Gavin DeGraw hospitalized after assault in

Gavin DeGraw is being treated at a New York City hospital after an assault, according to a statement by his publicist. The 34-year-old singer, whose hits include “I Don’t Want to Be” and “Chariot,” was rushed to the hospital and is “under observation,” the publicist said. DeGraw is currently touring with Maroon 5 and Train.



‘The Wire’s ‘Snoop’ pleads guilty

Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, the Baltimore woman who played an assassin in the HBO drama, The Wire, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge to distribute heroin. Pearson had initially maintained her innocence after being arrested in a police drug sweep in March. Her attorney said that she changed her plea so as not to have to deal with the charges; she was sentenced to three years of supervised probation.



Kenny Ortega set to direct ‘Dirty Dancing’ remake

If the song “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” makes you want to twirl across a dance floor, and you know where the line “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” comes from, this news is bound to stir up all kinds of emotions in you: Kenny Ortega has signed on to direct a big-screen remake of the 1987 hit Dirty Dancing. Ortega served as the choreographer on the original film, which starred Jennifer Grey as a wealthy 1960s teen who falls in love with a dance instructor (Patrick Swayze) while spending the summer at a Catskills resort. Ortega — who most recently directed the documentary Michael Jackson’s This Is It – said in a statement, “The opportunity to direct Dirty Dancing is like returning home for me…. Patrick Swayze set the bar for men dancing in the movies as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire did before him. I believe everywhere you look there is evidence that the talent is out there and I can’t wait to begin the process of discovering the next breakout triple-threats.” 



TV NEWS

It looks like the Van der Woodsen clan will be down one member on Gossip Girl this fall. Connor Paolo’s time as Serena’s kid brother Eric has come to an end. The actor — who is a series regular on the new ABC drama Revenge — can’t even imagine a scenario in which he’d return. Asked if he would go back to Gossip Girl should Revenge get canceled, Paolo shakes his head. “I’m done,” he says. “You should never go back in life. Only forward.”



Court is back in session for former Law & Order “mothership” ADA Michael Cutter over on NBC’s SVU. L&O original flavor actor Linus Roache is set to reprise his role as the aforementioned cutthroat attorney in the 13th season premiere of the legal drama (airing Wednesday, Sept. 21). Cutter is now Bureau Chief of the DA’s office, a position that just so happens to oversee Special Victims Unit cases.



"America's Next Top Model" is bringing back 14 girls from past seasons for an allstars Cycle 17. The women of the all-star cast are: Shannon Stewart (Cycle 1), Camille McDonald (Cycle 2), Brittany Brower (Cycle 4), Lisa D'Amato (Cycle 5), Bre Scullark (Cycle 5), Bianca Golden (Cycle 9), Dominique Reighard (Cycle 10), Isis King (Cycle 11), Sheena Sakai (Cycle 11), Allison Harvard (Cycle 12), Laura Kirkpatrick (Cycle 13), Angelea Preston (Cycle 14), Kayla Ferrel (Cycle 15) and Alexandria Everett (Cycle 16).  Guest judges this cycle include: Nicki Minaj;  Kathy Griffin;  LaToya Jackson; Ashlee Simpson; Tyson Beckford; and Kristin Cavallari. "America's Next Top Mode" Cycle 17 premieres Wednesday, September 14th at 9pm on the CW.



Flavor Flav and Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider will appear on an as-yet-unscheduled episode of Celebrity Wife Swap. Snider has four children with his wife of nearly 30 years, Suzette. Flav proposed to his current wife Liz on a 2008 reunion episode of "Flavor of Love".