Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Jon Gosselin's girlfriend: He emotionally abuses me
"He has 'mantrums,'" says a teary Hailey Glassman, who's a decade Jon's junior, in an interview with "The Insider." "I shouldn't have to put up with being emotionally abused. I cry and say, 'Why are you so mean to me?' He takes it out on me." She adds: "We're at a point now where I don't know why I love him."

Susan Boyle will launch her album on QVC
If you buy it on the home shopping network, you'll get a bonus DVD of rare footage.

"Desperate Housewives" could see Season 9 under new Marc Cherry deal
The "Desperate" creator has will stay with the show through the 2012-13 season, two years past his last contract.

Report: "Brian McKnight Show" runs out of money, unable to pay some staff
About 20 employees have filed non-payment complaints against the show.

Oliver Platt joins "The C Word"
He'll play Laura Linney's hubby in Showtime's cancer comedy.

VH1's Obama-inspired "Dad Camp" will teach young daddies to be fathers
"The Biggest Loser" crew is working on the series inspired by President Obama's message last year for fathers to "step up" and take responsibility for their children.

McDreamy's cologne unveiled
Patrick Dempsey shows off "Unscripted" on Letterman.

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Revamped "Scrubs" premieres Dec. 1
"Scrbus" 2.0 will air on Tuesday night on ABC.

Jimmy Kimmel tells Melissa Joan Hart: You are so 1996!
After her "Dancing" elimination, Hart didn't like being asked about "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch."

"Smallville" reveals Superman's dad
Check out Julian Sands as Jor-El. PLUS: "Smallville" wants a Season 10.

BBC's "Being Human" is becoming American
Syfy has ordered a remake of the sci-fi drama about three 20-something  roommates who happen to be a ghost, a vampire and a werewolf.

Fox to introduce the Brett "Favre-Cam" on Sunday
Viewers will have the chance to watch his every move during Sunday's game.

Here's your first look at Heather Locklear on "Melrose Place"
Amanda's back!

Anthony Edwards makes TV "comeback" in "NYC Marathon"
The former "ER" star will act like he's running.

In case you missed it: "24's" Season 8 trailer
Monday's link down, so here's Grandpa Jack Bauer again.

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Larry David under fire for urinating on Jesus
The Catholic League is lashing out at this week's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode, in which Larry's urine ends up on a painting of Jesus Christ. "Was Larry David always this crude?" asks Catholic League president Bill Donohue. "Would he think it's comedic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother?" HBO's response: "Anyone who follows Curb Your Enthusiasm knows that the show is full of parody and satire."

Parents TV Council warns potential "Family Guy" live show sponsors
Anybody stepping in for Microsoft will feel the PTC's wrath, the conservative watchdog announced yesterday.

BBC hires Lindsay Lohan
She'll present a documentary from India on child trafficking.

Claim: Jon Gosselin will date Octomom for a reality show
A former "Cheaters" producer tells In Touch Weekly he's working on "Jon – Kate = Jon + Octomom," a reality show pairing the parents of multiples. "I heard that Nadya has an insatiable desire to spend time with Jon and to put their families together," he says. "And I had the idea that this could be a very entertaining fiasco." UPDATE: Rep says it's not happening. Too bad.

VH1's Ryan Jenkins fiasco prompts 1 background checker to sue another
A company called Collective Intelligence was hired by "Megan Wants a Millionaire" to screen its contestants. But Collective only screens U.S. citizens, and since Jenkins was Canadian, the company outsourced the background check to another company called Straightline International, which couldn't find a criminal record on Jenkins.

Only on TV do the police always get help from wacky outsiders
From "The Mentalist" to "White Collar" to "Castle"…

D.C. "Real Housewives" will have at least 1 black female
Prominent Washington real estate agent Stacie Turner, who is African American, was recently spotted flying to Paris with a camera crew.

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Henry Ian Cusick settles "Lost" sex harrassment lawsuit
A former production staffer sued "Desmond Hume" in April for allegedly grabbing and touching her inappropriately.

"Lost" reveals guest-star William Atherton via Twitter
Carlton Cuse tweeted: "Damon and I are die hard fans of this impeckable actor who keeps the barr high and just signed to guest star on the show. Life is good!"

"It's Always Sunny" star predicts: "Phillies in five"
"I'll take Phillies in six," adds Rob McElhenney, who plans to be present for all three World Series games in Philadelphia, "but I just don't want to watch it on TV. I'd rather be there."

Elvira speaks!
The 58-year-old Mistress of the Dark talks Halloween. She'll wake up on "Medium" this Friday.

Bravo is lobbying for Michelle Obama to wear "Real Housewives" clothing
Will the First Lady wear a She by Sheree frock?

"Dexter" and "Mad Men" shared the same storyline on the same day
Was it a coincidence that both Don Draper and Dexter Morgan had the same experience on Sunday?

Brandy & Ray J to star in VH1 family reality show
"Putting my family on–they've been in the game before me so getting them together as one team, it's going to be explosive and something special," Ray J tells VIBE. "People can kind of see where we've been and where we're going and our connection together."

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Leonard Nimoy may be done with "Fringe"
"I've done three appearances for them," he says. "I don't know if I will do a fourth."

Maksim Chmerkovskiy blasts "Dancing" for "insane" season
"It's insane," he says. "This season is one of the hardest things ever. I think it will be re-thought during the off-season."

Carrie Ann Inaba: "That was a traumatic night!"
"I was shocked at Melissa and Mark," she says. "I saw some potential. I saw some sort of growth happening with her."

Artie Lange destroys on Jimmy Fallon on "CBS"
The Howard Stern sidekick basically took over Fallon's show last night, mistaking Fallon for a CBS show because he thought he saw somebody "banging interns" backstage. Lange, who also sat in when Olivia Munn was the guest, was so crazy he prompted Susan Sarandon to ask, "Are You High?"

Kate Gosselin makes awkward appearance at Maria Shriver's women's conference
The "Jon & Kate" star was invited to last night's event long before her marriage fell apart. PLUS: Kate renews nursing license.

Why Mia Michaels left "SYTYCD"
"I wasn’t able to really focus on anything else," she says. "Now I’m really focusing on these other projects that I can’t pass up. I think that’s pretty much the main reason why I left the show."

"Gossip Girl" vs. "The O.C."
Why Josh Schwartz's New Yorkers compare to the family from Orange County.

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Watch what happens when Craig Ferguson suffers a power failure

Jimmy Kimmel saves Ellen from giant panda

Tyra Banks puts the "Top Models" in blackface

Adam Lambert explain album cover to Oprah on Thursday

Britain's "Dancing" is trying to woo Richard Gere

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It's Coach Taylor vs. the world as "Friday Night Lights" returns
The end of Season 3 set up Season, which premieres tonight on DirecTV, perfectly, says Alan Sepinwall. "Worn-down facilities, no boosters or budget to speak of, and a pathetic roster of talent — a situation Eric, ironically, helped create as the Panthers' coach, when he approved a gerrymandering plan that would keep all of the town's best football prospects on the "west" side of Dillon — has dramatically increased the series' underdog quotient."
Cost-cutting refelected in cast // Kyle Chandler: "It’s a little bit of a Horatio Alger story"
"FNL" as thoughtful, restrained as ever // "Buddy Garrity" likes the fresh blood
Connie Britton: Writers get to wrap everything up by 5th season, if it's the last

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