Stand-up comic Myles Weber was preparing to perform a set when a heckler started harassing the comedian ahead of him, who also happened to be his friend.

Selena Gomez went on Letterman last night, ostensibly to discuss her new movie, Spring Breakers.

The American iteration of the televised talent competition The X Factor returns this week for a second season with pop princesses Britney Spears and Demi Lovato stepping in to fill the seats left empty by departing judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul.

Times deputy managing editor Jonathan Landman is so excited about the Nytimes.com's Thanksgiving Times topic page that, in a recently circulated letter to the troops, he couldn't help but rub it in the tryptophan-hating face of rival Rupert Murdoch.