AP - "Late Show" host David Letterman kept up a verbal assault on John McCain Thursday, saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of a scheduled appearance on his talk show.

E! Online - Everybody knows Luke Perry and Jason Priestley have said "not now" to the CW's new 90210—so how is it then that both Dylan McKay and Brandon Walsh pop up for major plot twists in next Tuesday's episode?!

AP - "Late Show" host David Letterman treated John McCain's decision to cancel an appearance on his talk show more like a stupid human trick than the act of a statesman.

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.