The Dixie Chicks Get Verbed

Matt Drudge reports executives of the Dreamworks film company are nervous about Chris Rock, star of "Head of State," a comedy that opens today:

There are deep concerns that Rock may unleash a fresh diatribe on President Bush and the Iraq war, studio insiders reveal, which could ignite a public backlash and boycott of the film. . . .

"We are confident Chris knows this is not the appropriate time to make jokes about war and the president," said one top studio source. "We don't want to get Dixie-Chicked, or anything like that, out of the gate. We've invested tens of millions of dollars in the making of the movie and its marketing."