Meet America’s outcast

Jesse James says he took an “amazing” life and threw it all away.

The estranged husband of Oscar winner Sandra Bullock gives his first television interview to ABC’s “Nightline,” airing tonight, in which he publicly apologizes to Bullock and his three children for cheating on her.

Asked by ABC’s Vicki Mabrey whether he was the most hated man in America for cheating on “America’s sweetheart,” James said hated man in the world is probably more like it.

The tattooed biker and host of “Monster Garage” says he “took an amazing life and amazing success and marriage … and threw it away by my own hands.”

The three-day itch?

Nicole Kidman says she and her husband, country singer Keith Urban, try to never spend more than three days apart in an effort to maintain a loving marriage.

The Oscar winner, whose marriage to Tom Cruise ended in divorce, says her focus has shifted from her career to her husband and 1-year-old daughter.

“I think I’ve reached a point in my life where I’ve slowed down a lot, so it’s not difficult,” she says. “My priority is very much keeping my family together and not being away from them.”

Young ‘Love’ conquers all

Country singer Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” has won BMI’s song of the year award.

The music rights organization says the 20-year-old is the youngest songwriter ever to receive the honor.

The birthday bunch

Songwriter Hal David is 89. Country singer Tom T. Hall is 74. Actor Ian McKellen is 71. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 67. Country singer Jessi Colter is 67. Director/Muppeteer Frank Oz is 66. Actress Karen Valentine is 63. Actress Connie Sellecca is 55. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 47. Actress Anne Heche is 41. Actor Jamie Kennedy is 40. Singer Lauryn Hill is 35.