Pictures at 11.

1. Already banned by the Brits, an ad depicting a pregnant nun holding a spoon and a tub of gelato with the caption: "Immaculately Conceived-ice cream is our religion," is rippling shock waves through Europe. The gelato maker, Antonio Federei, said their ice cream ad gently satirized religion. The stylish Italians always one step ahead excel at marketing strategy. Brilliant and ballsy in presentation, somewhere Don Draper is enviously smiling.

2. Meg Whitman. 119 million and not done yet with six weeks to go. Can she buy this election? All polls show that the race is even. On a talk show this morning, Whitman said that the reason she is spending so much is because Jerry Brown has the backing of all the public employees unions. Uh, yeah, Meg. Keep chugging out the spin. Last time I checked a lot of the unions were financially struggling.

3. Reggie Bush. He gave back the Heisman and spoke behind closed doors with the committee. That was a smart move. The committee announced that the 2005 winner's name would be struck from the plaque and vacated. Talking heads on several several sports networks implied that USC had turned their back on Reggie. For the record these are USC's sanctions from the Bush actions: 4 year probation, 2 year ban from all bowl games, loss of 30 football scholarships over a 3 year period, and a stripping by the NCAA of the 14 victories won while Bush was on the team. The sorry truth is that Reggie placed himself ahead of team and school, and in his wake crippled one of the most prestigious programs in the country.

4. Whoa. Terry Bradshaw the hall of fame QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers on the air addressing the Ben Rothlisberger suspension, for violating the personal conduct policy set by the NFL, stemming from an alleged assault of a woman in the off season..."They (the Rooney family, owners of the Steelers, were said to have been outraged) should have dumped you. What you did in my eyes was a lot worse." You go, Terry.

5. Saw a film, "Let the Right One In"(title comes from a song by Morrissey, 'Let the Right One Slip In') directed by Tomas Alfredson a couple of days ago. Released in 2008, a Swedish production, at first glance, that falls into the horror genre. But it is more than a vampire movie. This is the story of Oskar and Eli, both, lonely 12 year olds. What happens between them is the heart of the film. Shot during the winter, this is a powerful movie and makes you re-think certain moments long after the film is over. Rated 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie won hardware at Toronto, Boston and DC. But like so many other foreign films, Hollywood has already cannibalized the movie and spit out their dumbed down version. Why?