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Actor Joaquin Phoenix returned to David Letterman's "Late Show" on Wednesday to apologize for his wacky appearance last year that turned out to be an elaborate piece of performance art.

Robert "Joe" Halderman admitted he demanded $2 million in hush money last fall to keep from revealing personal information about Letterman.

David Letterman says the scandal surrounding his workplace dalliances initially "knocked him down" and left him depressed, but that now he's putting the pieces of his life back together.

During a guest shot on Friday's "Live! With Regis and Kelly," the CBS late-night star said his behavior was stupid and reckless, and that it hurt his family and himself. But he sounded hopeful that life with his wife and young son can "even be better, in a different way" than before the explosive revelations that he had had sex with female "Late Show" co-workers.

A television producer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveals his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.

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Former "Late Night" writer charges that it wasn't easy for a woman.

A television producer charged with attempting to extort $2 million from U.S. talk-show host David Letterman threatened to write a book about the TV star's affairs with employees, court documents showed on Thursday.

Was Stephanie Birkitt banned from CBS? Security sources have been cited revealing that former David Letterman mistress Stephanie Birkitt, 34, has been banned from Ed Sullivan Theater where The Late Show with David Letterman is filmed.

Mr. Letterman’s remarks were his first public comments since Thursday when he revealed details of an apparent extortion attempt.