Eeks!

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Katie Couric has done an ample job of resuscitating her reputation.

Once the piñata of television news — everyone got a turn beating her, and she had to hang there and take it — she's quickly rebranded herself as respected journalist and, before that, got a reprieve from media critics bashing her when Keith Olbermann took some of the heat away.

But as Couric exits the stage, temporarily, it's no longer Olbermann who's filling the void of short-lived attention spans by media critics. It is, actually, another woman.

Her name is Rachel Maddow, and the industry freakin' loves her.

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Clay Aiken is quite possibly the happiest gay man on earth right now.

It's painfully obvious that the singer feels like a huge weight has been lifted off his shoulders, and he breezes through his Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer with giggles and joy. It almost makes us understand the Claymates. Almost.

Click through for video.

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From the second half of Katie Couric's interview with vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, airing tonight:

COURIC: You've cited Alaska's proximity to Russia as part of your foreign policy experience. What did you mean by that?

PALIN: That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land– boundary that we have with– Canada. It– it's funny that a comment like that was– kind of made to– cari– I don't know, you know? Reporters–

COURIC: Mock?

PALIN: Yeah, mocked, I guess that's the word, yeah.

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Oh yes. It's a bit grainy, but that's definitely vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin being anointed in 2005 by Thomas Muthee, the scary Kenyan witch hunter we told you about whose main claim to fame is running eccentric old ladies out of his town like a damn Miller villain.

Fast forward to 7:30 and then listen closely for the part when Muthee, his hand clutching Palin's shoulder, asks Jesus to protect her from "witchcraft."

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi were recently wed in a very well-publicized ceremony in Beverly Hills. After that, DeGeneres took to her blog to decry California's Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate same sex couples' right to marry.

Yet despite all the good she's done for gay rights in California, there's a rumbling from other Proposition 8 opponents who say DeGeneres needs to contribute more.

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Last night, the increasingly insufferable Bill Clinton guested on David Letterman's Late Show, where he reminded everyone that his wife was also a good presidential candidate before complimenting Barack Obama – "the other way" in Bubba-speak – in the most backhanded ways possible.

Letterman didn't call Bill on his bullshit at all, which is unfortunate, but that's what made it extra satisfying when Chris Rock did.

Click through to watch Letterman squirm with the knowledge that Clinton and his people are backstage, hearing every word of Rock's roast.

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Yessir, the Republicans have done it again. They've gone and called Barack Obama, the well-educated, distinguished Senator running for President of the United States, "uppity."

Speaking with Politico, an anonymous (of course!) Bush insider used the tainted term while going over his keys for a McCain victory in November:

The tactics that got them to mid-September in a tie are not going to get them to 50 percent plus one in November. They need … an eye toward driving out the range of contrast that makes McCain different from Obama (action-oriented rhetoric v. grand prose; accessible v. uppity; humble servant of country v. arrogant).

Yahoo! Expect more of this bullshit as Election Day draws nearer.

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After condemning members of the hacker group Anonymous for leaking Sarah Palin's personal email information, conservative blowhard Bill O'Reilly found his own site in jeopardy when the "hacktivists" retaliated the only way they know how…

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The Project Runway finalists debuted their lines this morning at Bryant Park for the last day of Fashion Week.

Because Wednesday night's episode left six contestants in the competition, all six presented their showcases, although there are typically only three true finalists.

Pictures from each collection, along with our predictions, after the jump.

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Every week, a bunch of “real” people say really stupid things on reality TV.

These are their stories.

10. "If I pee up myself, this is for you." — Nikeysha, America's Next Top Model.

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Sad news for Arrested Development fans…

Michael Cera, also known as George Michael Bluth, just put the kibosh on any plans for the series to be made into a movie:

What he won't be doing any time soon is a movie version of a certain quirky TV show. He hasn't heard of any plans for an Arrested Development film.

'I don't think I would want to see a movie of the series if I was a fan, anyway,' Cera says. 'And I don't really see a need for it if you can get the three seasons on DVD.'

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Tim Graham is the portly Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center, which sounds very Marshall McLuhan but in actuality is a conservative watchdog group. So already you know what station he likes to make guest appearances on (hint: rhymes with "box").

And Tim Graham, like any other red-blooded American male, is fascinated by lesbians, most notably MSNBC's Rachel Maddow…

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Hey, Meghan McCain, before ever again going on national television to say things like "No one knows what war is like other than my family—period," you should pick up a newspaper and read about the thousands of other people – both Americans and foreigners – killed and wounded in America's wars.

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Tori Spelling is no longer just a New York Times best-selling author.

She is now a No. 1 New York Times best-selling author. On Sept. 14, her book, sTORI Telling, will move into first place on the prestigious newspaper's non-fiction list.

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