LOS ANGELES, Calif. — It’s only the third week of “American Idol,” but new judge Kara DioGuardi has already proven she’s an opinionated panelist. And, according to Kara, the head butting with Simon Cowell, who has attempted to silence her comments towards contestants on more than one occasion, will continue.

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Reuters - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, charged with trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by President Barack Obama, considered offering it to talk show star Oprah Winfrey.

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NEW YORK, NY — As a mother of twin girls and sextuplets, Kate Gosselin of TLC’S “Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht” is no stranger to having a large family.

Just hours after news broke that a Southern California woman gave birth to a set of octuplets, Kate shared with Access Hollywood some advice for the new mom.

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“The Office” actor discusses adapting a David Foster Wallace novel.

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Reuters - Sarah Jessica Parker and Susan Sarandon will star in NBC’s genealogy reality series “Who Do You Think You Are?”

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Sarah Jessica Parker, Lisa Kudrow and Susan Sarandon are about to learn a little more about themselves thanks to a new series NBC has lined up, which will look into the stars’ family trees.

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AP - It’s been 50 years since a single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field, instantly killing three men whose names would become enshrined in the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

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Reuters - Spike Lee and Tyler Perry are among the nominees for this year’s NAACP Image Awards.

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By George Larrimore

NEW YORK, NY — Ex-evangelist Ted Haggard and his wife Gayle (not pictured above) are set to visit “Oprah” on Wednesday for a tell-all with tears about Haggard’s struggles with his sexuality and about how he wound up being drummed out of his church as a result.

Find out how a new HBO documentary drudged up old skeletons… inside.

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Reuters - Fifty years after he won the Berlin International Film Festival’s Golden Bear for his directorial debut, “Bitter Reunion,” French director and Nouvelle Vague pioneer Claude Chabrol will receive the fest’s Berlinale Camera lifetime achievement award.

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