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Live from New York ... it's Mother's Day!

NEW YORK -- Mom gets to show her sense of humor this Mother's Day on NBC.

Ana Gasteyer and several other cast members of "Saturday Night Live" perform with their mothers in a Sunday prime-time version of the show.

Gasteyer admits there have been other SNL casts over the years that wouldn't even think about performing with their moms. But not this one.

"It's a different era at 'Saturday Night Live,' " Gasteyer told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "It's a much kinder, gentler era, although (executive producer) Lorne (Michaels) might not like me saying this."

Gasteyer's skit is about growing up with an artsy mom. She says her mother was intimidated by performing in front of a television audience, but came through for her daughter.

"It's a hard job and a complicated world that I live in, and I didn't expect her to slide so easily into it," Ana Gasteyer said, "which maybe says something about my job."

Bette book canceled

LOS ANGELES, California -- Bette Midler might just want to forget all about her sitcom. First, it got canceled. And now, her plans for a tell-all book on the canceled sitcom have been canceled, too.

Two weeks ago, Midler had agreed to a $1 million book deal with Simon & Schuster to tell the story of the short-lived CBS series "Bette," The Associated Press reports.

But Bette backed out, apparently.

"Simon & Schuster was eager to publish the book," Adam Rothberg, a spokesman for Simon & Schuster, told The Associated Press on Monday. "The decision not to go ahead with the book was Ms. Midler's and Ms. Midler's alone."

Midler's sitcom only lasted 16 episodes before the plugged was pulled. The actress and singer also recently switched agencies to International Creative Management.

CBS enlists 'JAG' to extension

HOLLYWOOD, California -- It's two more years of service at CBS for the military drama "JAG."

According to Variety, CBS will pay producer Paramount Network Television a per-episode fee in the high $1 million range for the drama. CBS previously shelled out $1.2 million - $1.3 million per episode for "JAG."

Both Paramount and CBS are owned by Viacom. "JAG," now in its fifth season, averages a decent 13.1 million viewers on Tuesday nights.

Hutton disses her 'God'

LOS ANGELES, California -- She might have been enjoying a career as a supermodel, but Lauren Hutton says her 20-year relationship with Bob Williamson was anything but pretty.

Hutton, 57, tells the most recent issue of Vanity Fair that Williamson -- whom she called "Bob God" -- lost all her earnings, cheated on her with other women and then refused to have a child with her. He also spread rumors that she was gay, according to Hutton.

It's Hutton's first major interview since recovering from a near fatal motorcycle crash last October. Hutton gained fame as a gap-toothed supermodel in the 1960s and '70s. She parlayed her success into a silver screen career.

Williamson died of cancer in the 1980s.