Nightline Is Honoring "The Fallen" Again, But Names Won't Be Read This Year [TVNewser]
In May 2004, Ted Koppel invited controversy when he read the names of the 721 service men and women killed in Iraq since the start of the war there. In May 2005, Koppel did it again, reading over 900 names that "have been released by the Defense Department since last year's broadcasts." This year, Nightline is preparing another Memorial Day broadcast, but it won't include a reading of the names. ABC is moving that component to the Internet, in the form of an online database.

A-Gore-aphobia [FishbowlNY]
We don't usually get political here, but it's interesting the degree to which the media is wetting itself over the idea that Al Gore could-possibly-maybe-perhaps be a better candidate than Hillary Clinton in the 2008 presidential election. Sure, it coincides with Gore's new film, but it's odd the way just a new idea among the Democrats can make the punditocracy go apesh*t.

We Found The Monkey [FishbowlDC]
We asked, and you delivered. May the sun forever shine on the FishbowlDC reader who sent us this: Chris Matthews screeching like a monkey.

Al Gore to Write Foreward For WorldChanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century [GalleyCat]
The former vice president will contribute the foreword and noted science-ficion writer and cultural visionary Bruce Sterling will provide another introductory essay as well.

Spiegelman Party Report [GalleyCat]
It was off to the Chelsea nightclub Marquee, where ex-Page Six scribe Ian Spiegelman was celebrating the publication of his second novel, Welcome to Yesterday. I caught up with him just inside the entrance with Miramax Books publicist Katie Finch, and a few yards away was Candace Bushnell flanked by Miramax publisher Judy Hottenson and CEO Rob Weisbach.

Seven Ways to Inject Suspense Into Your Novel [MBToolBox]
Lynette Rees is not one of those authors who loves her characters and lets them live their happy little lives. She recommends torturing the poor bastards.