Notebook

By Val Castronovo, Matt Cooper, Daren Fonda, Barry Hillenbrand, Belinda Luscombe, Ben Nugent, Julie Rawe, Eric Roston, Chia-ying Tsai, Josh Tyrangiel

WINNERS & LOSERS

[WINNERS]

AL GORE Boffo Letterman show, solid polls, good buzz--must be time for something to go terribly wrong

TIGER WOODS Inks $100 mil endorsement deal with Nike. Good to see he's finally making some dough

AARON SORKIN Talk about your greenlighting. West Wing producer sees NBC drama win nine Emmys

[LOSERS]

TONY BLAIR Petrol predicament puts PM in bunker mode. Looks more Jimmy Carter than Winston Churchill

JACK VALENTI Gov't report says movie bosses market to kids. Their no-show on Capitol Hill doesn't help

RICK LAZIO Polls say in-your-face style loses Hil debate. Didn't they teach manners at Vassar?