How Embarassing

Lynn Sweet covers Washington for the Sun Times, though perhaps it should be Hollywood:

Sharon Stone, the sexy star of the sizzler "Basic Instinct 2,'' which opens today, hits Chicago next month to headline a fund-raiser for Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).

Stone will be featured at Schakowsky's "Ultimate Women's Power Lunch'' at the Chicago Hilton. Some 1,500 attended last year, when Jane Fonda was the marquee draw.

Stone and Schakowsky became friends during the 2004 presidential campaign, when they were part of a "Women on the Move'' drive for Sen. John Kerry that paired female pols and stars.

Schakowsky gushed:
"We got a chance to really bond and become friends.''

Yes, this is that movie that is forgettable except for one scene. The Independent Women's Forum:

One hopes for her sake that the distinctly older and now nearly unrecognizable (from her former self) Ms. Stone won’t be reprising that particular scene as she reprises her role as the Stanford-educated icepick murderer Catherine Trammell who can’t afford to buy underwear despite her fancy degree--but, judging from the publicity for the film, she will!.....

Here’s the news report, linked courtesy of The Anchoress:
"[Stone] said the film, which promises even more nudity and ’kinky stuff’ than the 1992 original, proves that women over 40 can be sexy.

What can Stone and Schakowsky possibly have in common? Unless it is embarassing themselves in public.