Sideshow: Elvis, Elton's 'talk and tunes'

First, there was

Donahue

, who could feel pain you didn't even know you had in you. Then came the wise, beautiful, loving gals on

The View

and the reign of

Oprah

, ruler of the talk-show world, who supplements her TV therapy shtick by giving away free cars and toasters. Now arrives word that

Elvis Costello

and

Elton John

will enter the land of gabfest.

Sundance Channel yesterday announced that it had partnered with the two music giants to produce

Spectacle: Elvis Costello With . . .

, a "talk-and-tunes series" hosted by Elvis, who'll chat with various personalities (and personae) and showcase performances.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to talk in complete thoughts about music, movies, art or even vaudeville, then frame it with unique and illustrative performances," Elvis said.

Elton, who will exec-produce the show, will also pop in on screen.

What pushed

Jay-Z

and

Beyoncé Knowles

to take out a marriage license the other day in Scarsdale, N.Y., as the tabloids report?

Perhaps their weekend in Philly put them in the mood. The couple, together since 2002, seemed dewy-eyed Saturday at the Park Hyatt at the Bellevue, where they attended the wedding of Jay-Z assistant

Robin Broughton

to

Ronald Smith

, who works for the Pennsylvania Department of State. Jay-Z appeared the next night at the Wachovia Center with

Mary J. Blige

.

Jay-Z (né

Shawn Carter

), 38, and Knowles, 26, got an escort up the Broad Street elevators from wedding coordinator

Lisa McGraw

, who says she was struck by Knowles' beauty. The couple were seated in the ballroom before most of the other guests entered, and stuck around for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.

- Michael Klein

Former anchor

Alycia Lane

won a legal move late yesterday in a court battle against CBS3, which fired her Jan. 1. Lane attorney

Paul Rosen

of Spector Gadon & Rosen had filed papers in February in Common Pleas Court seeking depositions from station management as he considered whether to file suit against the station. Lawyers for CBS then persuaded

a judge to move the matter to federal court. Yesterday, U.S. District Judge

R. Barclay Surrick

ordered the case returned to Common Pleas Court, presumably a kinder legal atmosphere. Not so fast, said CBS lawyers. In a statement last night, they said: "While the matter was returned to state court, the federal judge indicated that once Ms. Lane actually filed a complaint, it was 'reasonably certain' that there will be jurisdiction in federal court. No court has yet ruled on our request to transfer this case to New York, where the parties agreed to litigate such matters, and we look forward to that issue being resolved soon in our favor."

- Michael Klein

Elvis Presley

, who has held the record for the most No. 1 hits in the rock era after

the Beatles

, has been knocked off his perch by

Mariah Carey

. Mimi's "Touch My Body" is her 18th chart-topper, says Billboard, which puts her on the all-time-high list just under the boys from Liverpool, who have 20 No. 1's.

Meanwhile, Mimi's soul sister

Madonna

also has beaten out Elvis for most songs in the top 10. Madge's new top 10 hit, "4 Minutes," is her 37th song to land in the top 10, making her the artist with the most top 10 songs ever.

Professional reality-show personality

Heidi Montag

, best known for starring in the educational program

The Hills

, tells Us Weekly she's one Tinseltown celeb type who's not voting for

Hillary Rodham Clinton

- or

Barack Obama

.

"I'm voting for

John McCain

," the 24-year-old Colorado native said. "I'm a Republican and McCain has a lot of experience."

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee

McCain yesterday took a break from his grueling campaign to voice his support for Heidi, who earlier voiced her support for his candidacy.

"I'm honored to have Heidi's support and I want to assure her that I never miss an episode of

The Hills

, especially since the new season started," McCain told Time.com's Swampland blog in Pensacola, Fla.

The latest sequel in the

High School Musical

franchise will be filmed at East High School in Salt Lake City starting this month.

Since filming is scheduled during the school year, some locals are worried it would disrupt the real-life students. But school district rep

Jason Olsen

has assured the city that most of the filming will take place before and after the school day.

Shunning the flick would be bad business: The Associated Press says the first two

HSM

movies brought $8 mil and 180 jobs to the state during filming.

Corinne Bailey Rae

, 29, joined about 100 relatives and friends who attended the funeral of her husband, saxophonist

Jason Rae

, in Leeds, England, yesterday. Bold-facers at the ceremony included

Amy Winehouse

and producer

Mark Ronson

.

Jason Rae was found dead of a suspected drug overdose at a friend's flat March 22.

The 67th annual George Foster Peabody awards for broadcasting excellence in news and entertainment, which is considered to be the boob tube's most prestigious award, have been announced by the University of Georgia, which will honor the 35 award recipients at a ceremony in New York on June 16.

ABC newsman

Bob Woodruff

won for his series,

Wounds of War

, as did

Kimberly Dozier

's report about two women veterans who lost limbs in Iraq,

CBS News Sunday Morning: The Way Home

.

Comedy Central's

The Colbert Report

, the most important political news show on Earth, also won an award.

In entertainment, Peabodys went to AMC's

Mad Men

,

Tina Fey

's

30 Rock,

and Bravo's

Project Runway

.