Planet Hollywood has rooms that are lightly decorated with Hollywood memorabilia. Last year, Aziz Ansari -- the comedian and co-star of "Parks and Recreation" -- came to Vegas with a friend, and they stayed in different rooms that featured different memorabilia.

His friend scored the "Spaceballs" suite.
"That's pretty cool," Ansari thought. "I wonder what I'll have."

"And then I go in, and I have the room for 'Made in America' with Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson," Ansari says incredulously. "The white leather jacket that Whoopie Goldberg wore in that movie is in the Planet Hollywood suite.

"I'm performing at the Palms this time, but I'm seeing if they can get the memorabilia from 'Made in America' and put it in my room. It's a good luck charm."

Ansari, 27, has been funny for at least the past five years. That's how long I can vouch for his funny stand-up.

But ever since he appeared as "Raaaaaandy" in the Seth Rogen comedy "Funny People," he's become a pop culture star, as well as an acclaimed actor on "Parks and Recreation," all of which led to his hosting of this year's MTV Movie Awards.

Subsequently, the fancy New Yorker magazine, which is read by people who like to read, just gave Ansari a huge spread. The fact that Ansari is bowlegged is the only thing remotely negative in the New Yorker piece.

However, Ansari disputes that "bowlegged" is a put-down.

"Compared to anything you can find written on an IMDB message board, I will take 'bowlegged' over 'he's a (expletive) that needs to kill himself tomorrow,' " he says.

The New Yorker also quoted Ansari joking about 50 Cent, the rapper who was dangerous in his youth. I asked Ansari if he's worried about any fallout with 50 Cent.

"I haven't heard anything from 50 Cent. He may not be a New Yorker subscriber, so he may not have got wind of it yet."

Ansari now has what the old-timers used to call "a three picture deal" with "Funny People's" writer-director Judd Apatow. One of those movies will be based on "Raaaaaandy." But it will have to wait. Ansari is working on the first Apatow movie now, which has nothing to do with Randy, but instead:

"Me and another guy are two disgraced astronauts who have to go back to the moon to salvage our name. That's the one we're working on right now."

Planet Hollywood has rooms that are lightly decorated with Hollywood memorabilia. Last year, Aziz Ansari -- the comedian and co-star of "Parks and Recreation" -- came to Vegas with a friend, and they stayed in different rooms that featured different memorabilia.

His friend scored the "Spaceballs" suite.
"That's pretty cool," Ansari thought. "I wonder what I'll have."

"And then I go in, and I have the room for 'Made in America' with Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson," Ansari says incredulously. "The white leather jacket that Whoopie Goldberg wore in that movie is in the Planet Hollywood suite.

"I'm performing at the Palms this time, but I'm seeing if they can get the memorabilia from 'Made in America' and put it in my room. It's a good luck charm."

Ansari, 27, has been funny for at least the past five years. That's how long I can vouch for his funny stand-up.

But ever since he appeared as "Raaaaaandy" in the Seth Rogen comedy "Funny People," he's become a pop culture star, as well as an acclaimed actor on "Parks and Recreation," all of which led to his hosting of this year's MTV Movie Awards.

Subsequently, the fancy New Yorker magazine, which is read by people who like to read, just gave Ansari a huge spread. The fact that Ansari is bowlegged is the only thing remotely negative in the New Yorker piece.

However, Ansari disputes that "bowlegged" is a put-down.

"Compared to anything you can find written on an IMDB message board, I will take 'bowlegged' over 'he's a (expletive) that needs to kill himself tomorrow,' " he says.

The New Yorker also quoted Ansari joking about 50 Cent, the rapper who was dangerous in his youth. I asked Ansari if he's worried about any fallout with 50 Cent.

"I haven't heard anything from 50 Cent. He may not be a New Yorker subscriber, so he may not have got wind of it yet."

Ansari now has what the old-timers used to call "a three picture deal" with "Funny People's" writer-director Judd Apatow. One of those movies will be based on "Raaaaaandy." But it will have to wait. Ansari is working on the first Apatow movie now, which has nothing to do with Randy, but instead:

"Me and another guy are two disgraced astronauts who have to go back to the moon to salvage our name. That's the one we're working on right now."

Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's top officials, was sentenced for 'crimes against humanity' by Iraq's high tribunal.
Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein’s deputy who was the international face of the regime, was sentenced to death Monday by an Iraqi court.
Iraq’s high tribunal, set up to try officials from the former regime, sentenced the former deputy prime minister to hang for what it termed crimes against humanity.

The charges related to murder and torture of members of Islamic parties opposed to Hussein’s leadership. The sentence carries an automatic appeal.

IN PICTURES: Wikileaks and the war in Iraq

Mr. Aziz, the only Christian at senior levels of the regime – where he also served as foreign minister – has been in prison since he gave himself up in 2003. He was sentenced last year to 15 years in prison for involvement in sentencing to death merchants convicted of black-market currency trading in 1992. He was also sentenced to another seven years for a campaign against Iraqi Kurds.

The current trial has been going on since December 2009. Four other defendants were also sentenced to death by the presiding judge, Mahmoud Saleh al-Hassan, who ran unsuccessfully for parliament as part of the State of Law coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. One of the main targets of Saddam Hussein’s campaign against Islamic parties was the Dawa Party of Mr. Maliki.

International experts have criticized the proceedings, saying former regime officials should be tried in an international court, free of potential political influence.

Aziz is elderly and in ill health. His family and lawyer have argued that he should be released for humanitarian reasons.

The former foreign minister testified that he had a political position and had not had a role in any of the decisions of Hussein’s regime. But he was sentenced to death anyway. As Hassan literally shouted out the sentence, at one point asking Aziz if he understood, the former foreign minister looked ashen.

The court also sentenced Hussein’s former personal secretary, Abed Hmood and former Interior Minister Saadoon Shaker to death on the same charges.

Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's top officials, was sentenced for 'crimes against humanity' by Iraq's high tribunal.
Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein’s deputy who was the international face of the regime, was sentenced to death Monday by an Iraqi court.
Iraq’s high tribunal, set up to try officials from the former regime, sentenced the former deputy prime minister to hang for what it termed crimes against humanity.

The charges related to murder and torture of members of Islamic parties opposed to Hussein’s leadership. The sentence carries an automatic appeal.

IN PICTURES: Wikileaks and the war in Iraq

Mr. Aziz, the only Christian at senior levels of the regime – where he also served as foreign minister – has been in prison since he gave himself up in 2003. He was sentenced last year to 15 years in prison for involvement in sentencing to death merchants convicted of black-market currency trading in 1992. He was also sentenced to another seven years for a campaign against Iraqi Kurds.

The current trial has been going on since December 2009. Four other defendants were also sentenced to death by the presiding judge, Mahmoud Saleh al-Hassan, who ran unsuccessfully for parliament as part of the State of Law coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. One of the main targets of Saddam Hussein’s campaign against Islamic parties was the Dawa Party of Mr. Maliki.

International experts have criticized the proceedings, saying former regime officials should be tried in an international court, free of potential political influence.

Aziz is elderly and in ill health. His family and lawyer have argued that he should be released for humanitarian reasons.

The former foreign minister testified that he had a political position and had not had a role in any of the decisions of Hussein’s regime. But he was sentenced to death anyway. As Hassan literally shouted out the sentence, at one point asking Aziz if he understood, the former foreign minister looked ashen.

The court also sentenced Hussein’s former personal secretary, Abed Hmood and former Interior Minister Saadoon Shaker to death on the same charges.