Alice Cooper, the Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi and LL Cool J were some of the big nominees announced this morning for induction into the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The full list heralds other music stars like Chic, Neil Diamond, Donovan, Dr. John, J.Geils Band, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Tom Waits and Chuck Willis.

Cooper was thrilled with his nomination and told CNN, "We are honored to be nominated for induction in to the Hall. Anytime you are nominated in your chosen profession, it's definitely a compliment to be recognized."

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Saddened “Law & Order” addicts now have the opportunity for a fix.

While the original series has been canceled and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” will reportedly end after the upcoming season, two new members of the successful franchise are debuting in the days to come.

“Law & Order: Los Angeles” begins on Wednesday night on NBC while “Law & Order: UK” premieres on BBC America starting Sunday night.

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David Simon, a creator of the critically acclaimed HBO series “The Wire,” has been named among this year’s MacArthur Fellows.

Simon joins a group of 23 fellows announced Tuesday by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each receives a no-strings-attached $500,000 grant to be distributed over five years.

This year’s chosen eclectic group includes an economist, an astrophysicist, musicians and an anthropologist.

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Jonah Hill has gone from starring in comedies to dramas and then back again, not only showing his desire to grow as an actor, but also his ability to nail a variety of parts.

“Get Him to the Greek,” a summer blockbuster which premiered on June 4, is out on DVD and Blu-ray today, but in between the film's debut in theaters and the DVD hitting the shelves, Hill was still dabbling in multiple other projects.

“Cyrus” came out a few weeks ago, and Hill recently finished work on “Moneyball.” His next venture will be “The Sitter,” which started production this week, and then “21 Jump Street,” a movie he helped write. Needless to say, the 26-year-old is busy.

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While appearing on CNN's Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz on Sunday, legendary talk show host and comedy writer Dick Cavett praised Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's plans to hold a march on Washington, but also offered a little criticism.

Cavett said, "The only thing I might criticize about Jon Stewart's idea is that it's hard for me to remember when he had sanity; in order to restore it, it has to be there."

Cavett was joking, of course, adding, "I think it's a swell idea comedically."

Cavett also defended the controversial appearance of Stephen Colbert before a House sub-committee, which some suggested may have lowered the tone of the hearing. "How do you lower something that's at bottom to begin with?" Cavett said. "It's like saying 'I'm going to lower the tone of Hustler magazine."

No stranger to political controversy himself, Cavett talked about being disliked by President Nixon.

"They [the Nixon Administration] came up with the idea of auditing my entire staff and I didn't find out about it until years later." Despite it all, Cavett did have some kind words for Nixon, "You know, he was a brilliant man, that's the sad thing about him."

[Editor's note: You know the drill by now. If you haven't watched the latest episode of "The Event," stop reading now.]

For those of you who had "they're aliens" in "The Event" pool, it looks like you're a winner.

Monday night's episode revealed that the mysterious detainees whom President Martinez was planning to release had crashed in Alaska back in 1944, and these "non-terrestrial" beings had been locked up ever since for refusing to reveal their "agenda." This is all according to the President's adviser Blake Sterling, played by Željko Ivanek, whom we know is up to no good - because he's played by Ivanek.

Martinez tries to get to the bottom of this by talking to Sophia but he doesn't get very far. Oh, by the way, Sophia and her people/aliens, including CIA operative Simon Lee (who had an icky moment - rivaling "V," that other alien show - involving a fake vein in his arm), haven't aged a day in over 60 years.

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What do Arnold Schwarzenegger's Harley from "Terminator 2," Jim Kirk's "Star Trek" motorcycle and the bikes from the last "Transformers" film all have in common? They are all on display at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's "Born to be Wild" exhibit, which runs through November 9th.

You can find those cycles - there are 35 in all - in the huge, hangar-like space that houses President Reagan's old "ride," Air Force One. In addition to motorcycles seen in movies like "Star Trek," "Lawrence of Arabia," and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the exhibit also includes machines owned by stars like Steve McQueen.

Last night's episode of "Hawaii Five-O" showed that the revival is getting into a familiar pattern - a healthy mix of fast cars, heavy action and bland humor.

The episode started with a bang, courtesy of a scene that reminded me of those car commercials where several people are happily driving when they're suddenly struck by another vehicle. This time, the accident ended with a bunch of people in one vehicle kidnapping a man in another vehicle. You'd think the kidnappers would ask for proof of insurance, but no.

Turns out the kidnapping victim is a cyber-terrorism expert whose abduction could breach national security, while the kidnappers are Serbian thieves (are there any homegrown criminals on this show?) who wanted the man to hack into government infrastructure programs. It's up to Five-O to save the day, and the gang does it the only way they know how - loud and violent.

By the time the cyber-terrorism expert was rescued, the man's Justin Bieber-wannabe son was kidnapped, Kono (Grace Park) brawled with a female member of the abduction ring in a swimming pool and McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) held one of the suspects from the side of a luxury hotel by his feet. This show gets more accomplished in an hour compared to what I can do in a week.

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If seeing the cast of "The Sound of Music" reunited on national TV is one of your dreams, well... Oprah Winfrey is going to make another one of your dreams come true during her final season.

Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer will join fellow "Music" stars Charmian Carr (Liesl), Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Heather Menzies-Urich (Louisa), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) on Winfrey's show on October 29, 2010, according to a statement.

It's been 45 years since the cast had such a reunion, and they plan on dishing about behind-the-scenes dirt from the "Music" set and what they've been up to since their Oscar-winning movie was released.

Plus, the Von Trapp Children, a singing group that features some of the actual members of the von Trapp family, will be on hand to showcase their pipes in a tribute to the family-favorite film and its stars.

The “Dancing with the Stars” cameras were focused on Derek Hough and Jennifer Grey Monday night when audible jeers erupted from the audience, leaving some viewers to wonder if the negative reaction was because of Sarah Palin’s appearance on the show.

Co-host Brooke Burke was chatting with Hough and Grey when the disruption started, causing Hough to turn around to look for its source as Burke told the audience, “There’s booing in the ballroom; we don’t know why.” Grey even asked, “Why is there booing?” before the camera cut to Sarah Palin sitting next to Tom Bergeron.

Once Bergeron picked up the interview, Palin was all smiles and the audience behind her seemed calm and collected. She told Bergeron that the experience “is amazing, it’s so exciting, and it’s great to see all of this courage and joy and exuberance,” adding that she was there to root for “Bristol the pistol.”

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