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Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia, with contributing factors of iron deficiency anemia and “multiple drug intoxication,” according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.

ABC isn’t announcing the cast of the next “Dancing with the Stars” until March 1, but the rumor mill is saying that Pamela Anderson will be among them.

“The Blind Side” will come out on video March 23.

Whitney Houston kicks off her world tour this weekend in South Korea.

Former teen idol Leif Garrett was arrested Monday morning in Los Angeles for possession of a controlled substance.

David Letterman has the honor of unveiling this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition Monday night, then talks with the cover model on Tuesday.

Wayne Newton owes a Detroit-area airport more than $60,000 in storage fees after abandoning his $2 million plane more than three years ago. The plane was flown into the airport about 25 miles northwest of Detroit to have interior work done that took about a year to complete.

While Quincy Jones rounded up the stars to sing another version of “We Are the World” over here for Haiti relief, Simon Cowell went the route of having British stars since the old REM song, “Everybody Hurts,” including Susan Boyle, Rod Stewart, Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams, among others.

When the Olympic make their big entrance at the opening ceremonies in Vancouver, the American team will be wearing athletic wear by Ralph Lauren.

A Las Vegas couple got quite a jolt when a 40-pound chunk of ice apparently fell off a jet passing over and crashed into their home. No one was hurt.

Brothers & Sisters star Sarah Jane Morris and her husband Ned Brower welcomed a baby boy into the world January 24.
An 8-year-old cat in Britain just became the world’s first cat to have an artificial knee replacement.

Ashton Kutcher turns 32 on Sunday. His present from wife Demi Moore? They’ll be in Miami for the Super Bowl.
The San Francisco home featured in the show Full House is up for sale.

CBS may drastically reduce Katie Couric’s $14 million dollar salary to save money.

So Pamela Anderson held a fashion show in Miami this week to show off her new line of clothes and… only 20 people showed up. Rumor has it she may be on dancing with he stars.

According to a report people who keep the weight under control have an average of 2 televisions at home. Unsuccessful dieters own 3 or more televisions.

A guy who claims the show was his idea is suing Randy Jackson for his “America’s Best Dance Crew” show.

“Boston Legal” actor Justin Mentell died in a car accident early Monday morning. He was driving alone in Wisconsin without a seatbelt on when he struck two trees and was thrown from his car. He was 27
Was it an attempt to quell those separation rumors: Brad and Angelina attended the Directors Guild Awards together on Saturday night.

“Jersey Shore” will be back for a second season on MTV, just in case there was any doubt.

Beyoncé made history at the Grammys on Sunday as she collected six trophies, including song of the year, making her the most decorated woman in one night in the 52-year history of the awards show.

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler was in a Home Depot in Ranch Mirage, California, and when an employee asked him to sing, he got on the public address system and belted out mini-versions of “Dude looks like a lady” and “I don’t want to miss a thing.”

More than 80 of the biggest stars in music all genres came together last night to record a 25th anniversary version of “We Are The World “ for Haitian Earthquake Relief

The 52nd annual Grammy Awards belonged to the ladies. While Taylor Swift took home album of the year and three other awards. and Beyonce won 6. The Zac Brown Band woke the crowd up with a lively performance, and they won best new artist. Other country acts that won: Keith Urban, & Carrie Underwood.

The show also included a special 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson featuring a video clip he made of “Earth Song” as Usher, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson sang along. I thought the most touching moment of the night, with Michael Jackson’s son, Prince, accepting his dad’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Joan Rivers, said in an interview at the Sundance Festival that Jay Leno “ain’t funny” and that Conan O’Brien “ain’t that funny.”

NBC says there were 10.3 million viewers tuned in for Conan O’Brien’s final “Tonight Show.”

By the way, Jay Leno has moved up his exit. His final “Jay Leno Show” will be Monday night, February 8.

Carrie Underwood will sing the national anthem this Sunday at the Super Bowl. Queen Latifah will sing “American the Beautiful” prior to the game.

Victoria Beckham will co-host “The View” next month.

“The Wizarding World of Harry Potter,” a new amusement park, opens up in Orlando this spring.

George Stephanopoulos has learned that he may be genetically linked to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The news just keeps getting worse for Tiger Woods …one of his many alleged mistresses, Loredana Jolie Ferriolo, says she’s writing a tell-all. Her most shocking claim — she saw the pro golfer have sexual relations with other men

Elvis’ Birthday………today have been 75.

Jay Leno is reportedly going back to his late night time slot, and it’s looking like Conan O’Brien is the odd man out … sources tell TMZ. N-B-C is planning to move Jay back to his old time slot of 11:35 p-m after the network’s coverage of the Winter Olympics ends on February 28th

Gary Coleman was released from an L-A hospital Wednesday night after suffering an apparent seizure.

Sylvester Stallone says that he broke his neck while filming his new movie, “The Expendables” (with Brittany Murphy, by the way) and that he now has a metal plate in his neck.

Hanes is making their Charlie Sheen commercials disappear after those domestic violence charges.

Paris Hilton says she’s ready to get married… to on-again, off-again boyfriend Doug Reinhardt.

One of the cool things at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas — Ford is showing off a cool new option that would read your Tweets to you while you were driving.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has cancelled a planned solo show at the end of the month to give himself more time to kick his addiction to painkillers.

We’ve learned Jay’s 10:00 PM show will go on hiatus February 1. After the Olympics, Jay will take back his 11:30 PM time slot. What has not been decided — whether Jay’s show will be a half hour, followed by Conan, or whether Jay’s show will be an hour and NBC says sayonara to Mr. O’Brien.
Jason Alexander follows in the big footsteps of Valerie Bertinelli, Phylicia Rashad and Kirstie Alley as the next spokesperson for Jenny Craig.

Taylor Lautner is one talented teen! The New Moon star, 17, is set to become the highest-paid teenage actor — once he gets his paycheck for filming Northern Lights with Tom Cruise, Deadline.com reports
Lenny Kravitz says that Michael Jackson song that was leaked this week was real. Michael and Lenny put it together back in June of ‘08.

Miley Cyrus and her co-star from “The Love Song,” Liam Hensworth, have been showing up all over, holding hands.
Sharon Stone is joining the cast of “Law and Order: SVU” beginning in April.
Lou Dobbs, who quit CNN in November, has launched a subscription website. So, if you need your Lou fix, it’ll cost you $5.95 a month.

The fashion color of the year is tropical turquoise. That’s the word from Pantone, a global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries.
Chicago will perform on “The Bachelor” this coming Monday night.

More drug problems for Farrah Fawcett’s son, Redmond O’Neal. He was arrested again on December 29th on drug charges while on a 24-hour pass from his Los Angeles rehab program.

Microsoft Office 2010 will be released in June. The latest rumor has the long-awaited Apple tablet hitting stores in March.

Carrie Underwood makes her television acting debut in the C-B-S sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Carrie will play “Tiffany” — a pharmaceutical sales rep who gets involved with “Ted,” played by Josh Radnor. The episode airs in March.

Twilight and Sandra Bullock were the big winners at last night’s People’s Choice Awards. The vampire flick took home four trophies, including Favorite Movie and Breakout Actor for star Taylor Lautner. Bullock nabbed two awards for the romantic comedy The Proposal.

Another death of a young celebrity…with Casey Johnson, the daughter of New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and heir to the Johnson and Johnson has been found dead. She was just 30.

Monday, six months after his death, the voice of Walter Cronkite was replaced as the person who introduced the CBS Evening News, by Morgan Freeman.

Katharine McPhee is out with her second album this week. She says she looks back on her performances on “American Idol” and it shows her just how far she has come.

A watchdog group is upset that Sigourney Weaver’s character in ‘Avatar’ smoked.

Siegfried and Roy’s Siegfried Fischbacher was quoted in Tuesday’s edition of a German magazine saying that “Roy and I miss our audience. But there will not be a comeback.” Roy Horn, who was mauled by a white tiger during a 2003 performance, is still battling the long-term effects of the attack.

Vince Vaughn got married last Saturday to 31-year-old real estate agent Kyla Weber in a small private ceremony outside Chicago.

Angelina Jolie’s mom left $100,000 for each of her and Brad’s kids after she died… which they’ll be able to get at once they turn 25.
 
Kathy Griffin has been banned from C-N-N after dropping an F-bomb while co-hosting the network’s New Year’s Eve show, according to PopEater.com.

The International Consumer Electronics Show gets underway in Las Vegas today. What will be the new toy or innovation that grabs all the attention?John Mayer will be back online this Thursday… but for now, he’s enjoying a one-week “digital cleanse.” E-mails only from computers… no cell phone texts, Twitter or any social media.

In Vanity Fair’s cover story of Tiger Woods, the author Buzz Bissinger describes the philandering golfer and cites a 1997 interview in which Tiger made some racy comments. But the real buzz is over the cover. shot — which shows the once squeaky-clean pitchman bare-chested and pumping iron in a black cap.
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2010 means a new decade and that means time for a new government census. A $340 million ad campaign kicks off this week to make sure you know it’s happening.

Among those being honored with U.S. postage stamps this year: Katharine Hepburn, Gene Autry, Mother Teresa, Roy Rogers, Tom Mix, the 2010 Olympic games and the Negro baseball leagues.

California super-church pastor Rick Warren said the church needed $900,000 due to a budget shortfall and the flock donated $2.4 million.

Garlic prices are soaring in China, because of the rumor that it will help prevent the Swine flu… which, as far as science knows, isn’t true.

CBS says the Super Bowl is 95% sold out. Coke and Budweiser are back, Pepsi chose not to join in the party. First half of the February 7th game is completely sold out.

Look for a “Friends” reunion tomorrow night on “Cougartown” when Lisa Kudrow guest stars on Courtney Cox’s series.

There’s a leaked video making its rounds on the Internet that purports to be a new Michael Jackson song, the one he was working on with Lenny Kravitz.

A new study claims that women’s feet are getting bigger. That the average woman’s shoe size has gone up by one size over the past five years.

Elton John says he’s been helping Eminem fight off drugs for over a year.

American Idol’s Jason Castro is officially off the market. Season-seven’s fourth-place finisher swapped vows with Mandy Mayhall Saturday.

Where in the world is Tiger Woods? No one has seen him over the holidays but his probably soon to be ex was out and about–skiing over the holidays and not wearing a wedding ring

The new year began at the movies the way the old one ended: with James Cameron ruling the box office. The director’s sci-fi opus Avatar remained atop the box office for the third straight weekend, followed by Sherlock Holmes, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. The Meryl Streep comedy It’s Complicated was fourth and The Blind Side rounded out the top 5.

A new Israeli study shows that taking too much vitamin E may actually do more harm than good.

Regis Philbin returns to work today. He’ll be back with Kelly Ripa for the first time since his hip replacement surgery.

Fresh from her Alex Rodriguez experience, Kate Hudson has been trying to reconnect with previous ex, Owen Wilson.

Jon Gosselin’s apartment was ransacked during Christmas and he’s blaming ex-girlfriend Hailey. Her attorney says “she was just removing her things.”

Simon Cowell’s brother says that this next season of “American Idol” will be his last with the show. By the way, that all begins next week on Tuesday, January 12.

Erik Gates, who made occasional appearances on “MythBusters” as its “Amateur Rocket Expert,” has died. He was 47. Fell 30 feet while working on a skylight.

Top Ten List list of celebrity meltdowns: #10 Kanye West, #9 Lindsay Lohan, #8 Morgan Freeman, #7 Mackenzie Phillips, #6 Carrie Prejean, #5 Roman Polanski, #4 Chris Brown, #3 John and Kate, #2 David Letterman and the #1 celeb meltdown: Tiger Woods.

There’s a good chance Charlie Sheen will be back in the dating pool soon. Charlie and his wife Brooke have taken a break from one another after his Christmas day arrest on domestic violence charges.

The TV producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman says what he did was ok since one of Tiger Wood’s mistresses did the same thing.

Speaking of Tiger, his fooling around didn’t just cost him money—stock in the various companies he endorses had dropped 12 billion dollars.

Taylor Swift, whose eight Grammy nominations are second only to Beyoncé’s 10, will be a performer and presenter at 52nd Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, an inside source tells PEOPLE.

Fox is going yellow for the home stretch of its “Simpsons” 20th anniversary celebration. For the week beginning Jan. 3, graphical elements across Fox properties will turn yellow in honor of Matt Groening’s iconic characters.

Britney Spears hit back at the gossips on Monday, publishing a list of the top 75 most ridiculous or offensive stories written about her in 2009 — including one claiming her family was once so poor they ate squirrels. The list culled mostly from U.S. and British websites, celebrity magazines and newspapers, included various reports of new boyfriends, claims of emotional breakdowns and more. The list is published on her official website Britneyspears.com

One of the three legs of horse racing’s Triple Crown — the Belmont Stakes — is in financial danger of not happening in 2010. The governor and legislature are at a standstill over funding.

Tom Cruise has been hit with a $5 million lawsuit for allegedly hiring imprisoned private investigator Anthony Pellicano to spy on a magazine editor.

Ask Jeeves says that Britney Spears was the most searched for person during the past decade.

Alaina Reed Hall, better known to you as Olivia the photographer on Sesame Street, died on December 17th in Los Angeles after a bout with breast cancer. She was 63.

CBS has the Super Bowl in February. The show they’re going to feature immediately after the game? Maybe you’ve seen the commercials — “Undercover Boss.”

MTV’s “Jersey Shore” show has gotten a little too ethnic for Dell’s comfort zone and they’ve withdrawn as a sponsor.

Brittany Murphy left her estate to her mom. Apparently she drafted her will before her wedding.

Carrie Underwood is getting married! “I’m happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldn’t be happier,” her rep tells PEOPLE. ”

University of Alabama researchers say that the nation’s autism rate has gone up by 60% over the past four years. So what’s going on?

It’s not what you eat or drink or even how often you exercise that can determine how long you live. HealthDay News reports that happy and outgoing people, who also know how to manage stress, may live longer than the rest of us.

According to a recent study, cell phones harbor more bacteria than toilet seats.

Screenwriter Dan O’Bannon has died. He gave us “Alien” and “Total Recall,” among others.

Taylor Swift was voted the AP “Entertainer of the Year.”

Anticipating watching a funny video can reduce stress hormones by up to 70%.

Kate Hudson likes to throw parties. Her big holiday event was last Friday and while there were lots of famous guests, no A-Rod.

Director James Cameron is King Of The World this week: His “Avatar” topped the box office followed by “The Princess and the Frog”, “The Blind Side”, “Have you Heard About The Morgans” and “New Moon”.

The fourth time wasn’t the charm for Ivana Trump, who filed for divorce from her most recent husband on Friday. LeAnn Rimes and her husband also filed for divorce this past week.
An out-of-work pharmaceuticals saleswoman is the winner of the CBS reality television show “Survivor: Samoa .”

Van Buren, Ark., resident Natalie White won the $1 million prize Sunday night by outwitting, outplaying and outlasting an oil company owner and a doctor in the final episode.
One of Jon Bon Jovi’s sons was taken to the hospital early this morning. Because of weather conditions in New Jersey, an SUV transported the boy to a local hospital instead of an ambulance.

Brittany Murphy The actress who starred in “Clueless” and “8 Mile” died Sunday after suffering full cardiac arrest, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has confirmed to Access Hollywood. She was 32.

A Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim. A similar effort is underway in San Francisco. Cell phones do carry such warnings in some countries, though no U.S. states require them.

It’s highly unusual for country legend Loretta Lynn cancels a show and that’s exactly what she had to do last week! Fans have become increasingly concerned over her health as she continues to axe gigs due to a terrible case of the flu. And it’s pretty serious! “Loretta has a long-term serious respiratory problem which only gets worse with age.

One of the singing “King Sisters” — Yvonne — has died at age 89.

Elin has announced she will be spending the holidays in Sweden with family… and without Tiger. But there is a special on Oprah today.

A study conducted at New York University found that babbling about a major goal can give you a false sense of accomplishment, making you less likely to actually go after it.

Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry died Thursday, a day after falling out of the back of a pickup truck during what police said was a domestic dispute with his fiancé. Henry was 26.

On December 27, Dominos Pizza is changing its core pizza recipe, according to AOL’s Slashfood.com. The new pizza was developed after 18 months of testing with dozens of cheeses, 15 sauces and 50 crust-seasoning blends.

Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have found what they’re calling a “super Earth,” located about 42 light years away in another solar system. The planet, officially called GJ 1214b, is nearly 2.7 times larger than our Earth and could be more than half-covered with water. But the temperature is over 250 degrees!

While Tiger Woods is losing sponsors left and right, TMZ has learned his wife, Elin Nordegren, is “very close” to signing a deal of her own … and the company happens to be Nike’s archenemy — Puma. An official from Puma — the athletic wear company — has confirmed they are in “internal discussions” to sign Elin as a spokesperson for a new Swedish-inspired clothing line called Tretorn.

Garth Brooks is waging a bitter legal war against a hospital in his hometown, demanding the Oklahoma hospital return a $500,000 donation he made because it never named a building after his mother

Susan Boyle remains atop the Billboard 200 chart for a third week with “I Dreamed a Dream”

Sandra Bullock said that she is amazed with the two Golden Globe nominations she received. She was honored in the Best Dramatic Actress category for The Blind Side, and Best Comedy Actress for The Proposal.

95-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne had heart valve surgery this week. Before the surgery, he told his family that he wouldn’t die because it would ruin his image.

Your iPhone might know if swine flu is headed your way. An application called Outbreaks Near Me tracks viruses such as H1N1 flu and notifies you of the flu in your area.

Nickelodeon has ordered up 26 new episodes of “SpongeBob Square Pants,” making it the longest-running show in Nick history.

Carrie Underwood’s holiday special pulled in 8.5 million viewers. Jennifer Hudson’s? Only 5.6 million.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year.”

ABBA has been elected to the Rock -n Roll Hall Of Fame are they rock?

The first Televangelist, Oral Roberts died yesterday he was 91.

BWT - The Tiger number is now 15 as three more women have come forth in the past 24 hours. 

A-Rod and Kate Hudson HAVE split up!   Word is she was too much of a spotlight hog for him. 

The brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet made its maiden flight yesterday it flies! Holds 254 people.  Should be in service late next year.

Some northern cities are having a tough time with the new traffic signals.  They are so energy efficient, they don’t generate enough heat to melt the snow and ice off them……big problem…many accidents, one death as a result.

The Golden Globe Nods are  out.  Many times a bellwether for the Oscars. the new George Clooney movie has 6 nominations!

Another woman has come forth and claimed an affair with Tiger Woods.  This is an even dozen now…..she reportedly is 10 years old than Tiger.

Sadly, a new study shows that pot usage is up among teens for the first time in a long time.

Silly here, in Australia a new study has concluded that indeed it is LESS painful to pull off a band-aid fast rather than slow…..sheesh!

A-Rod and K-Hud…..OFF?   Word is Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson have split up!

Don “Miami Vice”  Johnson is 60 today.  No socks  and no shaving today!

Taylor Swift is now 20.  Birthday over the weekend!  She celebrated by donating 250K to schools the attended!  Well done!

New DVD today…The Hangover, and Inglorious Basterds leads the list. Both have Golden Globe noms….

Sad news….The Akron Zips number one ranked soccer team didn’t win the National Championship Sunday…..Virginia wins..it’s their 6th Championship!  Great season for the  Zips!

Tiger Woods has been dumped by Accenture, and Gillette as their endorser.  Will more come???

Number one movie at the box office this weekend?   The Princess And The Frog…Disney  25 million

The Sacramento Kings of the NBA will have a Dollar Beer night this week, in an attempt to fill the stands for national TV.   Should be interesting!

Kate Gosselin says that her kids miss filming the TV show for TLC.  

Garth Brooks began his run in Vegas at The Wynn.   5 shows last weekend. 295 more shows over the next 5 years!

Adam Lambert’s raunchy performance at the American Music Awards Sunday night had people talking…and complaining.

Oops. Jennifer Lopez took a tumble during a high-energy performance of her latest single “Louboutins” at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles Sunday.

Prince William and Prince Harry have set up a grant-giving foundation to help young people, wounded servicemen and women, and help sustainable development at home and abroad. William, 27, and Harry, 25, kicked-started it with some of the money they inherited from their mother, Princess Diana, who died in August 1997

Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz broke free in Spain and slightly injured two people. Cruise and Diaz were not on the set at the time.

The white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was sold at an auction for $350,000!

Paula Dean took a ham to the face in Atlanta. She was hosting a charity food load when the frozen ham was tossed her way hit her in the face

No details have been given, but a “family matter” has put the brakes on production of Courtney Cox’s series, “Cougar Town.”

The 5 Oldest English words are “I,” “we,” “two,” “three” and “five.” Biologists at England’s University of Reading created a computer model to analyze the rate of change of words in English and other languages.

Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson were the big winners at the American Music Awards. No surprise for Taylor. Sadly death resurrected Michael Jackson’s career.

Jimmie Johnson won his fourth straight Sprint Cup-the championships in NASCAR’s highest racing division.

“Lost” will return for it’s final season February 2.

Wynonna Judd will perform on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Tuesday

Twilight lights up the Box Office…New Moon earned 140 million. Sandra Bullock’s feel-good drama Blind Side came in second, followed by 2012, Planet 51 and A Christmas Carol in at #5.

Dr. Conrad Murray will not be arrested this year in the Michael Jackson death. A decision whether or not to prosecute him will be made in 2010.

One of Miley Cyrus’s tour busses crashed in Virginia Friday, killing the driver and sending a member of the production crew to the hospital. Miley was not on the bus.

According to TMZ Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps owes the state of California more than 20 thousand in back taxes.

In the what ever happened to category. Prison has been very good for O-J Simpson. He works out every day, has lost a lot of weight and is in great physical shape. He even is preaching racial harmony to his fellow inmates. He said its one of the benefits of not being able to go out and party all the time like he used to. OJ is 62, and is serving a 33 year sentence.

Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42.

According to gossip source Page Six: It’s official — Levi Johnston is a first-class idiot. He was spotted Tuesday at JFK airport wearing sunglasses and refusing to stand on line with the “regular” passengers, including “Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander. A spy on his American Airlines flight said “He then made a big show of getting on first. He was seated in the front row of first class, looking like he was born to be there and waiting for some recognition. Jason Alexander was quietly sitting behind him.” We wish Levi would just zip it up and head back to the Alaskan oil fields.

Shaquille O’Neal is curating his first art show, charmingly titled “Size DOES Matter.” The 7-foot-1 Cleveland Cavalier is putting together the show featuring large pieces of contemporary art, including works by Maurizio Cattelan, Andreas Gursky and Ron Mueck’ssculpture of a naked, hairless giant called “Untitled (Big Man.)”

Alex Rodriguez earned his World Series ring… and to thank Kate Hudson for being by his side the whole way, he bought her a ring of her own… at a price of $39,000. NOT an engagement ring.

So that it doesn’t interfere with any Sunday night football games, NBC has arranged to move the Emmy’s to August 29th next year. Nominations will be announced July 8, if you like to plan ahead.

Wanna know why Aaron Carter wanted to stay on “Dancing with the Stars” as long as possible? Apparently, he owes over a million dollars in back taxes.

Oprah will end her reign on daytime TV in 2011. The announcement is suppose to come today during her show, that she will end her show and focus on her new network OWN
(The Oprah Winfrey Network)

Thursday Scoop

Nicole Richie has been hospitalized for pneumonia.

Charlie Gibson says on the record he has “tremendous respect and fondness” for Diane Sawyer, but insiders say he has trouble concealing his dislike of his ABC colleague. Rumor has it that it is Gibson who has been pushing ABC News president David Westin to promote George Stephanopoulos to fill that slot.

An entertainment law firm is suing Rod Stewart for $3.3 million, saying that’s what he owes them.

The 20th annual “America’s Health” ratings are in and Vermont is our country’s “healthiest state.”

The San Diego zoo has named their new Panda cub Yun Zi, which is Chinese for “Son of Cloud.”

Carrie Underwood says she’s not moving in with boyfriend Mike Fisher. She says the next guy she’s going to live with is going to be her husband.

Wednesday Scoop

Whitney Houston will perform next week on the finale of “Dancing with the Stars.”

Brad and Angelina are coming out with their own line of designer jewelry.

Farah Fawcett left $4.5 million to her son, Redmond… but not one penny to her lover of many years, Ryan O’Neal.

Oops! The other night in a concert, Bruce Springsteen had shouted out several, “Hello, Ohio!” until when his guitarist finally pointed out that they were in Michigan.

David Letterman is denying a report that his wife has kicked him out of the house.

A new study shows that college students drink more and more often in co-ed dorms than in gender-specific dorms.

A Scottish distiller is fronting the money for an expedition to the South Pole, to try and rescue two cases of Scotch that an explorer left buried in the ice 100 years ago.

One third of Saab dealers in the U.S. are going to close.

51% of a typical American’s annual weight gain occurs in the weeks between
Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.

And finally, a follow-up to yesterday’s conversation, we had a list of the top 10 travel pet peeves, especially on airplanes: A Japanese jetliner is asking passengers to go to the bathroom before takeoff to help increase efficiency and cut down on pollution. All Nippon Airways has also started using recycled paper cups and switched from glass to paper bottles in an attempt to make every flight just a little bit lighter. They estimate that if 50% of passengers relieve themselves before boarding, the airline will produce 4.2 fewer tons of CO2 per month.

Tuesday Scoop

Today’s the big day (Monday) for Sarah Palin, her book went on sale at midnight—Oprah had her on her show for the big interview, which aired yesterday

Who’s going to take over for Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning, America”? Word is that George Stephanopoulos has the inside track.

Now we’re hearing there are at least 30 nude photos and eight sex tapes (total) of former Miss California Carrie Prejean floating around out there.

November 23 is the final… and I do mean final… episode of “Jon and Kate Plus 8.”
US Weekly says the hottest stars in Hollywood these days are Jenna Fischer, Chris

O’Donnell, Adam Lambert, Eliza Dushku and the cast of Fox’s “Glee.”
Courtney Cox says she’ll be back for “Scream 4″… in the works, as we speak.

The Word of the year according to the New Oxford American Dictionary is “unfriend”…as in deleting someone

Taylor Swift made history Wednesday night the 43rd annual CMA Awards.  She on Entertainer of the Year at 19 years old.  Youngest ever.    Won four on the night!

The woman horribly attacked by a chimp was on Oprah Wednesday and for the first time, revealed her injuries.  She is at the Cleveland Clinic still, since February.

Mike Tyson has been arrested again! This time at LAX, for reportedly punching a photographer.

Faith Hill WILL host a Christmas special this season. December 23 on CBS, Home for the Holidays with Faith Hill.

The new Kelsey Grammar show, Hank?  Cancelled after only a few episodes.  His second failed sitcom in 3 years.  The last one lasted only a few episodes too.

The ratings for the new Jay Leno prime time show are so low, there’s a possiblity it could be canned.   Local affiliates are upset at the low lead in!

The NBA’ all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed he has cancer.  He’s 62.   Expected to make a recovery.

Dr. Phil has been renewed through 2014.

David Lettermans extortion case is going to be ripped from the headlines and made into upcoming episode of Law And Order.

Randy Quaid and his wife have posted bond, so no worries about being extradited from Texas regarding that California hotel bill. The hotel is claiming they skipped out of thousands of dollars in charges.

Nicholas Cage is suing his ex-money manager for $20 million.

Oprah’s going to give up her syndicated show and move it to her own cable TV network to help it out in 2011.

Men’s Health says a Pew Research Center survey found 35% of men ages 18 to 49 take daily naps.

Jimmy Buffett’s first studio album in three years comes out December 8.

Fun little fact: Mariah Carey bought Marilyn Monroe’s childhood piano for $600,000.

Elton John has been released from a London hospital after being treated for flu and an E. coli bacterial infection and says he’ll return to the concert trail with Billy Joel on November 14th

Favorite Beatle? Paul McCartney. Well duh. McCartney topped a poll of Americans with nearly 30 percent of the vote. He dominated among those over 30 and over 65. Followed by John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again — even if it takes 949 more times! In Seoul, South Korea, 68-year-old Cha Sa-soon FINALLY passed her written exam for a driver’s license on her 950th attempt! No kidding. She has taken the test nearly every day since April 2005. The aspiring driver spent more than $4,200 in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points. She finally scored an even 60

Jay Leno says he would have preferred to stay at 11;30 instead of making the jump to prime time. But he said the network is still making money on the show.

Jon apologized to Kate last night for all the things he did on TV last night.

Jessica Simpson is tired of dating jocks and musicians - she’s ready for an academic. The singer has endured a string of failed relationships since the breakdown of her marriage to singer Nick Lachey in 2005, including rocker John Mayer and football star Tony Romo. And Simpson has revealed why she is still single - she gets bored easily and craves intellectual stimulation.

Disney Channel has green-lighted “Fish Hooks,” its first animated series in three years. The cable channel has ordered 21 episodes of the high school comedy.

After being rushed to the hospital for dehydration earlier this month, it seems Dennis Hopper was given a more serious diagnosis - prostate cancer

Miley Cyrus can sleep a little easier! Even though he wasn’t charged for “stalking”, Mark McLeod has pleaded guilty to obstruction of police and disorderly conduct. As part of the crazy’s sentence he received 24 months on probation with mental health treatment and was banished from Chatham County, Georgia.

Elton John has had to cancel many tour stops after a case of the flu and e. coli landed him in the hospital.

Meanwhile, Mel Gibson’s a dad again… welcoming a baby girl to his ever expanding brood, this one through his new girlfriend. This is #8. His other 7 is with his estranged wife of 30 years.

A man was arrested on suspicion of shooting four other men in Mayberry, North Carolina. Yep, the quiet town that was the inspiration for the Andy Griffith show.

Madonna’s been in Africa lately, starting up a Malawi Girls School and promising to bring electricity to one village.

Brad Paisley says he’s turned down Playgirl magazine several times to pose for them.

Hugh Jackman has turned down the chance to host the Oscars again. Pretty thankless job.

Nicholas Cage’s dad passed away last week after suffering a heart attack. He was 75 and was the brother of director Francis Ford Coppola.

Rachael Ray plans to serve an early Thanksgiving dinner to an Ohio community slammed by job losses. The talk host and cookbook author is offering people who live in Wilmington a free dinner on November 8.

Some people are actually offended by the Chris Farley/David Spade DirectTV ad. Chris’ family signed off on it and were involved from the beginning.

Kiefer Sutherland says that “24″ could survive, even if his character is killed off. Is he setting us up for something?

A lost Andy Warhol painting that was sitting around in a closet for 40 years is expected to get over $1 million at an upcoming auction.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It topped the weekend box office, followed by Paranormal Activity, Law Abiding Citizen, Couples Retreat and Saw Six.

Octomom Nadya Suleman dressed up as a pregnant nun and had her octuplets decked out in red devil costumes earlier this week.

Throwing “swine flu parties” in an attempt to get immunity against the virus while it is a fairly mild form is not a good idea, doctors say. Reports have emerged of people intentionally mixing with friends who have flu. Their reasoning is that it is best to be infected before the winter when the virus could become more deadly.

CNN’s Lou Dobbs claims that shots were fired at his home and his wife.

Russia is now offering the world’s most expensive SUV. Lots of extras, including diamond-encrusted speed gauges, gold-plated windows and a tungsten exhaust, all for just $1.5 million.

David Beckham says he grew a beard so he could look like Wolverine for Halloween.

A big storm dumped up to 3-feet of snow in some parts of Colorado.

Police have arrested a group of teens who liked to rob the homes of celebrities. Among their victims: Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green, Ashley Tisdale and Rachel Bilson.

Marc Cherry has signed a new deal that could keep “Desperate Housewives” on TV through 2013.

The NRA is suing to break the city of Seattle’s new ban on guns in public parks.
A former David Letterman show writer is talking about the “hostile work environment” of the show in the latest “Vanity Fair.”

Beyoncé and Jay-Z went out to lunch the other day and the bill came to $1200! They left a tip of $500.

Nick Jonas is working on a solo project, but insists the Brother Act is still solid.

Among those on hand for last night’s World Series game in New York: First Lady Michelle Obama.

The D.C. sniper is set to die from lethal injection November 10.

Lisa Kudrow will join the cast of Courteney Cox’s new TV series “Cougar Town” for an episode in 2010.

Big winds in California on Tuesday. CBS studios lost power and Craig Ferguson had to finish taping his late night show by flashlight.

Microsoft was going to be the lone sponsor of a one-hour Family Guy special on November 8, but have changed their mind and pulled out.

2 chances to win today: Listen at 7:35 all week to win Carrie’s new CD “Play On”, in stores November 3rd, and qualify for a trip for 2 to Atlantis, Paradise Island in the Bahamas to see Carrie in a special concert, which includes a meet and greet with Carrie. Then, we’ll qualify 2 more people today for a trip to the CMA’s November 11th.

Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” opened this morning at midnight and is running for a 2 week engagement.

The woman at the center Roman Polanski case has asked an appellate court to drop the charges against the director. In a court filing she wants it to be over. She says the overwhelming publicity has disrupted her family her job and her health…the statement also makes one more demand—to please leave her alone.

7 million people around the world watched YouTube on Sunday to catch U2’s concert from the Rose Bowl

In other rock scoop: Bruce Springsteen cancelled Monday night’s concerts because his cousin and road crew member Lenny Sullivan was found dead in his hotel room. He was only 36.

Madonna and her four children have visited the orphanage that kept one of her sons before his 2008 adoption from the impoverished southern African country. Madonna’s Raising Malawi charity has built several new buildings there. Madonna and her children arrived in Malawi on Sunday. On Monday she broke ground at her charity’s new school for girls. About 500,000 children in this nation of 12 million have lost a parent to AIDS

The Olsen twins are launching a new line of “affordable fashions” at JC Penney.

Tickets for the first 20 Garth Brooks shows in Las Vegas beginning December 11th sold out in just five hours.

In the weekend showdown of horror flicks Paranormal Activity blew away Saw at the box office.

“The Jay Leno Show” ratings continue to slide. One night last week, it was actually beaten by the cable series “Anarchy.”

Linda Gray and Larry Hagman confirm they’ve been approached to return as Sue Ellen and J.R. Ewing to a modern version of the TV show, “Dallas.” The new series would focus on the antics of their son, John Ross. Gray says she won’t come back if Sue Ellen is still drinking.

Actress Collin Wilcox-Paxton, who played the false accuser in the movie classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has died of brain cancer at age 74.

The idea is being floated around about George Stephanopoulos replacing Diane Sawyer

Derek Jeter will stop by “The Biggest Losers” on Tuesday night and give them a pep talk.

Lisa Niemi is going to speak at Maria Shriver’s annual women’s conference tomorrow about her late husband Patrick Swayze.

The U.S. government has officially filed extradition papers so that Roman Polanski will be returned to this country to face 30-year-old charges.

One of the great 20th century composers: Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is 61. It was caught early, so the prognosis is good. Webber’s musical hits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamboat, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, and “Evita.” The follow-up to Phantom Love Never Dies, it is scheduled to open in London’s West End in March and follow on Broadway in November.