When Bill O'Reilly's producers sought to ambush dim-bulb celebrities at the Inauguration festivities, they settled upon Jessica Alba as a potential target. Alba, however, was having none of it.

What resulted was a quick, graceful deflection of every attempt to entrap her, with slights at O'Reilly, George W. Bush, and Fox News delivered for good measure (and with a smile). For most actors, we'd recommend staying out of politics, but it seems to bring out the best in Alba. Forget bombs like The Love Guru—it's time for her to sign for a sexed-up Frost/Nixon 2 (in which Frost's nubile daughter has her own encounter with Nixon—this time, with some very different interrogation techniques).

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