TV journalist Lisa Ling announced that she and her husband, physician and biotech firm president Paul Song, are set to welcome their first child, a daughter. Ling, whose documentary series, Our America, airs on OWN, first revealed her baby news — and a sonogram — Wednesday on Anderson Cooper‘s daytime talk show, Anderson Live. It’s a happy moment for Ling, 39, who shared her heartbreak over a miscarriage in 2010. “I felt more like a failure than I’d felt in a very long time,” Ling, said at the time of losing her pregnancy at seven weeks. “When I heard the doctor say there was no heartbeat it was like bam, like a knife through the heart.”


Joe and Tina Simpson File for Divorce
Jessica Simpson's parents Tina and Joe Simpson have filed for divorce, a rep for the family says. But that is where the headline-worthy news about the Simpson clan ends, says the rep. "It is an amicable split and there is no third party involved," says the rep. "Any other related allegations are completely false. The family appreciates your respect for their privacy at this time." Tina, 52, and 54-year-old Joe – a manager and former minister who is often referred to as "Papa Joe" – are also parents to Ashlee Simpson and have two grandchildren between their daughters.
 Portman's new Dior's Diorshow New Look lash-multiplying mascara has reportedly been banned in the U.K. by the Advertising Standards Authority, a watchdog organization. the ad was nixed for allegedly "misleadingly exaggerating the effects of the product." The actress's individual lashes were reportedly retouched "for a more stylized, uniform and tidy effect." The ASA reportedly found no fault with the image in itself, but said that placed alongside the ad's verbal claims, the retouching could possibly have led to unrealistic expectations for potential customers. The ad cannot be published in the U.K. again until clarifications are made.

Sean Lowe in car accident during 'Bachelor' filming

New "Bachelor" Sean Lowe is safe after a car accident during production on Monday. The Texas native is currently in the middle of filming the ninth season of the dating show, where his romantic getaways with the single ladies have reportedly taken him to Colorado and Canada.  Lowe became a fan favorite during "Bachelorette" Emily Maynard's season when she sent him home as the third-place finisher, but he is hoping to find love again with the new batch of women.

 Vivica A. Fox has mocked Stacey Dash after she endorsed presidential candidate Mitt Romney by donning a sexy swimsuit to promote his campaign. The "Clueless" star has received a barrage of criticism for backing Romney instead of Barack Obama ahead of next month's election, and she recently opened up about how she was "saddened and shocked" by the backlash over her political leanings. Now her "Getting Played" co-star Fox has also lambasted Dash for deciding to show her allegiance to the Republican nominee by posing in a red swimsuit for a political shoot. She tells news site TheGrio, "I didn't know she was a Republican. I will start there. Second, I don't know why she had to do a photo shoot in a Baywatch red swimsuit with the boobs and the whole flag behind her. And she doesn't have a job or something to promote right now. I just didn't get it. Most politicians when you support them, you try to support them with class. You don't need to do a swimsuit shoot."

TV NEWS
Garcelle Beauvais won’t be back for Franklin & Bash‘s Season 3. The actress tweeted the news Wednesday, saying, “Just found out that I’m not being asked back on @franklinandbash #stunned.” Beauvais joined the TNT legal dramedy in its first season. She played Hannah Linden, an Infield Daniels powerhouse and Karp’s ex. Beauvais will appear as a love interest for Psych‘s Dulé Hill in the USA comedy’s upcoming Season 7, which bows in February.


Nia Long (Third Watch) and Larenz Tate (Rescue Me) have booked recurring roles in the upcoming second season of House of Lies (bowing Jan. 13). Tate will play the younger brother of Don Cheadle’s Marty, while Long joins as a former classmate and new foe for the leading man.
 Freda Foh Shen (Everwood, Close to Home) will pay a visit to CBS’ Elementary as Joan Watson’s mother. Mary Watson appears in Episode 9, slated to air Dec. 13, and she’s not very happy about her daughter’s choice of profession. As established in the pilot, Lucy Liu‘s Joan “doesn’t feel a tremendous amount of support from [her parents] when it comes to her second career as a sober companion.”


Guys With Kids isn’t going anywhere just yet. NBC has ordered five additional scripts for the Jimmy Fallon-produced sitcom. Meanwhile, Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) has been cast as the father of Tempestt Bledsoe’s Marney.

The Vampire Diaries has cast erstwhile Supernatural baddie Rick Worthy as Bonnie’s estranged father. He’ll first appear in Episode 10 of the current fourth season.

TNT has a Halloween-season treat for Supernatural fans: a 24-hour marathon of the creepiest episodes from the first six seasons. The line-up kicks off Saturday, Oct. 27 at noon EST and includes the likes of “I Believe the Children Are Our Future,” “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” and “Monster Movie.”


Fox has released its midseason schedule, and it details the premiere dates and time slots for the new Kevin Bacon-fronted serial killer thriller The Following, Season 12 of American Idol and Season 2 of Kiefer Sutherland’s Touch. American Idol — featuring a retooled judging panel that now includes Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban (as well as, yawn, Randy Jackson) — will launch with with a two-night debut on Wednesday, Jan. 16 (8-10 pm) and Thursday, Jan. 17 (8-9 pm). Touch, which was originally slated to return this fall, will take over Fringe‘s Friday-at-9 perch on Feb. 1. (Fringe will wrap its 13-episode final season in January.) The Following — starring Bacon as an FBI agent hunting down a serial killer (played by James Purefoy) — launches on Monday, Jan. 21 at 9/8c, presumably replacing the struggling Mob Doctor.