Christina Applegate will present at the Emmy Awards next weekend, ABC has announced.The actress, who underwent a double mastectomy last month to treat breast cancer and is now cancer-free, will hope to grace the NOKIA Theatre stage twice that night. Applegate is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her ABC sitcom Samantha Who?.Other big-namers tapped to present are five-time Emmy champion Candice Bergen, David Boreanaz, Wayne Brady, Jimmy Kimmel, Kiefer Sutherland and Hills star/author/Emmy gown designer Lauren Conrad.The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards airs Sept. 21 at 8 pm/ET. — Joyce EngUse our Online Video Guide to watch interviews with Applegate.Related:• Oprah Slated to Appear on Emmys• Kathy Griffin Goes from D-Lister to Emmy Presenter• 2008 Emmy Nominations• Housewives, Baby Mamas to Present at Emmys• More Stars Added to Emmy Presenters List
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10:24: Seacrest is wearing a Tudors hand-me-down and making the obligatory gay joke. What can I say about his performance tonight? He did his thing, dawg, but it was just aight for me.10:25: Wayne Brady's looking all angular, setting up a Don't Forget the Lyrics gag in which Rainn Wilson and Kanye West compete to give out the next award. The category is "The Songs of Kanye West." The loser will have to retire from showbiz. Can't Ryan compete?10:27: Wayne disqualifies Kanye for saying "you" instead of "ya." This is falling flatter than Amy Winehouse's hair during an AquaNet shortage. Why is Kanye wearing sneakers to the Emmys? Are they orthopedic shoes?10:29: "I never win," Kanye mopily tells Rainn as they announce the reality-show nominees. Kanye's so short. And he doesn't look like he'd be such a sore loser, but from everything I've read, he is. Wonder if it's because he's so short.10:30: Amazing Race wins best reality show. Is that show still on? Obviously, the Academy never tuned...
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Fox has picked up the two-week-old, Wayne Brady-hosted sing-in-the-blanks game show Don't Forget the Lyrics! for a second, 13-episode season, says Variety.... MTV has announced that Pimp My Ride this Sunday is launching what will be its final season. The Xzibit-fronted series' new lead-out is a new car-makeover competition, Trick It Out, hosted by onetime Idol contender Becky O'Donohue.
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Kim Porter, Diddy's girlfriend and babymamma of 10 years, has moved out of the pair's New York City pad with no plans to return. "She is focusing on her career as a model and actress and raising their [three] children," a source tells the New York Post's Page Six. "They are the best of friends, but they just can't be together right now".... Wayne Brady's wife, Mandie, has filed for divorce. The couple wed in 1999, but separated in April 2006. Mandie is seeking joint custody of their 4-year-old daughter, Maile.... Also per the Associated Press, Johnny Knoxville (aka Philip John Clapp) has filed for divorce from Melanie Lynn Clapp, his wife of 12 years (and from whom he separated last July). Knoxville seeks joint custody of their 11-year-old daughter, Madison.
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Wayne Brady has been tapped to front Don't Forget the Lyrics!, a Fox game show premiering July 12 and asking contestants to complete the words to a song. Do right by 10 songs in a row, get a cool million dollars.... CBS has set an August 7 premiere for Power of 10, a Family Feud-esque quiz show hosted by Drew Carey and produced by Millionaire's Michael Davies.... BET on July 9 will launch Take the Cake, a nightly interactive game show in which viewers can play along online or via text messaging.
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