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  • Athlete Lindsey Vonn attends the 20th annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall in New York, on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

    Cher, Julia, Fergie honored at Glamour fest

    Constance McMillen was having a pretty amazing night. The 18-year-old from Jackson, Miss., had been just introduced to Julia Roberts. Singer Fergie had praised her in a speech, then sought her out to personally greet her.


  • Websites, social media part of TV's election plans

    Broadcast network plans for covering the midterm elections Tuesday (all times EDT). Cable news channels CNN, Fox News and MSNBC plan live election coverage throughout the evening.


  • FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2010 file photo, NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw talks with KNBC TV Bay Area director Kevin Springer in San Rafael, Calif. After losing viewers to cable news networks on recent election nights, television's biggest broadcasters are fighting back hard for the midterm contest. ABC, CBS and PBS will each stream part of their election-night coverage on the Web on Tuesday, and NBC plans six hours of results lasting into early Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

    Broadcasters busy with online tie-ins for election

    After losing viewers to cable news networks on recent election nights, television's biggest broadcasters are fighting back hard for the midterm contest.


  • Katie Couric would like to try some fancy footwork on "Dancing With the Stars" but isn't sure about "those skimpy outfits." (Associated Press)

    Culture Briefs

    "Kate Gosselin did it, so why not Katie Couric? At Us Weekly's 25 Most Stylish New Yorkers fete in New York City, CBS Evening News anchor and Today show veteran Katie Couric shared a new career goal," writes USMagazine.com.


  • Former figure skater Dorothy Hamill arrives at the "Stand Up To Cancer" television event at Sony Studios in Culver City, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. The fundraising event aimed to raise funds for cancer research was simulcast live on several network and cable television stations. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

    Seacrest, others star in 'Stand Up To Cancer'

    Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Neil Diamond were among the more than 100 celebrities to appear on all four broadcast networks for the "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon.


  • Inside the Beltway

    There is talk that his hair is speckled with worrisome gray and that the daily tide of public opinion polls is a welter of White House negativity. Though the hope-and-change era appears to have waned in the U.S., it's still bright elsewhere, apparently.


  • Work continues at the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial in preparation for Saturday's Gelnn Beck Restoring Honor' rally on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. The Washington Monument is in the rear.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

    From King to Beck: Big rally at Lincoln Memorial

    Glenn Beck says it's just a coincidence his Restoring Honor rally on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial will take place on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Civil rights veterans are skeptical.


  • **FILE** Glenn Beck (Associated Press)

    Controversy surrounds Beck's Lincoln Memorial rally

    Glenn Beck says it's just a coincidence his Restoring Honor rally on Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial will take place on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. But he's hardly apologizing for the connection.


  • CBS' Afghanistan trip unrewarded, a ratings downer

    Katie Couric and the "CBS Evening News" team did some striking work during a two-day trip to Afghanistan last week, only to see some record-setting low ratings in return.


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