Ashley Olsen and Justin Bartha Split

The actress-fashion designer, 24, and her Hangover star beau, Justin Bartha, 32, have parted ways. The private couple, who dated for more than two years, shot down engagement rumors shortly after they got together in 2008.

Jamie Lee Curtis, siblings cut out of Tony Curtis' will

Just months before his death in October 2010, Hollywood legend Tony Curtis changed his will to cut daughter Jamie Lee Curtis and her four siblings out of any inheritance. The will lists the names of all five Curtis children, then contains the statement: "I acknowledge the existence of my children... and have intentionally and with full knowledge chosen not to provide for them." Curtis, who died of cardiac arrest at age 85, instead left his estate to his fifth wife, Jill, who he married in 1998. He was previously married to, among others, actress Janet Leigh. One of Curtis' daughters unsuccessfully contested the will in court. His widow, Jill, released a statement saying, "Tony's last will and testament and his passing wishes are private family matters."


Agreement on rookie wage scale
The NFL and NFLPA have reached a basic compromise on a rookie wage scale that will replace the current rookie salary cap. The NFL wanted first-round picks to sign five-year deals in order to become free agents, but relented, according to the report, and agreed to four years for free agency. The report also stated there is also expected to be a stipulation limiting the amount of guaranteed money and signing bonus offered to draft picks. In addition, the league agreed that all players drafted after the first round would be limited to three-year deals, but teams would be allowed to put restricted free agent tags after the three years. In the old CBA, teams with selections 1-16 in the first round could sign those players for up to six years. Picks 17-32 could sign deals for up to five years.

'Spider-Man' to open in early summer

Producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man" musical postponed the show's official opening for a stunning sixth time, announcing Wednesday that it will not officially open until this summer and that it will bring in a new creative team. Julie Taymor, who directed and co-wrote the book for "Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark," will no longer helm the production but will be a part of the creative team, the producers said. The delay revealed a production so trouble-plagued that it has taken itself out of the running for Tony Award consideration this year, but it will be eligible for the 2012 season. The $65 million show was scheduled to open on March 15. "The team will be implementing a new plan to make significant and exciting revisions to the production," lead producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris said in a statement. "This amended schedule will allow the time necessary to execute the plan, which will include revisions to the script." The show's representative, Rick Miramontez, said no performances will be canceled during the overhaul.

Dad: Bobbi Kristina 'sings a little better' than Whitney

Bobby Brown has tipped his teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina for big things in show business, insisting she "sings a little better" than her superstar mother Whitney Houston. Bobbi Kristina, 18, has already expressed an interest in following in her famous parents' footsteps and breaking into the music industry, and Brown is convinced she has the whole package. In an appearance on "The View" Monday, Brown said, "She sings like a bird. She sings a little better than Whitney and she has my legs so [she can dance]..."

Kid Rock to Receive Honor from NAACP
Kid Rock is set to receive the NAACP's Great Expectations Award at its annual dinner, which typically attracts about 10,000 people, on May 1st...but some supporters may be boycotting the event because they don't agree over  Kid Rock's use of the controversial Confederate flag during performances, saying it's a symbol of hatred and bigotry. NAACP officials defended the honor saying the rocker has consistently lifted up the Great Expectations of many persons concerning the future of the city.


TV NEWS
CBS has officially renewed television’s longest-running reality competition series for two additional seasons. The 23rd and 24th installments of Survivor will air during the 2011-12 TV season. Additionally, Survivor staple Jeff Probst has signed a new agreement which keeps him sealed in as CBS’ host with the most and executive producer of the rural series over the next two editions.


In "Glee" news, Blaine and the Dalton Academy Warblers are releasing an album of their own in April.  So far this season, the Warblers have sung Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," Train's "Hey, Soul Sister,"  Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills," Robin Thicke's "When I Get You Alone" and Wings' "Silly Love Songs."

Elizabeth Mitchell of "Lost" and "V" fame will guest star on Special Victims Unit as a piano teacher accused of killing a little girl.

Did you enjoy the Jerry Springer-ish catfight between Evelyn Lozada and Tami Roman on the "Basketball Wives" season finale? Well, you may never get to see them try to rip off each other's extensions again. Lozada wants off the show because she feels the producers "violated her trust by allegedly divulging sensitive information about an illicit relationship she had in the past."

Julianne Moore is going to play Palin in HBO Films' upcoming adaptation of the best seller "Game Change." Julianne will play Palin in the story that will give a behind the scenes look of what really went down during the 2008 presidential elections.


American Pie‘s Chris Klein has booked a multi-episode arc on FX’s forthcoming Elijah Wood-fronted comedy Wilfred. The series, based on the hit Australian sitcom of the same name, revolves around a guy (Wood), a girl(Californication‘s Fiona Gublemann), and a human/dog hybrid named Wilfred (Jason Gann, reprising his role from the Aussie original). Klein, who recently guest-starred on Fox’s The Good Guys, will play a love interest for Gublemann’s character.



NPR's president and CEO resigned Wednesday in an effort to limit the damage from hidden camera footage of a fellow executive deriding the tea party movement as "seriously racist." Conservatives called the video proof that the network is biased and undeserving of federal funds. NPR's board had pushed for the resignation of Vivian Schiller, whom conservatives also criticized in October for firing analyst Juan Williams over comments he made about Muslims. She was not in the video, which was posted Tuesday by a conservative activist, but she told The Associated Press that staying on would only hurt NPR's fight for federal money. "We took a reputational hit around the Juan Williams incident, and this was another blow to NPR's reputation. There's no question," she said.

Charlie Sheen Issues a 'Half-Apology' to Jon Cryer

Charlie Sheen still continues to bash his former Two and a Half Men boss Chuck Lorre – but when it comes to costar Jon Cryer, Sheen is rethinking his negative comments. "I'll apologize to Jon right now," Sheen, 45, said Wednesday morning on K-EARTH 101 radio station. "I was in a mood and I threw that out to somebody. I didn't know they – well I kinda knew they were gonna print it. Yeah, I knew they were gonna print it. I confuse myself." But to avoid any confusion, Sheen clarifies, "It's a little bit of a half-apology. An apol." Explaining the motive behind Tuesday's rant that called out Cryer, 45, for being "a turncoat, a traitor and a troll," Sheen says, "the reason I was upset is because I didn't get a text or a phone call or anything saying, 'Hey, dude, back off, I got your back, or you got my back or there's a back involved.' "