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AP – Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Monday that it was stupid for him to tell Esquire magazine that he’s “blacker than Barack Obama” and that he doesn’t believe it anyway.

AP – Television’s late-night drama now shifts to Conan O’Brien’s state of mind: Would he be happy to again have the after-midnight spot on NBC or could he find a comfortable home at Fox an hour earlier?

AP – NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to hear if Leno and “Tonight” host Conan O’Brien accept its new late-night TV plans.

AP – Near the end of the hit film “Avatar,” the villain snarls at the hero, “How does it feel to betray your own race?” Both men are white — although the hero is inhabiting a blue-skinned, 9-foot-tall, long-tailed alien.

AP – NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to hear if Leno and “Tonight” host Conan O’Brien accept its new late-night TV plans.

AP – “Avatar” remains the top box-office draw for the fourth straight weekend with $48.5 million.

AP – Charlie Sheen is back at work at “Two and a Half Men,” and his producer said Saturday that the audience at the actor’s first show taping since his arrest on felony and other charges was “incredibly supportive.”

AP – Charlie Sheen is back at work at “Two and a Half Men,” and his producer said Saturday that the audience at the actor’s first show taping since his arrest on felony charges was “incredibly supportive.”

AP – Animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation Gumby became a pop culture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday. He was 88.

AP – If “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien decides to leave NBC over its proposed late-night lineup revamp, he might find a warm welcome waiting for him at Fox.