The best teachers know that there’s always more to learn, and newly minted NYU instructor James Franco is planning to continue his own education at the University of Houston.

The institution confirmed to CNN that the Oscar nominee and published author has been accepted into the doctoral program in literature and creative writing at the University.  According to the Houston Chronicle, only 20 people are admitted to the doctoral program each year out of 400 applicants.

Those attending the U of H will have to wait a bit for the tireless actor to join their ranks – Franco deferred until 2012, a rep for the school told CNN. (And understandably so; think about how many projects the 33-year-old is currently signed up for.)

At this rate, Franco may be running out of room to hang all of his degrees: He's already acquired an undergraduate degree from UCLA, an MFA in writing from Columbia and is currently tackling Yale's doctoral English program.

Bravo's hit reality franchise focuses on the lives of "Real Housewives," but is it ending their marriages in the process?

"Orange County" star Vicki Gunvalson filed for divorce from her husband Donn last year, and claims the reality program had something to do with it.

"Six years ago when Donn and I started, we didn't have 90 percent of the problems that we have now and I truly believe it is the show," she tells CNN.

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Two years after cheating on ex-husband Dean Sheremet with actor Eddie Cibrian, LeAnn Rimes is speaking out about her affair.

"I know I didn't do it the right way," Rimes, who fell for married co-star Cibrian while making the TV movie "Northern Lights," says in the upcoming Great American Country channel special "Backstory: LeAnn Rimes."

"I didn't have the tools to know how to do it the right way, how to let go the right way. I'd never been taught that," explains Rimes, who split from Sheremet in 2009 and is now engaged to Cibrian.

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Rapper The Game tried to head over to Canada earlier this week as part of his "Red Nation" tour, but our neighbor to the north didn't take kindly to his attempts at entry.

According to a statement from promoters for the tour, Canadian customs denied entry to the artist because of alleged gang ties.

The promoters say they “completed all necessary work permits and paperwork to allow [The Game] entry into Canada,” but it was a different story when he arrived.

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Charlie Sheen's "Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour has caused people to laugh, jeer and hand him stuffed tigers as gifts, but the actor's ex Denise Richards says his multi-city performance just makes her sad.

"Honestly, for me it’s very sad to see him on this path," she told Bravo's Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live" Thursday. "I’ve heard he’s chosen to use me in part of his tour and that’s hurtful but that’s his choice...I think there’s places you shouldn’t go but he chooses to and that’s his choice."

It looks like that's not all Richards - who has daughters Sam, 6, and Lola, 5, with the actor - doesn't see eye-to-eye with Sheen on.

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We’ve got a big "Showbiz Tonight" special event today: An unbelievable inside look at the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, and we're curious if Kate will always be compared to Princess Diana.

I know there's no doubt that William's late mother, who was known as "The People's Princess," left some huge shoes for Kate to fill. And from the moment Kate and William became engaged, people have been - fairly or unfairly - comparing Kate to Princess Diana.

I think over time those comparisons will stop. Kate is her own independent person. And she's ten years older than Diana was when she took her fairytale walk down the aisle in her 1981 wedding to Prince Charles.

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Expect the season finale of "The Office" to end on a truly funny note now that Jim Carrey has signed on to appear in the hourlong episode.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Carrey will join fellow guest stars Ricky Gervais, Will Arnett, James Spader, Ray Romano and Catherine Tate as candidates who want to take over the job vacated by former Dunder Mifflin office manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell).

Though Will Ferrell, who plays Deangelo Vickers, seems to have a lock on the job at the moment, Spader and "Doctor Who" alum Tate are likely to be the most serious contenders to take over for Carell, since all of the other actors are committed to other projects.

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"30 Rock" was its most outlandish on Thursday night with a full hour to mark its 100th episode.

A gas leak being handled by Michael Keaton was reason enough for the show to throw reality to the wind (even more so than usual). At first, it caused everyone to remember some of the best moments of the past five years, in true clip-show fashion (a sitcom tradition which was coincidentally skewered on the same night on "Community"). It was even pointed out more than once that Danny didn't remember most of this, as the newest "TGS" cast member.

Speaking of "TGS," Kabletown has threatened to cancel it, news which couldn't come at a worse time, with Tracy missing in action and trying to go back to his old "I am a Jedi!" persona from the first episode.

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In a brutally honest new interview, Mel Gibson opens up about the aftermath of those rants at ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva and says he doesn't care if he never acts again.

Gibson admits to Deadline that he regrets the harsh things he said in the recorded tirades that were leaked last year, but claims the public didn't treat him any differently afterward.

"I was angry at me. But no one expressed any anger at me. They may have felt it," he says, adding that he never worried about how the incident might affect his career. "I don't care if I don't act anymore… I could easily not act again. It's not a problem."

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"30 Rock" star Jane Krakowski has landed a new role: first-time mom. The actress just gave birth to a baby boy!

Bennett Robert Godley was born to Krakowski and fiancé Robert Godley on April 13 in New York City, her rep tells CNN. The blond-haired bundle of joy is the couple's first child.

"Bennett is an amazing, healthy sweet boy and we are both just crazy in love with him," says Krakowski, who showed off her baby bump on last night's episode of "30 Rock" when her character, Jenna Maroney, contemplates having a child for publicity.

They seem to have babies on the brain over at the NBC series: Krakowski's co-star Tina Fey is also expecting a child and Elizabeth Banks welcomed son Felix in March.