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Just because Martha Stewart has former President Bill Clinton on as her guest for a special one-hour interview show today (Sept. 26), don't think that the doyenne of domestic divas is taking a turn toward the political. "I'd like to be able to spout all my beliefs on the air, but I'm not a political person," she insists. "Bill Clinton is coming on to talk about his global initiative, not his politics. He's engendered so much goodwill around the world, working to improve the future of the world in a non-partisan way."

Martha Stewart Politics: Supports Hillary, Bill Clinton on Show Today

She'll speak politically enough to say, "I'm definitely in favor of Hillary as president. I think she'd be a great president. It's very early in the campaign, though." Ms. Martha is also not about to get sucked into another feud -- just because Barry Manilow chose to go on her show after bowing out of "The View" because he didn't want to be interviewed by Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and ex-"View" panelist Rosie O'Donnell, like Martha, has feuded with Donald Trump, and …

"Don't try to make us opposing camps. That's not fair," she cautions. "I was just on 'The View.' I like most of the people on 'The View' very much, and I love Whoopi."Even with her new line for Macy's, her Sirius Satellite radio programming, her magazines and the TV show, Stewart's also found time to journey out to California a few times to visit her grapes in the Sonoma Valley. In case you haven't heard, among her projects is a new line of wines in partnership with Joe Gallo and his famous family. "Most of the designing has been done here in New York. I tell them what I like, bring samples of wines I find superb. It's all about the mixing of the grapes."

FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT: Rainn Wilson realizes he's become synonymous with his character Dwight Schrute on "The Office," but the actor tells us he's not worried about being typecast as TV's neurotic nerd. "I think I'm a good enough actor that I won't get typecast -- as long as I keep stretching myself and playing different roles. Of course, audiences will first see me as Dwight, but then they'll get to see my range of what I can do when they see me in other roles," says Dwight, we mean Rainn, who took the summer to film "The Rocker."

"It's a comedy about a former heavy-metal drummer who gets a second shot at fame in his high-school [age] nephew's rock band," he adds.

In fact, Rainn learned how to play the drums when getting ready for the part. "I had a crash course with about a month of drum lessons before we started shooting. I have drums in my garage, and I've been banging away to AC/DC. I'm actually an OK drummer at this point." The experience proved to be a lot more fulfilling than just learning how to play a new instrument. "I love balancing 'The Office' with doing some different characters on my break because as much fun as it is to do 'The Office,' I'm playing the same character week after week. It's fun to do something that is very different from Dwight."

THE VIDEOLAND VIEW: Brooke Langdon admits, "I had the butterflies of being new" when she replaced Melissa Sagemiller on NBC's "Life" drama, debuting tonight (Sept. 26). She plays the attorney who manages to get Damian Lewis's cop character exonerated after being wrongly imprisoned for 12 years. However, stresses the one-time "Melrose Place" actress, "Everybody has replaced someone and everyone has been replaced in this business. We all know the drill. I just had the butterflies of wanting to be as good as my coworkers, knowing my game had to be as good as theirs."

Langdon calls the new show "a dream. To go from playing a poor mother who is having an affair with a young guy" -- as she did on "Friday Night Lights" last season -- "to playing a tough, successful Yale-graduate lawyer who believes she's really going to make a difference. … It's a great change to get to play a character on top of the wave of life rather than under it."

IN THE LONG RUN: Standup comedian/actor Kevin Nealon admits it's getting harder these days to make it big as a comedian, but he believes that if the really good ones stick it out, they'll get their due credit eventually. "I think people will always love comedy. They love to laugh," notes the "Weeds" actor. "There does seem to be a lot of stand-up comics now, but you just have to sift through the bad ones. They say the cream always rises to the top, and I think that's true with stand-up comedy. I think if you're good enough at it, you will surface."

With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster.