T.O. hospitalized
Free agent wide receiver Terrell Owens was hospitalized last week in Los Angeles for a possible prescription pill overdose. Owens was rushed to the hospital by ambulance Thursday night after a 911 call reported a possible overdose at an apartment where the football player was staying. Police also were called to the scene, but Owens was already en route to the hospital when law enforcement arrived. Owens, 37, has since been released. While a member of the Dallas Cowboys in 2006, Owens was hospitalized after overdosing on the pain killer hydrocodone. The NFL star later denied reports that he was battling depression and that the incident had been an attempted suicide. Owens, who is still recovering from surgery on a torn anterior cruciate ligament, recently said it was only "a matter of time" before he returns to the football field.

 

Ali Landry Welcomes a Son

 Ali Landry and her husband, director Alejandro Monteverde, welcomed their second child in Los Angeles – a boy named Marcelo Alejandro. Landry and Monteverde, 34, also have a daughter, 4-year-old Estela.

NBA cancels season's first two weeks

Saying he was sad and sorry, NBA Commissioner David Stern canceled the first two weeks of the season Monday after players and owners were unable to reach a new labor deal to end the lockout. ''The gap is so significant that we just can't bridge it at this time,'' said Stern, who added it's doubtful a full 82-game season can be played. ''We certainly hoped it would never come to this,'' he said of the NBA's first work stoppage since the 1998-99 season was reduced to 50 games. ''This is not where we choose to be,'' union president Derek Fisher said. ''We're not at a place where a fair deal can be reached with the NBA.'' With just three weeks remaining before the start of the season, top negotiators for both sides met for more than seven hours Monday but were unable to reach an agreement. The two sides expect to remain in contact, but no additional formal talks have been scheduled. Stern said both sides are ''very far apart on virtually all issues. ... We just have a gulf that separates us.'' Players say they have prepared for a shortened season for a couple of years, knowing it could be the inevitable outcome of a difficult negotiation. The owners' initial proposal in early 2010 for a new CBA, calling for salary reductions and rollbacks, shorter contracts and a hard cap of $45 million, got the process off to a tense start. When the sides couldn't agree to a new deal before the old one expired on July 1, Hunter said it had been difficult for the players to overcome the setback the initial proposal caused.

 Tennis Star Serena Williams and Country singer Jake Owen have reportedly gone on a few dates. The tennis star and singer were photographed together Friday night. Serena wasted little time brushing off rumors. Realizing that she was being photographed Friday after dinner, she wrote on Twitter “Ugh paparazzi annoying. Honestly really? Like I wonder what tomm they will say.”She also tweeted to Jake, who performed at Staples Center Saturday, telling him “had so much fun tonite! Yea can’t wait to see concert tomm! Fun time see u tomm/today!!! Lol MardyFish wish u were here!”

Tony Parker to play for his team in France

Spurs guard Tony Parker has made his decision on where he'll play this season during the NBA lockout. The decision was not a tough one, considering he knows the boss of his new team. Parker tweeted: "Going to play in France !!! Let's go ASVEL !!! De retour en France pour jouer avec I'ASVEL !!!" In 2009, Parker bought a 20 percent stake in ASVEL and serves as the vice president of basketball operations for the club. Parker told the sports daily L'Equipe that the decision is "logical," telling the paper, "I'll be playing nearly for free.  . . . If I play the entire season, we'll go for the title." The San Antonio Express-News reports that Parker will make $1,995 per month and that the contract has an opt-out clause for Parker to return to the Spurs should the NBA lockout end. This will be Parker's second stint playing in the country. From 1999-2001, Parker played for Paris Basket Racing after passing up offers from UCLA and Georgia Tech to attend college in the states. He was selected as the 28th overall pick by the Spurs in the 2001 NBA Draft.

Kobe, Bologna working 'intensely' on deal

Kobe Bryant's representatives and Virtus Bologna are ''working very intensely'' to bring the Los Angeles Lakers' star to Italy during the NBA lockout. Bologna President Claudio Sabatini had said he had reached a tentative deal with agent Rob Pelinka for a 10-game contract worth more than $3 million. The Italian team and Bryant's management said in a joint statement Monday they are ''working very intensely to try and create this important deal. Reaching such a complex deal requires both sides' maximum attention for every little detail.''''Everyone wants a positive outcome to the deal, the goal of which is Kobe Bryant's presence in Italy, economic interests for the 17 clubs in Serie A and more attention for all of Italian basketball,'' the statement added.



Lil Wayne Admits Substance Abuse Problem
Lil Wayne is finally admitting he had a substance abuse problem -- claiming he would frequently pound a codeine-based drink called sizzurp because he was "sick." Wayne just spilled his guts in a new documentary-style video shot by one of his friends -- saying he first started drinking the stuff when he was a kid because one of his idols, Pimp C, would often rap about it. But Weezy claims he relied on sizzurp as he became more famous -- saying he needed the drink to help him cope with the pressure of being a celebrity. Wayne insisted he quit using the stuff last year -- and in the video he explains he no longer needs it because, "I'm not sick anymore." As for Pimp C -- he died from an accidental sizzurp overdose in 2007.

Other NBA Players Going Overseas

Wilson Chandler will have some company in China this season. Fellow Denver Nuggets free agent J.R. Smith is following him overseas. Another teammate, Ty Lawson, is taking his game abroad as well, electing to play in Lithuania. Unlike Chandler and Smith, Lawson will be able to cut short his overseas adventure should the lockout end in time for there to be an NBA season. New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams has arrived in Istanbul to start his stint with Turkish basketball team Besiktas. Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari rejoined his former Italian team Olimpia Milano, agreeing to play until the NBA lockout ends. Dallas Mavericks forward Rudy Fernandez has signed with Real Madrid's basketball team during the NBA lockout. Madrid says Fernandez has agreed to play in Spain during the labor negotiations. The deal includes an option for Fernandez to play with Madrid once his contract with the NBA champions ends.




Chris Brown Not Banned From U.K.
Chris Brown says his criminal record played NO ROLE in why he couldn't perform at the massive Michael Jackson tribute in Wales this weekend -- claiming widespread reports that he was "banned" are simply false. Brown's rep, who tells us Chris WAS invited to perform in the show, "however, his previously booked domestic F.A.M.E. tour concert dates didn’t allow him to accept the honor and therefore he never planned to go to the UK. He was not banned." The rep points out that Brown spent the weekend performing in Tampa, Charlotte and Virginia Beach -- dates that had been scheduled BEFORE he was asked to join the MJ show.


TV NEWS
Fox is hoping that when it comes to the New Girl, absence will make your heart grow even fonder. Not long after making the breakout comedy the first freshman series to get a full-season pick-up, Fox rejiggered its October schedule in such a way that Zooey Deschanel and friends will not been seen again until Tuesday, Nov. 1. The first episode to be bumped is a special Wednesday airing that was set for this week. All told, New Girl will be benched by expanded installments of The X Factor (where the judges rounds are said to be quite entertaining and deserving of extra minutes), and MLB playoffs/World Series coverage.



E! True Hollywood Story will devote an hour to Kate and Pippa Middleton this Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 10/9c.



VH1 has picked up a new reality series being executive-produced by American Idol judge Randy Jackson. Aptitude Test, coming in 2012, will find celebrities retaking their high school career aptitude test, then going undercover for on-the-job training in the line of work that is ostensibly their “rightful calling.” 



Tony-winning actress Anika Noni Rose, who last season appeared on seven episodes of The Good Wife as wannabe State’s Attorney Wendy Scott-Carr, is returning to the acclaimed CBS drama. As of now, Rose will be returning for just one episode — and can only speculate that Ms. Scott-Caar might be game for a little payback now that Peter has claimed the office that predecessor Glenn Childs’ ambitious underling had her eye on, had her numbers not been crippled by an illegal nanny scandal dug up by young Zach Florrick.



Susie Abromeit (As the World Turns‘ Anna Kasnoff, and the tennis prodigy from the Gifted Man pilot) will guest-star on CBS’ CSI: Miami as Kayla, a folk-singer turned activist, in this season’s ninth episode.



General Hospital‘s Lexi Ainsworth, who plays Kristina, confirmed via Twitter that she filmed her last episode of the soap on Oct. 6. That puts her final air date on or around mid-November.



Things are really happening these days for NCIS’ Abby (played by Pauley Perrette). Not only will the team’s top-notch lab tech have her backstory explored in this Tuesday’s episode, but she’s also getting a visit from an old friend. Meredith Eaton (Boston Legal) will reprise her NCIS role of Abby’s lab tech bestie, Carol Wilson, in the Nov. 1 episode “Devil’s Triangle.” (That’s the same ep guesting Mad Men alum Melinda McGraw as one of Gibbs’ exes.) Eaton first played Carol in the CBS hit’s December 2009 Christmas episode.



Logo’s RuPaul’s Drag Race has tapped some famous faces as guest judges for Season 4, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rose McGowan, Loretta Devine (Grey’s Anatomy), Kelly Osbourne, Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) and Amber Riley (Glee).

Mikey Welsh, former Weezer bassist, dies at 40
Mikey Welsh, former bassist for the alternative rock band Weezer, has died. Welsh, who was 40, was found in a Chicago hotel room on Saturday afternoon. The cause of death is still undetermined pending autopsy results, but, authorities suspect narcotics were involved. The Vermont-born Welsh performed with Weezer from 1998 to 2001 and played on the album Weezer (a.k.a., the Green Album), which contained the hit “Hash Pipe.” In 2001, Welsh left the band after suffering a nervous breakdown. ”I took some time to get some help for something and they basically took off on me, abandoned me,” Welsh toldsaid in 2002. ”The way it went down was pretty lame.” After leaving Weezer, Welsh began a second career as a painter. A statement posted on the official Weezer web site lauded Welsh as “a unique talent, a deeply loving friend and father, and a great artist,” calling his time in the band “vital, essential, wild, and amazing.” “Mikey was never one to shy away from the absurd, dangerous or strange, and he did so with a gusto few others had,” the post reads. “No one had quite the stage presence of Mikey, nor have there been many who pulled the types of shenanigans he did at shows.”



Zsa Zsa Gabor Hospitalized, Will Have Operation
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says the 94-year-old actress will undergo an operation at a Los Angeles hospital where she also is being treated for an infection. Frederic Prinz von Anhalt said Sunday that doctors at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center planned to reattach a tube in Gabor's stomach that became loose and led to bleeding. The celebrity socialite was rushed to the hospital Saturday. Von Anhalt says Gabor has opened her eyes but is not speaking or responding. He says doctors are waiting for antibiotics to take effect on the infection.
 Kristin Davis is a new mom! The Sex and the City star, 46, welcomed daughter Gemma Rose Davis through domestic adoption a few months ago. "This is something I have wanted for a very long time," Davis said. "Having this wish come true is even more gratifying than I ever had imagined. I feel so blessed." Davis, who is a global ambassador for Oxfam and a patron for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, will next be seen in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.



Al Davis, the Controversial and Combative Raiders Owner, Dies at 82
Al Davis, the irascible owner of the Oakland Raiders whose feuds with the National Football League reshaped professional football over the last half century and helped spur its rise to pre-eminence in the landscape of American sports, died Saturday morning. He was 82. Before there were sports franchise owners like George Steinbrenner, Jerry Jones or Mark Cuban, there was Al Davis, outspoken and brash, who was a central figure in the merger of the upstart American Football League with the established N.F.L., paved the way for the extravaganza known as the Super Bowl, and managed to win championships while irritating the rest of pro football. Mr. Davis was a coach, general manager and owner of the Raiders for nearly 50 years. He left briefly, in 1966, to become the commissioner of the A.F.L., vowing to battle the older N.F.L. for the best players available. That attitude helped lead the N.F.L. to agree to play the A.F.L. in an annual championship game, which became the Super Bowl. In 1970, the leagues played a united schedule, creating the modern N.F.L. For his part, Mr. Davis vehemently opposed the merger. And he feuded for decades with the former N.F.L. commissioner Pete Rozelle and sued the league in the early 1980s so he could move the Raiders from Oakland to Los Angeles. Then, 13 years later, he moved them back. “He is a true legend of the game whose impact and legacy will forever be part of the N.F.L.,” Roger Goodell, the league’s current commissioner, said in a statement. He was also one of a dwindling number of N.F.L. owners whose riches came primarily from the business of football. There were no hedge funds or shipping companies in Mr. Davis’s background. He simply ran the Raiders — the team appeared in five Super Bowls under his ownership, winning three — and his business model could, for all intents and purposes, be summed up by the phrase that became his franchise’s motto: “Just win, baby!” Mr. Davis’s survivors include his wife, the former Carol Segal, and a son, Mark.
 After days of wedding preparations, Paul McCartney and New York businesswoman Nancy Shevell exchanged vows during an afternoon ceremony in London. The couple, who have been dating since 2007 and were engaged in May were greeted with cheers as they arrived at the Old Marylebone Town Hall, which was opened especially for the event. Shevell, 51, wore a flower in her hair and long-sleeved, v-neck, knee-length ivory dress and shoes by her new stepdaughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney, who also made her father's navy blue suit. Wedding guests included Shevell's college-age son, Arlen, her cousin Barbara Walters, McCartney's brother Mike, Ringo Starr and wife Barbara Bach, and George Harrison's widow, Olivia. (Perhaps late Beatle John Lennon was there in spirit: Today would have been his 71th birthday.) It's the third marriage for McCartney, whose six-year union to Heather Mills ended with a bitter, headline-making divorce in 2008. (His first wife, Linda – whom he also married at the Town Hall – died from cancer in 1998, after 29 years of wedlock.) Shevell is also divorced.

Robots rule as 'Real Steel' knocks out the box office

It wasn't exactly a knockout, but DreamWorks' robot-boxing movie "Real Steel" packed enough punch to win the domestic box office this weekend with $27.3 million. George Clooney's latest adult drama, "Ides of March," meanwhile, was also solid if unspectacular, opening to $10.4 million at 2,199 theaters and finishing No. 2 at the box office. Here's how the top 5 fared:
"Real Steel" ($27.3 million)
"Ides of March" ($10.4 million)
"Dolphin Tale" ($9.2 million)
"Moneyball" ($7.5 million)
"50/50" ($5.5 million)

Jennifer Hudson a No Show at MJ Tribute Concert

Jennifer Hudson's no-show at the Michael Jackson tribute concert yesterday caught the show's producers completely off-guard ... especially since she was already paid to do the gig. JHud tweeted Saturday afternoon she wouldn't be doing the show -- citing "major production issues." Hudson is claiming she felt the show's producers didn’t give her enough time with the music she was supposed to be singing. Jennifer received her music the same time as all the performers. JHud signed her contract and was paid in full.

Eric Church Welcomes Son Boone McCoy

The country crooner and wife Katherine welcomed their first child, son Boone McCoy.

Born in Nashville, Tenn., baby Boone weighed in at 7 lbs., 11 oz. Daughter Brit Madison arrived at 3:24 p.m. and weighed in at 6 lbs., 14 oz. Following his recent role in Soul Surfer, Chokachi will next star in Rage of the Yeti, premiering Nov. 12 on SyFy.

David Chokachi Welcomes Daughter Brit Madison

The former Baywatch star and his wife Susan welcomed their first child at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Redmon O'Neal Given Monitoring Device

Ryan O'Neal's 26-year-old son Redmond got one hell of a parting gift during his sentencing last week for a probation violation -- a state-of-the-art GPS monitoring bracelet. Redmond's probation was revoked in September -- after he allegedly snuck out of rehab and ordered drugs on a payphone -- and last week, a judge sent him back to the treatment facility ... with the monitoring device around his ankle. the device features real-time cameras that take a snapshot of Redmond's whereabouts every five minutes -- and if he steps outside his assigned area, an alarm goes off. Redmond -- who's had a long history battling drugs -- pled no contest to drug and weapons charges back in August ... and was sentenced to a year in rehab. If Redmond screws up again, he faces up to six years in prison.

'The Simpsons' renewed by Fox for two more seasons

Simpsons fans, it’s time to stop saying ‘D’oh!’ and start shouting ‘Woo Hoo!’ Signaling that the negotiating stalemate has ended, Fox announced today that it has renewed the animated comedy featuring Homer Simpson for two more seasons. The deal takes the series — already the longest-running prime time comedy in TV history — through the 2013-2014 season, its 25th, totaling 559 episodes. The statement did not specify whether that 25th season would be the show’s last, but noted: “In the words of Homer Simpson, ‘Woo Hoo! I outlasted Andy Rooney!’”



TV NEWS
CBS’ How to Be a Gentleman is on the move, relocating to Saturdays at 8/7c, beginning Oct. 15, the network announced late Friday. Taking over the Thursdays-at-8:30 time slot is Rules of Engagement, which will premiere its new season there starting Oct. 20. (A repeat of The Big Bang Theory fills the vacancy next week.)


In case the announced move to the Saturday night Phantom Zone wasn’t a clear enough sign of How to Be a Gentleman‘s fate, here’s another: Production on the Kevin Dillon series is shutting down.



All My Children alumna Melissa Claire Egan will join CBS’ The Young and the Restless starting Nov. 11 as “a mysterious woman named Chelsea who is connected to Billy’s arrest in Myanmar.”



Lauralee Bell (Cricket) is returning to Y&R in a series of flashbacks this November centered around the conflict she encountered with Eva Longoria’s wacky Isabella back in 2003.



The CW’s Vampire Diaries has cast Alice Evans (Lost, Brothers & Sisters) as Klaus and Rebekah’s mother, Esther. She’ll appear in a flashback in Episode 8 of the third season. Evans is the real-life wife of Ringer star Ioan Gruffudd.


Star Wars vet Billy Dee Williams will play himself on an episode of ABC’s midseason comedy Man Up.


How I Met Your Mother is plotting a returning guest star extravaganza this October — and we’re not just talking Ashley Williams’ Victoria. In the Oct. 24 episode, Chris Elliott, Wayne Brady, Frances Conroy and Bill Fagerbakke will all reprise their respective roles on the CBS comedy. Elliott will revisit the role of Lily’s estranged father, while Conroy and Brady are set to play Barney’s mother and brother once more. And, of course, Fagerbakke will (somehow) appear as Marshall’s late father.

Isaiah Rider Arrested for Violating Probation
Former NBA Slam Dunk champion Isaiah "J.R." Rider is a total flake who blew off his required domestic violence classes and failed to complete 90 hours of community service. Rider -- who was arrested for assaulting his wife last year -- was busted in Arizona for violating his probation Tuesday ... but in court, he had no idea what he did wrong. According to the docs, Rider completely ignored his probation requirements -- which included 100 hours of community service, (he only did 10), completion of domestic violence classes, submitting to a urinalysis test and paying fines. Rider's probation officer TRASHED the former NBA star in court papers, saying Rider's "failure to participate in treatment after so many opportunities appears to reinforce his lack of intent to successfully complete probation." Cops also believe Rider is a flight risk -- and want to keep him locked up. Rider is due back in court on Oct. 11.

'Steve Jobs' bio moves up release date, sees pre-orders rise

An authorized biography of Steve Jobs was high on best-seller lists within hours of Apple’s announcement of his death. And publisher Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that the release date has been moved up from Nov. 21 to Oct. 24. As of early Thursday morning, Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs was No. 1 on Amazon.com and No. 3 on Barnes & Noble.com. Fittingly, the book also tops Apple’s own list: the iTunes books best-seller list. Isaacson’s book includes extensive interviews with the Apple co-founder, who rarely discussed his private life. Isaacson has written best-selling biographies of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. Jobs died Wednesday at age 56 after a long battle with cancer.

Sharon Osbourne Has Breast Implants Removed

Sharon Osbourne had plenty to talk about when she returned to The Talk. Though the co-host claimed she had taken a hiatus from the daytime talk show to spend time with her rocker husband Ozzy Osbourne, she admitted on the air Thursday that her absence was due to a problem with her breast implants. "One morning I woke up and one of my boobies was kind of much longer than the other ... So I'm thinking, this isn't right," Osbourne, who turns 59 on Sunday, said. Her surgeon told her one of her implants had "leaked into the wall of my stomach," so she had them removed and has gone back to her natural assets. "I don't feel like I have a water bed laying on my chest anymore," Osbourne said. Sharon's other big news was the engagement of her son Jack Osbourne to Lisa Stelly, who got her seal of approval. "I like her so much," she told viewers, "because my son absolutely adores her."

'Simpsons' producers agree to pay cuts

Several top-level producers of The Simpsons have agreed to take pay cuts to keep the long-running animated show on the air, sources confirm. Some — though not all — of the producers of the Fox series have indicated they’re willing to have their pay reduced to continue the series beyond its current record-setting 23rd season. The cast, however, have yet to agree to terms with the studio. Simpsons studio 20th Century Fox TV has demanded a 45 percent pay cut and the voice actors countered with a 30 percent reduction, plus a piece of the back end. The studio rejected that proposal. Fox has previously declared the iconic hit is no longer sustainable under its current deal and is demanding salary reductions in order for the series to continue. Some are hoping a deal will be reached, but one Fox executive has said the series will come to an end next year.

  Photos of Julia Robert's Snow White movie.



American Idol Winner Dropped by Label
The honeymoon is over for "American Idol" alum Lee DeWyze -- the season 9 champ has been dumped by his record label ... just a year-and-a-half after winning the title. DeWyze was signed with RCA Records -- whose artist roster includes former Idol stars Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks. As for Lee -- he's taking the whole thing in stride -- according to his rep, who says DeWyze is "in a good place right now" and working on "several exciting projects".

TV NEWS
Later H8R. The CW is pulling its awkward celebrity encounter reality show from Wednesday nights.
After the series dipped down to 1.1 million viewers and a 0.4 in the adult demo last night, The CW yanked the show from its lineup. On the series, celebrities would confront people who passionately disliked them, often with pretty uncomfortable results. Repeats of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Ringer will get some additional sampling by airing in the slot instead.



NBC has canceled freshman comedy Free Agents. The Hank Azaria comedy dropped sharply after its premiere four weeks ago and settled at a 3.3 million viewers and a 1.0 adults 18-49 rating. Repeats of new comedy Whitney will replace the show.



Despite mixed reviews, FX's new drama "American Horror Story" debuted to strong 3.2 million viewers in its initial telecast Wednesday night, and 5 million over three airings. The show follows a married couple who move into a haunted house in Los Angeles and the premiere broadcast beat out various major network shows in the same timeslot.


Fox has ordered a third season of Ramsay’s summer reality series Masterchef. The show has been one of the scant few new unscripted broadcast titles in recent years that have found enough of an audience to earn multiple seasons. Ramsay’s fellow judges Joe Bastianich and Graham Elliot are also back on board.



Saturday Night Live alums Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis are reportedly leaving the show at the end of the season to focus on their film careers.



Dance fans rejoice: "So You Think You Can Dance" has been picked up for a 9th season by FOX.

Visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at 56
Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. He had been battling pancreatic cancer. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," the company said in a brief statement. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve." Jobs had battled cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January — his third since his health problems began — before resigning as CEO six weeks ago. Jobs became Apple's chairman and handed the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook. Jobs' family issued a statement: "Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family. ... We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief." Jobs is survived by his biological mother; sister Mona Simpson; Lisa Brennan-Jobs, his daughter by onetime girlfriend Chrisann Brennan; wife Laurene; and their three children, Erin, Reed and Eve.
 Jessica Alba and Cash Warren's daughter Haven Garner, 7-weeks old.



Ashton Kutcher Moves Out On Demi Moore

There are reports that Ashton Kutcher has moved out of the home he shares with Demi Moore. And it’s not due to his alleged cheating or the recent pictures that surfaced of his alleged cheating. A family friend says that the the Two and a Half Men star is fed up with Moore’s recent behavior. The friend says that she is back abusing substances and Kutcher has been trying to help her through it. “Demi had been sober for a long time — decades — but recently it’s gotten bad,” the insider claims. “Ashton loves her, but he can’t stick around and watch her do this to herself.” A rep for the star denies the report but she looked extremely thin at the premiere for the breast cancer anthology Five, in New York. Demi briefly spent time in rehab while shooting 1985’s St. Elmo’s Fire.

Rapper Chaos Kid Commits Suicide
Eminem’s former group member and associate Chaos Kid has committed suicide. Chaos Kid befriended Eminem around 1988, while working with producer Mike “Manix” Ruby, who was making music for a young Eminem and Chaos Kid. They worked together under the production team “Bassmint Productions” from 1989–1992, and they performed a number of shows together as well. The pair also recorded a number of unreleased tunes together as part of a group called “Soul Intent,” which recorded a demo tape around their senior year of high school. Chaos Kid also defended Eminem when controversial demo tapes surfaced featuring the rapper using the N-word and disrespecting African-American women on a song titled “Suckerin’ Rhymin.” “Marshall Mathers is not a racist,” Chaos Kid told MTVNews. “Although the songs were in bad taste, they were not intended to be taken seriously or even heard and do not represent the true sentiments of Eminem.”

Black Eyed Peas Out Of Michael Jackson Tribute Concert

Hip-Hop group The Black Eyed Peas have dropped out of an upcoming Michael Jackson tribute concert, that is slated to take place this weekend. The Peas were slated to hit the stage with a number of celebrities in Cardiff, Wales for the “Michael Forever Tribute” Concert, which takes place this Saturday. “Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Black Eyed Peas will be unable to perform at this Saturday’s Michael Forever event,” Chris Hunt, head of Global Live Events, said in a statement. “It is with regret that we announce the removal of Black Eyed Peas from the Michael Forever bill, but I look forward to a great night with other earth shattering artists. Other artists slated to perform during the evening include rapper Cee Lo Green, Gladys Knight, Christina Aguilera, Latoya Jackson and Smokey Robinson. The concert is taking place as Dr. Conrad Murray stands trial for involuntary manslaughter, surrounding the death of Michael Jackson. The 50-year-old world-famous singer died from a drug overdose on June 25, 2009. Dr. Murray faces up to 4 years in prison if he is convicted of the charges.

Sarah Palin decides not to run for president in 2012

Sarah Palin said on Wednesday that she will not seek the Republican U.S. presidential nomination in 2012, ending months of speculation and leaving the Republican field largely settled. Palin had left the door open to a run but gave little sign of joining the race to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama. She made it official in a letter to supporters and in an interview with conservative talk radio host Mark Levin. "After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for president of the United States," she said in the letter. Her decision leaves Republican voters to choose from a field that is led by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and businessman Herman Cain, and includes a host of others. Her announcement came a day after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie opted against running.



A Black Bond?
British actor Idris Elba, who starred as the infamous character Stringer Bell on HBO’s The Wire was asked at a recent press junket for his show Luther about the possibility of taking over the Bond reigns after current star Daniel Craig finished his last contracted film as 007. In the past, Craig has also gone on record to say that Elba would be the perfect candidate. When asked about the “rumor,” Elba said “I would do it, but I don’t want to be called the first black James Bond. Do you understand what I’m saying? Sean Connery wasn’t the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn’t the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don’t want to be called the black James Bond.”



TV NEWS
James Marsden is coming to 30 Rock! the Straw Dogs/X-Men star will appear in at least six episodes of the NBC comedy’s sixth cycle, which premieres at midseason. Additional details surrounding the guest spot are being kept tightly under wraps, but Marsden does seem to fit the bill of a recent casting notice put out by 30 Rock that calls for a new suitor for Tina Fey’s perpetually single Liz Lemon.

  
Not to be outdone by Fox’s New Girl and NBC’s two favored freshman comedies, CBS has granted a full-season pick-up to its brand-new Monday-night hit, 2 Broke Girls.

  
Molly Sims is Hamptons-bound. Royal Pains has tapped the Las Vegas beauty to guest star in the Season 3 finale this winter. The Project Accessory host will play Grace Hay Adams, a supermodel-turned-magazine editor who successfully turned her life around after a tragic accident. Royal Pains‘ third season resumes in January.


White Collar‘s Gloria Votsis will appear in the Thanksgiving episode of ABC’s new comedy Suburgatory as a love interest for Jeremy Sisto.

  
TeenNick is moving up its The ’90s Are All That programming block to 10 pm beginning this Friday.



Warrant singer died of alcohol poisoning
The Los Angeles County coroner's office has determined that Jani Lane, the former lead vocalist and songwriter for the 1980s glam metal band Warrant, died of alcohol poisoning. Lane, 47, was found dead in August in a motel in Woodland Hills, on the outskirts of Los Angeles.


Ten Things You May Not Have Known About Steve Jobs

1) College drop-out: Like Mark Zuckerberg who dropped out of Harvard to create facebook, Steve Jobs had better things to do than go to school. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after 6 months. He got a job with Atari and a year later he co-founded Apple.


2) He co-founded Pixar: Jobs was so successful with Apple that a lot of people don't know that in 1986 Steve Jobs purchased the animation studio, Pixar, for $5 million and gave the company an additional $5 million to experiment with animation. Jobs was also one of the people responsible for the sale of Pixar to Disney nearly 20 years later.


3) He was adopted: Steve Jobs' biological mother gave him up for adoption one week after giving birth. She was unmarried and was also in graduate school. Jobs was then adopted by and Armenian husband and wife, Paul and Clara Hagopian. In the 90's he decided to track down his long lost sister whom he finally met when he was 27. Not surprisingly his sister, Mona Simpson is a successful author and UCLA professor.


4) He's a Buddhist: He was such a hardcore Zen Buddhist that he almost thought about joining a monastery and becoming a monk. He was married in a Buddhist tradition by a Zen monk who was his own personal guru.

5) He was a player: Before Jobs married his wife Laurene Powell in 1991. He dated Hollywood starlets (at the time) like Dianne Keaton and Joan Baez. He also fathered a child with a woman named Chrisann Brennan but denied paternity, claiming he was sterile. He later acknowledged paternity. In 1989, Jobs spoke at Stanford's graduate business school and met his wife, Laurene Powell, who was then a student. When she became pregnant, Jobs at first refused to marry her. It was a near-repeat of what had happened more than a decade earlier with then-girlfriend Brennan, Deutschman said, but eventually Jobs relented.


6) Their first creation was the Apple I — essentially, the guts of a computer without a case, keyboard or monitor. The Apple II, which hit the market in 1977, was their first machine for the masses. It became so popular that Jobs was worth $100 million by age 25.


7) He was fired from Apple: He created Apple at the age of 20 out of his parents garage with his friend Steve Wozniak. After 10 years growing the company and right as he turned 30, he had a falling out with Wozniak and the board of directors sided with Wozniak and Jobs was fired. However, he said it was the best thing that ever happened to him. "The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again," he once said.


8) He made Apple famous: After 10 years away from Apple he returned in 1996, a company that struggled through most of the late 80's and 90's. Remember those chunky Mac computers of the 90's? Me neither. That was the period when Steve Jobs wasn't doing his magic over at Apple. A few years later in 2001 he developed the Ipod and never looked back.


9) He doesn't eat meat: He's actually a Pescetarian, which means he eats fish but no other meat. He will eat eggs and dairy and anything else a vegetarian would eat.


10) Steve Jobs estimated net worth is $8.3 Billion: He was number #39 on Forbes list of the Richest People in America in 2011.

'Simpsons' studio says show cannot continue without cutting costs

Is Homer about to utter his final ‘D’oh!’? The producers of The Simpsons and the voice actors are currently at an impasse in negotiations for a new deal that would allow for new episodes of the animated Fox comedy beyond the current season. 20th Century Fox Television, the studio that produces the series — which, in its 23rd season, is the longest running prime-time comedy in TV history — has asked the voice actors to take a 45-percent pay cut to renew their contracts for additional seasons. 20th Century Fox issued an ultimatum to the actors — Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer — to take a 45 percent pay cut or the show will end. Per the report, the offer was made Monday evening after the sextet, who each make $8 million a year, last week proposed a 30 percent pay cut in exchange for a small percentage of the show's back-end profits, which includes syndication and merchandising. Contract negotiations between the show and the voice actors have turned tense on several occasions; in the late ’90s, the studio warned that it would replace the actors before a new deal was ultimately reached. "Fox is taking the position that unless they can cut the production costs really drastically, they'll pull the plug on new shows," a source says. "The show has made billions in profits over the years and will continue to do so as far as the eye can see down the road. The actors are willing to take a pay cut of roughly a third, but that's not good enough for Fox. ... Fox is basically saying, 'If you don't take this deal, we'll shut down the show,' and they'll continue to make a ton of money." If the actors accept the offer, they would each make about $4 million.

Pink to Make Acting Debut as a Sex Addict

No stranger to performing, Pink is honing her acting chops to star as free-spirited sex addict Dede in Thanks for Sharing. Pink (real name Alecia Moore), 32, did have a cameo in Charlie's Angels Full Throttle in 2003 and another small role in Catacombs in 2007, but this is the singer's first leading role. Spotted filming in New York City's West Village Tuesday, she is set to star alongside such pros as Gwenyth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins. Her character shares a bond with Book of Mormon's Josh Gad, who, as Neil, is another of three characters undergoing 12-step treatment for sex addiction.

Meet Kailani Merizalde Phillippe Knapp. "So Undercover" actress Alexis Knapp, 21, shared a photo of her 3-month-old daughter with ex-boyfriend Ryan Phillippe, 37. Knapp announced her pregnancy at an industry event in mid-February -- five months after she and the "Lincoln Lawyer" actor officially ended their on-and-off relationship. (Phillippe was dating Amanda Seyfried at the time. They have since split.)

Kat Von D recording her first album

Paris Hilton. Kim Kardashian. Heidi Montag. These are reality TV stars who released albums. Using rudimentary skills in logic and pattern making, we can determine the following, irrefutable law: Reality TV stars make terrible music. However, this newly coined scientific law is not deterring "LA Ink" tattoo impresario Kat Von D. Von D is in the middle of recording her first album. "I've been passionate about music all my life...I've been playing classical piano since I was six. So I understand the form, but it will be fun to able to translate a message." "I think it's much like tattooing or the TV show or makeup, my clothing line, fashion...All those things, they're just different outlets to be able to be creative. So music, I think it's going to be one of those things."

 It was a giant jam session," Shannon Tweed-Simmons says about her Oct. 1 wedding to KISS bassist Gene Simmons. The couple, who have been together for 28 years, celebrated with 400 guests. Among them were daughter Sophie, 19, who served as maid of honor and even crooned the song for the first dance, Etta James's "At Last," and son Nick, 22, a groomsmen who also took the stage to perform. Even the family dog, Snippy, joined in the celebration – serving as the ring bearer.

 

Hank Williams Jr. Apologizes for 'Dumb Statement'

Hank Williams Jr. issued an apology Tuesday for comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler during a TV interview. "I have always been very passionate about Politics and Sports and this time it got the Best and Worst of me," Williams, 62, said in a statement on his website. On Monday's Fox and Friends he likened the President's recent golf outing with Republican House Speaker John Boehner to "Hitler playing golf with [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu." In response, ESPN quickly dropped the country star's iconic "Are You Ready For Some Football?" promo from this week's Monday Night Football broadcast.

 

Blake Lively, Leonardo DiCaprio Break Up

Their summer romance is over. Blake Lively and Leonardo DiCaprio, linked since May at the Cannes Film Festival, are no longer dating, a source close to DiCaprio says. "It's amicable. They're friends," the source says, adding that distance and DiCaprio's work commitments contributed to the breakup.

Throat troubles cause Adele to cancel shows again

Adele is again canceling concerts because of throat troubles. Her 10-city U.S. concert run was to kick off in Atlantic City, N.J., on Friday and take her to Miami, Nashville, Tenn., and elsewhere. But in a statement released Tuesday, those performances were canceled, blamed on a hemorrhage in her vocal cord. The "Rolling in the Deep" singer canceled some U.S. concert dates in April because of laryngitis.The best-selling British soul singer says she's "truly devastated" and annoyed. She says in the statement she has no choice but to rest and recuperate properly or risk permanent damage to her voice. She adds that she's going to start vocal rehab soon. She apologizes to her fans.

Hungry Muppet to appear on "Sesame Street"

A new poverty-stricken Muppet will highlight the issue of hunger struggles on an episode of "Sesame Street", the show said in a statement. Pink-faced Muppet Lily, whose family deals with food insecurity, will join Big Bird, Elmo and other favorites on a one-hour prime-time special featuring country star Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams Paisley called "Growing Hope Against Hunger," to air Oct 9.The new Muppet will bring awareness to the ongoing hunger struggles that families face in the United States, the show said."Food insecurity is a growing and difficult issue for adults to discuss, much less children," the Paisleys said in a statement. "Sesame Street" is seen in either the U.S. or local TV versions in more than 140 nations and has won multiple awards for its educational content for pre-schoolers. The special will see children tell personal stories of their families struggling with hunger, and will also show how some families find innovative and community-driven solutions, including food drives and assistance programs. Recent U.S. Department of Agriculture data estimates that 17 million American children have limited or uncertain access to food. And 9.6 million of these children are under the age of 6, which prompted Sesame Workshop, the non-profit organization behind "Sesame Street," to launch a "Food For Thought: Eating Well on a Budget" initiative.



TV NEWS
The first official cancellation of the 2011-12 TV season is… NBC’s The Playboy Club! The Peacock net announced Monday that it was pulling the low-rated, period drama off the air after three low-rated episodes. Prime Suspect repeats will take over the Monday at 10 pm perch until Rock Center with Brian Williams debuts on Oct. 31. This drama, starring Eddie Cibrian and Amber Heard, chronicled the goings-on at the infamous Playboy Club in 1960s Chicago. 



NBC has ordered Up All Night and Whitney for full seasons.



Following Dexter’s biggest premiere to date last Sunday, contract negotiations between Michael C. Hall and Showtime have reportedly come to an impasse. talks broke down after the two sides were unable to bridge a $4 million gap in Hall’s proposed new salary. (The new pact would be for two years.)  Hall recently said that he doesn’t “have any reason to believe that this sixth season will be [the show's] last.”



Alfre Woodard (True Blood, Memphis Beat) has landed a guest appearance on Grey’s Anatomy‘s. The veteran actress will play a famous novelist who is under Derek and Lexie’s care at Seattle Grace in this season’s eighth episode.



Grey’s Anatomy‘s Jason George will appear in The Closer’s winter finale (airing Dec. 26) as a businessman with ties to the neighborhood where Turell Baylor was killed last season.



True Blood‘s Chris Bauer has landed a guest spot on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 this fall. The True Blood star will play the “manager of an off-shore oil rig who finds himself coming face-to-face with Danny and McGarrett when one of his men is murdered.”



Deadwood‘s Brad Dourif will guest star on ABC’s fantastical new series Once Upon a Time this fall as a beggar who befriends Rumpelstiltskin.

TV pitchman Donald Lapre dies in apparent suicide in federal custody

A U.S. Marshals Service spokesman says a Phoenix-based TV pitchman charged with running a nationwide scheme to sell essentially worthless Internet-based businesses has died in an apparent suicide while in federal custody. Spokesman Matt Hershey says Donald Lapre was found dead in his cell at a Florence facility Sunday morning. His trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday. Hershey says the death remains under investigation. A grand jury indicted Lapre in June on 41 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud and promotional money laundering. He was accused of overseeing and promoting the opportunity through his company called "The Greatest Vitamin in the World." The government says at least 220,000 victims in the scheme were defrauded of nearly $52 million.

Tupac Shakur Sex Tape Comes Up For Sale

A five minute explicit sex tape featuring Tupac Shakur will be coming to the market. An unnamed individual is taking offers for the tape, which was shot in 1991. The scene features a bunch of groupies in the living room of a house, went to Tupac walks into the room with his pants down. One of the women in the room begins to perform oral sex on Tupac, as he dances around to an unreleased song, while being pleasured. During the explicit scene, Digital Underground group member Money B. walks over to Tupac, who puts his arm around Money B., while he receives oral sex, smoking a blunt.


Madonna Booked for Super Bowl
Madonna just may burn the Super Bowl up with her love, as the rumored halftime performer at the February 2012 NFL championship game. Though unconfirmed by the NFL, sources as saying that Madonna has been booked as the halftime act for Super Bowl XLVI. As such, she follows in the footsteps of, most recently, the Black Eyed Peas, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Prince.




Thomas Jane Says He Turned Gay Tricks as a Homeless Teen Actor
Thomas Jane's fictional character in HBO's Hung moonlights as a male prostitute, and now the actor has revealed that he experimented in the sex industry too when he was a struggling teenage actor. "When I was a kid out here in L.A., I was homeless, I didn't have any money and I was living in my car. I was 18. I wasn't averse to going down to Santa Monica Boulevard and letting a guy buy me a sandwich. Know what I mean?" said Jane in an interview with the L.A. Times, referring to the predominately homosexual Los Angeles enclave of West Hollywood. "Hey, you grow up as an artist in a big city, as James Dean said, you're going to have one arm tied behind your back if you don't accept people's sexual flavors," Jane explained, comparing his pre-fame money making attempts to that of another Hollywood heart throb. "You're a lot more open to experimentation as a young man. And for me, being a young artist and broke in Los Angeles, I was exploring my sexual identity," Jane went on to say. "And probably because of my middle-class, white blue-collar upbringing, I would have never had the opportunity to confront some of my own fears and prejudices had I not been hungry enough to be forced to challenge myself in that way." The remarkably candid confession from the actor came in response to backlash he had gotten from the gay media over a previous interview. "I think they took my comment that it would be the last year of the show when I ended up with a (penis) in my mouth, think they took that comment to be anti-gay. And then I got a chance to explain myself a little further, and I think people respected the explanation that I gave," he told the L.A. Times. "And then you actually have a choice, and I chose to be a heterosexual guy because that's what my DNA dictates and my nurture dictates that I am," said Jane, whose divorce from actress Patricia Arquette was finalized in June despite the couple's attempts at reconciliation.

Seth Rogen Weds

The 50/50 star tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, writer Lauren Miller, in Sonoma County, Calif. The wedding took place in front of family and friends overlooking a vineyard. Guests included Rogen's frequent costars Jonah Hill Adam Sandler, Paul Rudd, among others. Rogen, 29, and Miller, 30, have been a couple since meeting in 2004, when he was a staff writer on The Ali G Show. They have been engaged since September of last year.

Jenna Fischer Welcomes a Son

Fischer, 37, and husband Lee Kirk welcomed son Weston Lee. Fischer, whose character Pam has a daughter and is expecting a son with TV husband Jim Halpert on the show, first revealed she was pregnant in May. Fischer and Kirk were engaged in 2009 while both were vacationing in Europe and got married in July 2010, with Survivor's Jeff Probst officiating the ceremony.

ESPN pulls 'Monday Night Football' intro

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s classic intro song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the country singer famous for the line ''Are you ready for some football?'' used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama. In an interview Monday morning on Fox News' ''Fox & Friends,'' Williams, unprompted, said of Obama's outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: ''It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu.'' Asked to clarify, Williams said, ''They're the enemy,'' adding that by ''they'' he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Anchor Gretchen Carlson later said to him, ''You used the name of one of the most hated people in all of the world to describe, I think, the president.'' Williams replied, ''Well, that is true. But I'm telling you like it is.'' ''While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to 'Monday Night Football,''' the network said in a statement. ''We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast.'' Williams released a statement through his publicist, saying: ''Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme — but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me — how ludicrous that pairing was. They're polar opposites and it made no sense. They don't see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the president.'' ESPN did not say whether the intro, synonymous with ''Monday Night Football'' since 1989, would be used again after this week's Colts- Buccaneers game. ''Every time the media brings up the tea party it's painted as racist and extremists — but there's never a backlash — no outrage to those comparisons,'' Williams' statement continued. ''Working-class people are hurting — and it doesn't seem like anybody cares. When both sides are high-fiving it on the ninth hole when everybody else is without a job — it makes a whole lot of us angry. Something has to change. The policies have to change.'' ESPN covered the story during ''SportsCenter'' and the pregame show but did not mention the song's absence at the start of the game telecast when fans would normally be hearing ''Are you ready for some football?'' Instead of a music video, viewers just saw clips of both teams and heard a voice-over about the matchup. The song ''All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night'' is a remixed version of his 1984 hit ''All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight.'' The version won Williams four Emmy Awards in the early 1990s as the opening theme to ''Monday Night Football,'' then on ABC.
 Donald Trump, Jr. and wife Vanessa welcomed son Tristan Milos at 2:59 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, the proud dad announced via Twitter. Weighing in at 8 lbs., 4 oz, Tristan joins siblings Donnie John III, 2½, and Kai Madison, 4.

Tone Loc Pleads No Contest To Gun/Domestic Violence Charges

Rapper Tone Loc has pleaded no contest to domestic violence and assault weapons charges related to an arrest on June 18. Los Angeles County prosecutors revealed that the rapper would serve a day in the county jail coupled with three years of probation, 30 days community service and 52 weeks of anger management counseling. The rapper was initially arrested for domestic violence, but an investigation turned up an illegal, unregistered firearm. Tone Loc experienced great success in the 80's as a rap star that performed hits like "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina." His unique, gravely voice also has allowed him to do some acting work.


Olivia Wilde Divorce Finalized
Olivia Wilde is officially a single woman after a judge signed papers ending her eight-year marriage to an Italian prince. The actress, 27, filed for divorce from Tao Ruspoli in March in Los Angeles Superior Court and got a final judgment on Sept. 29. The pair eloped in 2003 when Wilde was a teen-ager. The star of Tron did not seek spousal support and the former couple reached a private agreement on dividing property.

Third drug arrest for Packers' Jolly

Suspended Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly was jailed after his third drug arrest in three years. Jolly was charged Saturday with possession of a compound containing codeine. He also was charged with tampering with evidence for attempting to conceal the substance from investigators, according to records. In April, Jolly pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge and was sentenced to probation after striking the deal with prosecutors that wiped out a similar charge from March and spared him any time in prison unless he stumbled again. Jolly had faced up to 20 years in prison if he had been convicted of possessing at least 200 grams of codeine, a controlled substance. That arrest came outside a Houston club three years ago. The plea agreement called for five years of deferred adjudication, a form of probation that allowed the conviction to be removed from his record if he stayed out of trouble. State District Judge Denise Bradley also ordered Jolly to undergo drug treatment at an inpatient facility for 90 days, barred him from going to bars or nightclubs and ordered him not to drink or use drugs while on probation. She also warned Jolly that if he violated any terms of his probation, she'd send him to prison.



TV NEWS
Kevin Hart (Little Fockers) has signed on for a guest-starring role on Modern Family. He’ll play Andre, a new neighbor of Phil Dunphy who happens to be a physician. The 32-year-old comedian will see a familiar face when he begins production on the ABC comedy: He co-starred opposite Sofia Vergara in the 2004 movie Soul Plane. Recently, Hart and his Hartbeat Productions notched an unexpected victory at the box office with his debut standup film Laugh at My Pain, which follows his recent national tour run and a stop in his hometown of Philadelphia. It debuted inside of the box office top 10 ranking and pulled in nearly $2 million, in just 97 theaters, for an impressive per-location gross of $20,619. The film only cost $750,000 to make.



Terra Nova will not get a full season (Fox executives have confirmed that’s out of the cards); the question now is whether the show will get a second season. Expect Fox to air all 12 weeks no matter what.


Will Arnett will perform double duty for the Peacock this TV season. Already the male lead of the freshman NBC comedy Up All Night, Arnett is now officially booked to reprise his 30 Rock character of Devon Banks.



The artist formerly known as Mos Def (he’s just Mos now) makes his Dexter debut next week as an ex-con who claims to have found God.


Perfect Couples star David Walton has booked a guest spot on ABC's Happy Endings. Walton, who co-stars opposite Amanda Peet in NBC's midseason entry Bent, will appear in the Halloween episode, appropriately titled "Spooky Endings." In the fifth episode of the season, set to air Oct. 26, he will play a potential love interest, Harry, for Alex (Elisha Cuthbert). His character is a fellow partygoer the gang meets at a warehouse Halloween party.

Ex-Titans assistant Heimerdinger dies

Mike Heimerdinger, a veteran assistant coach in the NFL who directed high-powered offenses and developed quarterbacks such as Steve McNair, Jay Cutler and Vince Young, has died. He was 58. The Tennessee Titans confirmed Heimerdinger's death after talking with his family. He died Friday while in Mexico to receive experimental treatments for a rare form of cancer. He was offensive coordinator for the Titans when he was diagnosed with cancer in November 2010. ''Mike approached cancer with the same vigor and tenacity that he approached any football game — to win,'' Heimerdinger's wife, Kathie, said in a statement. ''Even in the final minutes he never gave up — that was our Dinger. He was a deeply devoted husband and father, loving son and brother, loyal friend and committed coach who loved the game and life.'' Heimerdinger leaves a daughter, Alicia, and a son, Brian.

 

Martha Stewart's Daughter Lashes Out at Domestic Diva in New Tell-All

In a scathing new tell-all book, Martha Stewart's daughter, Alexis, reveals that life as the homemaker's child was far from perfect.  "Martha does everything better! You can't win!" Alexis, 46, writes of her mother, 70, in her new book Whateverland: Learning to Live Here, out October 18 (as first excerpted by the U.K. Daily Mail). "If I didn't do something perfectly, I had to do it again. I grew up with a glue gun pointed at my head." Now a mother herself, Alexis angrily reflects in her book on Martha's lack of basic parenting skills.  "Martha was not interested in being kid-friendly," Alexis reveals in Whateverland. "She used to make me wrap my own presents. She would hand me things right before Christmas and say, 'Now wrap these but don't look inside.'" But Alexis says she took the most issue with the domestic diva's habits around the house. "My mother has a sign on all of her doors to take your shoes off," Alexis writes. "For god's sake! My mother's dogs p--s and s--t on her rugs and she's telling people to take their shoes off? Though Alexis drops these and other bombshells in the book, she insists she harbors no ill will. In fact, she even dedicated the tome to Martha. Says the TV personality of her daughter, Alexis: "She's her own person. She makes up her own mind."

Gene Simmons Marries


Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed have made it official! After 28 years together, the KISS bassist, 62, married his longtime girlfriend in an evening ceremony outside on the crystal lawn at the Beverly Hills hotel on Saturday, their rep confirmed.

Elizabeth Hurley is getting married again. Shane Warne, a former Australian cricket star who's been dating Hurley for the past 10 months, proposed to Hurley. Hurley, who recently began a run on "Gossip Girl," was photographed Saturday wearing a rather large sapphire and diamond engagement ring, which you can see below. She also tweeted "Thanks for all your congratulations," along with a picture of herself and hew new husband-to-be. The marriage will be the second for both. Hurley, 46, was previously married to Arun Nayar; they were divorced in June. The 42-year-old Warne split for his wife, Simone, last year.

 

Kenan Thompson is Engaged

The 33-year-old is engaged to model Christina Evangeline, a rep for the actor confirmed. The nuptials are set to take place on November 11, 2011. Before Thompson joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2003, he was a fan favorite on Nickelodeon's sketch comedy show All That from 1994-1999. He and costar Kel Mitchell concurrently appeared in a spinoff, the aptly titled Kenan & Kel, from 1996-2000. Thompson has also appeared in several theatrical films throughout his career, including D2: The Mighty Ducks, Heavyweights, Good Burger, Fat Albert, Snakes on a Plane and The Smurfs.

James Marsden's Wife Files for Divorce

After more than a decade of marriage, James Marsden's wife Lisa Linde has filed for divorce. Citing irreconcilable differences in court documents filed one week ago, Linde is seeking spousal support and joint legal and physical custody of the couple's two young children Jack and Mary. "This was a mutual decision," Marsden's rep says. "They are committed to raising their kids together and remain great friends."

Wade-Stern spat as NBA talks stall

Not even the presence of Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony could move the sides closer to an NBA labor agreement, the New York Post reported Saturday. In fact, it may have moved them further apart in the cordiality department. Wade shouted at commissioner David Stern during the lowlight of a tempestuous five-hour negotiation Friday that nearly ended the proceedings prematurely. The talks in New York produced no deal and could have created ill feelings stemming from the Wade incident. Stern holds grudges. Players Association executive director Billy Hunter Jr. said he does not expect an agreement by this weekend. A person debriefed on the meeting confirmed that Wade got ticked off when Stern, during his spiel, started pointing his finger at Wade. "Don't point your finger at me," the Heat superstar screamed at Stern. "I'm not a child." ESPN reported that Wade, James and Anthony threatened to leave the talks early before Hunter talked them into staying another hour.  "There are times when it's contentious," union president Derek Fisher said, without referring to a specific incident. "Guys are very passionate about their opinions. There are also times you really talk and show the type of professional respect. When you have as much at stake as we all do, you have to expect some ups and downs within the meetings." "I don't think it's going to get done this weekend, but the points were clearly articulated," Hunter said outside the Park Avenue hotel. "[Owners] understand from a players' perspective what our position is."



'Dolphin Tale' jumps into first with $14.2 million; 'Lion King' now 10th highest-grossing film of all time

Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros.' inspirational Dolphin Tale took the No. 1 spot in its second weekend with $14.2 million, wresting the box office crown from fellow family pic The Lion King. Moneyball also stayed in the limelight in its second outing, bringing in $12.5 million. The Lion King has racked up $79.7 million during this release, lifting The Lion King‘s lifetime domestic total (which also includes a 2002 IMAX run) to a roaring $408.2 million. That gross officially boosts The Lion King into the Top Ten on the all-time domestic box office chart, pushing Spider-Man (2002, $403.7 million) down to number 11. By this time next week, ninth place Toy Story 3 ($415.3 million) could be knocked down a peg as well.

1. Dolphin Tale – $14.2 mil
2. Moneyball – $12.5 mil
3. The Lion King 3D – $11.1 mil
4. 50/50 – $8.9 mil
5. Courageous – $8.8 mil


Arrested Development Returning to TV
The loyal Arrested Development fanbase erupted today after creator Mitchell Hurwitz announced that plans were in motion for a fourth season of the iconic show, leading into the long-delayed movie. Showtime and Netflix are vying to broadcast the new episodes, currently expected to air sometime in 2013. Horowits and the entire main cast of Arrested Development were at The New Yorker Film Festival in Manhattan to announce the plans. All the main cast members (Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia de Rossi, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Jeffrey Tambor, and Jessica Walter) will be returning for the fourth season, which will consist of ten episodes. Each episode will focus on a specific character.


Kurt Russell to Replace Kevin Costner
Death Proof star Kurt Russell is set to replace Kevin Costner in Django Unchained. A villainous role, Russell will be playing Ace Woody, an employee of the evil Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) who trains slaves to fight for others' entertainment. Costner dropped out of the project two weeks ago due to scheduling conflicts. But that's not all. Laura Cayouette, who played Rocket in Kill Bill Vol. 2, has also signed on to the movie as Candie's widowed sister, who owns the plantation. The film centers on an escaped slave named Django (Jaime Foxx) who meets the aforementioned German bounty hunter (Waltz) and crafts a plan to get revenge against his former owner and rescue his wife (a role that has not yet been cast). The movie will begin production in November and is slated for a December 25, 2012 release date.


TV NEWS
Debbie Allen will be showing up on an episode of Grey's Anatomy. She be playing the role of Dr. Catherine Avery, the mother of Jackson. She knew Meredith's mother, Ellis.  Her mission is to perform a transplant on a guy diagnosed with cancer of the penis.  The episode airs October 13th.


Warning, Chuck fans: You may want to go all kung fu on NBC after reading this next sentence: The show’s fifth (and final) season premiere has been pushed back. The return of Chuck and the debut of freshman series Grimm have been delayed a week, and will now air on Friday, Oct. 28 in order to accommodate NBC’s two-day block of Halloween-themed programming.


Another Lee is also coming to NBC. Former "My Name Is Earl" star Jason Lee will return to the network for a guest arc on "Up All Night," playing a single father who starts dating Ava (Maya Rudolph). Lee is still awaiting word on whether his TNT series "Memphis Beat" will get a third season.


Danny Masterson has landed the lead in pal Breckin Meyer’s TBS multi-cam comedy pilot, Men at Work. The That 70′s Show alum will star as a recently dumped nice guy looking to “reactivate his manhood.”


"Private Practice" star, Taye Diggs has written a children’s book called, "Chocolate me!". The picture book teaches children about fitting in with those that are different from themselves. The book hit store shelves on Tuesday.