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).