The West Wing News

Today: Actor Alan Young is 90. Talk-show host Larry King is 76. Talk-show host Dick Cavett is 73.

Emmy-winner Aaron Sorkin is planning to return to TV. The "West Wing" creator has another series after he completes his film work.

I wonder how many men looked at the photograph of Dr Brooke Magnanti who outed herself the other day as the real Belle de Jour, blogger horizontale and thought to themselves, "Yeah ... well I reckon I'd pay 300 for that". I know I did and it's not because I'd pay 300 for that.

Andrew Denton and actor/author Alan Alda, the first guest on the new series of Elders.

Longtime actress, comedian and writer Lily Tomlin brings her act to Medford tonight.

Janis Burklund, head of the Dallas Film Commission, breaks the big news: "We have landed the Fox TV Studios production Jack and Dan ." Which, for those who don't read The Hollywood Reporter , is the latest series from Burn Notice creator and exec producer Matt Nix.

CJ Cregg, the straight-talking presidential press secretary who is said to have inspired Lord Mandelson's possible new role, has some of the West Wing's best lines.

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Such an approach has tangled the Christian faith in a confusion of contradictions.

Colin Hanks has been cast opposite Bradley Whitford in "Jack and Dan," Fox's upcoming 13-episode action comedy series set in Los Angeles.

Janet Jackson will sit for a prime-time interview on ABC in two weeks -- which means the witches of "Eastwick" are getting a sweeps night off.

I don't have a lot to write about this week-it's Monday, and I'm not properly caffeinated.

Apparently, it is whether you win or lose and not how you play the game. True, I usually am a cynic a ' an optimistic gloomy Gus, as it were a ' but what should have been a nondescript 2002 has proven my pessimism with a capital "P." And we're only halfway through.

He's zipping - on a Segway. Using the personal transporter is one way the Democratic politician deals with the effects of multiple sclerosis .

He might get serious roles on TV, but Rob Lowe has specialized in lampooning his handsome self in film.

The sound has been around for many years, and public television is giving it an extra showcase.

Comic and Oscar-nominated actress Lily Tomlin plays the Borgata Saturday in her first Atlantic City performance.

There were more than 100 films screened during the Hamptons International Film Festival this past week, but some of the high points came during live events - as when the overflow crowd at Guild Hall on Sunday afternoon was treated to a Steve Buscemi highlight reel during the actor's "Conversation With .

I was looking forward to Matthew Perry's new Showtime show The End of Steve , a drama about a radio talk show host.

News and notes from California's gubernatorial recall election. Recall joke of the week: NBC's Conan O'Brien: "Arnold Schwarzenegger is being criticized by the press because instead of discussing issues, he keeps reciting catch phrases like, 'Hasta la vista, baby.' When reached for comment, Schwarzenegger said, 'Hasta la vista, baby!' " And a new ...