Spike Lee apologizes to Florida couple, agrees to pay for retweeting their address
Film director Spike Lee has apologized to a Florida couple and agreed to pay their expenses for fleeing their home after they were harassed when he retweeted an address that was described as the home of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who shot Trayvon Martin. "Spike Lee did the right thing," the couple’s lawyer, Matt Morgan, tweeted. "The McClain’s claim is fully resolved. Thank you Spike!!!" David and Elaine McClain, a couple in their 70s whose home is about four miles from where Martin was killed, told CNN that besides apologizing as they requested, Lee agreed to pay the cost of them having to leave their home temporarily. No dollar amount was revealed. Elaine McClain described the apology as sincere. The mistake by Lee, who has 250,000 Twitter followers, forced the McClains to flee to a hotel when reporters and hate mail began showing up at their home. Elaine McClain has a son named William George Zimmerman who previously lived at the address. Some Twitter members have been sending Lee angry and often racist tweets in response to his sharing of the address, many of which he has retweeted.
 The new Bond girls, Bérénice Marlohe, who plays the latest in a long line of “Bond girls” – a character named Sévérine – and Naomie Harris (28 Days Later…, Ninja Assassin) as Field Agent Eve.


Jaleel White Speaks Out About Ex-Girlfriend's Abuse Allegations
Responding to allegations by his ex-girlfriend of physical and verbal abuse, Jaleel White says the years-old claims are the fallout from a child-custody dispute that he thought had been resolved. "When you’re doing well in life, it’s par for the course certain individuals will try and knock you down," the Dancing with the Stars competitor says in a statement. "When the individual is also the mother of your only child it is particularly hurtful." Bridget Hardy says in an interview with Star magazine that White verbally and physically abused her in 2010. She alleges "he hit me across the chest area" and "pushed me into toilet," causing it to break. White, 35, who played Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters, says the allegations originally were made in a "malicious police report" filed in connection with a dispute over custody of their then-11-month-old daughter. White was never questioned by police and no charges were filed. "As much as I would love to go detail for detail refuting Ms. Hardy's claims about the specifics of what was our relationship, the family court judge made it very clear to me any public discussion of our case and ordeal would be held against me in a court of law," he says. But White says he felt the matter had been concluded and that "up until now we have had a workable joint custody arrangement." He adds that he has been paying child support. "I guess my most recent successes have been too much for her to stomach," he continues. "I'm assuming I have not received her votes these past Monday nights. " White says his primary concern is their daughter. "My only hope is that when my daughter Googles her parents one day in her future, she sees that her father acted with class and dignity when pressed to the fire," he concludes. "Bridget Hardy is the mother of my only daughter in this world and without Ms. Hardy I would not have the treasure that is my daughter. God knows the truth. ... I ask for your sensitivity during this time, I can assure all of my fans this is only residue from a child custody matter."

Aerosmith confirms summer tour, new album in three months

With just two months remaining until "American Idol" ends for the season, Steven Tyler needed to find something to do with his time. It appears he's decided to take a little trip - Aerosmith is going back on tour. the group announced their plans to kick off their "Global Warming" tour in Minneapolis on June 16. It's currently scheduled to go through August 8. Cheap Trick will be the opening act. The Bad Boys from Boston also announced that they're putting the finishing touches on their 15th studio album, but just their first in eight years. It appears it will be ready in three months. "We've been underground for four months, doing what we do best," Tyler says. "We got two more songs to finish" before mixing. The album will feature songs titled "Legendary Child," "Beautiful" and "Out Go the Lights."
 Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied's son, Aleph.

No joke: 'Twins' sequel in the works, with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, and Eddie Murphy

When Twins came out in 1988, it marked the first time Arnold Schwarzenegger — then known as the muscle-bound star of R-rated action movies like Predator and The Terminator — had tried his hand at headlining a comedy. It was his biggest hit to date. About a genetically perfect test-tube baby (Schwarzenegger) and his accidental low-life twin brother (Danny DeVito), Twins remains Schwarzenegger’s highest grossing comedy, and also ranks as one of the most successful films of DeVito and director Ivan Reitman’s careers. Adjusted for inflation, it pulled in a robust $218 million in the U.S. So who’s up for a sequel? Schwarzenegger and DeVito are attached to Triplets, a sequel to their 24-year-old hit that would co-star Eddie Murphy — yes, Eddie Murphy — as their long-lost third sibling. The project remains in the very early stages of development.
 Michelle Williams has new romance in her life: the actress is dating How I Met Your Mother's Jason Segel. "It's been a few months," says a friend of the Oscar-nominated actress, who confirms the new relationship. "I've never seen her happier." As for the connection, a source says the pair met through Williams's best pal – and Segel's former Freaks and Geeks costar – Busy Philipps. Williams has a daughter, Matilda, 6, from her relationship with Heath Ledger.

Jerry Lee Lewis, 76, Weds for Seventh Time to Cousin's Ex-Wife

Jerry Lee Lewis is a married man for the seventh time -- and his latest road to romance was another complicated one. The "Great Balls of Fire" singer, now 76, wed Judith Brown March 9 in Natchez, Miss., his rep Maureen O'Connor confirmed. Judith is the ex-wife of Lewis' cousin, Rusty Brown; it was Rusty Brown's sister, Myra Gale Brown, whom Lewis wed back in 1958. The piano-playing rock and roll legend became a tabloid sensation at the time when, at 23, he opted to wed cousin Myra, who was just 13 year old. The "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" rocker's career suffered as a result of the shocking controversy. Lewis and sixth wife Kerrie McCarver were married for 20 years before divorcing in 2004.

The Occult
Jennifer Carpenter is set to join Colm Meaney, Rufus Sewell, Anne Heche and Alycia Debnam-Carey in Christian Christiansen's thriller "The Occult" which has begun filming in North Carolina. The story follows a small commune dealing with a prophecy that predicts the coming of the Devil's daughter. As the shared 18th birthday of five girls approaches, a sequence of murders causes panic to spread through the community.


Half of a Yellow Sun
"Attack the Block" star John Boyega has signed up for two films - Biyi Bandele's "Half of a Yellow Sun" starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Dominic Cooper is also in talks for a lead role. Based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, "Half of a Yellow Sun" recreates a seminal moment in modern African history -- Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, and the chilling violence that followed.


Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom divorce rumors
A report has come out of Hollywood Life that says reality star Khloe Kardashian and NBA husband Lamar Odom are having problems since their move to Dallas. The insider source says it's because in Dallas, they have to spend so much time together. The source says: "One of the main reasons the relationship is having trouble, which in turn is also hurting his game, is they are spending more time with each other ... they are now both fish out of water in Dallas and there are less outlets to get away from each other, which is having a strain on their relationship. They have no absence from each other to make the heart grow fonder. When they were in L.A. and did the show, it was a reward because that is when they would see each other -- but now it's too much." Khloe has swiftly taken to Twitter to deny that there are any problems in their marriage. She tweets:

• "Finally! The truth.... RT @GossipCopIntern: @WeLuvKhloe Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom NOT Splitting, Despite Rumor
• "Save the drama for your mama baby! LOL"
• "@KhloeDashDolls it shows you how sick people are. They would rather have pain then love... Sad world."

Megan Fox pregnant, expecting first child with Brian Austin Green

Megan Fox is expecting her first child with husband Brian Austin Green. The couple is reported to be thrilled about the baby. Megan and Austin may not be confirming the news any time soon, since they had initially planned to just share it with close family and friends. Megan Fox is known for being a great step-mom to Austin’s already 10-year-old son Kassius Lijah.  In fact, Kassius was the sole witness to the couples wedding at the Four Seasons Resort in Hawaii. In recent interviews Megan had declared that Austin and she were now ready for the new baby and she would like to have more than one child, since she wants two or maybe three kids of her own. Brian Austin, previously starred in Beverly Hills 90210 and has another child with fellow actress on the show, Vanessa Marcil. 

 

Robin Gibb of Bee Gees Undergoes Intestinal Surgery

Robin Gibb's recovery from health problems has encountered a setback as the Bee Gees singer underwent emergency intestinal surgery. "Robin underwent the operation successfully, he is awake and has been talking to his doctors," reads a statement on his website. "He is currently being monitored and resting in the hospital and his family are hoping for his full recovery." Gibb, 62, underwent the surgery Monday to remove a blood clot in his colon that had caused a perforation. This followed earlier surgery for a twisted intestine.

 Josh Lucas and an expectant Jessica Ciencin Henriquez take their first steps as husband and wife after tying the knot on Saturday, March 17 at the Conservatory Garden in New York City's Central Park. Lucas, 40, and Ciencin Henriquez are set to welcome their first child later this year.

 Peter Facinelli Files for Divorce from Jennie Garth
Peter Facinelli has made it official and filed for divorce from Jennie Garth after 11 years of marriage. According to Facinelli, they separated on Jan. 1 – more than three months before the split was announced – after nearly 11 years of marriage. After the annoucement on March 13, Facinelli, 38, and Garth, 39, stepped out separately in public without their wedding rings. The former couple and parents to Luca, 14, Lola, 9, and Fiona, 5, briefly reunited last weekend for a shopping trip to a toy store with Lola and Fiona. Since the split, Garth and Facinelli have shared parenting duties and plan on sharing joint custody of the girls, who have been living with their mother on the family's Santa Ynez, Calif. ranch. Both newly-single actors have busy work schedules ahead: Garth, who turns 40 on April 3, has a new CMT reality show, Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country, premiering April 20, that chronicles her move from L.A. to the country with the kids. Facinelli, who plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series, is a regular on Showtime's dark comedy Nurse Jackie, which kicks off its fourth season on April 8. Facinelli and Garth met on the set of TV movie, An Unfinished Affair in 1996, and married in 2001.

Bobby Brown Charged With DUI
Bobby Brown was pulled over on Monday when he was caught talking on his cell phone while driving, and now Whitney Houston’s ex-husband is being charged with a DUI. Not only was he talking on his phone and intoxicated, but he was driving with a suspended license. I think Bobby Brown and Lindsay Lohan should just pool their resources and hire a 24-hour-a-day car service.  Bobby reportedly had a .12 blood alcohol level when he was tested at the scene, well over the .08 legal limit.

98 Degrees reuniting after ten years

98 Degrees is getting the band back together after ten years apart! We can almost hear the squeals of happiness right now. Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre are set to go on a fifteen city tour this summer.
 Former Raising Sextuplets star Jenny Masche and her longtime beau, Levi McClendon, are now officially one big happy family: The couple – surrounded by her six kids and his two children – got married. After Masche split from her ex-husband, Bryan – the father of her 4-year-old sextuplets Savannah, Bailey, Grant, Cole, Molli and Blake – she officially began seeing McClendon, a separated father of two boys whom she had dated years before. While talk soon turned to marriage, neither was divorced, so they promised each other when they were able to wed, they would. On March 8, they finally kept that promise. "I was officially divorced on March 2, and that day I wrote, 'Will you marry me?' with a big smiley face in our journal," McClendon says. "She didn't get it until two days later when we were going out to breakfast and she wrote, 'Yes! Yes! Yes!' It was really cute." Right then and there, they planned their wedding day around their work schedules. The following week, they packed their kids into a big van and drove to San Diego where Masche knew of a tiny beach that was special to her.
 
TV NEWS
Jordan Belfi, best known as Adam Davies on "Entourage," will be part of the May sweeps episodes. Belfi will play Ryan, a "funny, self-deprecating and adventurous" patient, in 2 episodes. No word yet on which doctors will be treating him, but we've got our fingers crossed for a potential romance. He's easy on the eyes. Belfi will also star in an upcoming "Bones" episode. When Brennan's books are turned into a movie, Belfi plays the big-screen version of David Boreanaz' Booth.


Film vet and Combat Hospital alum Elias Koteas will guest-star in the season finale of CBS’ Unforgettable as a man whom Carrie Wells comes to believe killed her sister all those years ago. But as Carrie follows clues to be laid by the mysterious Walter Morgan (played by James Urbaniak) in the weeks to come, she will be pointed to Koteas’ character: Sam Rhodes, a onetime Syracuse cop who left the force 27 years ago.

 Lauren Scruggs, the model who lost a hand and an eye when she walked into a spinning plane propeller, has reportedly rejected a $200,000 settlement and is suing the plane’s insurance company for an unspecified amount. The 23-year-old model and fashion blogger from Plano, Texas, has filed court documents in Dallas suing the company insuring the plane owned by defendants Shell Aviation and Michael Shell and piloted by Curt Richmond. On Dec. 3, 2011, Scruggs ended up losing her left eye and had her left hand severed by a spinning propeller when she walked into it after exiting the plane under darkness following a flight to view Christmas lights in the Dallas area.


Rodman broke, extremely sick
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is unable to make his required spousal and child support payments because he is "extremely sick" due to his struggles with alcoholism and "broke," according to court documents filed by his lawyer. The former NBA badboy owes $808,935 in back child support for the two children — ages nine and 10 — he had with his third wife, Michelle Rodman. He reportedly owes an additional $51,441 in spousal support. But Rodman's attorney said in court documents that the Basketball Hall of Famer can barely afford his own living expenses, let alone support payments. "Respondent Dennis Rodman is broke and cannot afford any additional fees," Rodman's attorney Linnea Willis wrote. Willis claimed Rodman was "extremely sick" and that his marketability was diminishing with age and illness, making it impossible for the five-time NBA champion to pay the $5,000 he owes monthly for one child from another relationship, in addition to the $4,500 he owes Michelle Rodman every month. Willis added the attorneys representing Rodman have been working pro bono. Rodman also has issues with the IRS. He withdrew his NBA pension for far below what it would eventually be worth to pay California taxes and still owes $350,000 in back taxes. He faces a possible 20-day jail sentence for contempt of court if he doesn't pay $860,000+ in child and spousal support to ex-wife Michelle Rodman by May 29. A staple of the "Bad Boys" Detroit Pistons squads of the late 1980s, Rodman was known for his flamboyant off-the-court behavior and ever-changing hair color later in his career. The unheralded second round draft pick out of Southeastern Oklahoma State helped the Pistons to two NBA titles in 1989 and 1990 and took home three more rings with the Chicago Bulls from 1996 to 1998. Rodman was picked seven times for the NBA All-Defensive First Team and led the league in rebounding for seven straight seasons. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in August.
 When you're hot, you're hot, right down to your underwear. Tim Tebow's photogenic kisser – and nothing more – is taking center stage on a digital billboard advertising Jockey brand underwear and also welcoming the former Denver Bronco to his new team, the New York Jets. "We Support Tebow & New York – Jockey," reads the billboard, which stands on the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel that links Weehawken to Manhattan.



The Butler
Jane Fonda has reportedly been linked to the role of Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels' true story passion project "The Butler" about an African-American butler (played by Forest Whitaker) who served at the White House from 1952 to 1986. Other actors currently circling roles include the likes of Liam Neeson as Lyndon B. Johnson, John Cusack as Richard Nixon, Mila Kunis as Jackie Kennedy and Oprah Winfrey will play the butler's wife.


Small Time
Christopher Meloni ("Law & Order: SVU") has score the lead in former "24" showrunner Joel Surnow's semi-autobiographical indie drama "Small Time". The story follows a used car salesman who’s still in love with his ex-wife and has a son who wants to skip college and enter the family business.


'Modern Family' stars negotiating huge raiseThe "Modern Family" leads are about to get a huge pay raise. The series' adult stars Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sofia Vergara are poised to negotiate their $65,000-per-episode salaries into the $200,000 range when their contracts are up this summer, and things could get ugly. Considering the show's success, they'll likely get a huge salary bump even if they don't clear $200k.


Sigler dating Dykstra's son
"Sopranos" beauty Jamie-Lynn Sigler is dating Washington Nationals infielder Cutter Dykstra, son of former Mets star Lenny Dykstra. The actress has been dating Dykstra "for a few months, and things are going really well," a source said, adding, "I haven't seen her this happy in a long time." Sigler, who is living in Los Angeles, was introduced to Dykstra through mutual friends; Yankees star Nick Swisher and his actress wife, Joanna Garcia. Sigler was previously linked to New York Jet Mark Sanchez and her "Entourage" costar Jerry Ferrara. Dykstra seems very happy with Sigler, who has a role in the Jimmy Fallon pilot "Guys With Kids," previously referred to as "DILFs."

 

Khloé Kardashian Quits PETA after Flour Bombing of Kim Kardashian

After Kim Kardashian got pelted by a flour bomb, the anti-fur group PETA not only pledged to support the alleged attacker if Kardashian pressed charges, but lashed out at the reality starlet. Now her sister Khloé is fighting back. Once so strong a supporter that she posed nude for a PETA ad, Khloé announced Monday that she's quitting the organization. "I just received word that the woman responsible has very close ties to PETA, despite PETA publicly stating otherwise," Khloé writes on her blog. "Not only has PETA lied to the public, but they have proved that they support this kind of behavior."  She adds: "I’ve been a vocal supporter of PETA for a long time but I have also been very vocal about anti-bullying, so this was a huge disappointment for me. As you all know, I don’t condone violence and bullying and what happened last Thursday was just that." PETA responded to Khloé's decision, saying in a statement, "We appreciate that Khloé will remain on the animals' side by not wearing fur – that's what counts. If one of our volunteers is responsible, it doesn't alter the fact that no animal deserves to be electrocuted, shot, or poisoned for a bit of fur clothing. Khloé is just defending her sister, and we know she has a good heart, so we wish her well. We just wish she also had more influence on her sister." Although denying being responsible for the attack, PETA says it would help the suspect if she were prosecuted. "I am absolutely disgusted by their behavior," writes Khloé. "Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and opinions – I personally don’t wear fur but that doesn’t mean I am going to force my views on anyone else, ESPECIALLY by violating them."
 Jeffery Wright ("Casino Royale") will replace Forest Whitaker in the thriller "A Single Shot" at Unified Pictures. Sam Rockwell plays a hunter who accidentally shoots a teenage girl while illegally poaching deer. Trying to dispose of her body, he stumbles on a small fortune and is forced into an atmospheric game of cat and mouse between himself and some backwater criminals. Jason Isaacs and William H. Macy have also joined the cast.


TV NEWS
Time is running out for Terra Nova. Negotiations between the show’s producer, 20th Century Fox Television, and Netflix have stalled, with the two sides unable to come to a deal to extend the series. Although the studio is not yet releasing the actors from their contracts, there is little hope of finding another viable suitor to pick up the dino-drama, which was canceled by Fox earlier this month.


Rachel and Kurt’s post-McKinley fate rests in Whoopi Goldberg‘s hands. Goldberg will play Carmen Tibideaux, a theatrical grande dame and a professor at New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts (NYADA) who travels to Ohio to preside over Kurt and Rachel’s auditions — and apparently she sticks around long enough to deliver a verdict: I’m told she’ll appear in roughly three episodes, the first of which is set to air on May 1. (Glee‘s season finale is set for May 22.)


Tennis pro Serena Williams will guest-star in the upcoming fourth season of Drop Dead Diva as a family lawyer representing Brandy Norwood’s Elisa in a bitter custody battle.


NeNe Leakes is fast becoming Ryan Murphy‘s newest protégé. The Real Housewives star — who’s made a handful of appearances on Glee this season — has joined the cast of Murphy’s NBC comedy pilot The New Normal. As for Leakes, she joins the project — which centers on a modern-day blended family of a gay couple and their surrogate — as the heavily recurring character, Rocky.


Bart (The Event, Desperate Housewives), who portrays slimy author Mason Treadwell on Revenge, is heading to NBC’s Grimm in May. The actor will play a Wildermann, a bearded, “Grizzly Adams-type” character, and he will appear in an episode that tackles the legend of Big Foot.


Veteran actor Ken Howard (30 Rock) has joined ABC’s Counter Culture; the show is a comedy about three sisters running the family diner in Texas. He’ll play the working-class hubby of Margo Martindale’s leading lady.


The Fox hit is in final negotiations with Lindsay Lohan to guest star in one of this season’s final episodes. What’s more, she’ll be tacklinga role she was born to play: herself! the movie star-turned-tabloid queen — once famously the butt of a joke on the show — will serve as a celebrity judge at Nationals.


David Spade will reunite with former Just Shoot Me star Wendie Malick in a May episode of Hot In Cleveland. The Rules of Engagement star will play a hairstylist.


Eddie Cibrian has booked a guest arc during Season 3 of "Rizzoli & Isles" as Dennis Rockmond, a motivational speaker who helps Isles let loose.

Simon Cowell Confronts Brick-Wielding Intruder in London Home

The normally unflappable Simon Cowell was said to be terrified after an alarming incident Saturday night when he came face to face with an intruder wielding a brick in his west London home. Leanne Zaloumis, 29, thought to be an overzealous fan, was subdued by the X Factor judge's on-site security team. She was later charged with trespassing on the property and intending to "inflict grievous bodily harm upon a person therein."

 

Comic Gallagher suffers another heart attack

Comic legend Gallagher was hospitalized just over 10 days ago after suffering a heart attack. At that time, he was placed in a medically induced coma while his body healed from the strain.  He suffered another mild heart attack and was put back in the hospital. Reportedly, Gallagher ran out of his heart medication, felt another attack and was rushed to a hospital in Arizona. "Gallagher suffered a mild heart attack today at a hospital in Sedona due to complications from his previous heart attack. He is awake and resting comfortably now," says his rep.


'The Hunger Games' posts third-best opening weekend ever with $155 mil
The Hunger Games surpassed the wildest industry expectations to debut to $155 million. That’s the third-biggest opening weekend ever, behind only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 ($169.2 million) and The Dark Knight ($158.4 million). It’s also the best debut ever for a non-sequel, crushing 2010′s Alice in Wonderland ($116.1 million), and it represents the top opening weekend for any picture outside the summer movie season.
1. The Hunger Games — $155.0 mil
2. 21 Jump Street — $21.3 mil
3. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — $13.1 mil
4. John Carter — $5.0 mil
5. Act of Valor — $2.1 mil


Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth Aren't Engaged

With The Hunger Games garnering rave reviews and grossing a historic $155 million in domestic box office, star Liam Hemsworth and girlfriend Miley Cyrus had plenty to celebrate this weekend. But did the on-and-off couple of three years cap it off with an engagement? On Saturday, the former Hannah Montana star, 19, stepped out with her Australian beau, 22, at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIII event in Phoenix, Ariz., wearing a huge new diamond ring on her finger. Despite a flurry of speculation over the weekend, a source close to Cyrus confirmed that the sparkler is not an engagement ring.

 

 

All You Need Is Kill
Rapper T.I. ("Takers") is set to star in Doug Liman's adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's Japanese science fiction novel "All You Need is Kill".

 

 

Get a Job
"Lost" and "Alcatraz" actor Jorge Garcia has joined the cast of CBS Films' multi-generational comedy "Get a Job." The story follows four recent college graduates who discover that their lofty expectations and the realities of adulthood are two very different things. 

TV NEWS
The BBC and BBC America are conjuring up another season of Being Human for 2013. The show — which hinges on a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost living together — lost two of its original leads following season 3, leaving only ghost Lenora Crichlow. But promoting frequent guest werewolf Michael Socha (This is England) to the main cast and adding unknown Damien Molony as the new vampire turned out to be less of a Hail Mary than a successful reboot.
 Late-night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel will host the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, to be held Sept. 23 and broadcast on ABC.
 Gaius Charles is heading back to the football field! Friday Night Lights alum is joining USA Network’s gridiron-themed drama Necessary Roughness for a major Season 2 arc. Charles is set to appear in at least four episodes as Damon, an extremely polished wide receiver who seeks Dr. Dani’s (Callie Thorne) help for his “imposter syndrome” — i.e., he doesn’t believe her deserves his success.

Battlestar Galactica alumna Tricia Helfer will guest-star in the Season 7 finale of CBS’ Criminal Minds. CBS announced earlier this week that the Criminal Minds finale will run two hours on May 16, and involve an attack on a federal bank — and subsequently a hostage situation in which one of the BAU members is held captive.


In another shrewd move to lure more eyeballs to OWN, Oprah Winfrey has snagged an exclusive interview with the South Carolina mother who killed her two young sons and then attempted to make their deaths look like an accident. Winfrey’s interview with Shaquan Duley, who confessed to the killings, will air during the April 1 installment of Oprah’s Next Chapter, which is currently the most-watched program on the struggling cabler. The mogul talked to Duley while she awaits her sentence at the Orangeburg-Calhoun Detention Center in South Carolina. She’s been held without bail for nearly two years.

Camille Grammer has decided not to come back for a third season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. "She's been in discussions and at the end decided she wasn't willing to expose her personal life anymore," says the source. "She's at peace with her decision." Grammer also recently reached an amicable settlement with ex-husband Kelsey Grammer in the custody case of their two young children, Mason and Jude.

 Whitney Houston's official cause of death was due to accidental drowning, the Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed. The singer, 48, was also found to have cocaine in her system. Contributing factors of her death included heart disease and cocaine use, an investigation found. The report also found that Houston had marijuana, Xanax, Benadryl and other medication in her system. "There was water found in her lungs that indicated to us that she was alive when she was submerged underwater," coroner chief Craig Harvey says. "According to our tests, the level of cocaine was not necessarily a lethal level of cocaine. But her death was complicated by chronic cocaine use and heart disease."Coroner assistant chief Ed Winter says the circumstances of Houston's death come down to two likely scenarios. "She could've passed out first due to the intoxication from the cocaine, or she could've had a heart attack and then drowned," Winter also said. "It's probably one of those two scenarios." Houston was found unresponsive and underwater in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 11, a day before the Grammy Awards, and was pronounced dead at the scene soon afterward. Coroner officials previously confirmed that prescription pill bottles were found in her room, but the number of pills were "not in alarming amounts."

Hilary Duff Welcomes a Son
The actress and her husband Mike Comrie welcomed a son on Tuesday, March 20, Duff Tweets. "Welcome to the World Luca Cruz Comrie! Tuesday evening, we became proud parents of a healthy 7 pound 6 ounce beautiful boy," she writes. "We are overjoyed and feel like the luckiest parents in the world," she continues. "He is surrounded by so much love!! Mom and baby are both doing extremely well."


As the deadly stick-up man Omar Little on The Wire and the fearsome bootlegger Chalky White on Boardwalk Empire, actor Michael K. Williams has played his share of tough SOBs. Now he’s going to take on a bastard. An Ol’ Dirty one. Williams, 45, will star in an upcoming film about the legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper and all-around troubled soul Russell Jones, a.k.a. Ol’ Dirty Bastard, whose impressive mic skills and outrageous showmanship were eclipsed by his erratic offstage behavior, assorted arrests, and an early death.

Former No. 1 pick Matt Bush arrested

The Florida Highway Patrol says a Tampa Bay Rays player faces multiple charges after leaving the scene of an accident that seriously injured a man on a motorcycle. The Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Matthew Brian Bush was driving south on US 41 Thursday afternoon when he struck the motorcycle driven by 72-year-old Anthony Tufano. After the accident, troopers say Bush drove north on US 41. Multiple police agencies were notified and his 2011 Dodge SUV was located a short time later in North Port. Bush was arrested and taken to Charlotte County Jail. Bush faces multiple DUI-related charges and leaving the scene of an injury accident. The overall top pick in the 2004 MLB Draft was driving in his SUV on US 41 around 5 p.m. when he hit a motorcyclist from behind, according to the Florida Highway Patrol — allegedly driving over the man's head in the process, according to the Tampa Bay Tribune. "Literally the tire on the SUV ran over the driver's head. Without the helmet, the gentleman would have been dead instantly," a witness said.  The Rays issued a statement late Thursday, saying they would reserve comment until they learned more about the incident.
 Kim Kardashian was on the receiving end of a so-called flour bomb when an unidentified woman tossed a plastic bag of white powder at the reality star as she walked a red carpet Thursday night, according to sheriff's deputies. Paramedics were called to West Hollywood's London Hotel, but Kardashian, who got most of the powder on her jacket and hair, refused treatment, reports the Associated Press. It was later determined the substance was cooking flour.


TV NEWS
If House producers get their way, the highly anticipated series finale will be quite the Princeton-Plainsboro reunion.  Several former cast members (including the previously reported Olivia Wilde) are in talks to make appearances in the final episode of the long-running Fox medical drama. The most exciting name on the producers’ wish list: Kal Penn, whose popular character committed suicide during the show’s fifth season.


NBC has made its second scripted renewal for the 2012-13 TV season, and the honor goes to the Monday-night musical drama Smash.


Grey’s Anatomy alumna Lauren Stamile is set to reprise her role as the CIA handler for at least four episodes of Season 6 of the USA Network hit, Burn Notice.

Alyssa Milano is returning to TV this summer. The actress has been cast in ABC’s new drama Mistresses. The series tells the story of four women with turbulent romantic lives. Milano plays Savannah, a successful married attorney who spends long nights racking up billable hours alongside her attractive law partner.


NBC’s small-screen take on the Hannibal Lecter films has found its FBI profiler. Black Hawk Down and The Big C costar Hugh Dancy has been cast as Will Graham, the troubled and talented young FBI agent who tangles with the world’s most notorious serial killer.

Reese Witherspoon Reportedly Pregnant With Third Child

When Reese Witherspoon turns 36 this Thursday March 22, she'll definitely have something extra to celebrate: A baby on the way! The Oscar-winning actress is pregnant with her third child, and her first with second husband Jim Toth, who she wed last March at her $7 million ranch in Ojai, Calif. after over a year of dating. The baby-to-be will join older siblings Ava, 12, and Deacon, 8, Witherspoon's kids with first husband Ryan Phillippe, from whom she split in 2006 after 7 years of marriage.

 

 

Back in October, news broke that "Harry Potter" actor Jamie Waylett -- who played the Slytherin bully Vincent Crabbe in six of the hit films -- was arrested for possession of explosives following the Aug. 8 riots in London. Waylett was caught on camera drinking stolen champagne while holding what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail. He's had trouble with the law before -- in 2009, Waylett was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession. "A considerable amount has been said about what happened over those few days," the judge told Waylett. "Anyone watching the footage in this case can only imagine the mayhem that took place on the streets. You chose to go out on to the streets on what was the third day of the violence... You were pictured on a number of occasions with a bottle full of petrol with a rag as a wick. I accept entirely the jury's verdict that you did not throw or have any intention of throwing it but merely being in possession of it would have been terrifying to anyone who saw you." Waylett has been sentenced to two years in prison but will be eligible for release after one year.

 

'The Hunger Games' has sold more advance tickets than any other non-sequel
As if we needed any more proof that The Hunger Games is going to be a box-office bonanza this weekend, Fandango announced that the movie has sold more advance tickets on its website than any other non-sequel ever. By the end of today, the futuristic action film will be sold out at more than 2,000 showtimes. However, The Hunger Games hasn’t cracked the site’s Top 5 Advance Ticket-Sellers list quite yet. The current top five advance ticket-sellers are, in order, (1) The Twilight Saga: New Moon, (2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, (3) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1, (4) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and (5) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1.
 President Obama's daughter Malia is just fine even though she was in Mexico on Tuesday when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit. "In light of today's earthquake, we can confirm that Malia Obama is safe and was never in danger," the First Lady's communications director Kristina Schake wrote in a statement Tuesday. The quake, which initially hit Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico, sent aftershocks through Mexico City. Malia, 13, is on vacation in Oaxaca as part of a school-sponsored service project.


Tebow headed to Jets or Jags
The Denver Broncos are expected to trade quarterback Tim Tebow to either the New York Jets or Jacksonville Jaguars by midday Wednesday. The Denver Broncos reportedly are looking to part ways with the unconventional quarterback, having signed four-time MVP Peyton Manning. The report says that while the Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins also were believed to be interested in acquiring Tebow, the trade talks are exclusively down to the Jets and Jaguars. Tebow was expected to be dealt for a third-round pick. The widely popular 24-year-old hails from Jacksonville, but the source said he would prefer playing time over a return to his home town. According to a close friend of Tebow, he prefers his next destination to be in Florida, where he came to fame playing for the Gators. Tebow recently said,  "in all honesty, Tim said, 'I miss home. I miss the South. And hopefully I'll land somewhere in Florida.' The Broncos and Manning agent Tom Condon spent Monday working out parameters of a deal expected to be worth about $95 million over five years after the NFL's only four-time MVP called Elway, the Broncos' revered QB-turned-executive, and told him he had decided to come to Denver.

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino Checks into Treatment Program

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has checked into an treatment program. "He has spent the past several weeks at an undisclosed location for much needed rest and recuperation after his extensive production and appearance schedule," the star's rep confirmed while denying that it's substance abuse-related.

Seann William Scott: I'm Engaged

Seann William Scott may be best known for his role as the ultimate dude in the American Pie films, but now the star says he's ready to settle down. Asked at the American Reunion premiere about rumors that he's engaged, William Scott, 35, said, "I am [engaged]. Thank you." Asked how he got former Victoria's Secret model Lindsay Frimodt to agree to marry him, he quipped, "I don't know how ... She hadn't seen American Pie, thank god. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't be engaged."
 There’s another little angel on the way for Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima. The Brazilian beauty, 30, and her husband, former NBA player Marko Jaric, are expecting their second child, her rep confirmed. Lima is already mom to 2-year-old daughter, Valentina. When the model met Jaric, 33, at a party in Los Angeles in 2006, “I knew he was the one and I could see myself married to him and with a big family.”The couple married on Valentine’s Day in 2009 and soon after the honeymoon, they learned they were expecting their first child.

 
Penelope Ann Miller Splits from Husband
Following a celebratory awards season with the success of her supporting role in The Artist, Penelope Ann Miller has some news that isn't so joyous. The actress, 48, filed for legal separation on March 14 from James Huggins, her husband of nearly 12 years. The exes have two children together – Eloisa, 11, and Maria, 2 ½.
 She has an infant at home – and another baby on the way! Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is pregnant again, she announced on Twitter. "[Kroy Biermann] and I are happy to announce YES WE ARE PREGNANT," Zolciak writes. The reality star, 33, welcomed her first son, Kroy Jagger Jr., with NFL star Biermann, 26, in May 2011, and the couple tied the knot on Nov. 11, 2011. The ceremony was captured for her new Bravo reality show, Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding, which is set to premiere April 26 (9 p.m.). Zolciak has two daughters – Brielle, 15, and Ariana, 9 – from a previous relationship.

 
TV NEWS
Thirteen is checking in one more time. Olivia Wilde is set to reprise her role as Thirteen in the show’s series finale, airing May 21. Wilde last appeared on the show in October, and left — seemingly for good — after House (Hugh Laurie) fired Thirteen. (He did it so she wouldn’t feel compelled to return to her post out of guilt.)

 
Saturday Night Live has named Josh Brolin (True Grit) host of its April 14 installment; indie rockers Gotye will appear as musical guests.

 
Looks like The Good Wife‘s Alicia Florrick is going to have to prove she’s worth that salary hike she just scored. A pair of wily Lockhart Gardner nemeses — Patti Nyholm (Martha Plimpton) and Louis Canning (Michael J. Fox) — are teaming up to take on the firm in a case that will be central to the show’s Season 3 finale.

 
British actress Camilla Luddington (Will & Kate) has landed a recurring role on the upcoming season of True Blood as Claudette, the fairy sister of Giles Matthey’s Claude.

 Home life just got sweeter for Josh Lucas. The actor, 40, quietly got married last weekend, his rep confirmed. The bride was identified only as Jessica, with whom he attended the J. Edgar premiere in November. No other details were immediately available, but the rep also confirmed that the couple are expecting their first child together. Lucas, who was previously romantically linked with Rachel McAdams, revealed in January that he was engaged, saying on The Tonight Show he popped the question after he had a scary encounter with a mountain lion while filming a movie in Big Sur, Calif. Lucas told Jay Leno that after scaring the animal away by screaming, "I worked my way into the trailer and I got in and I decided at that moment that this woman was the woman for me." Lucas, who starred in Sweet Home Alabama, most recently appeared in TV's The Firm.

Oprah Winfrey's OWN fires one-fifth of its workforce

Oprah Winfrey's OWN cable channel has been struggling with ratings recently and has now been forced to fire 30 employees, one-fifth of its workforce. The station, which debuted Jan. 1, 2011, announced a restructuring of its network operations Monday (March 19), when Oprah said in a statement: "It is difficult to make tough business decisions that affect people's lives, but the economics of a start-up cable network just don't work with the cost structure that was in place. As CEO, I have a responsibility to chart the course for long-term success for the network. To wholly achieve that long-term success, this was a necessary next step." Erik Logan, President of OWN, adds, "We have been on the air for 15 months, and since September we have gained momentum in ratings and viewership. Restructuring our business will allow us to build a solid foundation for long-term growth." One of the features that does draw viewers is "Oprah's Next Chapter," wherein Oprah interviews various celebrities and public figures, such as Bobbi Kristina Brown on March 11. But the former talk-show host has said she does not want to go back to a full-time hosting job. In addition to the 30 employees fired, OWN has also canceled Rosie O'Donnell's talk show after just five months.

'One Tree Hill's' Bethany Joy Galeotti splits from husband Michael: 'We remain friendly'

"One Tree Hill" star Bethany Joy Galeotti is reverting to her maiden name, Bethany Joy Lenz, once again. On Monday, Lenz announced her split from musician husband Michael Galeotti via her blog. "As most of you know, as much as I love to share with you the magic of ordinary days, I am also very private about my personal life," she writes. "I'm sorry to say that Michael and I have decided to divorce. We remain friendly and dedicated to raising our beautiful girl in love and we appreciate your prayers and support during this difficult time. I feel immensely humbled and grateful that God works all things for the good of those who love Him." Lenz and Galeotti welcomed daughter Maria in February of 2011. Galeotti is best known for being part of the band Enation. The band has appeared on "One Tree Hill" for a collaboration with Lenz.
 Amanda Seyfried, 26, has been dating Josh Hartnett, 33, since January, the couple stepped out together in Hollywood.


TV NEWS
Lifetime is doing an adaptation with black actors of the 1989 film “Steel Magnolias.” The film begins production in Atlanta next month and will be directed by Atlanta playwright and producer Kenny Leon. Lifetime plans to air the film later this year. Queen Latifah will play M’Lynn, the role Sally Field played in the original film. The rest of the cast includes Golden Globe and Emmy winner Alfre Woodard as Ouiser (Shirley MacClaine’s role), Phylicia Rashad of “Cosby” fame as Clairee (Olympia Dukakis in the film), Grammy winner Jill Scott as Truvy (Dolly Parton in the film), Adepero Oduye as Annelle (Daryl Hannah in the film) and Condola Rashad as Shelby (Julia Roberts in the film).


Atlanta rap star and actor T.I. has joined the cast of “Boss” on pay cable network Starz starring Kelsey Grammer as the mayor of Chicago hiding the fact he has a degenerative neurological disease.  His part will be in a season-long arc as a former gangbanger with an eye on a political career.


AMC’s The Walking Dead finale set a ratings record for the network, clocking a truly impressive 9 million viewers. The second season closer was the show’s highest-rated episode ever (and AMC’s most-watched episode of regular series television ever). A full 6 million of those viewers were among adults 18-49, too, which is quite a trick to pull off.


Dancing With the Stars vet (and George Clooney’s main squeeze) Stacy Keibler is in talks to join Season 2 of The X Factor. Given her lack of music biz experience, she’s likely vying for a spot as host.


Matt Craven (Justified, NCIS) has landed a guest spot in the Season 1 finale of Alcatraz, playing the all-powerful “guy behind the door,” who was alluded to in an earlier episode.


A heartbreaker is headed back to New Girl for a season-ending arc. Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) will reprise her role as Nick’s manipulative ex-girlfriend Caroline for the final three episodes of the Fox comedy’s freshman run. Justin Long is also set to return as Jess’ ex, Paul, in the season’s penultimate installment.


MTV has renewed Jersey Shore for a sixth season, with production set to begin this summer in Seaside Heights.


Fox is the latest network to unveil its schedule of season finales, and among the dates is a shift in Glee‘s time slot and an April season-ender for one of its sitcoms. (End dates for Touch, I Hate My Teenage Daughter and Breaking In remain TBD.)
Saturday, April 7
8/7c Q’Viva! The Chosen
Tuesday, April 17
9:30 pm Raising Hope
Tuesday, May 8
9 pm New Girl
Friday, May 11
8 pm The Finder
9 pm Fringe
Sunday, May 13
9:30 pm American Dad
Monday, May 14
8 pm Bones
Sunday, May 20
7:30 pm The Cleveland Show
8 pm The Simpsons
8:30 pm Bob’s Burgers
9 pm Family Guy
Tuesday, May 22
8 pm American Idol (Pt. 1)
9 pm Glee
Wednesday, May 23
8 pm American Idol (Pt. 2)
As previously announced, House is slated to wrap its eight-year run Monday, May 21 at 9 pm, following a one-hour retrospective special.

 

Neve Campbell and JJ Feild Expecting First Child

The Scream star, 38, is expecting her first child with actor JJ Feild later this year, her rep confirmed. Campbell, who played Julia on Party of Five and Sydney in the Scream series, can next be seen in Sworn to Silence, a Lifetime movie that she also executive produced. Feild, 33, starred in Captain America: The First Avenger, and will next be seen in Austenland. He’s also just begun production on Not Safe For Work.

KONY Founder Jason Russell Detained on Alcohol, Lewd-Conduct Charges

Jason Russell, the filmmaker behind the KONY 2012 Invisible Children viral video, was detained by San Diego police for allegedly being drunk and lewd in public. Russell, 33, was found wearing only his underwear and was masturbating and vandalizing cars , police Lt. Andra Brown says in San Diego. Russell's video, which has been embraced by a number of celebrities, targets Joseph Kony, the leader of a Ugandan rebel army accused of abducting more than 30,000 children over the past 26 years and forcing them into slavery or sex. Ben Keesey, CEO of Invisible Children, says in a statement that Russell was "unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition." "He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better," says Keesey. "The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday. "Jason's passion and his work have done so much to help so many," the statement continues, "and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue. We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time."

 

Comic Gallagher is out of coma, telling jokes

The comedian Gallagher is telling jokes after being taken out of a medically induced coma that doctors put him in following his heart attack last week in Texas. Doctors slowly woke up Gallagher on Sunday morning. His promotional manager, Christine Scherrer, says Gallagher immediately recognized his family and started talking to them. She says he's breathing on his own, moving and joking around. The comedian, whose full name is Leo Anthony Gallagher, is known for smashing watermelons with a sledgehammer. Scherrer says Gallagher had two stents replaced after collapsing Wednesday before a performance at Lewisville bar, near Dallas. Gallagher had a minor heart attack last March after collapsing while performing in Minnesota.
 George Clooney was arrested Friday for participating in a staged protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C., organized to bring attention to that country's president, Omar al-Bashir, provoking a crisis with his blockade of humanitarian aide. Regarding the situation, Clooney, 50, had said earlier in interviews that if steps were not taken in the next three to four months, "We're going to have a real humanitarian disaster." He also said he is impressed with President Barack Obama's personal engagement on the situation in Sudan. On Wednesday, the actor testified before Congress about the "campaign of murder" in Sudan.

Is Bobbi Kristina Brown Engaged to 'Adopted Brother'?

The eyebrow-raising relationship between Whitney Houston's daughter and the man raised by the singer as a son may have gone one big, baffling step further. Just a little over a month after Houston died, Bobbi Kristina Brown, 19, was spotted with a ring on her engagement finger following days of very public PDA with Nick Gordon. One source says, "Yes, they are engaged, but the family is trying to coax her away from it. " Another source says, "Nick asked Krissi about a week ago to marry him" and that she's wearing a ring that once belonged to her mom. But the source doesn't know if Brown said yes. The two have been living together in Houston's house and have known each other for years. Gordon reportedly was taken in by Houston more than a decade ago and had been living with the family in her Atlanta home. There is no evidence, however, he was ever legally adopted by Houston, who died on Feb. 11 at age 48.

In 'Housewives' trial, jurors 'hopelessly deadlocked'

Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful termination trial has gone into extra innings with jurors saying they are "hopelessly deadlocked." The jury of nine women and three men failed to reach a verdict on Friday after a second day of deliberations, pushing the trial into a third week when it resumes Monday. The jury, which is split 8-4 on the verdict, sent a note to Judge Elizabeth Allen White saying that they are "hopelessly deadlocked." "I know how frustrating this process is for you," White told the jury. She then sent the jurors home for the weekend, telling them that if they couldn't come to a verdict on Monday, a mistrial would likely be declared. However, attorneys for both sides are meeting with Judge Helen Bendix in a possible move to settle the lawsuit.

 Despite reports of trouble in their marriage, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were caught smooching in Philadelphia – on the Jumbotron! Philadelphia-native Smith danced during the game (even though his team lost 84-78) and at one point planted a wet one on his wife for the "kiss cam." The night out was a family affair for the basketball-loving couple, who posed courtside with kids Willow, 11, and Jaden, 13.

'21 Jump Street' cops a $35 million weekend
Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill may play totally inept undercover cops in 21 Jump Street, but at the box office, they’re proving much more effective. The R-rated comedy scored a tremendous $35 million in its opening weekend, enough to easily top the chart. In second place, Universal’s smash animated hit The Lorax dipped 41 percent in its third weekend to $22.8 million. After 17 days, the 3D film has found an impressive $158.4 million.
1. 21 Jump Street – $35.0 million
2. The Lorax – $22.8 mil
3. John Carter – $13.5 mil
4. Project X – $4.0 mil
5. A Thousand Words – $3.8 mil


Want My MTVBrett Ratner has become involved in a film adaptation of Craig Marks and Rob Tannebaum's book "I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution" for Sony Pictures. Jody Lambert ("Welcome to People") is adapting the non-fiction book described as an oral history of the rise of MTV in the late 80s and early 90s from those involved in the channel's rise to glory.

Bond Girl
Gran Via Prods. and Wild Fiesta Productions have picked up the film rights to Erin Duffy's recently published novel "Bond Girl." Mark Johnson, Tom Williams and Ben Horton are producing with a scribe currently being sought. The story follows a college grad's efforts to crack an elitist boys' club at one of Wall Street's most esteemed firms. She begins to climb her way up to the top just as the financial crisis hits.


TV NEWS
"The Rosie Show" has been canceled by OWN, with the final show to tape on March 20 and air on March 30 at 7 p.m., the network said. The show, a production of Winfrey's Harpo Studios, O'Donnell's KidRo Productions, Inc., and SantaBu Productions, premiered Oct. 10, 2011. Calling O'Donnell "an incredible partner," Winfrey said, "As I have learned in the last 15 months, a new network launch is always a challenge and ratings grow over time as you continue to gather an audience. I'm grateful to Rosie and the dedicated Rosie Show team for giving it their all." O'Donnell -- who filmed the show in Chicago -- added, "It was a great year for me -- I wish the show was able to attract more viewers -- but it did not. So I am headed back to my home in New York - with gratitude. On we go!"


NBC has renewed its Friday night supernatural procedural "Grimm" for a second season.


"Gossip Girl" will likely be renewed for a shortened sixth and final season. The CW drama is expected to return for a reduced number of episodes like fellow CW drama "One Tree Hill" did for its final season. A spokesman for the network said that CW has not yet made a decision about picking up any of its scripted shows for next year. 


Walking Dead exec producer Robert Kirkman got a jump on Season 3 late Sunday when he broke a major piece of casting news on AMC’s post show chat fest The Talking Dead. Kirkman announced that Treme actress Danai Gurira has landed the pivotal series regular role Michonne, a character popularized in the Walking Dead comics and whose introduction was teased at the end of Sunday’s Season 2 finale.


Jennie Garth has never quite understood the appeal of big city life – and now she's heading out of town with some reality TV cameras in tow. On April 20, Jennie Garth: Little Bit Country premieres on CMT (watch a clip above). The show will follow the newly-single Garth as she and her daughters – Luca, 14, Lola, 9, and Fiona, 5 – ditch L.A. carpools and celebrity shindigs for a simpler life in Santa Ynez Valley, Calif. Along with a farm-averse assistant and a house full of dogs, Garth tackles country life for the first time since leaving her childhood home in rural Illinois. Although the reality show will deal with Garth's recent split from Peter Facinelli after 11 years of marriage, the Twilight actor will not appear on camera.


Jennifer Tilly will lend her voice to The Simpsons, playing herself in an instructional DVD that Lisa watches to learn poker.


Brothers & Sisters grad Matthew Rhys has landed the male lead opposite Keri Russell in FX’s The Americans, an hour-long drama pilot from Joe Weisberg (Falling Skies) and Graham Yost (Justified).  The ambitious project is set in the early ’80s and centers on two KGB spies, Phillip (Rhys) and Elizabeth (Russell), posing as married Americans in suburban Washington, DC. Despite their arranged union, the couple’s bond grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War.


Karate Kid Ralph Macchio — who romanced Hilda on Ugly Betty — will guest-star as a love interest for Fran Drescher’s character on TV Land’s Happily Divorced.


Pretty Little Lucy Hale, Glee‘s Heather Morris, Up All Night‘s Nick Cannon and rapper Mac Miller have joined the lineup of guest hosts for the return of MTV’s Punk’d on March 29 at 10/9c. The unsuspecting celebrity marks include Dianna Agron, Lauren Conrad, Zac Efron, Shenae Grimes, Ian Harding, Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Hutcherson, Jersey Shore’s Ronnie and Snooki, Chloe Grace Moretz and others.

Charlize Theron Adopts a Baby Boy
Charlize Theron has joined the Hollywood mom's club! The actress, 36, "has adopted a child," her rep says in a statement. "She is the proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson." Jackson is the first child for the South African-born Theron, who recently starred in Young Adult. She won an Oscar for her role as a serial killer in 2003's Monster.

There's a report that "Dancing With the Stars" professional dancer Karina Smirnoff has been stepping out with movie star Owen Wilson. "They've been out a few times," a source tells the magazine. A second source says, "They're totally into each other." Smirnoff famously ended her engagement to MLB pitcher Brad Penny back in December 2011, after dating him for roughly three years. And Owen Wilson split from partner Jade Duell in June 2011, just several months after she gave birth to their son, Ford.

Kiefer Sutherland Furious as Fox Pulls Plug on '24' Movie

Kiefer Sutherland is furious at 20th Century Fox, which has called a halt to the movie version of his hit television show, “24,” over budget and star salary issues. The movie based on the conspiracy-terrorism-action show was in pre-production and set to start shooting next month, but has now ground to a halt because Fox will greenlight a budget no higher than $30 million, while Sutherland and producer Brian Grazer feel the budget needs to be in the low $40s at its tightest. A Fox spokesman confirmed that the movie was on hold, and said it was related to timing. "We're still working on a script, and hope to make [it] when Kiefer next has time," said the spokesman. "But this all came down to timing, and seven weeks is not enough time to prep a movie like this."

Jeremy Sisto Welcomes a Son

The Suburgatory star and wife Addie Lane welcomed a son on Friday, March 9. “Unnamed boy is healthy as is Mom. Thanks for your wishes,” Sisto Tweeted, jokingly adding, “Don’t tell my wife I had two glasses of wine while she had an epidural.” Sisto, 37, announced in December that Lane was expecting their second child, who joins big sister Charlie-Ballerina, 2½.

Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli Deny 'Hurtful' Cheating Rumors

The public announcement of their split was painful enough, but Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth were blindsided – and deeply hurt – by the almost immediate flurry of Internet reports speculating infidelity had triggered the demise of their 11-year marriage. So to set the record straight, the actors said: "There are rumors out there which are completely untrue and hurtful to our family. We just want to make it very clear – there are no third parties involved." The statement, made jointly by Facinelli, 38, and Garth, 39, comes a day after they jointly announced their plans to divorce.

Rush Limbaugh Loses More Advertisers, But Protests: ‘The Left Made Me Do It’

Rush Limbaugh apologized on Monday as he lost two more advertisers and Peter Gabriel’s music for his conservative radio talk show in the fallout from having called a female law student a “slut.” That made a total of nine sponsors who have distanced themselves from the talk show host, who is not known for restrained language on the most uneventful of days. Meanwhile, rock star Peter Gabriel also demanded that his song, “Sledgehammer,” be pulled from the show. On his Facebook page, Gabriel said he was "appalled" to learn that his song had been associated with the attack oin Fluke: "Peter was appalled to learn that his music was linked to Rush Limbaugh's extraordinary attack on Sandra Fluke," the singer wrote on his page. "It is obvious from anyone that knows Peter's work that he would never approve such a use. He has asked his representatives to make sure his music is withdrawn and especially from these unfair aggressive and ignorant comments." He addressed the issue again on his show on Monday, even as advertisers continued to tumble, blaming the left for pushing him to extreme tactics: "I don't expect, and I know you don't either, morality or intellectual honesty from the left," he said. "...This is the mistake I made: in fighting them on this issue last week, I became like them.Against my own instincts, against my own knowledge, against everything I know to be right and wrong, I descended to their level. I feel very badly about that."

Jon Hamm assures Kim Kardashian 'idiot' statement was 'not personal'

Not a “Mad Man,” so much as a “Mildly Miffed Man” (doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it?). Jon Hamm has responded to the reaction from Kim Kardashian regarding a statement he made to the U.K. edition of Elle. “Whether it’s Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian or whoever, stupidity is certainly celebrated,” Hamm told the magazine. “Being a f—ing idiot is a valuable commodity in this culture because you’re rewarded significantly…. It’s celebrated. It doesn’t make sense to me.” (We have no idea what he could possibly be referencing.) Kardashian took offense to the statement and spoke her mind on Twitter, telling followers, “I just heard about the comment Jon Hamm made about me in an interview. I respect Jon and I am a firm believer that everyone is entitled to their own opinion and that not everyone takes the same path in life. We’re all working hard and we all have to respect one another. Calling someone who runs their own businesses, is a part of a successful TV show, produces, writes, designs, and creates, ‘stupid,’ is in my opinion careless.” (As of press time, there’s still no reaction from “Paris Hilton…or whoever.”) So how did Hamm address Kim’s umbrage? Find out below. At Tuesday’s Mad Men panel at Paley Fest reporters decided to ask Hamm not about what we can expect from Don Draper (is he still engaged to Megan, for cryin’ out loud?!) or that excruciating hiatus, but about the possibility that Kim Kardashian’s feelings may have been hurt. “It’s surprising to me that it has become remotely a story,” he said. “I don’t know Ms. Kardashian, I know her public persona. What I said was meant to be more on pervasiveness of something in our culture, not personal, but she took offense to it and that is her right.”
 Liam Hemsworth gets a congratulatory pat from big brother Chris (Thor) Wednesday while premiering his new movie, The Hunger Games.  

CBS renews 18 shows including 'Good Wife,' 'Person of Interest'

Big time renewal news! CBS just gave the bulk of its primetime slate an early pickup to return next season, including critically acclaimed drama The Good Wife and first-year comedy 2 Broke Girls. The renewals include four comedies, nine dramas, three reality series and two newsmagazines, some of which have been previously announced. On the drama side, the network is bringing back NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds, CSI, The Mentalist, Person of Interest, Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-0 in addition to The Good Wife. On the comedy side, CBS renewed 2 Broke Girls and Mike & Molly. Previously, the network announced multi-year pickups for HIMYM and Big Bang Theory. The future of Monday night tent-pole comedy Two and a Half Men is under “preliminary discussions” with studio Warner Bros., CBS says. Reality shows Amazing Race and Undercover Boss are also getting picked up, with Survivor having already been announced. The network is also bringing back 60 Minutes and 48 Hours Mystery. Just because a show isn’t on the list doesn’t yet mean it’s cancelled. The fates of titles like CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Unforgettable and A Gifted Man are still unknown.


TV NEWS
The upcoming Dexter season 7 and the highly-anticipated second season of Homeland finally have dates for fans to mark on their calendars. Both shows will return September 30th.


HBO has elected to cancel production on Luck following the death of a third horse on the racetrack drama series. The network released this statement: “It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series Luck. Safety is always of paramount concern. We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with many fewer incidents than occur in racing or than befall horses normally in barns at night or pastures. While we maintained the highest safety standards possible, accidents unfortunately happen and it is impossible to guarantee they won’t in the future. Accordingly, we have reached this difficult decision. We are immensely proud of this series, the writing, the acting, the filmmaking, the celebration of the culture of horses, and everyone involved in its creation.” The first-year drama had already earned a second-season pickup, so production was underway on the second of 10 new episodes.


Nickelodeon has given a 26-episode order to the comedy Marvin, starring Fred web star Lucas Cruikshank as an alien teen living with a human family.


The 85th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, Feb. 24th, per an announcement from the Academy on Wednesday. Nominations will go out on Jan. 14, and the show will once again reside at Hollywood and Highland -- though Kodak's name is now off the theater. There have long been rumors the Academy would move up the show's date, but 2013's telecast will take place on the last Sunday in February, just like this year.


Sharon Lawrence (NYPD Blue, Drop Dead Diva, One Tree Hill) is adding another TV mom to her resume. The actress will play the biological mother of Sasha Alexander’s character on Rizzoli & Isles in two episodes of the upcoming third season.


History Channel has ordered its first scripted series, Vikings, from executive producer Michael Hirst (The Tudors, Camelot). The period piece — slated to premiere in 2013 — will follow the adventures of Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrock as he rises to head of the Viking tribes.