AP - The second presidential debate drew more viewers than the first but still proved less of a draw than the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin matchup.

Reuters - For the first time since the Oscars moved to TV in the early 1950s, studios will be able to advertise movies during the telecast of the Academy Awards next year.

E! Online - Rocco DiSpirito says it was not his choice to do a Viennese waltz to Tom Jones' camp classic "What's New Pussycat?" on last night's Dancing With the Stars.

E! Online - At least Minnie Driver will have more time to spend with her baby boy.

E! Online - Misty May-Treanor has two Olympic gold medals. Alas, her opportunity to add a gaudy, glitzy disco ball to her trophy case has ended.

E! Online - OMG! Has Audrina Patridge found a new BFF in Ellen DeGeneres?

AP - Political debates inform voters — and provide material for late-night TV show hosts.

E! Online - Fingers crossed the parties embroiled in Project Runway's network-jumping litigation will take the advice of Tim Gunn and make it work. Otherwise, it may not be just the losing designers we'll be bidding auf Wiedersehen.

E! Online - Marc Cherry, the man behind the women of ABC's Desperate Housewives, just revealed some shocking news: Fairview will catch fire during November sweeps—and some won't survive the blaze.

E! Online - Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway have spied new jobs, Sarah Jessica Parker is on a hiring spree while hubby Matthew Broderick is back on the boards, and Kristen Bell has a new Boy in her life.