Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air once rapped: "In West Philadelphia, born and raised ..." Well, now he's a part owner of the city's pro basketball team. Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have become shareholders of the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson will be the first guest on TV Guide Network's revamped series The Fashion Team.
Hosted by Lawrence Zarian, The Fashion Team will premiere Friday as a 30-minute weekly series ...
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Justin Bieber
Multi-platinum teen sensation Justin Bieber will guest-star in the upcoming 11th season premiere of CSI, CBS announced Thursday.
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Bieber, whose hits include "One Time" and "My World," will make his acting debut as "Jason McCann, a troubled teen who is faced with a terrible decision regarding his only brother—a decision that leads him into an explosive confrontation with the CSIs," the network said. The story will conclude later in the season.
"Every 20 years, a phenomenon like Justin Bieber graces ...
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Nelly by Johnny Nunez/ WireImage.com
Someone at CBS dramatic programming must have been gifted with an iPod this summer. On the heels of my news that Solange Knowles will be guesting on Ghost Whisperer comes word that Nelly is going to be giving CSI: NY a good rap. In a multi-episode arc, the Grammy winner will play a club owner who serves as an informant to (spoiler alert!) Mac. (I say spoiler alert because we are, after all, supposed to be biting our nails over whether Gary Sinse's lawman will emerge alive from his season-finale abduction.) Oz also says that Maroon 5 will make a cameo in the second episode of CSI: NY's new season. This news was first reported by EW's Ausiello.Next, we will be hearing that:A) John Mayer is guesting on NCIS as Gibbs' supermodel-bedding kid brotherB) The Pussycat Dolls will visit Criminal Minds, playing a team of serial killers (only one of whom talks)orC) Fergie is appearing on Without a Trace as a world-renowned psychic in mom shorts. What's your pick? — Matt Mitovich
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Being a rapper with street cred just wasn't enough for Nelly: Following in the footsteps of hipsters ranging from Anna Nicole Smith to Danny Bonaduce, he is developing a reality show about his life. Say, maybe if fellow rapper Beanie Sigel stays out of prison long enough, he can guest-star. Unfortunately, that seems unlikely to happen: Fresh from one stint in the slammer, the smooth operator is already back in court on charges that he nearly killed a guy.
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