AP - Stephen Colbert is hoping to swing into the White House — alongside Spider-Man.

E! Online - • Sounds like it's time for Hilary Swank to start working on another Oscar speech. The actress is on the case in Betty Anne Waters, an Erin Brockovich-like drama based on a true story about a woman who fights to clear her brother of a murder he didn't commit. The flick will be helmed by director Tony Goldwyn (best known as the bad guy in Ghost), according to Variety.

E! Online - America's got talent—as well as people who impersonate Ozzy Osbourne and shake unnaturally large portions of their anatomy—but only one person can rightfully claim to have more talent than anybody else.

AP - PBS journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator of the upcoming vice presidential debate, dismissed conservative questions about her impartiality because she is writing a book that includes material on Barack Obama.

AP - House Peters Jr., a TV actor who became the original Mr. Clean in Proctor & Gamble's commercials for household cleaners, died Wednesday. He was 92.

AP - A photographer who called 911 to report Heather Locklear allegedly driving erratically runs a paparazzi agency and profited from images she took of the actress's subsequent arrest, the woman's attorney said Wednesday.

Reuters - Film and television actors ratcheted up pressure on Hollywood's major studios on Wednesday when negotiators, stalled in labor talks with producers, sought backing to put a strike authorization vote to guild members.

Reuters - Rosie O'Donnell is returning to television as host of a live variety show on NBC.

Reuters - Showtime's new comedy series "United States of Tara," starring Toni Collette, will debut January 18.

Reuters - Fox has picked up a full-season order of J.J. Abrams' sci-fi thriller "Fringe."

AP - One of South Korea's most popular actresses was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide, police said.

E! Online - Wow. We certainly didn't see that coming. And neither did you.

E! Online - Apparently Maw-Maw's getting in all her favorite crime stories before the daggummit digital conversion ruins everything.