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After canceling an appearance last month at the last second and causing some bruised feelings (and hilarious rants, parts I and II) on David Letterman's part, John McCain is finally coming back to the Late Show this Thursday, October 16.

Unless the economy collapses a second time and he must suspend his bid for the presidency to rescue it. Or be interviewed by Katie Couric a few blocks over.

Arizona Sen. and Republican Presidential candidate John McCain from a previous appearance on The Late Show. He famously bailed on Letterman in September.

Meanwhile, his running mate, Alaska governor Sarah Palin, is set to appear on Saturday Night Live, the late-night show which has been skewering her of late.

Sarah Palin will appear Saturday, October 25, with a rehearsal date scheduled for the day before. No word on whether Tina Fey will be on the episode as well.

Fun with the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket continues for David Letterman.

Last week, he poked fun at McCain for bailing on him. Last night, V.P. hopeful Sarah Palin was skewered during The Late Show's nightly Top Ten List.

Palin has been attending "debate camp" (a.k.a. McCain's ranch) prepping for tonight's debate with Joe Biden. Which leads to the Top Ten list ...

Top Ten Things Overheard at Sarah Palin Debate Camp ...

10. “Let’s practice your bewildered silence”
9. “Can you try saying ‘Yes’ instead of ‘You betcha’?”
8. "Hey, I can see Mexico from here!”
7. “Maybe we’ll get lucky and there won’t be any questions about Iraq, taxes, or health care”
6. “We’re screwed!”
5. “Can I just use that lipstick-pit bull thing again?”
4. “We have to wrap it up for the day — McCain eats dinner at 4:30″
3. “Can we get Congress to bail us out of this debate?”
2. “John Edwards wants to know if you’d like some private tutoring in his van”
1. “Any way we can just get Tina Fey to do it?”

After multiple nights of hilarious rants, David Letterman has moved on from John McCain and has started picking on someone else: Raffaello Follieri!

Anne Hathaway stopped by The Late Show to promote her newest movie, Rachel Getting Married, which is generating acclaim for the terrific actress.

But her talk with David Letterman eventually moved to the elephant in the room known as Raffaello Follieri. An uncomfortable Hathaway held her own as best she could, but Dave's impromptu interrogation grew awkward. Awkwardly funny, of course.

Later, Anne went on to discuss the dearth of celebrity gossip rumors about her since the breakup. Among them, that she's dating Brody Jenner. Probably untrue, since she doesn't even know who Brody Jenner is. Check out the intervew below ...

"Was there ever, like, stuff missing out of your purse?"

Last night, David Letterman berated John McCain for the second straight evening after the Republican presidential candidate canceled his scheduled appearance on The Late Show Wednesday to focus on the nation's economic crises.

Classic Dave. Follow this link for the previous night's Letterman rants. Then watch the clip below for more jokes and general McCain-Palin skewering ...

Yesterday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain was supposed to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman, but he bailed at the last second to head to Washington and deal with the country's mounting economic crisis.

Far from pleased by this charade, Letterman went off on some serious rants - even by his standards - against McCain and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. No Brad Hanson jokes were made, but just about everything else was fair game:

David Letterman loves ripping on Spencer Pratt.

Then again, so do we, and there's certainly enough material.

Last night, Mary-Kate Olsen visited The Late Show to promote her movie, The Wackness, but the conversation turned to - who else - Spencer Pratt.

During a lull in conversation, Letterman began ripping on "young Hollywood" and all the celebrities going to jail, wearing no panties, and so on.

Turns out Mary-Kate attended prestigious Crossroads School in Santa Monica, Calif., with Spencer (other alumni include Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson, Jack Black, Brody Jenner, Whitney Port, Jonah Hill, Cash Warren and many more).

According to Mary-Kate, Spencer is indeed "wormy" and "oily" (Dave's words) and used to storm off the soccer field in hissy fits! See clip below ...

This interview is from a week ago now, but Spencer Pratt's appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman is definitely worth revisiting.

The talk show host had a field day with The Hills villain, skewering him over his hefty nightclub appearance fees, asking him what exactly he does for a living (a fair question), flat-out calling him a dope and so forth.

Click to watch CelebTV's two-minute highlight reel of Spencer Pratt's visit to The Late Show, which also features a talk with Heidi Montag backstage:

David Letterman: "How do you think [the interview] is going so far?"
Heidi Montag: "It's going really well. Spencer's the man."
David Letterman: "For what?"

Lauren Conrad was spotted outside the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York Tuesday, where The Hills star and budding designer chatted up David Letterman.

The pair talked about what Lauren Conrad was like as a child.

"Our house was in Orange County. The back was a huge canyon, and I was a really big tomboy when I was little," Lauren Conrad said. "I'd always go hiking and I had a rock collection. And I'd come back up and... you get ticks! They're gross!"

Yup, that pretty much sums it up.

Lauren Conrad also revealed that she is taking a computer class at the FIDM with none other than Stephanie Pratt! OMG! David Letterman also refers to the great Spencer Pratt as a newt (a reptile), which is pretty classic.

Check out the video HERE!

He's underrated within the world of celebrity babies.

But even Maddox Jolie-Pitt and that cool hair may need to take a backseat to a new cuteness contender:

Say hello to Harry Letterman.

The toddler is seen here playing with his father, David Letterman. While little is known about the toddler's mother, this much is known about Harry himself: the kid is adorable.

Suri Cruise has some serious competition all of a sudden.

Talk show king David Letterman has signed a contract extension to host The Late Show on CBS until 2010. He is currently paid $40 million a year for his hosting duties and his deal deal is worth more than $120 million.

Wow. Even Dave's longtime nemesis, Oprah Winfrey, who is believed to have more money than God, would be impressed by that kind of sum.

"I'm thrilled to be continuing on at CBS," the 59-year-old Letterman said. "At my age you really don't want to have to learn a new commute."

The announcement of Letterman's three-year contract extension comes nearly nine months before his current deal was set to expire in August 2007.

Letterman, one of American television's highest-paid entertainers, draws an average audience of 4.3 million viewers a night but has lagged behind The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which draws ratings of 5.7 million.

The Emmy-award winner has hosted The Late Show since 1993 after 11 years as host of NBC's Late Night program in the time slot immediately following The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He defected from NBC when it chose Leno over him to replace Carson.

We're happy Dave is staying put. He's a funny guy in his own right, and you can always count on his show for amusing visits by celebrities... lately, such as the hunky Nick Lachey, the hot and newly-single Britney Spears, and the newly-racist and insane Michael Richards.