Former Blues Traveler bassist Bobby Sheehan

October 29 -- Morning show wars: Carey defects ... Riches to rags for 'Ragtime' on Broadway ... Oilman's son backs Smith's inheritance claim ... Europeans submit bids for non-English film Oscar ... Williams can't say 'Merry Christmas' for a month.

October 28 -- Once-blacklisted filmmaker Polonsky dead at 88 ... Jackson says no ransom money for home videos ... Michael Douglas' son arrested on cocaine charges ... No charges filed in disappearance of Los Lobos singer's wife.

October 27 -- Another show, another million bucks ... Grammer follows Allen with an appendectomy ... Rolling Stone sues over unbearable badness ... POP(.com) go the studios ... McDaniel finally gets spot in Hollywood cemetery.

October 26 -- Police drop drug-related charges against McConaughey ... Crichton signs one-of-a-kind film deal ... Smith wages two-city inheritance battle ... 'Ryan Caufield: Year One' won't see month two.

October 25 -- McConaughey arrested on alleged drug possession ... Ford walks away from copter mishap ... Hospital upgrades Cash's condition ... Barker gets no kick out of Norris ... CBS declines to 'Work with Me'.

October 22 -- Coroner: Blues Traveler's Sheehan died of overdose... Reunited -- and resurrected -- for 'Homicide'... Whistle-blower's inside view of 'The Insider'... Rimes signs to sing 'Emily's Song'.

October 21 -- Martin shakes it up in Miami ... Minnelli to salute dad on Broadway ... 'Heartbreak Hotel' songwriter dies at 79 ... Mercy Medical pulls plug on 'offensive' TV ... Chicago opera: Bodybuilders wanted

October 20 -- Government gives parents pocket-sized ratings guide ... Ephron to try luck with 'Numbers' ... Downey joins the PTA ... Fergie's ranch to become child retreat ... Affleck, Stewart top sexy poll

October 19 -- Evans fitted with new pacemaker ... Harding: Back in the spandex again ... Everybody's a critic (even Springsteen) ... 'Basic Instinct II': No Stone returned ... 'Comics Come Home' show to help start Farley Foundation

October 18 -- 'Sixth Sense' creator makes 'Unbreakable' deal... Davis' widow sues over 'Rat Pack' impersonation ... Xena: Warrior mommy ... Woodstock '99 to make donation to rape hot line

October 15 -- Unabomber brother has movie deal... CBS lets the 's' word slip... Letterman gives Fawcett second chance... Diggs digs being sex symbol... Kerrigan releases single to skate by.

October 14 -- Showtime for the CIA... 'NYPD Blue' producer sees red... Italian filmmaker faces murder charges... Who's afraid of cyberspace?... Miramax makes winning bid on 'Omerta'.

October 13 -- Coroner: Alcohol, Valium in Shatner death... Dion denies lip-syncing allegation... FOX's 'Greed' ups game-show ante... 'Dharma &' Dylan hit it off... Meathead gets a star.

October 12 -- Planet Hollywood files for bankruptcy protection... Tim the Toolman does not perform self-appendectomy... 'Deja vu'? No, but CSN&Y plans a tour... Lee surrenders to authorities... Lewinsky père: A sex act by any other name ....

October 11 -- Kaelin settles with Examiner... Vibes pioneer Jackson dies at 76... Grant, Gill take friendship to next level... On the road named 'Charles Kuralt'.

October 8 -- Berle defamation suit dismissed... Stranded on a desert island -- for ratings... Welles' 'Ambersons' being remade in entirety... Wahlberg says the way to 'King' was marked with challenge'... And the winner isn't ....

October 7 -- Bolton wants plagiarism judgment overturned... Sting, Eurythmics on '2000 Today' bill... 'Manchester Prep' a FOX dropout... Stallone unloads Miami mansion... 'N Sync more than 'Touched' -- Backstreet less than Jived.

October 6 -- 'Titanic' finds new audience: The blind... Kidman joins princely effort... Yearwood and Reynolds divorce... Canadian producer sues 'Green Gables' author's family... Winfrey in the White House?.

October 5 -- Demonstrators dog 'Dogma'... Patch goes nude against nukes... Did somebody say Iglesias?... Carrey: Lonely and lonelier.

October 4 -- Spears: It's puberty, buster, so back off... A 'Hank'-ering for 'West Point'... Schwarzenegger: The cool-down set... Dion comforts Columbine survivors.

October 1 -- Schwarzenegger pumping for stumping? ... Let the bloodshed begin... Pee-wee knows 'Jack'... Convening to cheer Carter... Mohr's piece of the 'Action'.