Further evidence that we're throwing our best people behind the Iraqi reconstruction effort: Angelina Jolie has written an op-ed piece for the Washington Post. Isn't that heartening? Let's hope it means Ben Bradlee will be given a starring in Mr & Mrs Smith 2: If We Can Make One Movie That Calamitous We Can Totally Make Two.
And just to ease you into the weekend, there's yet another reminder that the tear in the celebrity-politics continuum is now twice the size of Australia, and half as appealing: Arnold Schwarzenegger has requested the return of his Austrian army tank from a defence museum. Yes, the Californian governator is to redeploy this piece of his armoured vehicle collection to the streets of LA, where it will be used to give free rides to kids as a way to incentivise them to stay off drugs and out of gangs. I hear what you're thinking. Why can't WE develop this kind of response to the problem of failing schools and inner city budget cuts? Why won't our own ministry of education realise that sometimes the only answer involves military hardware? Jesus, does Ed Balls even HAVE a tank? ENQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
