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From its inventive opening credits to a surprise cameo and accompanying laugh-riot Ghostbusters homage, the zom-com Zombieland delivers gore and gags in equally satisfying spurts, so to speak. (There's lots of projectile body fluid.) It also boasts one of the funniest, loopiest Woody Harrelson turns in years.

On Thursday night's "Late Show," David Letterman said he'd had affairs with female employees and had been targeted by someone trying to extort him over the relationships. After performing his opening monologue as usual, Letterman took a seat at his desk and explained -- with a mix of seriousness and his trademark humor -- that about three weeks ago he'd received a package from an individual threatening him to pay $2 million or chance having the news of his affairs come to light. Letterman said he went to his attorney about the threat and they decided to arrange a meeting with the individual allegedly attempting to extort him. After the meeting, during which the alleged extortionist reiterated his intentions to disclose Letterman's affairs in a screenplay, Letterman said he and his lawyer called the Special Prosecution Bureau, a division of the Manhattan district attorney's office.

Chynna Phillips is opening up to ET about the firestorm of controversy engulfing her family following her sister Mackenzie's claims of an incestuous relationship with their father, '60s icon John Phillips. "I do feel like I have to speak about it publicly because of the fact that I love my sister, and I do know that the allegations are true. Are the details around everything that she says in the book true? That I cannot confirm one way or the other because I wasn't there, and they were on drugs," Chynna tells us, referring to the claims in Mackenzie's book High on Arrival, in stores now. "How can anything be completely accurate when you're high on drugs? That's just impossible," she adds.

Middle East Intl. Film Festival: Palestinian director opens up about his influences -- Elia Suleiman is something of a contradiction. The 49-year-old is, along with 'Paradise Now' director Hany Abu-Assad, the most prominent of Palestinian directors working today, yet he has only made three features.

Legit News: High demand to tickets leads to early extension -- The Manhattan Theater Club has extended its Broadway staging of "The Royal Family" before the show has opened.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A traveling museum exhibit about the life of Princess Diana will open in Philadelphia on Friday....

Arden Theatre Company continues its 2009/10 season with the Philadelphia premiere of Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire.

Wayside Theatre Artistic Director, Warner Crocker announced today the Open Call Auditions for Christmas musical for Wayside Theatre's 2009 Holiday Season, the remainder of the season and future shows.

The label that controls the rights to the 1960s recordings by the Rolling Stones has cracked open its extensive vaults to reissue a live album that captured the band during its youthful glory....

The deadly tsunami that destroyed parts of Upolu, the island where Survivor Samoa and Survivor 20 were both filmed, killed at least 148 people, and in Samoa alone, '70 villages of 300-800 people [were] destroyed,' according to the New Zealand Herald. The paper has a map highlighting affected areas and photo slideshow of the destruction. The map shows that in the village of Lefaga, 'Dozens ... [are] thought to have perished.' That's exactly between Matareva Beach, where the opening challenge was filmed, and Return to Paradise Beach, which was also reportedly reserved for challenges. Both were on the south side of Upolu. Tribal Council and at least one inland challenge location were on the northwest side of the island near the airport and Aggie Grey's Resort, where the crew stayed, which itself was 'among the few resorts untouched,' TVNZ reported. Among the resorts destroyed is the one used for Ponderosa--Iliili Resort, where pre-season interviews took place and publicity photos were