Jennings is King
With Rather and Tom Brokaw going, ABC's Peter Jennings is expected to become the dominant news anchor for people who watch network evening news. That's kind of like being the guy who leads the "sing-a-long" at the nursing home.

Holiday Getaway
Millions of Americans are already clogging the highways this afternoon. But it's not clear if they want to get out of town for Thanksgiving, or just trying to get a decent parking spot at the mall in time for tomorrow.

Alexander
Oliver Stone's new movie about Alexander the Great is getting mostly bad reviews. Critics say there's nothing wrong with the film, except for the part where Stone tries to prove that Alexander was really killed by the CIA.

Super Paul
Paul McCartney will be the lead act at this January's Super Bowl halftime show. McCartney was chosen because he's still a huge star, was a hit when he did the show 3 years ago, and he's probably too old and slow to rip Janet Jackson's shirt off.

Lupone Search
Actress Patti Lupone says she was "shocked" by the aggressive way she was patted down during a recent upper-torso body search at the Fort Lauderdale airport. Judging by the way Lupone looks these days, we're shocked that anyone would feel her up too.

Powell Dinner Chat
Colin Powell is downplaying the importance of a discussion he had with Iran's foreign minister during a dinner this week in Egypt. The outgoing Secretary of State insists they didn't talk about Iran's nuclear program, mostly because Powell spent most of the time asking him for a job.

Ukraine Protests
Thousands of Ukrainians are protesting the questionable results of their presidential election. Actually, the demonstrators are mostly angry that after going through all the trouble to attain democracy, the truth is they're still living in the Ukraine.