Guide me celebrities! Guide me!

From the desk of my friend Stefanie. Did anyone catch this?

Ah Larry King... The Barbara Walters of tragedy.

Did anyone else happen to see Celine Dion's tearful plea on CNN's "What you can do to help" Special last night? Genius. . . No one needs to see Medea (oh the Outrage) or Uncle Vanya (oh the flying, yes literally, FLYING tears) or Norma Rae (stand up women and speak your mind) or anything, EVER again.

She was interviewed because she is French Canadian, and New Orleans has/had French Culture. And she grew up poor. It was the most fantastic display of live emotion I've seen from a star since Roberto Benigni won an Oscar. She was mopping the tears off her neck. Then Larry asked her if she had a song that might fit the situation. She brushed the tears from her face, all her emotion disappeared, and she went right into an a cappella rendition of Prayer. (the worst of the worst of her "hit songs" that featured her with Andrea Bocelli.) She is either the fakest of the fake, or takes professionalism to a whole new level.

Over all, I was grateful for the programming, because if it weren't for a glassy eyed Teri Hatcher or the dim-witted Magic Johnson, I would never have thought to call the Red Cross and donate money.

The bad news: Sparkly tank-top clad Richard Simmons made it out of New Orleans alive.

Good news for Larry: He's good at crying too.