Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder to Sing at Whitney Houston's Funeral; Clive Davis to Speak

Whitney Houston's godmother Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will perform at the late pop singer's funeral this Saturday in Newark, N.J., The Associated Press reports. Houston's longtime mentor, Clive Davis, will speak at the private service, and longtime family friend, gospel singer Marvin Winans, will deliver the...

It's a girl, again, for Jason Bateman and wife Amanda Anka, People reports. The couple welcomed daughter Maple...

Nick Cannon is suffering from blood clots in his lungs and an enlarged ventricle in his heart, the Up All Night actor announced on his 92.3 FM Rollin' morning show Thursday after being released from the hospital. Cannon, 31, says he had been hospitalized since last Friday because of back pain. After undergoing a series of tests, doctors discovered both conditions. Nick Cannon hospitalized with kidney problem This is Cannon's second hospitalization this year. Shortly after New Year's Day, Cannon was diagnosed with...

All four coaches on The Voice have signed on for Season 3, which will air in the fall for the first time, The Wrap reports. The singing competition has only previously aired in the winter or midseason. Following the lead of Christina Aguilera, who signed on for the new season last week for a reported $10 million, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green have all agreed to return. The four coaches have arranged their schedules for a fall debut, which NBC plans to announce soon, according to the site. The competition series has been hosting open auditions since...

Raising Hope is getting a visit from a real Jackass. On Tuesday's episode, (9:30/8:30c, Fox), Jimmy (Lucas Neff) is determined to help Sabrina get over a childhood phobia. The downside? He ends up in the hospital. The upside? He finds himself recovering next to Jackass star...
News broke Thursday that Degrassi star Neil Hope has been dead for five years, Canada's National Post reports. Several sites reported that Hope's death was made official on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. However, a...

Gary Carter, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, died Thursday after suffering from brain cancer, ESPN reports. He was 57. "I am deeply saddened to tell you all that my precious dad went to be with Jesus today at 4:10 pm," his daughter Kimmy Bloemers wrote on the family's website, according to ESPN. "This is the most difficult thing I have ever had to write in my entire life but I wanted you all to know. He is in heaven and has reunited with his mom and dad. I believe with all my heart that dad had a...

[SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals major plot points from the Feb. 15 episode of Revenge. Read at your own risk!] Summer finally came to an end on Wednesday's episode of Revenge, but the mysteries are just heating up. After months of anticipation, it was revealed that...

Dear Glee producers, Fans finally got to meet Mr. and Mr. Berry on Tuesday's episode, and we have to ask: is it too soon to send them valentines? Glee's Vanessa Lengies on Sugar's big breadstix bash and a new McKinley love triangle Hiram and Leroy Berry, played by Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stokes Mitchell, arrived the only way men who raised gold star-loving, solo-hogging Rachel Berry would: on a rolling piano while singing "Chapel of Love." What's not to like? Seamless chemistry, witty...

As Sons of Anarchy's Sargeant-at-Arms Filip "Chibs" Telford, Tommy Flanagan is used to finding himself on the wrong side of the law in front of the camera. But his latest role, Flanagan is going to have to answer to NYPD Fin (Ice-T) and Amaro (Danny Pino). On Wednesday's episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (10/9c, NBC), Flanagan plays Murphy, a sadistic Irish loan shark. "He ain't the most pleasant fellow," Flanagan says, "and apparently he likes to hurt people if they don't pay his...

After hopelessly pining away for Sabrina for more than a year, Raising Hope's Jimmy is finally taking action. But how he tries to win her heart may surprise you. On Tuesday's episode (9:30/8:30c, Fox), Jimmy pays a local actress, played by special guest star Ashley Tisdale, to pretend to be his new squeeze when he learns that Sabrina and her boyfriend, Wyatt, might be getting more serious. "Burt and Virginia decide that enough's enough and it's time to really up Jimmy's game for...

Move over, Sam and Shane. There's a new romantic rivalry heating up the hallways of McKinley High on Glee just in time for Valentine's Day. "Sugar is going to be in the middle of a love triangle," Vanessa Lengies tells TVGuide.com. "Rory and Artie fight back and forth the entire time for Sugar's hand." In Tuesday's episode (8/7c, Fox), Sugar's dad throws her a huge party at Breadstix — soon to be renamed Sugar Shack — in honor of her favorite holiday. All of New Directions is invited to the bash — but not without one stern marching order from their hostess: No singles allowed! Glee sneak peek: Samuel Larson make his debut! Plus: Rachel's dad arrive! The warning is odd considering Sugar herself has been riding solo since she first popped up in September. However, her sudden desire for a date will...

The Artist topped the 64th Annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, taking home four trophies. The silent film earned awards for Best Picture, Best Actor for Jean Dujardin, and Best Director and Best Original Screenplay both for Michel Hazanavicius. Hugo, The Artist lead Oscar nominations Meryl Streep received...

It was a record-breaking weekend at the box office, as four major new releases each took in more than $20 million apiece for the first time on a non-holiday weekend. Moviegoers happily committed to The Vow, starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, according to Box Office Mojo. The weepy romantic drama grossed an estimated $41.7 million...

One day after the tragic death of Whitney Houston, her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown was rushed to hospital, TMZ reports. Brown, 18, was taken out of the Beverly Hilton — the same hotel where her mother was found unconscious and pronounced dead — on...

It's only been seven days since New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin made his first career start, but after leading the team to their fifth consecutive win Saturday, it's safe to say Linsanity doesn't look like just a passing fad. Lin, 23, scored a combined total of 89 points for his first three career starts — the most for any player since the National Basketball Association and American Basketball Association merged. On Friday, he scored a career-high 38 points against the Los Angeles Lakers — days after Lakers star Kobe Bryant told the press he was completely unaware of Lin's recent stats — and scored 20 points in the...

The tragic death of Whitney Houston went unmentioned during Saturday Night Live, but the variety show paid silent tribute by going to commercial with a picture of the pop star with Molly Shannon from a 1996 Mary Katherine Gallagher sketch. (Strange timing: Up All Night star and former cast member Maya Rudolph, who did a Houston impression when she was on the show, is hosting next week.) Host Zooey Deschanel opened the show with her ukulele to perform a humorous song about that guy who forgets Valentine's Day and tries to cover it up with Happy Birthday balloons, an old copy of USA Today and an 11:15 "reservation" at Olive Garden...

Jennifer Hudson will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston at Sunday's Grammy Awards, producers for the telecast announced late Saturday. "We are all pretty devastated. It hit us pretty hard," Grammy Awards executive producer Ken Ehrlich said in an interview that was fed to CBS affiliates Saturday. "A lot of us who worked on the show worked with her a number of times, so it's a very sad day for us and...

It took 41 years, but Kevin Smith is finally proving his parents wrong. "They always said, 'Your friends are idiots. You can't sit around and goof off with your friends.' I was like, 'Yeah we can,'" Smith tells TVGuide.com of his new AMC reality series, Comic Book Men, starring his childhood friends-turned-comic book store employees Bryan Johnson, Walt Flanagan, Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen. AMC green-lights Kevin Smith unscripted series Comic Book Men (Sunday, 10/9c) is best described as Pawn Stars plus Clerks multiplied by comic books: one part docu-series about the crazy clerks, quirky customers and collectibles at Smith's Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash comic book store in Red Bank, N.J., and one part talk show, where the guys gather together — no confessional needed — to discuss the...

Jon Voight and Elliott Gould have joined the Showtime drama pilot Ray Donovan, the network announced Thursday. Ray Donovan will star Liev Schreiber as Los Angeles' best professional trouble shooter who can make anyone anyone's problems disappear, except those of his own family. Liev Schreiber to stay in Showtime's Ray Donovan Voight, 73, will play Mickey, the father of ...

Since first learning that their son has Asperger's, Parenthood's Adam (Peter Krause) and Kristina Braverman (Monica Potter) have fought tirelessly to give Max every available opportunity and not let it dictate his life. But how do you protect your child when the rest of the world doesn't see it that way? In Tuesday's episode (10/9c, NBC), Adam and Kristina push Max (Max Burkholder) not to abandon his love of basketball and pass out of gym class. However, there's more to Max's sudden decision to back out of the sport than meets the eye. Watch full episodes of Parenthood "I know I have a good lay-up, and I tell the other kids that, but they still don't...

True Blood alum Jessica Tuck is sinking her teeth into Grimm, Entertainment Weekly reports. Amy Acker embraces playing Grimm's alluring black widow The actress will play Adalind's fellow Hexenbiest mother, Catherine, in an episode set to air later this season. Hexenbiests are...

