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Reuters - Here's a refreshingly sunny statistic for broadcasters: It's barely October, and 22% of new scripted series already have been picked up for full seasons.

AP - Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett has given birth to a daughter named Egypt.

By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts
Tuesday, October 7, 2008; C01

Cartoonist to Put 'Opus' on Ice

As a Republican president prepares to exit, so does "Opus" cartoonist Berkeley Breathed -- again. (The GOP-bashing artist prefers to make his exits stage-left, thankyouverymuch.)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the '80s super-strip "Bloom County," which wrapped up shortly after President Reagan 's second term, announced yesterday that he will end his Sunday-only strip, "Opus," on Nov. 2 -- as in, two days before the presidential election, reports our colleague Michael Cavna, who writes the blog Comic Riffs.

E! Online - Aw, check it out. It's B. Spears looking hot and normal. Even her weave looks good.

E! Online - Hollywood's other Paris has just birthed un bébé.

AP - R. Kelly has won a $3.4 million award against his former tour promoter and is asking a Los Angeles judge to help him collect.

Reuters - A jury ruled on Monday that the owners of New York's Plaza Hotel could use the Plaza name on a proposed $5 billion resort-casino on the Las Vegas Strip, despite the existence nearby of another Plaza Hotel and Casino, the New York Times said in a report on its Web site.

Reuters - The CW's move to farm out its Sunday night bridge-to-nowhere primetime block isn't about to cause any seller's remorse.

Reuters - Anne Hathaway, who is generating buzz for her performance in "Rachel Getting Married," has signed for a role in "Alice in Wonderland," which Tim Burton is directing for Disney.

Reuters - Actor David Duchovny, who plays a womanizing novelist on the cable television series "Californication," has completed a rehabilitation program for sex addiction, his attorney said on Monday.