Larry King: "CNN never pressured me" to retire
King says it really hit him that he should call it quits after his string of high-profile interviews with Lady Gaga, President Obama, LeBron James and Bill Gates in celebration of his 25th anniversary a few weeks back. "I ain't gonna top this," he said to himself. "It's been a helluva run." PLUS: King's 9 best videos and when Larry ruled politics.
Oscar Nunez: "The Office" should go out with Michael Scott's suicide
"It's been a funny show, but enough with it already," Nunez says of Steve Carell leaving, adding that he's surprised "The Office" has lasted so long. As for how Carell should depart, he says: "Suicide makes sense. He should hang himself in the office. Just end in a really dark way."
Why Kelly Kapoor is the perfect "Office" replacement for Michael Scott
Mindy Kaling's character knows the business inside and out, she's manipulative and has dirt on other emplyees, and, as Jennie Yabroff notes, she's a "wily, duplicitous, competitive, a natural-born schmoozer who’s always looking out for No. 1." PLUS: Why not hire George Costanza?
Erin Andrews is expected to stay at ESPN
Her deal with the sports network was about to expire, but an ESPN exec says, "We hope to have a deal signed soon."
Emily VanCamp quits "Brothers & Sisters"
Rebecca will return in the fall for a couple of episodes, and then VanCamp will walk away. "I really feel like Rebecca has run her course," she says, adding that the decision has nothing to do with budget cuts. "And the deal I was offered this year was for two more years and I just felt like since renegotiations were happening that maybe it would be the right time to move on."
Playboy denies Vienna's claim that she's posing for the men's mag
"I am going to be on the cover of Playboy later this year," "The Bachelor" star tells Star magazine. To which Playboy responded: "This is the first we’ve heard of Vienna Girardi appearing on the cover of Playboy."
CW announces fall premiere dates
"The Vampire Diaries" returns Sept. 9, "Gossip Girl" and "90210" return Sept. 13 and "Smallville" and "Supernatural" are back on Sept. 24.
Why would "The Real World" return to New Orleans now?
It's 10 years since "The Real World" and five years since Katrina, but tonight's debut, says producer Jonathan Murray, aims to be a metaphor for the reborn city. "We actually waited to go to New Orleans for a couple years after Katrina," he says. "We didn't want to be a burden to the city. We waited until we felt that the city was back together enough that we wouldn't be a problem; we would be an asset." PLUS: New Orleans "Real World's" 3 Ds: drama, drinking and "Do you have a boy/girlfriend?"
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