Gary Collins, a familiar TV figure throughout the '80s as both an actor and show host, died early Saturday. He was 74. Collins succumbed to natural causes just before 1 a.m. Saturday in Biloxi, Miss. He lived in Biloxi and died in the hospital. In addition to leading roles in three short-lived TV series, including The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Collins, with his all-Amercan looks, made a number of guest appearances on such successful shows as Perry Mason, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Love Boat and Charlie's Angels. He became best known as the host of the syndicated Hour Magazine – for which he won an Emmy in 1983 – as well as The Home Show. Collins also emceed the Miss America Pageant from 1982-1990 – and married a former Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley, though they had separated last year. The couple wed in 1967 and have one daughter together, Mary Clancy. Collins had a number of run-ins with the law in recent years, including a DUI conviction in 2009. In addition to Mobley and their daughter, he is also survived by his two other children, Guy William and Melissa, from a previous marriage to Susan Peterson.
  Leo O'Brien, a star of the cult classic "The Last Dragon," died in New York on Wednesday at age 41, family and friends said. The cause of death was not released. An autopsy was inconclusive, and the medical examiner’s office is awaiting toxicology results. His friend and former castmate Taimak Guarriello said only, “He’s been having a little problem.” "He's been through a lot of tough times," Guarriello said. "It's unfortunate." O’Brien, who was trying to put his checkered past behind him and resurrect an acting career, was shot three times in Harlem a year ago after an argument with an acquaintance.  After hearing about the shooting last September, Guarriello reached out to O’Brien, visited him in the hospital and rekindled their friendship. The two began filming a short indie flick a month later, their first collaboration since the 1985 martial arts movie produced by Berry Gordy. O’Brien — who ran several businesses after a string of arrests that landed him in jail for eight years — was cast as a charming Harlem gangster. The movie has not been released, but Guarriello said he had hoped to include O'Brien in other upcoming projects. "He was very talented," he said. "It wasn't like he lost his talent." In “The Last Dragon,” Guarriello played the lead character, Bruce Leroy, and O’Brien played his charismatic little brother, Richie.
 More than 20 years after the couple met playing lovers in the 1990 movie The Crossing, Russell Crowe and Danielle Spencer may not have their Hollywood happy ending after all. The couple first met in 1990 on the set of the low-budget Australian movie "The Crossing," and they weathered his 2005 arrest for hurling a phone at a New York concierge. They have two sons: Charles, 8, and Tennyson, 6. The actor-turned-sometime rocker was in New York over the weekend belting out tunes onstage. Spencer, an actress and singer who appeared over the summer on the Down Under version of "Dancing With the Stars," apparently remains in Sydney with their children. The ostensible split comes on the heels of a busy professional time for Crowe. His jam-packed slate includes the biblical flick "Noah," the "Superman" reboot and the Oscar bait-y "Les Miserables." his work commitments have kept him away from home for much of the year. In January, the family settled into a $10 million Sydney home. Crowe and Spencer dated for several years after their 1990 meeting, but parted ways as friends when he headed to Hollywood. They reconnected soon after his high-profile romance with Meg Ryan fizzled out in 2001 (and her America's Sweetheart label with it). He popped the question in December 2002, and they married on his farm in April 2003. As rumours of the split surfaced late on Saturday (13Oct12), Crowe was co-hosting The Indoor Garden Party with pal Alan Doyle at the Gramercy Theatre in New York. The Gladiator star, who is a frequent Twitter user, has yet to comment on the break-up stories - his last posts focused on Saturday night's music and comedy concert and his cycling and work-out regimen. Hours before news of the split leaked, he wrote, "yesterday 11.6km bike ride to work, 30 mins (minutes) yoga, light weights today so far 14.5 km stat bike, 20 mins light weights."

 Actor Alfonso Ribeiro – best known as Will Smith's uptight cousin on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air – has tied the knot. On Saturday, the actor wed fiancée Angela Unkrich in California. This is the second marriage for Ribeiro, who has a 9-year-old daughter, Sienna, with ex-wife Robin Stapler. He and Unkrich, 31, were engaged in July. The Bronx-born Ribeiro hit the big time as a child star in the '80s, dancing in a Pepsi commercial with Michael Jackson and playing Rick Schroder's sidekick on the sitcom Silver Spoons from 1984 to 1987. He went on to play spoiled Carlton Banks opposite Smith on Fresh Prince, and the character's awkward "Carlton dance" to the Tom Jones hit "It's Not Unusual" became a Gen Y favorite. He later performed his moves in an L.A. flash mob that became a YouTube sensation.


Box office report: 'Taken 2' nabs No. 1 for second weekend
It’s official: Neeson Season has stretched to October. Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 kicked its way back into the top slot for a second weekend with an estimated $22.5 million, and Ben Affleck’s political thriller Argo and the Ethan Hawke horror flick Sinister were close second and third, respectively. Ben Affleck's highly praised Iran hostage thriller "Argo" was as close second, earning $20.1 million from Friday through Sunday. Low-budget horror movie "Sinister" came in third with $18.3 million.
"Taken 2," $22.5M
"Argo," $20.1M
"Sinister," $18.2M
"Hotel Transylvania," $17.3M
"Here Comes the Boom," $12M


'Oprah's Favorite Things' to return to TV!

If you've been lost since the final installment of "Oprah's Favorite Things," not knowing what to buy for the holiday season, sit down and take a deep breath because there's good news to be had: "Oprah's Favorite Things" is returning to television.The two-hour event airing Sunday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. on OWN won't be just any "Favorite Things" episode, however. For the first time, viewers will have the chance to win selected items during the show "by texting the correct key word to a short code at designated points throughout the premiere airing," according to the press release. In other words, don't DVR this very important show because live viewing can have its rewards. The goods you see on the episode will be curated by O herself, along with BFF and O editor-at-largeGayle King, chef Curtis Stone, Michael Kors and Tory Burch. Loyal "Favorite Things" watchers will recall that the audience at these shows walks away with a considerable amount of free stuff, and this special episode will be no different. According to the press release, "Oprah and her team honor a group of military spouses from each branch of the Armed Forces who have no idea that they are about to get the surprise of their lives."

Fractured ankle shatters Derek Jeter's Season

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter fractured his left ankle in the 12th inning of Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.Jeter moved to his left to field a ground ball hit by Jhonny Peralta and fell to the ground as he gloved the ball. He was unable to get up and flipped the ball weakly toward second base. After a few moments, he was helped off the field -- unable to put any weight on his left foot."His ankle is fractured," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. "It will be a three-month recovery period. It won't threaten his career, but he won't be playing any more this season."Jeter went 1-for-5 in the game and became the first player to ever record 200 career hits in the postseason.Girardi indicated after the game that infielder Eduardo Nunez would replace Jeter on the roster. Nunez was active for the Yankees' prior series against Baltimore, but was replaced by Cody Eppley when New York decided to add an extra pitcher for the ALCS.Nunez or Jayson Nix will likely take Jeter's spot at shortstop for the remainder of the ALCS.

 It's no joke – comedian Jeff Dunham is a married man. The ventriloquist, 50, wed fitness model Audrey Murdick, 32, on Friday in Santa Ynez, Calif. It's the first marriage for Murdick and second for Dunham, who has three daughters from his previous relationship. His eldest daughter, Bree, escorted her father down the aisle on his big day. The newlyweds, who've been together since early 2009, plan to honeymoon in Vermont and Napa Valley before a scenic drive home to L.A. along the California Coast. Dunham hits the road Nov. 1 for his new "Disorderly Conduct" tour, where he'll be accompanied by his wife, who also serves as his fitness trainer and nutrition consultant.

Taryn Manning Arrested

Actress and singer Taryn Manning was arrested Thursday morning and charged with assault after a fight with her makeup artist in her New York City hotel room. Manning, 33, allegedly punched and kicked the woman in an early morning fight, which occurred at the Dream Downtown Hotel in the city's Chelsea neighborhood. Manning and her makeup artist, Holly Hartman, are longtime friends, who even live together in Los Angeles. "They'd been together every waking minute and they got on each other's nerves and had a little incident," Tacopina says. "It was a minor physical incident." Manning was arraigned on Friday and released on bail. "I expect it to be resolved based on conversation I had with [Holly Hartman]," Tacopina said, adding that the makeup artist does not intend to press charges. The District Attorney will decide later whether or not to drop the charges. Manning, who starred in Hustle and Flow, 8 Mile and Crazy/Beautiful, has also appeared on television, including Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and Burn Notice. She is also involved in music, forming the band Boomkat with her brother Kellin. She has released several music videos, including her most recent dance single Send Me Your Love in August.  British soccer player-turned-actor Vinnie Jones has issued a public apology to his wife after he was caught on camera kissing another woman. The "Snatch" star was recently pictured locking lips with Russian singer Lama Safonova outside a bar in Moscow, where he was been shooting a documentary, and video footage was subsequently posted online.Jones was seen holding hands with 26-year-old Safonova and kissing her outside the venue where the film project's wrap party had been held. He has now issued a statement apologizing to his wife, Tanya, and branding the incident a "set-up." Jones says, "I am humiliated, embarrassed and very sorry for this incident. It was a complete set-up, the whole thing. I totally love my wife Tanya and my two children. I am very sorry and my only concern right now is them ... Her [Sanofa's] boyfriend was the interpreter so it's just a joke. I've seen [the pictures] I know what they look like. I met her for 15 minutes, just went for a drink at the party and that was it." Jones has been married to Tanya for 18 years and they are parents to a son, as well as Tanya's daughter from a previous marriage.


Celebrity Apprentice All Stars

Donald Trump has announced the celebrities who will be competing in Celebrity Apprentice: All-Stars. They are: Bret Michaels, Trace Adkins, Stephen Baldwin, Gary Busey, Marilu Henner, Omarosa Manigault, La Toya Jackson, Penn Jillette, Claudia Jordan, Lil Jon, Lisa Rinna, Brande Roderick, Dennis Rodman and Dee Snider.Former winners Arsenio Hall, Piers Morgan, John Rich and Joan Rivers also will return to serve as boardroom advisers. The show is set to debut in March.

Lindsay Lohan to Sit Down with Barbara Walters
Wondering what's been going on with Lindsay Lohan lately? You might get some answers soon.  the troubled star will be having a special sit-down interview with the one and only Barbara Walters. Walters went to the set of Liz & Dick during production, where Lindsay showed her some behind-the-scenes action and participated in some interviews. So in a couple of weeks, this material, plus a new, no-holds-barred interview that Lindsay will do with Barbara, is expected to be combined into a primetime special that will air sometime prior to the premiere of the Lifetime movie (which airs Nov. 25). LiLo agreed to the interview as she greatly admires Walters and knows that the interview will be done with respect.