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TV Actress Phyllis Avery Dies at 88

Phyllis Avery, who played the wife of Ray Milland in 75 episodes of the 1953-55 CBS comedy Meet Mr. McNulty, died of heart failure at her home in Los Angeles. She was 88. In McNutley (later called The Ray Milland Show), Milland played a professor at a college for girls, with Avery as his wife, Peggy. During her 50-year career, the petite blonde also co-starred in the 1960-62 CBS soap opera The Clear Horizon and on such shows as Peter Gunn, Have Gun -- Will Travel, The Rifleman, The Millionaire, Rawhide and Perry Mason. Survivors include daughters Avery and Anne and granddaughter Martine.


Barbara Stuart Dies
Actress Barbara Stuart, who appeared in dozens of television series and movies, including "Bachelor Party," "Airplane!" and the legal drama "L.A. Law," has died. She was 81. Her first TV series was "I Led 3 Lives" in 1954. Since then, Stuart appeared on "The George Burns Show," "The Twilight Zone" and "Starsky and Hutch," among many others. She played Tom Hanks' future mother-in-law in "Bachelor Party" in 1984.
She was born Barbara Ann McNeese on Jan. 3, 1930, in Paris, Ill. Stuart is survived by her brother, Richard, and three stepchildren.


Estella Warren Arrested for DUI, Assault, Escape
Actress/model Estella Warren is in jail right now, after allegedly slamming into three cars, kicking a cop and escaping from the police station ... law enforcement. The crazy incident occurred Monday night just before midnight.  Cops say Warren was driving in L.A. when she struck 3 parked cars in her Toyota Prius. Warren drove away but cops spotted her and placed her under arrest for driving under the influence, though not before she resisted and kicked an officer. Warren was taken to the police station in handcuffs, and during the booking process she managed to get out of her handcuffs and then run out the back door!  Warren was quickly recaptured. Warren is being booked for felony escape.  We're told she will also be booked for assault, hit and run and DUI. Warren's bail was set at $100,000.


KISS Drummer Arrested
Former KISS guitarist, Vincent Cusano, (Vinnie Vincent), allegedly smacked his wife in the face and dragged her through a pile of broken glass Sunday night. His wife, Diane, arrived at the Sheriff's Office "covered in blood" saying that she had just escaped their home after the couple got into a fight about another woman her husband was talking to. Diane told police the 58-year-old Vincent threw her on the ground four times, but she eventually escaped and drove herself to the station. Cops dispatched officers to the home where they found "four sealed containers containing deceased dogs." Diane told the cops the dogs had been "killed by one of their aggressive dogs." Vincent was eventually arrested and booked for aggravated domestic assault.  Alcohol is thought to have played a part in the incident.


David Schwimmer and Zoe Buckman welcome daughter
Schwimmer's wife, British photographer Zoe Buckman, who he quietly married in 2010 amidst little media fanfare, gave birth to their daughter Cleo Buckman-Schwimmer on May 8 in New York. He's currently working on the third "Madagascar" film, in which he voices Melman.

Harold Camping's new judgment day prediction: Oct. 21 the world will end

Harold Camping isn't bothered by the fact that he miscalculated Judgment Day. The radio evangelist had predicted that the "saved" would be "taken up" on May 21, 2011 -- this past Saturday -- and that the world would be rocked by a global earthquake. "If people want me to apologize, I will apologize," said Camping Monday (May 23) on his Family Radio show, two days after the supposed event. "I did not have all that worked out as accurately as I should have had it. That doesn't bother me at all." But, calling the event an "invisible judgment," Camping said he believes his prediction was correct and that something did happen, but that something was "spiritual," not "physical." He also made a new prediction because, gosh darn it, he believes the end of the world is still coming -- just five months later than his original prediction. Mark your calendars: Camping's updated date for Armageddon is Oct. 21, 2011. And, despite his earlier projections, it won't be an uncomfortable five months for us. The end, he said, will come quietly. When asked by a reporter if he would give up all his worldly possessions on that day, Camping replied, "What would be the value of that? If it's Judgment Day, it's the end of the world." What about people who -- believing his prediction -- depleted their life savings to promote his message? Camping said the country experienced a recession and that "lots of people lost their homes and jobs." "People cope," he added, also saying that people gave out of a "desire to propagate the gospel and that he will not be returning the money.
 In their first royal duty since their wedding on April 29, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met briefly with President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, right before William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, hosted a special lunch for the American visitors. Lasting between 15 and 20 minutes in the 1844 room in Buckingham Palace and described as "relaxed," the meeting was held so they could trade talk of William and Kate's upcoming tour of the U.S. – they will visit California in July – and, it is believed, they chatted about the couple's wedding.


Sofia Coppola to marry in southern Italy
US film director Sofia Coppola will marry French rock singer Thomas Mars in August in her family's ancestral town of Bernalda in southern Italy. The wedding will take place in Palazzo Margherita, the 19th-century villa that Coppola's legendary filmmaker father Francis Ford Coppola restructured in the town. Coppola was previously married to director Spike Jonze, whom she divorced in 2003, four years after their wedding. She and Mars, the lead singer in the French rock band Phoenix, have two children and live in Paris.
Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg, Al Pacino, Sylvester Stallone and Nicholas Cage are all expected to attend the wedding, the report said. The 40-year-old director is a winner of the Golden Lion in Venice for her film "Somewhere" and is perhaps best known for her 2003 work "Lost in Translation" starring Bill Murray which was nominated for four Oscars.


Joakim Noah Fined
The NBA has fined Chicago Bulls center, Joakim Noah, $50,000 for targeting a fan with a homophobic slur during Sunday night's playoff game against the Miami Heat. The fine is exactly HALF the amount the league fined Kobe Bryant when he hurled the same word at a referee during a game earlier in the season.


Gwyneth Paltrow Record Deal Falls Apart
Gwyneth Paltrow's talks for a record deal with Atlantic Records have reportedly fallen apart.   There was a rumor that Paltrow wanted $1 million to sign, but that is a ridiculous figure. Paltrow's rep says that Atlantic was not the only company pursuing her, and she still has not decided if she even wants to record an album.

Two people taken to hospital after explosion on 'Hobbit' set

Two crew members working on "The Hobbit" have been taken to hospital after an explosion at the New Zealand studio where the movie is filming. Emergency services were called to the Stone St. Studios in Miramar on Tuesday morning after a blast in one of the workshops where technicians were working on a statue prop. Two men suffered minor burns and were transported by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment. "The Hobbit" unit publicist Ceris Price tells the New Zealand Herald, "A couple of the guys... [were left with] mild burns but nothing serious ... One of them had some burnt nostril hairs and, apparently if that's the case, there is always the risk of inhalation so they get checked out."

TV NEWS
Bette Midler has been cast opposite Al Pacino in HBO’s upcoming Phil Spector biopic. “The Divine Miss M” will play Linda Kenney Baden, the music producer’s defense attorney during his first murder trial. Arrested Development‘s Jeffrey Tambor has also joined the flick as another of Spector’s defense attorneys.


As a kid in the 1960s, reality TV king Mark Burnett was thrilled by the special-effects miracle of a sundered Red Sea in "The Ten Commandments." "How cool was that?" said the producer of "Survivor" and "The Apprentice," who watched Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film when it aired on television. Now it's Burnett's turn to wow a small-screen audience with epic Scripture stories: He and his wife, actress Roma Downey, are producing the 10-part docudrama "The Bible" for the History channel. It's set to air in 2013, History channel President Nancy Dubuc said Tuesday. The series will combine live action with computer-generated imagery to retell stories ranging from Noah and the Ark to Exodus to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Shooting is planned for the Middle East and elsewhere. Burnett said he and Downey (who starred in a different look at faith, the fantasy series "Touched by an Angel") have been working on the project for two years. Both grew up with Scriptures, he in England and she in Northern Ireland, but aren't on a mission, Burnett said.



U2 members Bono and the Edge will perform on the American Idol season 10 finale on Wednesday. They will appear with cast members of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark". Bono and the Edge are the show's composers. 


Lethal Weapon badass Danny Glover is set to guest star in an episode of USA Network’s Psych this fall.. Glover plays a minor league baseball coach who calls upon the expertise of James Roday’s Shawn when their hitting instructor, um, drops dead. As TVLine first reported, the actor will also appear on TNT’s Leverage this summer.


Showtime’s primetime lineup is losing some of its personality: The pay cabler has canceled United States of Tara. A Showtime rep confirms the Emmy winning dramedy’s current third season — set to conclude on June 20 — will be its last. On the bright side, the cable net has renewed Edie Falco’s Nurse Jackie for a fourth season.


LisaRaye says the argument between her and Stacey Dash on the set of their new show Single Ladies did not get physical and they have made up and the show will continue. Single Ladies the movie will air Monday at 9p and the series will begin Monday June 6th.


Nickelodeon has picked up How to Rock Braces and Glasses, a live-action musical comedy starring 14-year-old multi-hyphenate — and daughter of hip hop star, Master P — Cymphonique Miller. Rock is slated to premiere in 2012.

Jordan Ward, one of the original teen moms on MTV's "16 and Pregnant" revealed Monday that she is pregnant again...expecting a baby sister for 17-month-old Noah.  Her husband, Brian, is reportedly headed to the Air Force in a month to work as a linguist.  She posted the news on her Facebook wall and says she doesn't care what anyone thinks, she is married, pays her bills and can handle two kids.