One of Hollywood's last "bachelors" -- I use the term loosely since he has been in the same relationship for the last 25 years -- has finally tied the knot. David Letterman married longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko last week while on vacation in Montana. Variety has the whole story:

"During a taping Monday of CBS' "Late Show," Letterman said he and Lasko married March 19 at the Teton County Courthouse in Choteau, Mont., but only after their truck got stuck on a muddy road.

"Letterman and Lasko, whose son, Harry, was born in November 2003, didn't take an immediate honeymoon. The late-night host was back at work in New York on Monday to deliver the news -- and a few jokes about the marriage.

"'Regina and I began dating in February of 1986, and I said, 'Well, things are going pretty good, let's just see what happens in about 10 years,''" Letterman, who turns 62 next month, said at the taping, according to a transcript."

Well, my best wishes go out to the newlyweds. I wonder what you get David Letterman as a wedding gift...

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File this under "surprise casting news:" Ashlee Simpson-Wentz has been cast in the CW's upcoming "Melrose Place" revival. So...I guess she's an actress now?

She'll play Violet, "a character whose disarming naivete masks the calculating, shrewd sex kitten within."

They're dredging up memories of the incomparable Sydney over at Entertainment Weekly. Me? Well, I'm afraid that the addition of Ashlee Simpson to the mix probably means the addition of Papa Joe as producer, and that means that Violet will surely end up being more like sweet-but-deluded Alison (without the creepy sexual abuse, I'd assume).

What do you guys think? Is this a good move on the CW's part or are they just getting desperate now?

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Well, another "Lipstick Jungle" player has moved on to a new game. Andrew McCarthy, who played the oddly lovable Joe Bennett, is headed to the "Gossip Girl" spin-off! He'll play Rick Rhodes, Lily's dad. And he's a music producer! I guess the show is going for an Ozzy and Sharon kind of thing with young Lily and Rufus.

I kind of love Andrew McCarthy for this role! I hope he'll get in touch with his evil side and be a bit more of a Steff than a Blaine.

In case you haven't been following my reports on the "GG" spin-off with bated breath -- but you know you have been -- Brittany Snow will play Lily and CW darling Krysten Ritter will play her older sister Carol.

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With our favorite show mired in reruns every little tidbit of news is welcome, right? Well, check this out: Brittany Snow has been cast as Lily.

Who? Well, she was in John Tucker Must Die. And The Pacifier. She had a pretty long stint on "American Dreams." Still, my real sticking point isn't her acting bona fides -- because, let's face it, "young Lily Van Der Woodsen nee Rhodes" probably won't require much subtlety -- but the fact that she doesn't look like Kelly Rutherford.

At all.

And we know what the make-up people on "Gossip Girl" are like. Shudder.

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Today seems to be a day for wacky news!  Apparently "CSI" was beat out on German TV by "Um Himmels Willen," a sitcom about...nuns! Wacky nuns! 7.3 million people watched it this week (and there are only 87 million people in Germany, according to Wikipedia).

I...kind of love this. I mean, Sister Act was pretty great but Sister Act 2 killed the whole genre for me. Or so I thought! I'm intrigued.

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The CW has just announced renewals for...pretty much all its shows: "90210," "America's Next Top Model," "Gossip Girl," "One Tree Hill," and "Supernatural" will all be coming back next season.

Obviously I'm most excited about "Gossip Girl."

Even though it's kind of a duh. And I regret to inform you that next Monday's episode is a rerun. Again. And I'm guessing the following week will be more of the same, since that would catch any newbies up completely.

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Oh, blarg. It's official: The CW is bringing back "Melrose Place."

"The CBS Par-produced "Melrose Place," an remake of the '90s series about a group of twentysomethings living in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, was written by Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin ("Smallville"), who will serve as exec producers/showrunners. Endeavor-repped Guggenheim, who won an Oscar for "An Inconvenient Truth," will exec produce as well."

I'm glad that "90210" is working out for the CW, but "Melrose Place" wasn't good the first time around. Seriously! Remember when Allison and Billy were supposed to get married but then she got all freaked out about being abused as a child and couldn't go through with the wedding? Ewww! The only good part about the show was Marcia Cross and she's a little busy with "Desperate Housewives," so they can't bring her back a la Jennie Garth or Shannen Doherty. Sigh.

If we're really going for all out 90s nostalgia, can somebody bring back "Twin Peaks?" HBO? Showtime? AMC?

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Adam Carolla - remember "The Man Show"? - just signed with CBS to star in a pilot. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, it's kind of a lucky break for him, considering that his radio show was canceled last week. Then again, everything this guy has done since "The Man Show" has basically tanked. I'll let you guys judge for yourselves.

The pilot is called "Ace in the Hole." It's about a nice (presumably sarcastic) guy living in the suburbs with his family and working as a driving instructor. I'm...not optimistic. Anyone want to tell me how this is the greatest idea for a sitcom ever?

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Bad news, kids. USA is cancelling "The Starter Wife." It might not be my favorite show, but it's one of the few fluffy-but-not-disgusting shows left on the air these days. ("Lipstick Jungle" was another.)

Sure, I can watch "The Real Housewives of New York City" or "The Bachelor," but I'm going to have a reality TV hangover the next morning.

No word yet on what Debra Messing will be up to next.

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It's official -- "The United States of Tara," the allegedly groundbreaking comedy from Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, has been picked up for another season. I say "allegedly" because I've never seen it. I can't stomach the idea of the show (woman with multiple personalities=hilarity) plus the subway posters are the most annoying subway posters ever.

Seriously.

They're worse than the Made of Honor posters.

They're worse than the Marley & Me posters.

They're worse than the Regis and Kelly selling car insurance or something posters.

Hate the posters! That picture is a close approximation of the "Buck is a brawlin' biker" one.

Anyway, I'm hoping that a new season of this show won't mean new posters. Take down the posters! And "bitach" is beyond played out. You might as well call someone a greaser or a tough.

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AMC's "Breaking Bad," everybody's favorite show about, um, chemistry, isn't back until March 8, but you can check out a few clips from the upcoming season here.

If you're new to the show you should check it out! The pilot is streaming for free on AMC's website until the season premiere early next month.

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"Big Love" sure was off the air for a long time before it came back last month. Well, fear not Henrickson lovers, HBO has picked up the show for another season. Season four will start production later this year and air in 2010.

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In perhaps the first groundbreaking moment of his young presidency, Barack Obama announced that he would sign a bill that will delay the transition to digital television. Yup.

Is this really what we care about as a nation? Apparently! With two ongoing wars, an economic crisis and quite a few juicy political scandals we're apparently all too busy to go out and buy one of those nifty converter boxes:

"Some viewers have put off buying a new television or a converter box for their old one. Some are still waiting for government coupons discounting the price. Many are struggling to make the boxes work."

The boxes don't work! The coupons haven't arrived! Actually, I'm sure you've heard that those coupons are costing the government a lot more than they budgeted for.

The digital transition will now take place on June 12.

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E! has announced that Elisabeth Moss (she plays Peggy on "Mad Men") and Fred Armiesen ("SNL's" Barack Obama) are engaged! This news comes just days after I read about them playing Rock Band together after Moss's Broadway show, Speed-the-Plow, lets out. Her former co-star Jeremy Piven is thrilled for the couple and will reportedly be sending over some salmon skin rolls. Okay, I totally made up that last part.

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"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" heartthrob Ty Pennington is taking his commitment to spreading lumber, peace and understanding throughout the world to new heights.

Pennington has personally put up $10,000 in reward money for information about a hit-and-run accident that left a relative of one of the show's producers in critical condition.

What a guy, eh?

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Well, Raoul and I both enjoyed Tuesday's inauguration and apparently the rest of you did too! The broadcast made ratings history, according to the Hollywood Reporter:

"Barack Obama's inauguration was one for the TV ratings history books.

"Nielsen Media Research said 37.8 million viewers watched Tuesday's coverage of Obama's inauguration -- the most in recent decades."

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Well, just in time for Christmas I bring you a tale of woe from La-La Land. As you may be aware, the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) haven't been able to come to terms for a new contract. What does this mean? It means there could be another TV strike.

According to union rules, SAG's 110,000 members must vote to authorize their executive board to consider a strike. At least 75% of current members have to say yes, so there's a whole lot of high-profile politicking going on. Variety has a nice breakdown:

Who's yelling "Strike, strike, strike?"

"SAG has attracted public support for the authorization via a solidarity statement on its website from 2,300 members including Laura Dern, Mel Gibson, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Matthew Madine, Sandra Oh and Charlie Sheen's father, Martin Sheen. Guild leaders have accused the congloms of using the economic downturn to intimidate actors away from seeking a fair share of new-media revenues as content migrates to new digital platforms."

OK, so who's on the other side?

"Over the weekend, opponents added John and Ann Cusack, Jeff Garlin, George Lopez, Virginia Madsen, Susan Sarandon and Charlie Sheen to the roster of stars urging a no vote. As of Sunday afternoon, 1,373 members had endorsed the No SAG Strike petition, written three weeks ago by Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman."

This could get ugly fast! I think the only solution is a standard Hollywood-issue bring 'em all together Christmas movie.

Ballots go out to SAG members on January 2, but we won't know the official results of the vote until January 24.

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