E! Online - UPDATE: A&E protested too much. The network confirmed Monday that it did, indeed, cancel The Beast after one season. A&E president Bob DeBitetto called the cop drama a "labor of love" for Swayze and praised the star's work ethic while battling cancer as they shot the first season.

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AP - Sharon Gless plays women with toughness, drive and, when it counts, a comic streak.

AP - Sarah Palin says she accepts David Letterman's apology for the joke about her daughter.

E! Online - We heard earlier today—incidentally, the start of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'s first fully Speidi-free week—that Janice Dickinson was rushed to the hospital to be treated for an undisclosed illness.

AP - Former "American Idol" finalist Bo Bice has donated a clarinet to a Nashville instrument drive.

AP - Beyonce (bee-AHN'-say) will perform at the BET Awards.

E! Online - You can't keep a good Boyle down. Not for too long, anyway.

AP - "The Beast," a police drama that starred the ailing Patrick Swayze, will not return for a second season, A&E announced Monday.