every american students should read one day in the life of yvonne misinich. that was the advice of paul oo of the wall street journal who said that short novel explain why we fought the cold war and why we won it. barry goldwater's the conscience of the conservative, the head of public policy and laid the foundation for all that is good and worthwhile in the modern conservative movement and i am happy to note that the american foundation agrees with his assessment and published the conscience of the conservative in 1990. maybe it's time for another edition. are you listening? let me add here the titles of a couple of my favorite books. the roots of american order by russell kirk. this is how five cities, athens, rome, gay jerusalem, london and philadelphia, shaped america. days gone by, william f. buckley jr. is a beautifully written autobiography by the founder of the american conservative movement. ethnic america pleaded no by thomas stole, our foremost black intellectual examines some of the ethnic groups, jewish, of rich, german, african-american, why som

yvonne r. writes, "nicolas cage for money problems.should have stayed more involved with what was going on." lauren f. writes, "oprah for having an alleged wife beater on her show. she refused to have chris brown on her show. what a hypocrite." a couple of wild cards there, mark, do you have a wild card of your own? >> i think it's carrie prejean. you know, miss california. this is a woman who has an alleged sex tape. carrie has an alleged sex tape? if there is that sex tape, that is definitely provocative. >> i'll say that qualifies. leslie, how about you? >> i don't know. everybody has a sex tape nowadays. am i missing out on something? i would have to say beyonce. you know, beyonce actually is so provocative the world is freaking out. she has this big concert in egypt, her posters are up and she looks so provocative and those in egypt where the women dress a bit more modestly are up in arms over her being so provocative. >> she may be showing a little bit too much skin for the conservative middle east. there was a fired up debate in

yvonne said nicholas cage for money problems.e should have stayed more involved in what was going on. or oprah for having an alleged wife beater on her show. she refused to have chris brown on her show. what a hypocrite. do you have a wild card? >> i think it's carrie prejean, miss california. this is a woman with an alleged sex tape. carrie has an alleged sex tape? if there is that sex tape, that is definitely provocative. >> i'll say that qualifies. leslie? >> i don't know. everybody has a sex tape nowadays. am i missing out? i would have to say beyonce. she is so provocative, the world is freaking out. she has a concert in egypt and her posters are up. those in egypt where the women dress more modestly are up in arms over her. >> she may be showing too much skin for the conservative mideast. there really was a fired up debate in newsroom about this, but the moment has arrived. who is "showbiz tonight's" provocative celebrity of the week. the winner in a close vote is rihanna for startling confess n confessio confessions. any d

yvonne writes donald doesn't play petty games.will capitalize where he can and ignore her when he has to. karen g. has this to say. her only strategy for saying in the lime light is making controversial remarks that are so ridiculous, it will keep people talking about her. >> the show biz lineup. here's what's coming up at the bottom of the hour. does sarah palin want to kiss and make up with levi johnson? >> we don't have to go down the road of controversy and drama all the time. we don't really like that. >> shockers from the interview with oprah new informs that carrie prejean may be lying when she said she was only 17 when making her sex tape. more in the interview with donald trump. "showbiz tonight" names the most provocative celebrity of the week. will it be carrie prejean, sarah palin or michael lohan for releasing private phone calls. more stories from the newsroom making news right now. >>>> you are watching "showbiz tonight." keep on watching the bottom of your screen. more compelling and provocative news from "showbiz

yvonne says they should stay private. no one needs to see them. all they were trying to do is protect us. that's similar to other comments we've had. black wrote this. we don't know if black is a man or woman. the troops wouldn't be in danger if you released the "fotos" ands punished the guilty. if we're americans we have the right to know what the american government is doing in our name. those are some of the comments we have been getting today. continue to tell us what you think about this. e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or text us by texting the word "views" plus your name and comment to hlntv. >>> another kind of controversial topic as well from guantanamo to illinois. as the government task force tours a prison which may house terrorism suspects, illinois politicians ramp up their arguments for and against the controversial plan. >>> federal officials are touring a western illinois prison right now. that prison may soon be used to house detainees from guantanamo bay. officials from the departments of justice, defense and homeland security are chec