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Charlie Sheen and wife Denise Richards expect their first baby this spring, according to Entertainment Tonight... Stephen King has been chosen to receive the National Book Foundation's 2003 medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters. It's the first time the award has gone to a horror writer.... Destiny's Child crooners Beyonc&#233 Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams will reunite in the studio in January to begin work on their first album together in more than two years, Reuters reports... Toy giant Hasbro has inked a deal with überproducer Lorenzo di Bonaventura to develop a live-action G.I. Joe flick... Showtime has renewed Dead Like Me for a second season.

TV GuideNews Sept. 16, 2003 at 1:00 a.m. PT