• Art has somewhat imitated life for "Big Bang Theory" actor Jim Parsons. His role of a young, gay HIV/AIDS activist in "The Normal Heart" hit home with him for a few reasons, with one being that he, too, is gay. (Sorry, he's already spoken for - Parsons is in a 10-year relationship.) [NYT]
• Once again, Jennifer Lopez just might be the best girlfriend-boss around. Not only is she said to have given her beau Casper Smart something of a promotion to choreograph her summer tour, but she's also rumored to have sold a reality show featuring her new man. We've reached out to see if it's true, but if it is, we can be available the next time you find yourself single, J. Lo. [Page Six]
• Speaking of the rumor mill, it's churned out one regarding none other than Lindsay Lohan, with word being that she's not at all pleased with the casting choices for her Lifetime film, "Liz & Dick." (Yes, the joke here is obvious, but in efforts to remain fairly family-friendly, we're not going to use it. Do admire our massive restraint.) [Radar Online]
• As Carly Rae Jespen primes herself for a Billboard No. 1 hit, here's a supercut of 75 covers of her inescapable single "Call Me, Maybe." [Popdust]
• Not only that, but Jespen's also opening for Justin Bieber on his "Believe" tour of North America, which kicks off September 29. If you don't know her by now, you certainly will soon. [RS]
• Rachel and Finn broke up on the - what's that? It was good?! - season finale of "Glee," but it seems all's well in the real world relationship between the actors who play those high school characters, Cory Monteith and Lea Michele. [Us Weekly]

The reality star revealed the news in the new issue of In Touch Weekly, the cover for which she donned a blue dress, perhaps for the occasion.

The couple, who confirmed they're expecting in March, already have two names under consideration: Jionni Jr. and Lorenzo.

But while everyone else guessed that Snooki was going to welcome a boy, the 24-year-old herself was hoping for a girl.

"I thought it was going to be a girl," she told In Touch. "I was hoping it would be, because all girls want girls."

While she may have been disappointed at first, "It's still my baby no matter what," she said. "I'm excited either way!"

But one thing she's not excited for anymore is "smushing," thanks to her pregnancy.

"Our sex life is hardly there!" she (over?) shared. "I just feel too icky and gross."

The reality star is also still passing on partying, and it sounds  like that'll extend even after her little one arrives in September.

As hard to believe as it may be that she's no longer the fist-pumping hard drinker depicted on "Jersey Shore," "Being a mom changes you," Snooki explained.

Motherhood might also mean that she's not interested in living in the "Jersey Shore" house, as TMZ reported Tuesday, but rather close by it in her own place. MTV declined to comment on the rumors.

The former “Biggest Loser” fitness coach has just announced she is a new mom, two times over.

The chiseled TV personality told People magazine that she adopted a 2-year-old girl earlier this month, and that the cuteness kept on coming by way of her partner, Heidi Rhoades, who gave birth to a little boy on May 3.

"We're swimming in babies over here," said the 38-year-old of her new additions, Haitian-born Lukensia and U.S.-born Phoenix. "I don't even answer email. I don't have time to care about anything else."

At the moment, Michaels wants nothing more than "to be really present and enjoy all the nuances of their growth and development. I don't want to rush any of it."

The new mom is also feeling the love: After sharing her happy announcement on Twitter Wednesday, Michaels added another post of gratitude to her followers: "I wish I could respond to every kind message I'm receiving from you all. I'm seeing and we are reading them."

Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress has selected 25 songs that are at least 10 years old, and that also fulfill the requirement of being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Summer's 1977 smash "I Feel Love" is among them, as well as hits from Dolly Parton, the Sugarhill Gang and Prince.

But those are just the more contemporary tracks.

The Registry also digs deep into the past to find recordings like a collection of 24 interviews with former African-American slaves which were taken mostly between 1932 and 1941, as well as a cylinder recording of an unknown Thomas Edison employee singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." (In 1888, an Edison company was working on making talking dolls for kids.)

There are also performances on the list, such as Leonard Bernstein’s first performance with the New York Philharmonic in 1943, and The Grateful Dead’s Barton Hall concert in '77 at Cornell University.

This round-up is needed, said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington in a statement Wednesday, because "America’s sound heritage is an important part of the nation’s history and culture." The selections for the 2011 list "reflect the diversity and creativity of the American experience."

The 25 new additions, listed below, bring the total number of recordings preserved for future listening in the National Recording Registry to 350.

1. Edison Talking Doll cylinder (1888)
2. "Come Down Ma Evenin’ Star," Lillian Russell (1912)
3. "Ten Cents a Dance," Ruth Etting (1930)
4. "Voices from the Days of Slavery," Various speakers (1932-1941 interviews; 2002 compilation)
5. "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart," Patsy Montana (1935)
6. "Fascinating Rhythm," Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Five (1938)
7. "Artistry in Rhythm," Stan Kenton & and his Orchestra (1943)
8. Debut performance with the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (November 14, 1943)
9. International Sweethearts of Rhythm: Hottest Women’s Band of the 1940s (1944-1946)
10. "The Indians for Indians Hour" (March 25, 1947)
11. "Hula Medley," Gabby Pahinui (1947)
12. "I Can Hear It Now," Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow (1948)
13. "Let’s Go Out to the Programs," The Dixie Hummingbirds (1953)
14. "Also Sprach Zarathustra," Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1954, 1958)
15. "Bo Diddley" and "I’m a Man," Bo Diddley (1955)
16. "Green Onions," Booker T. & the M.G.’s (1962)
17. "Forever Changes," Love (1967)
18. "The Continental Harmony: Music of William Billings," Gregg Smith Singers (1969)
19. "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Vince Guaraldi Trio (1970)
20. "Coat of Many Colors," Dolly Parton (1971)
21. "Mothership Connection," Parliament (1975)
22. Grateful Dead concert at Barton Hall  (May 8, 1977)
23. "I Feel Love," Donna Summer (1977)
24. "Rapper's Delight," Sugarhill Gang (1979)
25. "Purple Rain," Prince and the Revolution (1984)

The highest-grossing movie actor of all time will likely share the stage at various points with another big star, Kanye West, who is up for the most nominations at this year’s show.

The rapper/burgeoning reality star has received seven nods, while his “Watch the Throne” partner Jay-Z has received five.

Keeping it in the family, Beyonce scored six nominations of her own, with two of the nods being for “Video of the Year," putting “Countdown” and “Love on Top” in the running.

Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj are in the first wave of performers that have been announced, though many more are coming, per the network.

Also up for awards this year are Rihanna and Mary J. Blige, who are both nominated for Best Female R&B Artist, as well as Chris Breezy and Usher in the Best Male R&B Artist category.

The BET Awards will air live July 1 at 8 p.m. ET from L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium. For a full list of nominees, visit BET.com.

The R&B star teared up on the stand Monday in Atlanta as he testified against his ex-wife, Tameka Foster, who according to ABC News is seeking full custody of their sons. The couple divorced in 2009 after two years of marriage.

While on the stand, the "Climax" crooner recounted a tale of violence between Foster and his reported current stylist and girlfriend, Grace Miguel.

He described showing up at Foster’s home to drop off one of the boys and getting caught in a physical confrontation between the two women. He claimed Foster spit at and tried to fight Miguel.

"I got out of the driver's side, went around to the passenger's side ... and had to wedge myself in between the door and Ms. Foster to prevent her from acting out," he said. "I tried to talk some sense into her, and she was, you know, screaming and spitting and fighting, and she hit me. And I said, this is no way to act."

Usher kept his composure as he recounted the alleged event, but the singer grew emotional when questioned by Foster’s lawyers about his capabilities as a dad. He dabbed his eyes with a tissue and was noticeably upset as Foster's attorney asked him about drug use.

Usher is expected to release his seventh studio album, “Looking 4 Myself,” on June 11.

The pop star told Ellen DeGeneres Tuesday that fans can expect to take a ride on her personal roller coaster, experiencing the highs and the lows when her 3-D concert flick, “Part of Me,” hits theaters this July.

"I thought it was important for me to show everything in between," the 27-year-old singer said of her “bumpy” ride personally and professionally.

"Sometimes, people think that we're perfect, and we know we're not perfect at all," she continued. "I think it's important to start breaking down the idea that to achieve your dream, you have to always be perfect or flawless or live in a fantasy world. So that's why I decided to put everything into the film, in the most tasteful way."

But don’t feel too bad for the Perry, who just reportedly split with her rumored boyfriend, Florence and the Machine guitarist Robert Ackroyd. Perry told DeGeneres that the good times have far outweighed the bad.

"[T]he ride along the way, which can be bumpy ... mostly was extremely fun," she said.

"Part of Me" will be in theaters July 5.

“Everybody has the right to live their lives, and if [McCarthy] feels sexy and hot again and wants to re-embrace that then go ahead," Kendra recently told CNN of the media personality's announcement that she'd strip down once again for Hugh Hefner's magazine.

"But my days are done! Like I’m done. I’ve thrown in the towel," she continued. "I am who I am today. I embrace the person I am today versus the person I was yesterday, and I like to move on in my life. Playboy is a great thing but sometimes I feel like some things should be better left in the past."

And that would include sharing Playboy head honcho Hugh Hefner, as Kendra did along with Bridget Marquardt and Holly Madison on the E! reality show "The Girls Next Door."

“It was a very awkward situation because we dated the same guy, so it’s not like it was a sorority house or a sisterly bond," Kendra recalled. "You know, it was like a different thing, so we were never even really friends to begin with. We all just kind of lived together and knew each other ... but we’re different.”

Yet while she's moved on from Playboy and sharing her significant other, the 26-year-old hasn't moved on from reality TV. Kendra's gone from E!'s "The Girls Next Door" to another E! show, "Kendra," to her new series on WEtv called "Kendra On Top."

The mom of one, who's married to NFL player Hank Baskett, told CNN that although the cameras look invasive, life without them isn't always as fun.

“When the cameras go away, that is when I get really nervous because I’m so used to being on camera and having people inside my house," she explained. "It’s almost like it’s a part of me now. So just as much as I do hate it sometimes when they're there, [sometimes] I hate it more when they are gone. I get bored. I mean, when the cameras are around it’s almost like I get this adrenaline rush and I just want to share everything [with] the world. It’s like a show-and-tell at an elementary school times like, a million. That’s what it feels like.”

The new "Kendra On Top" premieres on WEtv June 5.

With Jay-Z and Kanye's "No Church in the Wild" plus Jack White serving as the soundtrack, we see Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, and Leonardo DiCaprio starring as the man himself, Jay Gatsby.

Carey Mulligan's Daisy tells Gatsby, "You always look so cool," and indeed DiCaprio does, appearing elegant throughout the two-and-a-half minute clip.

That could also apply to the city itself, as we're told that in the New York of 1922, "the buildings were higher, the parties were bigger, the moons were looser and the liquor was cheaper. The restlessness approached hysteria."

Judging from the parties depicted in the trailer, hysteria can be an awfully good time. "The Great Gatsby" arrives in theaters December 25.

The Green Bay Packers receiver took home the Mirrorball Trophy on Tuesday's finale, upending singer Katherine Jenkins and actor William Levy in a showdown that many thought was too close to call.

But Driver's country-tinged freestyle routine, which judge Carrie Ann Inaba called her favorite dance of the season, helped the NFL star pull ahead with viewers.

"I can't believe we won," Driver told CNN after the show. "I feel the same way like [when] we won the Vince Lombardi Trophy [for winning the Super Bowl]. I just have a numb feeling, and it's going to soak in tomorrow that we are the champions."

Pro partner Peta Murgatroyd took home her first Mirrorball Trophy in just her second season as a competitor. It's a complete turnaround for the Australian dancer, who finished last with NBA star Metta World Peace in season 13.

"I'm over the moon," Murgatroyd said. "It's an amazing feeling coming from being out first last season to winning it this season. It's a total different journey."

To hear more from Driver, Murgatroyd and the other finalists, click on the above video.

What did you think of last night's "Dancing" finale? Did the right team win?