Reuters - Republican strategist Mary Matalin has signed a deal with CNN as a political contributor. She joins her husband, Democratic strategist James Carville, who also serves as a political contributor for the cable network. -- read full article
AP - Put your resumes back where you got them, all you would-be fashionistas. Despite online rumors, Rachel Zoe hasn't posted an ad on craigslist looking for a new assistant.
Reuters - Out but far from down, "American Idol" reject Anoop Desai said on Thursday he was leaving behind his graduate school studies to pursue a career in the music industry.
Reuters - Two of the seven remaining finalists on TV's "American Idol," Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai, were sent home on Wednesday when fans cast the fewest votes for their performances during the hit talent show's disco-themed week.
AP - Jay Leno checked into a hospital with an undisclosed illness Thursday and canceled the taping of the "Tonight" show, but was doing well and planned to return next week, his publicist and NBC said.
Playbill - Tom Dudzick, the playwright who struck gold in regional theatres with many productions of his Buffalo-set Over the Tavern trilogy, has written a new play that is again set in his western New York hometown. -- read full article
Reuters - BET Networks on Thursday took the wraps off a new basic-cable channel designed to attract an older, more affluent segment of the black television audience. -- read full article
