant? And, that Elton John and his partner want to adopt? That’s what I’m hearing!

TV News: Gene Simmons’s Reality Show has been renewed, and Gene will get a healthy raise, double what he made last season!

Bizarre Barrack Obama nugget: I have learned from an impeccable source that Obama loves George Clooney and he calls Clooney at least 4 times a week! Clooney advises Obama on the middle east, the economy and other important issues! George Clooney? What does he know, what up with that?

Celebrity Sighting: Yesterday at Malibu that was Mathew McConaughey giving surfing lessons to, Keefer Southerland! Mathew is a great surfer!

Yoko Ono did a video asking the Parole board to deny Mark David Chapman’s request for parole yesterday, and it worked! What’s amazing to me is that some idiot woman married Chapman years ago and they’ve been having conjugal visits for years!

Movie News: I had no idea but, Samuel L Jackson and Mariah Carey are good friends and Samuel is taking Mariah under his wing and will not only help her pick better movie roles, - he will give her acting tips.

As predicted here, Angelina Jolie has agreed to be the next Cat Woman! Angelina will also replace Tom Cruise as the star of an $80 million budget big spy thriller movie! And, both Brad and Angelina will costar in a documentary movie for HBO about their Humanitarian work overseas.

TV News: Take it to the bank, Britney Spears will be on the MTV Video Awards Show, and will redeem her disastrous appearance last year. … Paris Hilton has tentatively agreed to appear on Ugly Betty, 2 ½ Men, and Grey’s Anatomy.

Programming Note: I’ve been asked to Chair a Charity Golf Tournament for a great organization that helps kids with Cancer and I will be in MSP the next 2 days and I’ll be back live on Monday. If you’d like to read about this great cause, check out, www.szottfoundation.org.

Movie Review: Tropic Thunder opens tomorrow. A film written, directed, produced by and starring Ben Stiller. It’s about a bunch of hack actors shooting a war movie in a remote jungle, who stumble into the camp of real soldiers fighting a real war. The actors are attacked as the real enemy! You probably knew this movie starred Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. Nick Nolte, and Mathew McConaughey. You will also see Tom Cruise as a fat movie executive, John Voight, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tyra Banks. Lance Bass, Alicia Silverstone, Jason Bateman and others doing cameos! It was shot in Hawaii, under horrible conditions, resulting in of couple of the cast, including Jack Black being hospitalized for poisonous spider bites! It’s a satire on Hollywood taken to the extreme - to match the conditions! (Rated R) - (114 Minutes) - (3 Stars)!

I’ve told you about good and bad celebrity tippers. Today a tipping report on, Presidential candidate, Barrack Obama! While in Hawaii, Barrack was playing golf with his buddies. At the turn, Barrack bought them one Gatorade, 2 passion-orange drinks, 3 hot dogs, and a tuna sandwich. The bill came to $14. Barrack threw down a $20 and said keep the change! A $6 tip on a $14 bill. Good job Obama!

Odds and Ends: Why in the world does Alex Rodregrez continue to call and harass Katie Couric! It’s like he wants to take her out, What up?… Paris Hilton is opening a nightclub in Vegas and wants to call it, Boobs. … John Edwards‘ concubine lives in S.B. and according to friends has been bragging about her affair with the senator for a long time, while also calling the senator’s wife a loser and a dead-weight on his campaign. … I hear that Bill O’Reilly was at the Earth Wind and Fire concert in New York last weekend, trying to act cool, but coming off as a GEEK. … Paul McCartney’s daughter, Stella, says her dad and Nancy Shevel will very likely be getting married within the year. … Happy to report, Patrick Swayze continues to do great health-wise. He’s still working, running a mile a day even bar hopping in Chicago, Wow!

Barrack Obama arrived in Hawaii for a week vacation Friday and to visit his grandmother. Thousands waited in lines, for hours, just for a glimpse of their homie! He snuck off to play basketball with some of his old high school buddies. Barrack also played golf, at my Men’s Club course, Olomana, in Waimanalo, which is not a private course. He also ate some Mahi Mahi at a local fast food joint called Zippys. Reminder, I will be with Barrack and a lot of stars at the Democratic Convention in Denver!

Five hot nuggets since we last spoke: Shocker, Bernie Mac dieing! Wow, I saw him at the Laff Stop a few weeks ago. He was in great health and spirits. … Close pals of Paul Newman confirm that Paul is gravely ill with cancer. His days are numbered, he has been making final calls to friends to say good-by. … As mentioned here a month ago, John Edwards finally came clean about his affair. What a dirt bag! His wife has cancer, he has an affair. … Just last week I reported that Jennifer Aniston wants to get married, sooner rather than later, and that she wants to have a baby. Now, rumors that Jenifer may already be pregnant! She was in hiding over the weekend! I don’t have a lot of faith in that relationship, John Mayer is a flake! … And, Nichole Kidman says she really tried to live in her husband’s home town, Nashville, but she hated it. So they are moving back to LA.

Disney Pictures wants to do a big budget film called, Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland. They are talking to Johnny Depp to play the Hatter, Selena Gomez to play Alice and Madonna to play the witch! I love it!

TV News: Rosie O’Donnell will get her own TV talk show on NBC. However, NBC President, Dick Ebersol, has personally told Rosie, Any political statements and she will be fired on the spot. No politics, of any kind, Period!