Sylvia Kristel, arguably the world's first true porn star, whose starring role in 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle changed the face of adult cinema, has died of cancer. She was 60. The Dutch actress, a longtime smoker, had suffered a stroke in July. Emmanuelle, which told the story of a wayward wife of a French diplomat abroad, was one of the first erotic films to be shown in mainstream theaters, and was one of the biggest French box-office hits ever. Kristel herself said it changed the censorship laws of the era. Kristel starred in several Emmanuelle sequels, as well as some mainstream films, but she battled drug and alcohol addiction for years. She is survived by a son, Arthur, whom she had in 1975 with then-husband Hugo Claus, the Belgian author.

Debbie Reynolds Goes Home From Hospital

A publicist says Debbie Reynolds is home recuperating after a brief hospitalization. The "Singin' in the Rain" star needed medical attention last week in Los Angeles after suffering a bad reaction to some medication. Publicist Kevin Sasaki said Wednesday that Reynolds has been home for a couple of days and is feeling better but still canceling her appearances for the rest of the year, The 80-year-old singer and actress, who keeps a busy touring schedule, hopes to be in good enough shape to ride on the Pet Care Foundation's float in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day.
 Flavor Flav was arrested early Wednesday morning in Las Vegas on suspicion of assaulting his fiancée and her underage son. A call was received around 3:30 a.m. from a woman who reported that her fiancé was threatening a 17-year-old teenager. She added that her partner had assaulted her as well. After arriving on the scene, officers were told that Flav, whose legal name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., had threatened the teenager with a knife. Flav was arrested and booked on two charges, felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic violence (battery). Flav's fiancée, Liz Trujillo, claims the fight was over allegations that Flav had been cheating on her. "He's been cheating on me for months. I saw a text on his phone from a woman saying she 'had a great time' with him, and he was going to meet her in Vegas. [When I saw the text] I threw his phone and the screen cracked," Trujillo told the site, adding that the tossed phone caused him to wake up. "He woke up and called me a f---ing bitch. He was throwing me around, tossing me around. And I was bleeding and bruised all over. He pulled my earrings out. I'm damaged, I'm in complete pain, I can't move." Flav rose to fame as part of the rap group Public Enemy, but he is perhaps best known for his work on a string of reality TV shows, including "The Surreal Life," "Strange Love" and "Flavor of Love."
 Surprise – it’s a boy for Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green! “We have been very lucky to have had a peaceful few weeks at home, but I would like to release this myself before others do,” the actress, 26, wrote on her Facebook page Wednesday. “I gave birth to our son Noah Shannon Green on September 27th. He is healthy, happy, and perfect.” This is the first child together for the couple, who married in 2010 and announced the pregnancy in June. Green, 39, has an elder son, Kassius Lijah, 10, from his prior relationship with Vanessa Marcil. “We are humbled to have the opportunity to call ourselves the parents of this beautiful soul and I am forever grateful to God for allowing me to know this kind of boundless, immaculate love,” Fox continues in her post. “Thanks to those of you who wish to send your positive energy and well wishes. May God bless you and your families abundantly.”


September Morn
Woody Harrelson and Martin Sheen are set to star in B.J. Davis' 9/11-drama "September Morn" at Fleur De Lis Film Studios. Howard Cohen penned the script. The story follows a group of people who revisit and questions the independent investigation into the events of 9-11. Ed Asner, John Heard, Esai Morales, Daniel Sunjata and Judd Nelson also star.


Ride Along
John Leguizamo is in negotiations to play an undercover cop in Tom Story's new comedy "Ride Along" at Universal. Ice Cube and Kevin Hart star in the film which revolves around a school teacher who must survive a nightmarish "ride along" with his fiancee's cop brother who disapproves of the marriage.


Third Person
Adrien Brody and Maria Bello have joined the cast of Paul Haggis' ensemble romance drama "Third Person" which begins shooting this week in Rome. The story follows three intersecting stories set in Paris, New York and Rome, with each storyline following a different stage of a love relationship from the beginning, middle and the end.


Walk of Shame
Elizabeth Banks has scored the lead role in Steven Brill's comedy "Walk of Shame" at Lakeshore and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Shooting kicks off in January in Los Angeles. Banks will play an aspiring newscaster who goes on an uncharacteristic night of partying. She awakens in a stranger's bed with no money, no car, no memory and the news she won her audition. As a result, she must make her way across hostile neighborhoods to reach her new job by 5pm.


Nymphomaniac
Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Caroline Goodall, Kate Ashfield, Saskia Reeves, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Michaël Pas and Omar Shargawi have all signed on for Lars von Trier’s "Nympomaniac". Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Christian Slater, Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Jamie Bell and Jesper Christensen are already set for the film about a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50.

Douglas named Sportswoman of Year

Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas has won Sportswoman of the Year honors from the Women's Sports Foundation. The gymnast won the award Wednesday night, beating out Lindsey Vonn, London Olympians Serena Williams, Missy Franklin, Allyson Felix, and Paralympians Jessica Long and Tatyana McFadden. Douglas is the third gymnast to win the award, joining fellow Olympic gold medalists Mary Lou Retton (1984) and Nastia Liukin (2008). Liukin presented Douglas with the award, given to an individual athlete who exhibits exceptional performances. Douglas won the all-around gold at the London Olympics, the fourth American — and first African-American — to win gymnastics' biggest prize. She also helped the U.S. women to the team title, their first since 1996 and second overall.
  Since giving birth to a baby girl on July 15, Uma Thurman and her beau Arpad Busson have stayed publicly mum on their daughter‘s name. Until now. And it sure was worth the wait. “I would like to announce Uma and Arki’s daughter’s name for the first time officially: Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson, better known to family and friends as Luna,” the actress’s rep Gabrielle Kachman said.  While the couple is keeping the origins of Luna’s name private, Thurman’s rep allows, “Each name has a special reason and meaning to her mother and father.” Born in Rhinebeck, N.Y., baby Luna is the first child together for Thurman, 42, and Busson, 49. She joins elder siblings, Maya Ray and Levon Thurman-Hawke, from Thurman’s marriage to Ethan Hawke, and Flynn and Cy Busson, the financier’s sons with ex-fiancée Elle MacPherson.


Lance Armstrong dropped by Nike and other sponsors
After Lance Armstrong stepped down as chairman of his Livestrong charity Wednesday (Oct. 17), Nike Inc. opted to end its contract with the athlete in the wake of doping allegations and evidence against the accomplished cyclist. Additionally, Anheuser-Busch, Easton-Bell Sports Inc., Trek Bicycles, FRS sports drinks and 24 Hour Fitness all followed suit and severed ties with Armstrong. "Due to the seemingly insurmountable evidence that Lance Armstrong participated in doping and misled Nike for more than a decade, it is with great sadness that we have terminated our contract with him," Nike says in a statement. Another of Armstrong's former sponsors, RadioShack, released a statement saying it has "no current obligations" with the cyclist. And Colorado energy foods company Honey Stinger says in a statement, "We are in the process of removing Lance Armstrong's image and endorsement from our product packaging." The fallout comes a week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) released evidence showing Armstrong used banned drugs and blood transfusions throughout his cycling career. In August, the agency had banned Armstrong from the sport for life and stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles after he declined to fight the charges against him.

TV NEWS
Hawaii Five-0 is beaming up quite the guest star. Star Trek vet George Takei will appear on an upcoming Season 3 episode of the CBS drama. Takei will play the uncle of Daniel Dae Kim’s Chin Ho Kelly, as announced by CBS via Twitter. He will provide the team with information that helps them with a case.


First Lady Michelle Obama will make her debut appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live next Thursday, Oct. 25.


Vanessa Marcil is hitting the beach. The General Hospital and Las Vegas alumna will guest-star in an upcoming Season 3 episode of Hawaii Five-0. Marcil will appear as a therapist McGarrett suspects is involved in a murder case and might be messing with his mind. The episode is slated for November.
 Erstwhile General Hospital baddie Ignacio Serricchio (ex-Diego Alcazar) has joined The Young and the Restless. Making his debut in December, the actor will play an undercover cop from New York who comes to Genoa City with a major secret. Serricchio — who can currently be seen in the popular web soap The Bay — has worked steadily since his 2008 GH departure, including arcs on The Finder, Privileged and Ghost Whisperer.


Rhona Mitra (Strike Back, Boston Legal) has nabbed the lead female role in The Last Ship, TNT’s Michael Bay-helmed apocalyptic drama pilot. She joins the previously cast Eric Dane and Titus Welliver.


TNT, Lionsgate Television and 1019 Entertainment are all set to develop a drama series based on the five Frankenstein novels by Dean Koontz. Two centuries after he seemingly died in a battle with his original monster in the Arctic, Victor Helios (Frankenstein) is living in present day New Orleans. Using his science to keep himself alive, he continues to create new life forms for his own purposes. Unbeknownst to him, the original monster is also alive and living in New Orleans. When the monster learns Victor lives, their epic war continues with the city caught in the middle.


Polly Walker (Caprica) has booked a five-episode arc on Syfy’s Warehouse 13 as Charlotte Dupres, a nemesis of the Warehouse Team whose secrets will unfold over the course of Season 4.5 (premiering in April 2013).


Pretty Little Liars has nabbed itself an Olympian. Gold medalist Missy Franklin will make a cameo in the second half of Season 3, dropping by Rosewood to meet fellow swimming fiend Emily.


Another original American Horror Story thesp has joined the FX drama’s Asylum-set second season — and this one is sure to scare up some excitement. Dylan McDermott, who portrayed philandering leading man Ben Harmon during the spookfest’s freshman run, is officially set to return to the series (debuting tonight at 10/9c), exec producer Ryan Murphy


Not long after this year’s World Series, Fox’s The Cleveland Show will round the bases with an episode devoted to America’s pastime. And though Peter Griffin’s old pal won’t actually become a star baseball player during the half-hour, he’ll get close when he realizes his dream of becoming a major league scout. We’ve got your exclusive first look at the November episode, which includes the guest voices of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, the Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz, the Philadelphia Phillies’ Jimmy Rollins and the Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto.