George Michael
George Michael was released from an Austrian hospital Thursday after battling pneumonia for more than a month.
"I'm very weak but I feel amazing," the 48-year-old "Faith" singer told reporters on Friday outside his home, according to The Daily Mirror. "I'm lucky to be alive."
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Talking to reporters, Michael called his medical ordeal "by far the worst month of my life" and held back tears when he thanked doctors for keeping him alive. "I'd say it was touch and go for a...
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Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison
Yes, carpooling is good for the environment, but with Glee star Matthew Morrison, it can also be a little hard on the ears.
In a new Funny or Die video, Morrison gives co-star and on-screen nemesis Jane Lynch a ride to work, but insists on warming up his pipes to the radio. Morrison, 32, then proceeds to belt out everything from George Michael's "Faith" and Limp Bizkit's "Nookie" to...
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Elizabeth Taylor
Friends and colleagues remembered Elizabeth Taylor not only as a Hollywood icon and screen legend, but for her revered generosity.
"Elizabeth, on every level, was a mensch. Kind, generous, brave," Taylor's Blue Bird co-star Jane Fonda said.
Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
Taylor, who won Best Actress Oscars for 1960's BUtterfield 8 and 1966's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, died at 79 Wednesday of congestive heart failure.
"The shock of Elizabeth was not only her beauty," Mike Nichols, who directed Taylor in Woolf, said. "It was her generosity. Her giant laugh. Her vitality, whether tackling a ...
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Island Def Jam chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid will join Simon Cowell at the judges table on The X Factor, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Simon Cowell on X Factor Judges: Paula Abdul maybe, Elton John no
Sources tell the trade that Reid, whose contract with Universal Music is up in December, will leave early to join the Fox singing competition set to debut in September.
Paula Abdul, Mariah Carey, Nicole Scherzinger and George Michael are also rumored to be in contention to round out the four-person judges' table.
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Simon Cowell
Paula Abdul, Mariah Carey and Nicole Scherzinger are on the short list to become judges on The X Factor, Simon Cowell told Access Hollywood.
"We've taken it down to a smaller group of people and she's in that panel," he said of his former American Idol colleague. "But, you know, it's more than...
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George Michael
George Michael was sentenced to eight weeks in jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of drugs, The Associated Press reports.
"It does not appear that you took proper steps to deal with what is clearly an addiction to cannabis," Judge John Perkins told Michael in a London court Tuesday. "That's a mistake which puts you and, on this occasion, the public at risk."
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Joey Lawrence
Former teen idol Joey Lawrence is getting ready for his new ABC Family sitcom with co-star Melissa Joan Hart, and the Blossom alum hopes the two can "tap back into the same magic" from the duo's recent hit television movie My Fake Fiancé.
Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence reunite for sitcom
"When the movie worked, ABC came to us immediately after that, like literally a week after, and asked ...
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George Michael by Jon Furniss/ WireImage.com
George Michael was arrested in a London airport bathroom on suspicion of using drugs, but released with a warning, BBC News reported.Michael, 45, was busted by an attendant in the Hampstead Heath airport Friday. He was taken to North London police station and released.Scotland Yard didn't release Michael's name, but said "a 45-year-old man was arrested in the Hampstead Heath area on the 19th of September on the suspicion of possessing drugs."Michael confirmed he was arrested, saying in a statement, "I want to apologize to my fans for screwing up again, and to promise them I'll sort myself out — and to say sorry to everybody else, just for boring them."Michael was arrested for lewd conduct in Beverly Hills, Calif. in 1998 and arresed on a DUI arrest charge in May that resulted in a two-year driving ban. — Erin FoxRelated• Watch George Michael Rocking Out on Our Online Video Guide• Will George Michael Appear on the Idol Finale?
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George Michael by Nathan Shanahan/WireImage.com
Who is "the biggest star in the world right now"? Earlier this week, American Idol exec producer Nigel Lythgoe teased a truly stellar surprise performer for Wednesday night's results show. To those of you who guessed it would be Michael Jackson... well, you may be at least half right. TV Guide hears that George Michael, a chum of both Lythgoe and Simon Cowell, will be on hand for the Season 7 wrap-up, in part to promote his new greatest hits album.But is the former Wham! front man the Big Name we've been hearing about? TMZ is now reporting that "the biggest star in the world" may actually be referring to Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., who through some computer wizardry and alongside Jack Black and Ben Stiller will sing back-up for a vintage clip of Glady Knight's "Midnight Train to Georgia." Um, OK.Whatever transpires on finale night, you are invited to join Idol blogger Erin here at TVGuidecom, as she live blogs the entire two-hour spectacular! More Idol news and views:• POL...
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James Roday and Alex Meneses in Psych by Alan Zenuk/USA Network Photo
The Jan. 25 episode of USA Network's Psych, in which a homicide occurs on the set of a Spanish soap opera, will feature the theme song rerecorded in Spanish, as well as also air on Telemundo that night.... George Michael is working on a memoir to hit bookstores in fall 2009.... Bravo has greenlit The Rachel Zoe Project, a six-episode docudrama starring the stylist to such starlets as Lindsay, J-Simp, Mischa and Nicole.... Emily Mortimer (Match Point) makes her Off-Broadway debut March 2 in Parlour Song.
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