Travel vs. Trivial: The Travel section does its best imitation of a New Yorker Talk Of The Town with this piece comparing the Hilton Paris to the current accommodations of one Paris Hilton.

Cloaked And Daggers: Megan Stack, who reported from Saudi Arabia repeatedly during her tenure as LAT's Cairo Bureau chief from September 2003 until last month, says the experience of living in a sexist society has taught her that ... that she didn't have to go all the way to Saudi Arabia to experience a sexist society.

George Clooney Shows Off His Extremities: And, somehow, we missed it.