The West Wing News

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 ...

Fox has hired U.S. actor Bradley Whitford to star in its action comedy series, "Jack and Dan," television industry sources said.

Former West Wing star Bradley Whitford has been tapped to star in Fox's straight-to-series project Jack And Dan .

An adaptation of Ann Rule's book "Too Late to Say Goodbye," co-starring Rob Lowe and Lauren Holly, is to premiere on U.S. television next month.

Bradley Whitford has been tapped to star in "Jack and Dan," a new buddy-cop comedy for Fox.

An adaptation of Ann Rule 's book "Too Late to Say Goodbye," co-starring Rob Lowe and Lauren Holly , is to premiere on U.S. television next month.

Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor has embarked on a major fund-raising campaign aimed at getting back in the black after the theater's finances were hit hard by the economic recession, and the first potential life preserver has been offered by an anonymous donor who has pledged a $250,000 challenge grant.

Even though veteran comedian and actress Lily Tomlin has appeared in numerous films and television shows, she prefers the exhilaration of performing in front of a live audience.

Every once in a while, a show creeps up on the American public and really captures its imagination.

By his own estimate, Rob Lowe spends about 40 percent of his life in front of a camera, so it doesn't hurt that he's nearly a perfect male specimen, with his cool blue eyes, square jaw, magnificent smile and lean shape.

At 45, Rob Lowe is not just another pretty face. He's a survivor of 30 years in show business.