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Jan 10 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Rather, Redstone, Burnett...

-A New York Supreme Court judge has denied, for now, CBS's request to throw out Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against it. [NYP]

-Erin Burnett has tongues clucking at CNBC after detailing her expensive taste in men to Men's Health. [P6]

-The pre-taped-because-of-the-strike People's Choice Awards got its worst ratings ever on CBS. That's bad news for NBC, which is set to air a similarly reformatted Golden Globes. [Variety]

-Fox News really trusts its sources, even when they're hopelessly wrong on a major story. [Huffpo]

-Will Smith, Daniel Day-Lewis, Owen Wilson and other Hollywood leading men are reportedly fed up with Men's Vogue for giving them the runaround. [Gatecrasher]

-Hey, how's that new business magazine doing that one hears so much about? [WWD]

-The Writers Guild says it may picket next month's Paley Center gala honoring Viacom chief Sumner Redstone. [TV Week]

-Married authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman are hosting a fundraiser for Barack Obama. [PW]


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