Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check

Equal time:

Surprise! BP spent a lot of money on advertising during the four months that oil was spewing from its well in the Gulf of Mexico. How much? Try almost $94-million-dollars.
   That figure comes from numbers the company gave to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The cash spent between April 1 and July 31 is more than triple the level the company spent on advertising in the same period last year. (Pacelli)

The Economy:

With the loss of so many factory jobs and more women going to college, a new study says young women actually make more money these days than young men.
   Women in general still make only about 80 percent of what men make, but young childless women are closing the gap.

Tabloids:

SNOOKI wants you to know who she really is. Here are some of the (surprising) 25 Things You Don't Know About Me, Snooki from Us Weekly magazine:
   23. I'm very clumsy, and I'm OK with it
   19. I'm a very hard worker
   16. I like choreographing cheerleading competition routines
   12. I collect rocks
    9. I'd rather stay in bed than go to the club.  Seriously
    5. I love oldies music
    3. I went to school to be a vet tech
    1. I was treasurer of my class

Reality Round-Up:

Bodog Sportsbook has posted odds on the contestants from the upcoming Season 11 of "Dancing With the Stars" (in descending order):
   --Florence Henderson, 25/1 (longshot) 
   --Bristol Palin and Kurt Warner, 20/1 
   --Kyle Massey, 15/1 
   --David Hasselhoff, Margaret Cho and Michael Bolton, 10/1 
   --Rick Fox, 15/2 
   --Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, 7/1 
   --Audrina Patridge, 6/1
   --Jennifer Grey, 7/2 
   --Brandy, 3/1 (favorite)

In a related story, the Hollywood Reporter talked to some folks at "Dancing With the Stars" about some of the people who've turned down the chance to be on the show.
   Executive Producer CONRAD GREEN tells the show biz daily "People say no for a variety of reasons. Some people like the show but think they suck at dancing. It's a lot easier to say no than it is to say yes."
   Some of the stars who said "no": SLY STALLONE, CONDOLEEZZA RICE, TIM ALLEN, ANN COULTER, SUZANNE SOMERS, KIRSTIE ALLEY, JOEL McHALE, DREW CAREY, Facebook creator MARK ZUCKERBERG, the real-life ERIN BROCKOVICH and British billionaire RICHARD BRANSON.

Broadcast, cable and video news:

Former "In Loving Color" star JAMIE FOXX is coming back to TV. Deadline.com reports Fox is putting together a primetime sketch comedy series starring Jamie as a midseason replacement. Jamie will head up the cast, which will also include a bunch of new, young comedians and feature sketches about pop culture, spoofing movie trailers, commercials, TV shows, music videos and celebrities.