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Defense lawyers are fighting a motion to have Naomi Campbell testify in former Liberian President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial, calling it a "publicity stunt," according to The Associated Press. Earlier this month, prosecutors sought to get the supermodel subpoenaed to appear as a witness about claims that ...

After Bret Michael's surprise appearance on American Idol, 68 percent of TVGuide.com voters say the Poison front man should replace Simon Cowell as the new judge of the reality singing competition. Poll: Should Bret Michaels replace Simon Cowell on American Idol? Michaels, who performed a duet with Idol finalist ...

Gary Coleman, the child star who anchored the classic, racial-barrier battering sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, has died. He was 42. See other celebrities who died this year Coleman suffered an intracranial hemorrhage at his home in Utah Wednesday and was admitted to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo, Utah. Family and friends were at his side when his life support was terminated, and he died at the hospital at 12:05 p.m. local time Friday, a hospital spokeswoman said. Coleman starred as ...

After Danielle Staub's criminal past came to light during last season of Real Housewives of New Jersey, the mother of two decided the only way to deal with the situation was to, well, write a book about it. Staub stopped by TVGuide.com to plug her tell-all memoir, The Naked Truth, which details her turbulent and abusive past. She wrote the book, she says, to restore her "completely smashed" spirit following the end of filming. For those of you curious as to what happened between seasons, Staub also reveals how her current beef with Jacqueline arose. Plus, the housewife explains why she chose to invite her intimidating friend Danny to be her date at the fundraising event at the Brownstone featured in Monday's super-dramatic episode. Watch the video after the jump.

There's no better way to work off all that Memorial Day weekend BBQ than lounging on the couch watching endless hours of TV. (Exercise is overrated.) Check out our marathon roundup for the unofficial start of summer after the jump.

A New York City financial adviser has been charged with stealing $30 million from his celebrity clients, who have included Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone and Martin Scorsese, according to The Associated Press. Kenneth Starr, 66, was charged with wire fraud, investment adviser fraud and money laundering and is ...

Curb Your Enthusiasm's Susie Essman likes disagreements, which makes her the perfect host of TV Guide Network's Curb: The Discussion. The round-table debate, featuring a panel of celebrities, pundits and prominent social figures, will tackle the ethical dilemmas featured on each episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm once the series begins airing on TV Guide Network on Wednesday, June 2 (10/9c). Essman's comfort with confrontation makes her an ideal comic foil to Larry David on Curb. So she was surprised by how much she found herself ...

Art Linkletter, who hosted popular TV shows People Are Funny and House Party in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97. See other celebrities who have died this year Linkletter died Wednesday at his Bel-Air home in Los Angeles, his son-in-law, Art Hershey, told the Los Angeles Times. Art Linkletter's House Party, which debuted on radio in 1944 and aired on CBS from 1952 to 1969, was one of television's longest-running variety shows. One of the show's features was daily interviews with schoolchildren, which Linkletter collected and used to create ...

Jasmine Guy and Lauren Stamile have been tapped to guest star on the second season of Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Stamile is best known as McDreamy's other ladyfriend, Nurse Rose, on Grey's Anatomy. She will play ...

Style Network has picked up a documentary series about overweight teens, the network announced Wednesday. Too Fat for 15 revolves around ...

Ellen DeGeneres has announced the launch of her own record label, and her first artist may give Justin Bieber a run for his money. On Wednesday's episode of Ellen, the talk show host and American Idol judge said the first artist signed to her label would be ...

In his first televised interview since separating from wife Sandra Bullock, Jesse James says he was physically and emotionally abused by his father. Jesse James: Sandra Bullock was "proud" of me for going to rehab "He beat my ass pretty good a bunch of times. ... I just remember, like, clinched teeth, strained-neck look on his face," James said during his Nightline interview Tuesday. "I was a terrorized kid, and, I mean, it's really tough for me to think about now because ...

Will & Grace star Sean Hayes will host the 64th Annual Tony Awards. Kristin Chenoweth calls Newsweek article "homophobic" Hayes, who earned an Emmy Award and four SAG Awards for Will & Grace, is also up for ...

Jesse James says he knew he probably would get caught cheating on Sandra Bullock and that, despite everything that's happened, he still loves her. "I knew I would get caught eventually, and I think I wanted to get caught. ... It was me trying to self-sabotage my life," James says during his Nightline interview, which airs Tuesday, May 25 at 11:35/10:35c. on ABC. "It's hard for me to talk about it a little bit because I still really love her and care for her." James, 41, also said he's aware just how much damage his actions have caused his Oscar-winning wife. "I've spent my whole life with the kids and with her trying to protect her from everything, but the most hurt she's ever been caused is by the person that wanted to protect her," he says. "It's terrible, and she's going to be hurt for a long time." Jesse James: I threw away a "pretty amazing life and marriage" Watch a clip after the jump.

Former Smallville executive producers, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are joining the writing team of ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. No Ordinary Family recruits Smallville writers The duo ...

The husband of actress Brittany Murphy was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home just five months after Murphy's death, according to the Los Angeles Times. Check out photos of Murphy's roles British screenwriter Simon Monjack, 39, died at his home on Sunday ...

Good news, Gleeks: Fox already has ordered a third season of Glee, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The freshman series — starring Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison and Lea Michele — is the No. 1 new scripted series among 18-to-49-year-olds and has averaged 9.4 million total viewers. Fall TV Scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't? "In just one year, Glee has transcended ...

Numb3rs star David Krumholtz and actress Vanessa Britting have gotten married, according to People. CBS cancels seven series, including Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs and Cold Case The couple, who were engaged in July 2008 in Paris, had a non-denominational ceremony in front of 180 guests Saturday at New York's Plaza Hotel. Groomsmen included ...

In Jesse James' first television interview since his split from Sandra Bullock, the Monster Garage star says he ruined a good thing. Michelle "Bombshell" McGee: I had an affair with Jesse James out of "boredom" "I took a pretty amazing life and marriage and threw it away," James says in a clip from an interview airing on ABC's Nightline on Tuesday, May 25 at 11:35/10:35c. In the interview, James admits to cheating on Bullock and acknowledges that his actions have made him "the most hated man in the world." The 41-year-old also gets so emotional during the interview that he asks to take a break. Shortly after Bullock won an Oscar for her performance in The Blind Side, Michelle "Bombshell" McGee claimed that she had an affair with James. In April, Bullock filed for divorce. James recently returned from a treatment facility he entered to deal with "personal issues."Watch the clip after the jump.

If you happen to be in the London on the night of the Lost finale, you'd better set your alarm clocks. The U.K.'s Sky1 is planning to simulcast the series finale with the U.S. West Coast broadcast — in other words, at 5 a.m. local time, according to The Guardian. Flip through our gallery of the best Lost episodes of all time Sky1 will rebroadcast the finale during its normal 9 p.m. timeslot on Friday, May 28, but added the earlier airing to foil ...

After nine seasons on American Idol, Simon Cowell said he's leaving the Fox juggernaut because he's bored. International Emmys to honor Idol's Simon Cowell "After a while, you start to go on automatic pilot," Cowell told Oprah Winfrey during an interview Thursday. "And there were too many times, Oprah, where I was sitting there bored, and I thought ...

Dry those tears, Private Practice fans, because you may be seeing its recently killed off star, Chris Lowell on the big screen very soon. Private Practice Exclusive: The real story behind the heartbreaking death Lowell, who played Dell on the ABC medical drama, is in negotiations to join the cast of The Help, alongside Emma Stone, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In the film, based on the Kathryn Stockett novel, Stone plays Skeeter, an aspiring writer living in 1960s Mississippi, who is unhappy with the social norms and chronicles the way black maids are treated by society. Lowell will play ...
