John Travolta points out it would have been difficult for him to paw at his masseur and give him graphic lectures on how Hollywood works because he was on the other side of the country, Matthew Fox's ill-fated fast food run, and Johnny Depp stocks up on chairs.
Today in books and publishing: J.K. Rowling isn't done with Harry Potter completely, the jurors for the Pulitzer's fiction prize explain why they're not to blame for the lack of a winner, and what DOJ's settlements with three publishers means for the way you buy e-books in the coming months.
Plus: a distasteful (alleged encounter) with director David O. Russell
Keith Olbermann and Current TV can't agree why he wasn't on the air last night, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger are wearing rings in public again, and Al Roker is not the person to ask for a favor on a long flight.
Today in film and television: The Rum Diary had a no good, very bad weekend, Justin Timberlake has been offered a role in the new Coen Brothers movie about folk singers, and CBS is Americanizing one of Israeli's TV's most popular shows.
Plus: What was Alec Baldwin trying to tell his girlfriend on SNL?
Plus: Mick Jagger buys some fancy art books and a Bond thriller
Plus: Meryl Streep, Yo-Yo Ma among this year's Kennedy Center honorees
Plus: Spitzer planning a return to the family business?
Plus: Before Ted Danson signed on to "CSI" CBS sent offers to three other actors
Plus: Nancy Pelosi has flowers--and a message--for George W. Bush
She introduces her son Joseph and wishes Maria Shriver well
Tabloids suggest the state is looking into claims he misused funds while governor
Plus: Lady Gaga thinks you should be listening to Lady Gaga
Shifts focus to 'personal matters'
One reporter relays his experience eating tacquitos in the governator's house
Cartoonist Steve Breen wonders if he used household staff for that, too
The latest details of the evolving Schwarzenegger love child scandal
The gossips are digging up all the info they can find on Schwarzenegger's housekeeper
The scandal isn't scaring producers working on Schwarzenegger projects
A 2004 Los Angeles magazine investigation saw evidence of a tabloid cover up
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