Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check

I'm a Poll Man:

OK, it's stupidly early for this (or is it?) but the National Journal reports on a new Claus Research Group survey that measures hypothetical 2012 re-election match-ups pitting PRESIDENT OBAMA against a variety of Republican challengers.
   Bottom line: former MA Gov MITT ROMNEY appears to be the only Republican candidate that could give the president a run for his money. If the election was heald today, Obama bests Romney 45-to-41-percent, but --as Claus points out-- Obama's lead over Romney was 47-to-38-percent last August. (Pacelli)

Idle gossip & unconfirmed rumors:

Does BEYONCE have a bun in the oven? One insider close to the super star tells MediaTakeOut.com the answer is a resounding yes! Apparently the mystery individual is a "rock solid" source who dished that mom wants to keep working until she hits the maternity ward, while dad JAY-Z is "extremely" happy about the news! (Lee)

Reality Round-Up:

See ya! MTV is pulling the plug on "The Hills" after the current season, which begins Apr 27. The fifth season of "The Hills" was one of the top 10 original series on cable TV last year, so everybody has high expectations for the new season, and MTV's TONY DiSANTO says the last season will go out with a bang, or what he calls (quote) "the organic culmination of this saga." Right.
   Meanwhile, HEIDI MONTAG tells People.com she's all excited because the end of "The Hills" means she can finally become the over-the-top movie star she's always wanted to be (she's already had the plastic surgery!).
   Heidi says she wants to film a movie she's written for herself about "a lifeguard named Summer" who saves a small town from a shark with her 3D breasts. "It's the first 3-D beach comedy" she says, adding that she's also "written a role for DOLLY PARTON to play the town mayor!"

Hollywood Casting call:

Warning: note content...
   If you and your girlfriend couldn't pay for your wedding, what would you do? How about get a job as an exotic dancer in a club? That's the premise of "Balls to the Wall," a new film which stars JENNA DEWAN and JOE HURSLEY as the guy who goes that extra mile for his fiancé. Wonder where the bachelorette party will be?

Grace notes:

THE BEATLES can now add a rather unique honor to their endless list of accomplishments: Best Colonoscopy Song! Digestive Care of Florida announced yesterday that to spotlight National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, it held an online contest to determine the top colonoscopy related song, and the winner is... wait for it... "The Long And Winding Road."
   Digestive Care is offering free colonoscopies to PAUL McCARTNEY and RINGO STARR when they pass through the Miami area over the next few months. The song that came in second place was "Back Door Man" by THE DOORS, with a three-way tie for third place: "Pants On The Ground" by "American Idol" contestant GENERAL LARRY PLATT; ELTON JOHN's "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"; and "Staying Alive" by the BEE GEES.
   Editor's Note: Here are a few more colonoscopy songs that should have made the list:
   --"All Things Must Pass" by GEORGE HARRISON
   --"It Don't Come Easy" by RINGO STARR
   --"Let 'Em In" by WINGS
   --"Brown Sugar" by THE ROLLING STONES
   --"Big Bottom" by SPINAL TAP
   --"Float On" by THE FLOATERS
   --"Fly Me To The Moon" by FRANK SINATRA
   --"Thirty Days In The Hole" by HUMBLE PIE (Marino)