44th annual CMAs: The live blog
November 10th, 2010
07:49 PM ET

44th annual CMAs: The live blog

Hey country music fans! We'll be live blogging the Country Music Association awards starting at 8 p.m. Will Miranda Lambert sweep the competition? Will Brad Paisley finally will Entertainer of the Year? Check back for instant updates throughout the show.

7:57 p.m. I'm wearing pajamas and my red cowboy boots. No, seriously. Bring on the CMAs!

8:05 p.m. Hands down, Carrie Underwood has one of the strongest voices in the music industry. And the greatest legs...

8:12 p.m. There's a reason they keep asking Underwood and Paisley to co-host this show. They're hilarious!

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Sally Jessy Raphael plans on returning to TV
November 10th, 2010
06:53 PM ET

Sally Jessy Raphael plans on returning to TV

After exiting daytime television in 2002, Sally Jessy Raphael – she of those iconic red glasses – is brewing plans to make a comeback.

Raphael revealed the news on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Wednesday when she, along with other former talk show hosts Montel Williams, Ricki Lake, Geraldo Rivera and Phil Donahue, sat down with Winfrey to discuss life after daytime talk.

Raphael, who hosted a popular talk show for 19 years before calling it quits, said that at first “It was two weeks of great, ‘I don’t have to get up!’ And then it was seven years of, why doesn’t anybody call me?” But now she’s “doing a show about a talk show host who is asked to leave the air and what happens to her after that.”

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Postcard from Music City: Countdown to CMAs
November 10th, 2010
06:30 PM ET

Postcard from Music City: Countdown to CMAs

Nashville is always buzzing the week of the CMA Awards, but this year, the star power has been kicked up a notch.

It started with Monday night's premiere of "Country Strong," which was filmed in Music City earlier this year with Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw and Leighton Meester.

Then on Tuesday, the stars of the movie held court during joint media interviews at Union Station, a 19th century train depot that's been restored into an elegant hotel. Guest rooms are featured in the picture, and a dramatic press conference scene was shot beneath a giant clock in the lobby.

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Lynda Carter to Megan Fox: Don't trash Wonder Woman
November 10th, 2010
05:57 PM ET

Lynda Carter to Megan Fox: Don't trash Wonder Woman

Lynda Carter has some fighting words for Megan Fox: Stop trashing Wonder Woman.

During a recent appearance on "Fox and Friends," Carter, who starred as Wonder Woman in the popular '70s TV series, was asked whether she thought Fox would be a good fit for the upcoming small-screen reboot.

"Megan Fox actually kind of trashed Wonder Woman,” Carter, 59, said. “She said she thought it was dumb, like ‘what’s the big whoop making people tell the truth.’ I like her, I just thought she shouldn’t trash Wonder Woman.”

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Diddy's Sean John flagship to close
November 10th, 2010
05:54 PM ET

Diddy's Sean John flagship to close

Looks like the doors will soon close for good on the flagship store for P. Diddy's Sean John clothing line.

According to Women's Wear Daily, the Manhattan store, which first opened back in 2004, will shut down at the end of the year. A spokesperson released a statement citing "inadequate selling space" as a driving factor in the closing.

Earlier, the clothing company launched a $2.5 million lawsuit against the owner of the building, located at 475 Fifth Avenue, claiming the scaffolding had been interfering with foot traffic since 2006, cutting the company's revenue in half.

Sean John did announce that they are looking to bring stores to New York and L.A. in the future.


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VH1's 'Big Friggin' Wedding' spurs protest
November 10th, 2010
05:53 PM ET

VH1's 'Big Friggin' Wedding' spurs protest

It seems "Jersey Shore" producer Sally Ann Salsano has got another situation on her hands.

First Italian American group Unico National criticized the MTV series for reinforcing stereotypes, and now Salsano is facing similar sentiments over her VH1 show, "My Big Friggin' Wedding."

The bridal-themed reality series follows five outrageous couples as they plan their over-the-top nuptials. Many of the cast members are Italian, and according to Unico, they are being both stereotyped and exploited.

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Channing Tatum taking the lead in '21 Jump Street'?
November 10th, 2010
05:52 PM ET

Channing Tatum taking the lead in '21 Jump Street'?

Hollywood may have finally found the one man who can fill Johnny Depp's shoes – at least as far as "21 Jump Street" is concerned. Actor Channing Tatum is reportedly ready to take the lead in the big-screen adaptation of Depp's popular '80s cop show.

According to Deadline.com, the producers of the "21 Jump Street" movie say that 30-year-old Tatum, who co-starred with Depp in 2009's "Public Enemies," possesses exactly the right youthful good looks to make him believable as a cop who goes undercover as a high school student.

Sony Pictures, which is behind the "21 Jump Street" reboot, also believes that Tatum plays well opposite comic actor Jonah Hill, who is both writing and starring in the film.

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Janet Jackson: I got colonics at age 11
November 10th, 2010
04:00 PM ET

Janet Jackson: I got colonics at age 11

Being a child star wasn't necessarily "Good Times" for Janet Jackson. The actress/singer tells the December issue of Health that she blames being a young performer for many of the body image issues she would struggle with later in life.

“When I did 'Good Times,' they used to bind my chest because I was developing breasts at a young age," says 44-year-old Jackson, who played Penny Woods on the hit TV comedy from 1977-79. "It immediately makes you think, ‘The way I am isn’t good enough.’ They thought I was too heavy and that I needed to lose weight. When I look back at the show, I was your average-size kid.”

Still, it was around that same time that her mother, Katherine Jackson, took the 11-year-old for regular colonic treatments to help keep her trim.

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Growing up (or not) on 'Parenthood'
November 10th, 2010
03:15 PM ET

Growing up (or not) on 'Parenthood'

On last night’s episode of “Parenthood,” Sarah, Adam and Gordon hear the demo test results on her shoe-clicker idea – and it's a bomb. (There are mornings when I'd love to have something like that to help my kids find their shoes, but I guess the focus group couldn't appreciate it.)

Afterward, Zeek and Adam are in the grocery store talking about it while trying to wrangle Max and his chips. At the 10 items only check-out line, some twit ahead of them has 17 items, which Max notices. He proceeds to remove the twit's items himself and heads for a meltdown. Because said shopper is a twit, he can't just shut up and move along. He says Adam should "train" Max better, then calls Max the r-word.

Adam knocks him to the ground. And who can blame him? When they get home, no one wants to tell Kristina what happened.

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Dakota Fanning's twice the homecoming queen
November 10th, 2010
02:30 PM ET

Dakota Fanning's twice the homecoming queen

As if being one of Hollywood's most popular young actresses wasn't enough, Dakota Fanning has also been crowned her high school's homecoming queen – two years in a row!

The 16-year-old "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" star received her latest accolade on November 8, when she was honored before her fellow students at North Hollywood's Campbell Hall Episcopal High School. Accompanied by homecoming king Henry Aleck, Fanning beamed while wearing her regal tiara and sash and carrying a bouquet of roses.

Currently in her senior year, Fanning is grateful to have attended an actual high school rather than being schooled on set, and says she plans to continue her education after graduation.

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