Jeremy Bradley- Ben Mulroney, Tanya Kim, hosts of eTalk on CTV are joining us on the line right now. Hello, Tanya. Hello, Ben.

Tanya Kim- Hello, Jeremy. Hello Winnipeg! (laughing)

JB- Brrrr!

TK- Brrrr! I hear it's cold!

JB- Hello, Ben. How are you?

Ben Mulroney- I'm doing great, thanks. How are you?

JB- Ah, well I'm a little sad because of the whole Canadian Idol cancellation thing. [Click to read Ben's comments.]

BM- (laughing)

JB- Now, I just want to go on the record while we're on the air, Tanya, you are far more stylish than Ben Mulroney.

TK- (laughing) Oh, snap! No, I'm just kidding. Thank you so much! That's so nice of you. It's due in part to the stylist and smoke and mirrors, of course. And the hair stylist and the makeup lady. This is not all natural, my friends. (laughing)

JB- Oh come on. Clearly, with Ben it's not! (laughing)

TK- His hair is glorious though, isn't it?

JB- It is. Very shiny.

TK- (laughing harder)

JB- But seriously, when it comes to fashion, I think people thought of Canada as taking a backseat to show business and fashion. Don't you?

TK- I think so. I mean, when you look south of the border, everyone's attention is always on the Hollywood glitz and glamour. But Canada has a lot of fierce competition and a lot of great Canadian designers as well. So we're doing alright.

JB- It certainly is the place to be for movie shoots and festivals. It's great to see, I think.

TK- Absolutely. ETalk wouldn't be in existence if it wasn't due in part to the talent here in "Hollywood North", obviously. And we are Canada's number 1 entertainment show! (laughing) Oh God. (continues laughing) And there's a reason for that.

JB- When it comes to fashion, there is one question I have to ask. Are you ready?

TK- Oh God. (laughing) Let me guess… oh no, I won't steal your thunder. OK, I'm ready.

JB- Who are you wearing?

TK- Right this minute?

JB- Yup.

TK- We'll, I'm wearing a dress by ABS. ABS is the main sponsor for me - the main clothing sponsor for the show. A gentleman by the name Allen Schwartz - he's the one that does… I'll let you in on a secret - he's the one that does all of the knockoffs of the Oscar dresses. You know, the next day as soon as the fabulous A-listers wear them, he sells them for like half the price. They've been kind enough to actually send me boxes of dresses as well.

JB- For the record, you mentioned before we went on the air that you're doing eTalk right now, like at this moment.

TK- We are. It's such a crazy schedule right now, especially before the holidays. We are in the middle of shooting right now so Ben and I are tag-teaming in terms of trying to get our links done together, so it's a little bit hectic. But it's fun. It keeps us on our toes, and that would be the world of entertainment.

JB- Speaking of entertainment, what is "the" celebrity story of 2008? Is it Britney's comeback? Is it Heath Ledger's death? The writers' strike? Madonna's divorce? What would you say? What's at the top in your books?

TK- OK, Britney. Yeah, that's exactly what I was going to say. But do I really want to give the girl huge props and is it really a comeback?

BM- I think Britney's comeback, to me, is been there, done that. When someone willfully throws themselves off a cliff, if they want to get back up to the top, it's up to them to do it and she's doing it. I think we're seeing the Britney of old, but the Britney of old wasn't a very interesting person. The Britney of old was protected by the people around her and was told what to say and where to go and what to eat and when to workout and how to dance. And that's what we're seeing again. That doesn't interest me.

TK- Like, has she even come back yet? Like, she hasn't even done anything yet. Although, her album Circus did move, you know, more than the 500,000 units than it was expected the first week of release. So good for her, but, poor girl, I don't know if she's ever going to make it back, unfortunately. I don't know, I guess Brad and Angelina are always in the news. Is that old news, Jeremy?

JB- Well, they're always doing something.

TK- What would you say is the biggest news story of 2008?

JB- I had a few of them, one of them was Britney…

TK- Oh wait, oh wait, oh wait! Barack Obama, hello?!?!

JB- I guess it is entertainment. It's interesting how it has become entertainment, hey?

TK- It's funny. American politics is definitely. Watching the debates is like watching a rock show. Unfortunately, watching Canadian politics is, well… it's a little exciting now currently, but it's a little less glam and Hollywood, I guess, which is OK. There's nothing wrong with that.

JB- Ben, I believe you have connections to our political system here in Canada.

BM- (laughing) Umhmm.

JB- Let's talk about Ottawa for just a second. What the hell is going on? Under a Mulroney government this would not have happened, right?

BM- Hell no, hell no! I thought Stephen Harper vastly miscalculated and then he served up a gift to his opposition and the opposition didn't want that gift because when they came together with that coalition that was if not as big - perhaps maybe even a bigger mistake than the fiscal update itself - and everybody came out with egg on their face. And I think the Governor General did the right thing to say, Time out everybody, get your crap together and come back and meet me on January 26.

JB- I know you do have connections, so if you could pass this along: I'm going to write Mulroney on the next ballot if we do have that election.

BM- (laughing) Which one?

JB- Well, if they don't have Canadian Idol next year…

BM- (laughing) There you go. I might need a job!

TK- (laughing) We'll just let him take the floor on that one!

JB- He's the one who scratches out Brian and writes Ben on the ballot!

TK- (laughing harder) Right, right! Let me backtrack a bit. What would you say is the biggest story?

JB- I think it depends on what type of news story. From the sad level, the Jennifer Hudson family murders was a biggie.

TK- Oh, right. That was so tragic.

BM- Oh, gosh. Isn't that awful? Isn't that awful? When senseless violence hits like that you can't make heads or tails of it. Whether you were a Jennifer Hudson fan -- whether you were a fan of her music, or her time on American Idol, or just watching her rise to fame and hearing her story -- you cannot help but be touched by that story and send your well wishes out to her and her family. Horrible, horrible story. And I just hope she finds the strength to go on.