This Week: Upsets And Losses

Emotions Ranged From Cranky To Sad To Downright Angry This Week

(CBS)  This week's news included angry writers ready to strike, celebs speaking out against the paparazzi, a disappointment for a favored reality star and controversy over a shock jock and a musician who are far from politically correct.

TV writers unhappy with royalty payments for DVDs and Internet downloads of television programs have decided to strike. An announcement was expected by Friday afternoon.

Heather Mills McCartney said this week that she's sick and tired of being vilified by the press. "We've had death threats, I've been close to suicide. I'm so upset about this," she said on an ITV morning show in the U.K. "I've had worse press than a pedophile or a murderer, and I've done nothing but charity for 20 years."

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Photos: Heather Mills McCartney

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When TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman used the "N" word in reference to his son's girlfriend during a private telephone conversation, the son was apparently so angry that he leaked a tape of the convo to the National Enquirer. Chapman issued a formal apology Wednesday, just after the clip was posted on the tabloid's Web site. Executives at A&E said Friday the network is taking his reality show off the network schedule "for the forseeable future."

Sabrina Ryan was the loser in a shocking upset on "Dancing With The Stars" this week. Usually a judge's favorite, Sabrina gave a so-so (for her) performance on Monday and didn't have enough fan votes to keep her in the competition.

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Photos: "Dancing With The Stars"

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A Croatian rock star set to launch a North American tour with two concerts in New York is drawing protests from groups who say his shows glorify the puppet government in Croatia that collaborated with the Nazis.

Officials for the South Carolina State Democratic Party rejected comedian Stephen Colbert from the party's presidential primary ballot. An annoyed official said, "He's really trying to use South Carolina Democrats as suckers so he can further a comedy routine."

Nine months after he created an uproar by making a racist and sexist remark on the air, shock jock Don Imus is making his return to radio. His show will originate from WABC-AM in New York

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Photos: Don Imus

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Celebrities were saddened this week by the brutal death of real estate agent to the stars Linda Stein, who was found murdered in her New York City apartment. Friends like Madonna and Elton John recalled Stein's indomitable personality, her days as a fixture on New York's punk rock scene, and her triumph against breast cancer.

Fans also mourned the death of Robert Goulet, the handsome, big-voiced singer whose Broadway debut in "Camelot" launched an award-winning stage and recording career. He was 73.

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Photos: Robert Goulet

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Goulet will live on in his recordings; his rich baritone might be just the cure for an upsetting week.

[aldee41]

Imus will be on WABC? Pardon me while I purge ABC, ESPN, Disney, and all related entities from my cable, radio, and computer.

[misssuzq]

Sabrina''s demise from DWTS was just plain wrong and the voters are now making a mockery, just as they did with American Idol and the Sanjaya fiasco!