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...something of a staple for guests on late-night comedy shows. Stars as varied as Hugh Grant, Michael Richards and Kanye West have made appearances to talk about - and publicly apologize for - their mistakes. But the guy twisting in the spotlight on last night's Late Show with David Letterman was Letterman himself...
...studio audience he wanted to tell them a "little story." He then went on to describe a three-week ordeal in which a man had attempted to blackmail him to the tune of $2 million for sleeping with female members of his staff. (See the top 10 disastrous Letterman interviews...
...Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious and occasionally showing flashes of nerves, Letterman explained - to awkward clapping and giggles - that having received a threatening package in the back of his car early one morning, he and his lawyer had called in the Manhattan district attorney's office...
Reportedly, Halderman lived until recently with Stephanie Birkitt, Letterman's personal assistant and a sometime character on his show. In 2002 she told Entertainment Weekly "He's the best boss I've ever had." Extracts from her diaries were reportedly in the package in Letterman...
...Obama has barnstormed the country this year, he has been forced to talk more about the problem - a health-care inflation that could bankrupt the nation - than how much Americans would save if the broken system were fixed. From the Sunday news shows to David Letterman's overstuffed chair, Obama has warned about the rocketing increase in health-care insurance - 5.5% last year, according to one study - and promised to bend the cost curve down in the future. He has described changes to the health-care system that could bring down costs for families and long-term government deficits...