With Jay Leno doing his 10:00 show, other talk show hosts are sweating. That doesn't scare Wanda Sykes though. She's launching The Wanda Sykes Show on Saturday, and she plans to make her weekly show the final word

Quentin Tarantino has disputed Brad Pitt's claim he has given up smoking pot by revealing the pair puffed up a storm last year.

Before we get started on the Mega Oscar Diary, let's go to a few random ramblings from the cadre of pre-shows around the dial:

Happy Birthday to Linkin Park drummer Rob Bourdon (1979), Sepultura lead singer Derrick Green (1971), actor Skeet Ulrich (1969), gossip reporter Melissa Rivers (1968), country singer John Michael Montgomery (1965),

In a year that saw the writers strike bring forth more reality TV than we ever thought possible and reduce quality drama to a war of attrition, the boob tube still managed to deliver quality drama series at an impressive clip.

NEW YORK (AP) - As if sinking poll numbers and political attacks weren't enough, the McCain-Palin ticket has been taking it on the chin from late-night comics.

A groundbreaking, celeb-filled new season of "ICONOCLASTS" premieres tonight, Oct. 16 at 10 PM ET/PT on Sundance Channel. The premiere episode features Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson,

All he wanted to do was watch baseball and drink beer all day. Sounds like a reasonable request. Instead, George W. Bush ended up being chosen as leader of the free world. Twice.

TORONTO (AP) - Bill Maher has taken his crusade against religion to the big screen. Maher, who has been picking on organized religion for years on his TV shows

"Swing Vote" is guilty of being the same thing that so many political candidates accuse each other of being: a flip-flopper.