Jean Stapleton, the versatile actress who will forever be remembered for her long-running role as the dim-witted but deep-hearted Edith Bunker on the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom All in the Family, died Friday at her home in New York City, her family confirms. Stapleton, who was 90, succumbed to natural causes. Having already established a career during the 1950s and early '60s for playing nosy neighbor roles in such Broadway smashes as Damn Yankees, Funny Girl and Bells Are Ringing, in which she played the owner of the titular answering service. It was also during the stage run of Bells Are Ringing, in 1957, that Stapleton met and married William Putch, a concert promoter who also ran the 453-seat Totem Pole Playhouse summer stock theater in Pennsylvania – where, for the next quarter century, even at the height of her TV stardom, Stapleton would appear. Stapleton entered the TV pantheon with her high-pitched comic voice (which was a gross exaggeration of her own), perfect timing (especially when Edith would be slow to catch on to something) and unrelenting love for her husband Archie Bunker (even while overlooking his bigotry, which she never shared). Winning three Emmys for the role, Stapleton played Edith to Carroll O'Conner's Archie from 1971-79, then asked to be written out of the show as the series continued under slightly different formats. Once she left All in the Family she continued to make TV appearances, such as when in 1996, as if to counteract her trod-upon Edith persona, she played the imperious sister of Doris Roberts's character on Everybody Loves Raymond. She also appeared in the movies Michael and You've Got Mail, and returned to her stage roots, touring in a critically acclaimed one-woman show about Eleanor Roosevelt – a real-life role she had also played in the 1982 CBS movie Eleanor: First Lady of the World. Bill Putsch, with whom Stapleton had two children, Pam and John, died in 1983.


Mookie Blaylock In Serious Condition After Fatal Car Accident
Former NBA All-Star guard Daron "Mookie" Blaylock has been upgraded to serious condition a day after his SUV crashed head-on into a van and killed a woman.  Atlanta Medical Center spokeswoman Nicole Gustin confirmed that the Blaylock's condition had improved since he was airlifted to the hospital.  Police said the former Atlanta Hawks player was initially placed on life support and was in critical condition late Friday even after he was taken off of it.  Blaylock, 46, was driving in neighboring Jonesboro Friday afternoon when he crashed, said Clayton County police spokesman Clarence Cox. Police said his SUV crossed the center line and slammed into an oncoming van.  The van's passenger, 43-year-old Monica Murphy, suffered internal bleeding and died. Her husband Frankie Murphy, 41, broke an ankle.  Allen said that Blaylock has had "a history of seizures," and police were trying to find out if a seizure may have led to the accident. Blaylock was a first-round draft pick by the New Jersey Nets out of Oklahoma in 1989. He played for the Atlanta Hawks between 1992 and 1999, appeared in the 1994 NBA All-Star game and had his best season in 1996-97, averaging 17.4 points and 5.9 assists.  In 13 NBA seasons with New Jersey, Atlanta and Golden State, he averaged 13.5 points and 6.2 assists.

Five Stairsteps singer Clarence Burke Jr. dies
Clarence Burke Jr., lead singer of the group the Five Stairsteps that sang the 1970 hit "O-O-H Child," has died. He was 64. His manager, Joe Marno, says Burke died Sunday in Marietta, Ga., where he lived. The cause of his death was not disclosed. Formed in Chicago in 1965, the Five Stairsteps included Burke and four siblings. The group had several hits in the 1960s and '70s, including "You Waited Too Long," ''World of Fantasy," and "Don't Change Your Love." The Los Angeles Times says the group disbanded in the late 1970s, but the brothers briefly reformed as the Invisible Man's Band and had a 1980 success with the dance single "All Night Thing."

Andre 3000’s Mother Dies; Rapper’s Mother Was 58
Andre 3000’s mother died in her sleep early Tuesday at her Georgia home, a representative for the rapper at the firm Sunshine Sachs said Wednesday. Sharon Benjamin-Hodo was 58. She died in Rex, Ga. No other details were provided. Benjamin-Hodo was the founder of The Starlight Camp, a program that supports underprivileged children. It is part of the New Morning Light Missionary Baptist Church in Conley, Ga. She is survived by her husband, Robert Hodo, who is the church’s pastor. Andre 3000 was born Andre Lauren Benjamin. He turned 38 on Monday. He is one-half of the Grammy-winning hip-hop duo OutKast and has appeared in several films. He will play Jimi Hendrix in the biopic “All Is by My Side,” due out this year.

Philip Seymour Hoffman completes rehab for narcotics
After 23 years of sobriety, Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman began abusing prescription painkillers about a year ago. When he found himself snorting heroin -- a habit he says only lasted for about a week -- he realized he needed help and checked into a detox center on the East Coast. The 45-year-old completed the treatment program last Friday and says he's grateful to "a great group of friends and family" for supporting him in getting clean.

Bruno Mars's Mother Dies of Brain Aneurysm
The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii.  Bernadette Hernandez died Saturday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars' label, Atlantic Records.  Hernandez was 55 years old. She died in Honolulu at Queens Medical Center; no other information was given.  Mars, 27, is one of pop's top acts with several No. 1 hits including his most recent, "When I Was Your Man." His mother, a hula dancer and a singer who immigrated from the Philippines, nurtured her son's interest in music at an early age.

CHANNING TATUM, JENNA DEWAN-TATUM WELCOME BABY
Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum are officially parents! The gorgeous couple welcomed their first child in London. Channing, 33, and Jenna, 32, had planned on having their little one overseas, due to their filming schedules. “Jenna’s actually gonna be working and she’s coming over [to London] pretty much almost four weeks before she’s gonna have the baby,” the “Magic Mike” star revealed during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live After The Oscars” in February. Channing and Jenna met in 2006 while co-starring in the dance movie, “Step Up.” They got engaged in 2008 and tied the knot in July 2009 in Malibu, Calif. 
 Surrounded by friends and family, American Idol finalists Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo were married Saturday evening at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard hotel in Los Angeles, PEOPLE confirms. "Today was the best day of my life," Young, 32, said. "Diana and I are in it forever. She's my best friend." DeGarmo, 25, wore a form-fitting Sareh Nouri gown with pearls and rhinestones.


Fast & Furious Wins Box Office
"Fast & Furious 6" zoomed to the top of the box office for the second straight week, beating out two new films for the No. 1 spot. The film made an estimated $34.5 million in its second weekend. It's now the second highest-grossing movie in the "Fast & Furious" franchise and is on pace to overtake "Fast Five" ($209.8 million) in the next few weeks. The weekend's two big new releases finished second and third.  "Now You See Me" ($28.05 million) finished a little ahead of "After Earth" ($27 million), constituting something of a surprise. "After Earth," a sci-fi movie starring Will and Jaden Smith, had been projected to make about $35 million. "Star Trek Into Darkness" and "Epic" tied for fourth this weekend with $16.4 million each. "The Hangover Part III" dropped to sixth with $15.9 million.
Top Five:
1. "Fast & Furious 6," $34.5 million
2. "Now You See Me," $28.05 million
3. "After Earth," $27 million
4 (tie). "Star Trek Into Darkness," $16.4 million
4 (tie). "Epic," $16.4 million

Court OKs lawsuit against Oprah Winfrey's use of 'own your power'
It may truly be empowering to "Own Your Power," but an appellate court panel said Friday that Oprah Winfrey, her Harpo Productions and the Hearst Corp. can be sued by a motivational speaker and radio-show host who claims the line violated her trademark and was illegally used on an "O" magazine cover and a related event. A three-judge panel of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's decision that said the use of the line amounted to "fair use" and threw out claims made by Simone Kelly-Brown against Winfrey, Hearst, as well as corporate sponsors of the event. The appellate court ordered the lower court to reconsider the case, in which Kelly-Brown sought an injunction to stop Winfrey's use of the phrase. The case stems from the prominent use of the line on the front cover of the October 2010 issue of O. "Own Your Power," touted the cover, which featured the requisite photo of Winfrey and the secondary headline: "How to Tap into Your Strength, Focus Your Energy, Let Your Best Shine." One of the stories in the edition was about "The 2010 O Power List: 20 Women Who Are Rocking the World." The issue was promoted in a Sept. 16 New York event called "Own Your Power," which was then featured in the December edition of the magazine and identified as the "first-ever own your power event." Kelly-Brown, who registered "Own Your Power" as a blue and white trademark in May 2008, sued, arguing both that the magazine's use of the line -- though in a different typeface, different color and different capitalization -- represented an attempt to seize her trademark and confused people.MShe argued that the confusion was detrimental to her brand, and she fielded numerous inquiries from people who were confused between her events and Winfrey's. While judges were unanimous Friday in overturning the lower-court opinion dismissing Kelly-Brown's suit, they offered two sets of reasoning.

ANNA NICOLE'S ESTATE WINS MILLIONS IN SANCTIONS
The daughter of late model Anna Nicole Smith, Dannielynn, could be awarded as much as $49 million in sanctions per court orders from the estate of E. Pierce Marshall, the son of Anna Nicole's once-husband J. Howard Marshall. a California federal judge has ordered Marshall's estate to "pay sanctions over 'massive discovery abuse' in the Koch Industries heir's scorched-earth legal battle against his stepmother, the late 'Playboy' model Anna Nicole Smith." For over a decade, Smith's estate has been attempting to recover hundreds of millions of dollars from the estate of her husband J. Howard Marshall, who died in 1995 at the age of 90, a year after he married the then-26-year-old model. The sanctions against the estate of E. Pierce Marshall, who passed away in 2006, were issued due to his alleged attempts to delay the transfer of wealth to Smith's estate, including purportedly "shipping crucial legal documents to a lawyer in Lake Charles, La. to try and keep them out of the hands of Smith's lawyers." the judge didn't specify the monetary amount of damages, but suggested last March that it could reach up to $49 million. "This is a complete vindication of Anna Nicole's rights, and a total condemnation of what was done to her," Phil Boesch, lawyer of Smith's estate, told Forbes. "We are confident that the amount Anna's estate and daughter Dannielynn will finally be awarded will be fair and substantial."

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Tom Cruise has dropped out of starring in the big screen adaptation of 1960s spy series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." at Warner Bros. Pictures. The long in-development project originally had George Clooney was attached to star and Steven Soderbergh directing. Both talents dropped out, at which point Guy Ritchie and then Cruise came onboard. Cruise's departure is said to be due to his commitment to a fifth "Mission: Impossible" which is aiming to shoot later this year. Both Ritchie and actor Armie Hammer remains attached to "U.N.C.L.E." for now. “Man of Steel” star Henry Cavill is in talks to take over Tom’s role in the upcoming spy thriller, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”

Think Like a Man Too
Production for Think Like a Man Too has begun. In the highly anticipated sequel to Screen Gems' hit comedy Think Like a Man, which was inspired by Steve Harvey's best-selling book Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man, all the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas. But plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event. The film stars Terrence Jenkins, Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Kevin Hart, Terrence Jenkins, Jenifer Lewis, Romany Malco, Gary Owen and Gabrielle Union, who all return and reprise their original roles. Adam Brody, Wendi McLendon-Covey  and David Walton join the cast. Tim Story (Think Like a Man, Fantastic Four, Barbershop) returns to direct the sequel.

Hilary Clinton Biopic
Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain and Amanda Seyfried are all said to be under consideration to play Hillary Clinton in the forthcoming indie biopic "Rodham" at Temple Hill Entertainment. The 2012 Black List script by South Korean screenwriter Young Il Kim is set during the height of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. At the time, Hillary Rodham was the youngest lawyer chosen for the House Judiciary Committee to Impeach Nixon. She soon finds herself forced to choose between a destined path to the White House, and her unresolved feelings for former boyfriend and Arkansas law teacher Bill Clinton.

Brooke Mueller still trying to give her brother custody of twins
While Charlie Sheen's second ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, continues to battle her drug addiction at the Betty Ford Center, her lawyers have been making various plays to transfer temporary guardianship of her twin boys with Sheen. Max and Bob are currently living with Denise Richards, but reports are that Mueller wants them moved to her brother's home instead. attorneys went back to court for the third time on Friday with the goal of convincing a judge that the children would be better off with their uncle. They were reportedly unsuccessful -- for now.

Courteney Cox and David Arquette's Divorce is Final
Courteney Cox and David Arquette's marriage is officially over. Just shy of their 14th wedding anniversary, the couple's divorce was finalized in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday.  Cox, 48, and Arquette, 41, announced their separation in October 2010 after 11 years of marriage. In June 2012, they filed divorce papers citing "irreconcilable differences" on the same day, which would have been their 13th wedding anniversary. The former spouses are parents to daughter Coco, almost 9, and have maintained a friendly relationship since their split.

Mayim Bialik and Michael Stone Finalize Divorce
After almost a decade of marriage, Mayim Bialik and Michael Stone have finalized their divorce.  According to documents filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, the pair – whose separation was announced in November – officially ended their marriage on May 1.  Bialik, 37, first announced news of her divorce on her blog, calling the situation a "terribly sad, painful and incomprehensible [thing] for children. It is not something we have decided lightly."

TV NEWS
Neil Patrick Harris is returning to host the Emmy Awards this September. This will mark the second time that Harris, who's also hosting this year's Tony Awards, has hosted the television awards ceremony. He also hosted the 2009 ceremony.

HBO’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra lit up the network’s ratings Sunday night. The Steven Soderbergh film delivered 2.4 million viewers in its first airing, making it the most-watched HBO Film title in almost a decade (since 2004′s Something the Lord Made). Across two Sunday plays, Candelabra totaled 3.5 million viewers. The performance is especially impressive coming on Memorial Day weekend, when TV viewing levels typically decline several percent. Compare Candelabra‘s performance to HBO’s previous recent record-settter Game Change, which had 2.1 million viewers for its Saturday night debut last year. Candelabra stars Michael Douglas as the Vegas legend and Matt Damon as his young lover Scott Thorson, whose memoir of their rocky five-year relationship served as the basis for the film.

ABC Family has picked up (a lot!) more Melissa & Joey. The cabler on Tuesday gave the sitcom (which returns May 29) a Season 3 back order and renewed it for a fourth season, making it ABC Family’s first comedy to reach 100 episodes.

CNN’s new Morgan Spurlock-helmed and -hosted docu-series Inside Man premieres Sunday, June 23.

The Americans‘ Matthew Rhys will portray Pride and Prejudice‘s Mr. Darcy in BBC’s upcoming three-part project Death Comes To Pemberley. Based on the suspense novel by P.D. James, the project — which is timed to P and P‘s 200th anniversary — centers on three of author Jane Austen’s iconic characters: Elizabeth Bennet, George Wickham and, of course, Mr. Darcy.

Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots on Tuesday night drew 1.8 million total viewers — aka the most watched series premiere in OWN history.

White Collar has found a new follower. Erstwhile The Following baddie/Common Lawman Warren Kole has nabbed a recurring role in Season 5 of the USA Network drama. Kole will play Agent David Seigel, Neal’s overly ambitious new FBI handler who takes over for the now-jailed Peter.

Turns out, Katie Couric was approached about returning to the Today show in the wake of a recent decrease in ratings. “There were some cautious overtures to me to possibly come back,” she revealed during an appearance on Howard Stern’s radio show. When asked if she’d seriously consider a comeback, Couric coyly responded, “For me, that was the best job.”

All that’s missing now is the pizza place. Two and a Half Men is adding a full-time female to its Season 11 cast to fill the void left by departing half man Angus T. Jones. the CBS comedy is looking for an actress in her late teens to early 20s to play the long-lost daughter of Charlie Sheen’s late alter ego, Charlie Harper. The character will turn up in the show’s season premiere and promptly move in with Walden (Ashton Kutcher) and her uncle Alan (Jon Cryer).
 Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are thinking pink. The couple is expecting a daughter in July, the reality star, 32, confirmed Sunday on the season premiere of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. “I’m so excited we’re having a girl. Who doesn’t want a girl? I think they are the best,” she said on the show. “I know that’s really what Kanye has always wanted — he wanted a little girl.”Kardashian celebrated her baby shower the same day the announcement aired.