Now that she's done with that whole running for Vice President of the United States thing, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is kicking back and relaxing poolside in an XXL T-shirt (guess she had to return all those fancy elitist clothes) and a tabloid in hand. Of course, it's not all fun and games: The Protector Against Russia was in Miami to attend the Republican Governor's Conference. Hard at work!

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS "Jessica Simpson's Major Movie Star may have opened No. 1 in Russia earlier this month — but it's not having as much success stateside. The flick will be renamed Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous, and released only on DVD in America, a source confirms to Usmagazine.com. The movie — about a ditzy movie star who enlists in the army to earn money to pay her bills — is slated to hit stores Feb. 3."

Remember when Jessica Simpson was working on that terrible film, Major Movie Star? We all predicted it would go straight to DVD, but it turned out even better: The movie never opened here in the US and has yet to be released to Blockbuster. Score!

Fortunately for Jess, this film wasn't a total waste: It opened to the top box office spot in Russia earlier this month. As if life couldn't get any better, it's been announced that in November the movie will open in Bulgaria. That's about it for the little movie that couldn't: No plans are in the works to open the film in any countries that speak English, which proves our theory that Jessica Simpson should probably just stop talking.

From the second half of Katie Couric's interview with vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, airing tonight:

COURIC: Explain to me why [Alaska's proximity to Russia] enhances your foreign policy credentials.

PALIN: Well, it certainly does because our– our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of. And there in Russia–

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RUSSIA SEEKS TO FURTHER BAN LAUGHTER "Prosecutors in Russia want to ban the award-winning satirical U.S. cartoon South Park, calling the series 'extremist' after receiving viewer complaints, a spokeswoman said on Monday. … The Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith had asked prosecutors to ban South Park after it said 20 experts had studied the show for its effect on young viewers. The group's leader, Konstantin Bendas, said 'South Park is just one of many cartoons that need to be banned from open broadcast…as it insults the feelings of religious believers and incites religious and national hatred.'"