AP - In entertainment journalism, the purpose of the lunch interview is twofold: to help the reporter feel like a normal, social being, and to have an excuse to talk with food in one's mouth.

AP - "Californication" is replete with sexed-up, misbehaving characters who act first and think later (like the morning after, through a pounding hangover). This Showtime comedy boasts a fast crowd of consenting adults — in particular, David Duchovny as womanizing, self-destructive writer Hank Moody.

AP - Ed McMahon has an unexpected new job title: rapper.

Reuters - Worldwide subscriptions to Internet-based television platforms are on track to reach 19.6 million subscribers in 2008, a 64 percent increase, according to analysts at Gartner.

AP - Magician-daredevil David Blaine says he's unhappy with how he ended his latest stunt: hanging upside-down without a net high over Central Park for 60 hours.

AP - Regis Philbin has lost the "Best Regis" award yet again. And this time, it's personal: The winner is Philbin's infant grandson, William Xavier.

AP - Two Hollywood veterans, Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, will oversee the next Academy Awards telecast.

E! Online - Greed isn't so good for Ben Affleck.

E! Online - If 90210 can do it, why not Melrose Place?

AP - NBC News reporter Luke Russert said he made a "dumb" misstatement on the "Today" show Wednesday when he suggested that smart people supported Barack Obama for president.

AP - An unreleased recitation by Johnny Cash will be available as part of a new documentary examining Cash's views on America.

AP - The revelation that Clay Aiken is gay hasn't fazed Simon Cowell.