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A week after President Barack Obama's lackluster debate performance, Republican challenger Mitt Romney has made some gains in three key swing states among those most likely to vote, according to the latest round of NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.

In its ongoing efforts to combat bullying, the hit Broadway musical WICKED will host a special event tonight, October 11, featuring two leaders in the worldwide campaign to bring an end to bullying: Ben Cohen, MBE, founder of The Ben Cohen StandUp Foundation, and Dan Savage, co-founder of The It Gets Better Project. Mr. Cohen and Mr. Savage will be joined by members of the WICKED company for a post-performance talk-back to discuss what can be done to help stop the prevalence of bullying.

Christina Applegate will host NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE this week - 19 years after the last time she hosted. Check out her promo with Jason Sudeikis below!

Few people know the real story of football's most legendary coach, Vince Lombardi. Through his inspirations and passions, he had an ability to drive people to achieve more than they ever thought possible. Arizona Theatre Company's "Lombardi" centers on the iconic Green Bay Packers coach during a pivotal week in 1965. This Southwest premiere production of the Broadway hit plays at the Temple of Music and Art and runs from October 20 - November 10, 2012. It continues its run in Phoenix at the Herberger Theater Center from November 15 - December 2, 2012. "Lombardi" is supported by Opening Night Sponsor, Kate Garner. Arizona Theatre Company Season Sponsors are I. Michael and Beth Kasser.

Today, AskMen, the leading men's lifestyle website with 17 million monthly readers, announced the results of their 7th annual Top 49 Most Influential Men, as determined by more than 500,000 votes.James Bond, the fictional character whose namesake film franchise celebrates its 50th anniversary this month as well as the highly anticipated release of SKYFALL in November, takes the No. 1 position

Stephen Sorrentino-Voices In My Head will have its West Coast Premiere at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, tonight, October 10 through Sunday, October 14. The production is slated to coincide with the "Voices In My Head" DVD release on the national tour.

Broadway for Obama founders and Broadway siblings Celia Keenan-Bolger (Peter and the Starcatcher) and Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies) announced today a one-night-only event for Obama supporters, "Broadway Gets Out the Vote," to be held on Sunday, October 14th from 7 - 10:00 PM at 405 West 55th Street.

Check out some of the hilarious quotes from NBC's LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON from the week of OCTOBER 1 - OCTOBER 5:

Below are Jimmy Fallon's most notable quotes from Oct. 1-5: Welcome to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon! Here?s what people are talking about. On Saturday night, Justin Bieber threw up on stage during the first stop of his ?Believe? concert tour. Even weirder, the sound of Bieber throwing up just hit #1 on the Billboard chart.

MTV and Logo previously announced that the Emmy-nominated IT GETS BETTER will return to the two Viacom networks with a new, 60-minute IT GETS BETTER special tonight, October 9 at 11 p.m. ET/PT, just two days ahead of National Coming Out Day.

Every four years, Nickelodeon provides kids with the rare opportunity to have the U.S. presidential candidates answer their questions in the Nick News with Linda Ellerbee special, 'Kids Pick the President: The Candidates,' premiering Monday, Oct. 15, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Following the special, kids have the opportunity to vote for the man they think should be the next president. The 'Kids' Vote' is a bellwether poll because in five of the last six presidential elections, kids have correctly picked the winner several weeks before the adults have voted.

Every four years, Nickelodeon provides kids with the rare opportunity to have the U.S. presidential candidates answer their questions in the Nick News with Linda Ellerbee special, KIDS PICK THE PRESIDENT: THE CANDIDATES, premiering Monday, Oct. 15, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT).

Veteran 60 MINUTES Producer Michael Radutzky has been named Executive Producer of Creative Development, a new CBS News unit dedicated to finding innovative ways to create and distribute CBS News content. The announcement was made today by CBS News Chairman and 60 MINUTES Executive Producer Jeff Fager and CBS News President David Rhodes.

Sunday's MEET THE PRESS WITH DAVID GREGORY on NBC featured a roundtable discussion with Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs, former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, Republican strategist Mike Murphy, and NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd; and a one-on-one interview with former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Below are highlights and a transcript of Sunday's program.

The Chicago Neo-Futurists get presidential in 44 Plays for 44 Presidents. The show opens tonight, October 6 at 7:30 p.m. at The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland.

Governor and Romney surrogate John Sununu appeared on MSNBC's ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS today to react to the first presidential debate.

The day after the first Presidential Debate, Jon Stewart took the opportunity to mock Barack Obama's widely criticized performance. Check out the hilarious clip from last night's THE DAILY SHOW below!

Broadway superstar Bernadette Peters will headline the 22nd annual gala to benefit The Price Center, a regionalleader in providing care to adults with developmental disabilities.