AP - Dick Wilson, the actor and pitchman who played the uptight grocer begging customers "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin," died Monday. He was 91.

AP - The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday sued Showtime Networks over the name of the television series "Californication," which is also the name of the band's 1999 album and a single on it.

AP - Nicole Kidman told a courtroom Monday how she was reduced to tears and feared a car accident after a celebrity photographer pursued her two years ago.

AP - Donny Osmond has apologized to Larry King for criticizing the CNN talk-show host after he revealed that Marie Osmond's 16-year-old son had entered rehab.

AP - At a locked-down news conference in Manhattan last month, the cast for "Celebrity Apprentice" was introduced to members of the press. Everyone was sworn to secrecy. Now the secret can be told, says NBC, which made public Monday the names of the cast members. Not that they needed any introduction. Not all of them, anyway.

Reuters - Films covering conflicts from World War II to Iraq dominated a short list released on Monday of movies that will compete for an Academy Award for the best documentary of 2007.

AP - The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday sued Showtime Networks over the name of the television series "Californication," which is also the name of the band's 1999 album and a single on it.

AP - The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday sued Showtime Networks over the name of the television series "Californication," which is also the name of the band's 1999 album and a single on it.

AP - The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday sued Showtime Networks over the name of the television series "Californication," which is also the name of the band's 1999 album and a single on it.

Reuters - The Broadway stagehands strike could steal "The Grinch" from young fans this holiday season unless a court intervenes, and the walkout looked almost certain on Monday to wipe out the busy Thanksgiving weekend.

AP - Dick Wilson, the actor and pitchman who played the uptight grocer begging customers "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin," died Monday. He was 91.

AP - "Communication Revolution: Critical Junctures and the Future of Media" (The New Press, 320 pages. $24.95), by Robert W. McChesney: Even though the media and telecom industries are unscrupulous Goliaths, their schemes can be thwarted if enough citizens raise an outcry.