AP - Genie Francis is checking back into "General Hospital."

AP - Bert and Ernie are paying a special visit to the city that helped give birth to the "Sesame Street" gang.

AP - Lawyers for Verne Troyer are negotiating with a porn broker and distributor on a settlement to try to prevent the distribution of a sex tape the actor made with a former girlfriend.

AP - Ed McMahon was recuperating Friday following his third neck surgery.

Reuters - A day after their counterproposal to major studios' "final" contract offer was rebuffed, Screen Actors Guild leaders huddled on Friday to consider their next move in a Hollywood labor stalemate almost certain to drag into next week.

AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

AP - CHICAGO (AP) — Comedian Bernie Mac endured some heckling and a campaign rebuke during a surprise appearance Friday night at a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Reuters - Scott Bakula will star opposite Ray Romano and Andre Braugher in TNT's drama pilot "Men of a Certain Age."

AP - Her parents are in the middle of a tawdry divorce, her brother is in jail and she's cut off contact with her mom because of her mother's teenage boyfriend. It would seem that with all the drama engulfing Brooke Hogan these days, the last place she'd want to be is in front of the cameras.

Reuters - In Hollywood, even "final offers" seem to get sequels. The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday delivered a counter-bid to the contract proposal major studios had presented the union last week as a take-it-or-leave-it proposition, and the two sides spent a few hours discussing their positions before parting company again.

Reuters - Kyra Sedgwick has enjoyed a long career in Hollywood since her first work in the mid-1980s in small roles on U.S. television and later in low-budget films such as 1990's "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge."

AP - Her parents are in the middle of a tawdry divorce, her brother is in jail and she's cut off contact with her mom because of her mother's teenage boyfriend. It would seem that with all the drama engulfing Brooke Hogan these days, the last place she'd want to be is in front of the cameras.

E! Online - Margaret Cho is getting into the wedding business.