OK, let me get this straight. Anna Nicole Smith is dead, right?

See, I feel the need to… OK, let me get this straight. Anna Nicole Smith is dead, right?

See, I feel the need to ask, because for the past several weeks she’s been getting more news coverage than I can remember her getting in the past several years. I would almost think that this was some sort of elaborate publicity stunt if I hadn’t looked up the medical examiner’s report, which states that she died on Feb. 8 of unknown causes. But if that statement is indeed true, that means that for the last two weeks plus some, our news has been dominated by