Season 5 of the comedy “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” hits F/X tonight. To celebrate, the Paddy’s Pub crew thrilled fans of the show last night at New York’s Beacon Theater with a performance of last season’s memorable musical episode, “The Nightman Cometh.”

Photo courtesy Patrick McElhenney

Cast member Danny DeVito says this season, the show will tackle the recession and the Bernie Madoff headlines. DeVito’s character, Frank, is the father figure to the rest of the gang. When economic woes hit Paddy’s Pub, his character helps out. “So I dig into my secret capital,” says DeVito, “And I keep them afloat. But I got hit hard by a Ponzi scheme guy. So it affects everybody.”

The gang also gets into WWE-style wrestling – for a good cause. The characters aim to entertain the troops, but something tells me their USO tour won’t go smoothly. Star Glenn Howerton, who plays egocentric Dennis, gives me the scoop: done

“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” premieres on F/X tonight at 10pm.

Kanye West has apologized for interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards.  Click here for more on West’s outburst.

Despite West’s apology, some music fans don’t seem ready to forgive him just yet.  Many are speaking out on social networking sites this morning.  In fact, each of the top ten trending topics on Twitter is related to West’s outburst.  In my search of the comments on Twitter and Facebook, it appeared the vast majority are outraged.

On Facebook, Jenny Smith-Davids writes, “Kanye needs to take a step back. When he wins a VMA then he can have the stage. Taylor Swift is incredibly gifted (as is Kanye) but this time the VMA was awarded to Taylor and he showed no respect. Booo Kanye – you just lost a fan.”

On Twitter, a user with the handle GOPMommy writes: “Another classless Kanye move.”

And a Twitter user known as Floobernino says, “What Kanye did was inappropriate but he has a history of this type of behavior so none of us should be surprised by this.”

What do YOU think about the incident?  Did 19-year-old Taylor Swift handle it well?  What do you think motivated Kanye West to take the mic from Swift?  Is this just part of the craziness that always surrounds the VMAs? Click “comments” below and share your thoughts.

We’ll also discuss this topic today on Strategy Room – tune in online 12-1et at http://bit.ly/fxfxfx and join the conversation!

“Revolution” is one of 45 songs on “The Beatles: Rock Band” game hitting stores today.  Many in the gaming industry are hoping the Beatles will revolutionize how video games are played!  Creators hope game-loving teens and Beatles-loving parents will strum along to the Fab Four songs together.

Getting parents to pick up the game is key, since the biggest gamers — teenage boys — might not know much about the biggest band of the British Invasion.  Remember American Idol contestant David Archuleta during Lenon-McCartney week last year?  The then-17 year old failed to wow the judges with his rendition of “We Can Work it Out.”  He explained that he wasn’t too familiar with the Beatles, but did know the Stevie Wonder version of the song!  Of course, shows like American Idol are introducing Beatles song to a new generation of potential fans … which game distributor Electronic Arts is probably very happy about.

The Fab Four tell us “All You Need is Love.” But to play this game, you also need a console, microphone, a plastic guitar and drum set!   The console can sell for up to $300 dollars — it’s another $250 for a package with the game and instruments.  If fans actually shell out for all that, it could mean a boost to the video game industry.  Total sales for hardware and software are down about 30% from last year.

We want to hear from you.  Click “comments” below and tell us:

• Are you a Beatles fan?
• Do you play many video games?
• Will you pick up this game?
• And, if you don’t mind … are you closer in age to Paul McCartney or David Archuleta?

I sat down with Renée Zellweger this week to talk about her role as a 1950s-era mother in “My One and Only.”  In the film, her character embarks on a cross-country road trip with her two sons, Robbie and George.  The story is loosely based on the life of actor George Hamilton.  Hamilton says he actually cried when he saw Zellweger’s portrayal of this mother on the bigscreen.  “I felt like I was there,” he told me, “With my mother.”

Zellweger told me she loved “everything” about working on the period piece.  “It was so much fun. The clothes, the styling, the houses, the car.  Oh, the car.”  Zellweger had much more to say about the Cadillac in the film (and not all of it positive)!  Watch the clip below to hear for yourself:

As you can see on the clip, Zellweger was very cheerful and full of laughs.  She was a joy to interview from the moment I arrived.  In fact, here’s a behind-the-scenes moment that you won’t see on TV:  She kept complimenting me on my black wrap dress, and asked if it was Diane von Furstenberg.  I couldn’t remember the designer, and she kept asking, so finally I turned around so she could peek at the tag.   Once that was settled, we started the interview.  After we finished discussing the movie, I thanked her and left the room.  Just as I walked out the door, I heard her say to her stylist, “White House/Black Market, we have to go there.  I liked that dress.”  I never, ever thought an Oscar winner would be taking fashion notes from me.  She probably knew I was within earshot and was just being nice, but it still made for a memorable moment.  Thanks, Renee!

Liam Neeson talks to Jill Dobson and shooter Paul Alvarez

Neeson spoke to the press about his new film, “Five Minutes of Heaven.” The film was shot in his native Northern Ireland. He told me he left Ireland about 30 years ago, and said returning there to shoot this film, “was very emotional for me, on a lot of levels.”

The film focuses on violence between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland during the 1980s. A heavy topic, but Neeson brightened up a bit when I asked whether we might soon see him star in a sequel to his recent blockbuster “Taken.” Watch the clip to see his response, and to hear more about his other projects:

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Neeson has been a widower since March, when Richardson died following a skiing accident. The couple have two sons. When an AP reporter asked Neeson’s idea of “Five Minutes of Heaven,” he said being with his sons and said he’s “kind of living it at the moment.”