Dame Judi Dench, on a promotional tour for her upcoming movie 'Nine,' stopped by 'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson' and proved more than a good sport when Ferguson asked her about supposed affairs, drug use and the sexiness of Sean Connery. (After all, she's not just a dame, she's a lady.)

Dench denied an affair with actor/comedian Billy Connolly, with whom she appeared in 'Mrs. Brown,' drug use during the indulgent 1970s while she was a stage actress, and a fling with Sean Connery, who Ferguson described as a "sexual creature."

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On my recent visit to the set of Burn Notice, I had the pleasure of meeting the cast, including the irrepressible Bruce Campbell, the plucky Gabrielle Anwar, and the fascinating star of the show, Jeffrey Donovan. They were all wonderful and I was thrilled to participate in a round-table interview with them. However, when I had the chance to shake the hand of Sharon Gless, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in Cagney & Lacey, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill and played amazing characters on Queer as Folk and Nip/Tuck, I have to confess -- I gushed. I couldn't help it. She's Sharon Gless!

I discovered that as brilliant as she is a performer, Sharon Gless is also a class act with the media. She talked about another Cagney & Lacey, Tyne Daly, acting, playing villains, Kim Cattrall and much more. Read on and you'll see -- as I did -- why you'd gush to if you were face-to-face with Sharon Gless.

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Eternal D-lister Kathy Griffin wants you to help her get off the D list.

She wants off, as she says in commercials currently running on Bravo, so she's going to do an A-list type of thing, and she needs your help. What should she do?

• Join Scientology
• Give Ryan Seacrest a pedi/mani
• Adopt a baby from Namibia
• Release her sex tape with Dame Judi Dench

Not sure how playing with Seacrest's hands and feet will get you on the A list, but I understand the other three. Go vote now!

Three network talk shows passed on interviewing British actress Judi Dench, and Harvey Weinstein says it's because of her age. Dench is 71 years old and was recently doing the rounds to promote her movie, Mrs. Henderson Presents, for which she was nominated for an Oscar. Weinstein says she was turned down for interviews with Today, Good Morning America, and The View. The producers of those shows reportedly told Miramax that Dench "didn't fit their demographics."

The View and GMA released statements in response to Weinstein's whining, both saying that there wasn't room for Dench on their shows at that particular time. Both trumpeted Dench's previous appearances on their programs.

Didn't they try The Early Show on CBS? That show is so desperate for ratings, they'll take anyone.