Carly Smithson was the latest American Idol contestant to get the boot but before the elimination even happened, Idol message boards were abuzz that the castoff was going to be Jason Castro. Who would leak such a thing? Allegedly, it was Ryan Seacrest. An email exchange posted on a fan site points at Ryan saying that he blabbed that it was going to be Jason who’s leaving the show. While Ryan once said that he finds out who gets to go home the morning of the show, the truth is that only the two executive producers know who’s voted off.

You know, these two are on-again, off-again. This time, they are on-again. Rumors are flying now that they are engaged and have been telling friends that they can’t wait to get married.

Morgan’s rep isn’t making a comment right now. If the couple does get married, they will be husband and wife both on screen in Weeds and off. Morgan will join Parker’s family with her son William and her recently adopted African daughter.

Now that Cher is getting ready for a comeback, we need to prepare for her commenting on other worldly stuff as well. She recently spoke to TV’s Extra about her thoughts on the presidential candidates and pretty much said who she’s rooting for.

She said “I like Hillary. I think she’d make the best president. I think [Barack]’s a good man. I think he’s altruistic. I think he’s smart. I think at some point he can be a great leader. I just don’t think it’s now.” What do you think? Is Cher a good judge of character or just being a feminist?

Yeah! The Oscars are saved. After watching months of reruns and the cancellation of the Golden Globes, we can breathe a sign of relief.

Hollywood producers have finally decided to give the writers who have been on strike some of the profit that their writing might make online.

Writers Guild of American president Patric M. Verrone announced Sunday afternoon, “We have reached a historic agreement that covers new media for writers and guarantees our share in the future. This morning, based on the unanimous recommendation of the WGA negotiating committee, the WGA has called for a contract ratification vote by the membership.”

Rosie’s always been a little outspoken, and now she’s aiming that at Britney Spears and her family. She blames Britney’s early stardom for her meltdowns. Rosie posted a poem on her blog, expressing her sentiments and emphatically stating that she would never let her daughter Vivi do that. Read on for the poem.

if i had a magic wand
i would will her the strength
windex all windows
watch the sun warm her soul
she was parkers age when i met her
lil souther girl with a tiny twang yes maam she smiled
adorable

she wanted it
the mothers always said
as way of both apology and explaination
in the dressing room

vivi would
if i let her
support r family
with her light and talent

its not mine 2 sell

We all know that celebrities can be just like regular people and love some karaoke. A couple of stars proved just that for Ellen DeGeneres’ 50th birthday celebration on Friday. The talk show host’s birthday was actually on Saturday, so, Happy Birthday Ellen!.

Stars on the video sang to the tune of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’. Jake Gyllenhaal did a little lip synching and booty-shaking to it. Other celebrities who joined in on the fun were Victoria Beckham, Queen Latifah, Kate Walsh, Jamie Foxx, Paris Hilton, Sharon Osbourne, David Spade, Heidi Klum, Masi Oka and Celine Dion. It’s quite a funny clip.

It’s almost that time, and I can’t think of anything I’d rather watch. Umm, except maybe a trainwreck.

Popular TV and radion host, formerly of MTV’s Lovelines, Dr. Drew Pinsky says he’s ready to set his Celebrity Rehab plans into action. He is showing all of us the process of rehab, with the help of a few celebrities.

So far, he’s working with people like Daniel Baldwin, Jessica Sierra, and Chyna. He says patient Brigitte Nielsen has already quit both drinking and smoking. But it’s not all roses for everyone. Jessica Sierra recently had a setback, and he can’t even get her to his treatment facility in California because she cannot leave the state of Florida for 45 days.

Dr. Drew says he’s not trying to glamorize things but instead wants to show all of us that it is a difficult process to become and remain sober.

Well I know that every guy I spoke to regarding TV plans for Christmas day had scheduled a viewing of the Dr Who special. Most of them had never shown an interest in the series before. I was puzzled, until I realised that this was the episode Kylie Minogue was to make an appearance in.

It seems that the majority of the male population thought the same too. Kylie’s guest appearance on the show boosted ratings higher than they have ever been since its revival.

A massive 12.2 million people tuned in to watch the Dr Who special; which is half the available audience. An upgrade on last year where the Christmas special managed to lure in 37% of the audience.

Whether her acting was any good I couldn’t tell you. Personally I was too busy doing what you do best at Christmas – eating lots of chocolate. Good or not it seemed to do the job though.

So, are you worried that the Golden Globe’s won’t take place because of the writer’s strike? Not if Alec Baldwin can help it.

Alec has graciously offered to let everyone hang out in his apartment for the show. Remember he is up for a Golden Globe for his show 30 Rock.

On the menu for the gala? “Tuna salad, whitefish salad, egg salad…potato salad, macaroni salad, coleslaw…wine or Amstel.”

He says, “A quick Red Carpet, hosted by Radioman, will be held at the parking lot of Tavern on the Green before we are all shuttled to my apartment building. ‘Round…5:30-ish? Sound okay?”

He goes on, “Looking forward to seeing you all on January 13th at my place.”

Can’t speak for everyone, but I, for one, will be there. I can’t turn down a good egg salad sandwich.

She might have been sacked from the X-Factor but we still love her; especially now the gorgeous Kate Thornton is expecting her first child. Hurrah!Engaged to DJ Darren Emerson, Kate was spotted having a scan last week. Could this potentially put the big day on hold?

A source said: “Kate was beaming from ear to ear. But funnily enough, when an X Factor trailer came on the TV in the hospital waiting room, she turned her head away.”

Well Kate forget all that business now. Not only are we deliriously happy for you and hubby-to-be; we know you will bounce back with a vengeance.

Did I mention I love it when I can report about good stuff like this? More happy ever after stories please…

I remember sitting up, watching reruns, and dreaming about marrying the hunky Scott Baio. Of course, that was before I realized that he was more my mom’s age than my own.

For those of you who watch reality TV, you may have seen VH1’s reality show featuring Scott. It was called, simply, Scott Baio is 45…and Single. Sad life.

Well, now he’s not quite so single anymore. (Not to mention the fact that he’s now 46!). Scott finally married longtime sweethear Renee Sloan. They had small, private ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday.

At the wedding were close friends and family, including Renee’s 18-year-old daughter from a previous relationship and Scott and Renee’s newborn daughter, whose name is still unknown by the media.

Scott and Renee met years ago at the Playboy Mansion and dated off and on throughout the late 1990s. They remained friends and became romantically involved again about two years ago. In the past Scott didn’t think he was marriage material. Now, however, he’s in for life.

It isn’t every day that you can get the President of the United States on the line. But that’s just what Ellen did when she had Jenna Bush as a guest on her Wednesday show. The show was actually taped on Tuesday.Ellen prodded Jenna into calling her parents live from the show taping. She asked if Jenna could get her parents on the phone at any time. Jenna responded that she usually called in the morning or evening when she knew they would both be home.

Carefully covering the phone so no one can see the private number, Jenna finally agrees to call her parents. She jokingly says, “I’m not going to get anything I asked for for Christmas.”

Jenna finally gets through to First Lady Laura Bush. After talking to her for a moment, Jenna gets to talk to her father. The President comes to the phone, and his daughter says, “This is the Ellen Degeneres Show”.

Though surprised, he willingly talks to them both.

She may be the cause for the early demise of the Pussycat Dolls but Nicole Scherzinger is still a performer. The lead Pussycat Doll turned solo artist was carried on to the stage for her performance at ‘Movies Rock: A Celebration of Music in Film’ which was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday.The 29-year old singer gave a surprise performance of ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend’ which was famously performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’. Nicole even wore a pink dress similar to that of the blonde bombshell’s.

Catch the performance when the show airs on Friday, December 7 at 9PM ET/PT on CBS

After Marie Osmond’s dollface was given the boot, the competition on Dancing with the Stars came down to race car driver Helio Castroneves and his partner Julianne Hough and Spice Girl Melanie Brown and her partnerMaksim Chmerkovskiy.

At the start of the final showdown, Castroneves was in second place, a mere one point behind Scary Spice. However, his quickstep on Tuesday night earned him a perfect score of 30.

After combining the scores from the judges with votes from viewers, it was determined that Castroneves had earned the mirroball trophy as the winner of this fifth season of DWTS.

His response? “It will look so good between my two Indy 500 trophies.”

It was a first place finish for him once again.

It’s funny I think “exhaustion” is an affliction that only Hollywood people get, because I don’t know any normal people who have ever been hospitalized for exhaustion. Let’s also keep in mind that these people are extremely pampered and get paid huge sums of money to do little to nothing. They all eat very well and they even do not shoot under the burning sun, they have the best luxuries that even some other millionaires would never feel like using, they get the best hotels, best dresses and they are never made to work hard to the extent of exhaustion. They work for months but it shifts, like if they are working in the wee hours of the morning then they will not be asked to shoot in the night again. Have to seen or rather read the diva request that Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna make when they are to perform at a venue, the reps and staff reach that hotel before hand and hand them a list of requirements to tea time, wake up time, sea food and the list goes on and on. So exhaustion is really not the case and drugs overdose is the only thing that’s made her to go to the hospital.