1 BIG BROTHER 2 One contestant got booted for holding a knife to another's throat. But he hopes to appear on COPS.
2 TOM & PENELOPE There's already a problem. She wants to keep her maiden name if they marry.
3 THE SOPRANOS Executive producer David Chase has agreed to a fifth season for a reported $20 million. The more characters he kills off, the more he gets to keep.
4 THE WEST WING Several of the supporting characters want more money. There goes your tax cut.
5 HARRISON FORD He helped rescue a lost Boy Scout with his helicopter. After a car chase, a horse race, a knife fight, a snake pit, a chasm jump...
6 NICOLE KIDMAN Reports say she and Russell Crowe were vacationing on the same remote, primitive South Seas island. Australia.
7 BEIJING OLYMPICS They're adding several new sports for 2008: the 200-meter Tank Dodge and the Dissident Javelin Catch.
8 ONLINE MOVIE TICKETS Some theaters now let you print your tickets at home. Call me when they let us make our own popcorn.
9 MAXIMUM SECURITY An L.A. prisoner escaped jail using a fake ID with Eddie Murphy's picture on it. From Shrek.
10 THEME PARKS Attendance is down this summer, perhaps due to the price of gas and electricity. But the attendance at trailer parks is up.
11 CHARLIE SHEEN He's selling his sumptuous L.A. bachelor pad. As soon as he gets all the keys back from his married friends.
12 AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS Finally, the long-awaited movie about George W. Bush and the giant oil company.
13 EMMY NOMINATIONS For the first time, there are categories for reality shows. They're not voted on -- you race the other nominees to the stage for them.
14 JURASSIC PARK III The dinosaurs talk to each other throughout the movie. So did the people behind me.
15 MTV They're celebrating their 20th birthday. In three years, so will most of their execs.
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