AP - The crowd at Tim Russert's funeral Wednesday would have made a great panel on his Sunday morning news show.

AP - Michelle Obama said Wednesday she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for her February comment that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States.

E! Online - Fueled by the resurgent NBA Finals, TV ratings are going where TV ratings rarely go: up.

E! Online - Selena Gomez wants everyone to know she's not feuding with Miley Cyrus.

E! Online - There once were seven words that you couldn't say on TV. Luckily for George Carlin, you could say them on stage.

AP - Joan Rivers' salty tongue got her booted from a British daytime talk show in the middle of its live broadcast.

AP - President Bush and his wife, Laura, went to a wake for Tim Russert, the television newsman who died last Friday.

Reuters - Hoping to widen the market for a low-budget anti-war film, one distributor is testing a strategy of releasing "CSNY: Deja Vu," directed by rocker Neil Young, not just in theaters but on pay TV and the Internet on the same day.

AP - George Carlin will be awarded the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

AP - Cuban television on Tuesday showed the first images of Fidel Castro in almost six months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Reuters - Showtime's pot-themed comedy series "Weeds" started its fourth season off on a real high, becoming the network's most-watched telecast on record.