"Survivor" had 2 medical evacuations this season; Probst: "I was really scared"
Jeff Probst says Samoa is one of the show's most physical seasons. "We had one of the scariest moments ever for me on one evacuation. I was really scared," he says. PLUS: Probst ejects contestant from a challenge tonight for the 1st time in "Survivor" history.
Screech claims Zack Morris was on 'roids; "Saved" cast smoked pot, hooked up
Dustin Diamond's "Saved by the Bell" tell-all book claims, among other things, that Mark-Paul Gosselaar used steroids before "The College Years." "He suddenly exploded with manliness, loading 25 pounds of muscle on his once-scrawny frame in, oh, about a month," says Diamond, who is not in touch with any of his costars. Gosselaar's reponse: "We weren't in rehab and Mr. Belding wasn't my crack dealer.” PLUS: Check out the "Saved by the Bell" porn trailer.
Mos Def rips "banana face" Jay Leno
The rapper wasn't happy with Leno's treatment of Kanye West last week, saying: “And Jay Leno, with your banana boat face having ass, you need to apologize to Kanye West for having him with his mother (would say), what she would think, she would think she'd need to smack your f–king banana face-hacing ass face off trying to be slick.”
Report: Leno and Letterman are still battling for A-list guests
Forget about Conan: The late-night war is back on, even if Jay Leno is on in primetime. "Jay's bookers are making it clear to stars' representatives that they are keeping track of people — whether they do Leno or Letterman first," reports Bill Zwecker. An NBC source tells him that Dave's people are also taking a tough stand.
Julie Chen welcomes a baby boy
The "Big Brother" host and hubby CBS boss Les Moonves welcomed Charlie moonves this morning.
Just 962,000 watched "Beautiful Life" — or 26% of Ashton's Twitter followers
Ashton Kutcher couldn't convince 74% of his 3.6 million Twitter followers to tune in to the 2nd episode of his CW show. "TBL" isn't even a hit among its target demographic, young women. Just 300,000 females between the ages of 18 and 34 tuned in to last night's episode. PLUS: Mischa Barton looks rough on the set of "TBL."
Nina Garcia: Other jobs are keeping Michael Kors and I away from "Runway"
"When it was in L.A. and in that time period that we filmed, it was very difficult to be there the entire time," she says. "He has another job, he’s a designer and work on his collection, and I had to fly to Paris to see the fashion shows for the fall. It was impossible to be there for an entire month."
ABC tries TiVo-proofing promos
ABC is trying to grab the attention of those who fast-forward through commercials with a constant message at the top of the screen during ABC promos giving the important info on what the ad is promoting.
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