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.