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Here are some highlights of what to watch on TV this week:

MONDAY

8 PM on Channel 2

Chuck

Chuck (Zachary Levi) pressures Vivian (guest star Lauren Cohan) to get in touch with her inner
villain for a mission, but Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) is struggling to contact her own inner
bride as wedding plans accelerate. Morgan's (Joshua Gomez) search for a new roommate has
unexpected results. Adam Baldwin, Sarah Lancaster and Scott Krinsky also star in the new
episode "Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil." (PG)

 

8 PM on Channel 29

House

A patient (guest star Adrian LaTourelle) has a severe rash after being exposed to caustic
chemicals at work, a job about which he has been lying to his wife (guest star Ashley Jones).
House (Hugh Laurie) must choose between attending a charity event to support Cuddy (Lisa
Edelstein) and staying with his patient. Chase and Masters (Jesse Spencer, Amber Tamblyn)
teach each other about relationships in the new episode "Recession Proof." (14)

 

8 PM on Channel 23

90210

A chance meeting with Snoop Dogg (guest starring as himself) could mean good things for
Shirazi Studios as Navid and Dixon (Michael Steger, Tristan Wilds) formalize their
partnership. Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord) hopes to score points with Max (guest star Josh
Zuckerman) by donning an "Avatar" costume. Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) seeks revenge after
learning the truth about Navid in the new episode "Blue Naomi." (14)

 

9 PM on Channel 23

Gossip Girl

Issues between Serena and Ben (Blake Lively, guest star David Call) bubble to the surface when
his mother (guest star Marsha Dietlein Bennett) visits. Russell (guest star Michael Boatman)
risks alienating Raina (guest star Tika Sumpter) in his single-minded drive to destroy Chuck's
(Ed Westwick) family legacy. Billy Baldwin also guest stars in the new episode "Empire of the
Son." (14)

 

10 PM on TLC

19 Kids and Counting

Making the most of their time in Central America, Jim Bob and the kids mingle with local
residents, speak with Honduran diplomats, visit Mayan ruins and sample authentic Honduran
cuisine. Michelle gets some precious moments alone as Amy and Anna take the younger Duggars to
a reptile museum in the new episode "Duggars Make a Difference." (G)

 

10:01 PM on Channel 7

Castle

Tick-tock! With time rapidly running out, Castle and Beckett (Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic)
must set aside their differences with Agent Fallon (guest star Adrian Pasdar) if they have any
hope of preventing a citywide catastrophe in the new episode "Countdown," the conclusion of a
two-part story. (PG)

 

 

TUESDAY

8 PM on Channel 7

No Ordinary Family

Mrs. X (guest star Lucy Lawless) sends the beautiful and dangerous Sophie (guest star Tricia
Helfer) to put Jim and George (Michael Chiklis, Romany Malco) under her spell so they will do
whatever she wants. Stephanie (Julie Benz) faces a decision over whether to inject a patient
with the superserum. Daphne's (Kay Panabaker) boyfriend (Luke Kleintank) starts to have
suspicions about the Powells' powers in the new episode "No Ordinary Love." (PG)

 

8 PM on Channel 23

One Tree Hill

Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti) tries to make sure all her family and friends are ready for her
baby's imminent arrival, while Julian and Brooke (Austin Nichols, Sophia Bush) prepare to
start a family themselves. Chuck (guest star Michael May) asks Chase (Stephen Colletti) for
help with a problem. James Lafferty, Robert Buckley and Shantel VanSanten also star in the new
episode "The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get."

 

9 PM on Channel 23

Hellcats

Savannah (Ashley Tisdale) is stunned when Charlotte (guest star Emma Lahana) reveals the
identity of her baby's father. Marti (Aly Michalka) asks her mother (Gail O'Grady) for
information about her father. The Hellcats find out that the Memphis Christian rival squad is
using the same song as the Hellcats for its nationals routine. Sharon Leal and Robbie Jones
also star in the new episode "Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)."

 

10 and 11 PM on FX

Lights Out

Realizing that he is in dire need of alternative training, Lights (Holt McCallany) turns to an
unorthodox boxing guru in the new episode "Head Games." Catherine McCormack, Stacy Keach and
Pablo Schreiber also star. (MA)

 

10 and 11:30 PM on BRAVO

The Real Housewives of Miami

As the date for the Blacks' annual gala approaches, Lea has lined up the highest rollers of
Miami to attend. Even in a depressed economy, Lea is poised to cross her million-dollar
fundraising goal yet again, as throngs of guests enthusiastically buy auction items. A chill
descends, however, when Cristy, who did not RSVP, shows up with two friends in tow in the new
episode "Black Ball'd." (14)

 

10 PM and Midnight on TNT

Southland

As Ben (Ben McKenzie) approaches the end of his training period, he has to cope with John's
(Michael Cudlitz) drug problem, which rapidly is becoming more serious. Sammy (Shawn Hatosy)
braces himself for fatherhood. Lydia (Regina King) struggles with her emotions during a
violent shootout and embraces a teenage victim in the new episode "Failure Drill." (MA)

 

10:01 PM on Channel 7

Detroit 1-8-7

When the detectives investigate the high-priority murder of a college student, the victim's
boyfriend (J.D. Williams), who is also an old rival of Stone's (D.J. Cotrona), surfaces as one
of many possible suspects. Sanchez (Natalie Martinez) tries to ferret out the truth about
Stone's junkie ex-girlfriend (Kristina Apgar), who is trying to rekindle their relationship,
in the new episode "Stone Cold." (14)

 

11 PM on BRAVO

Watch What Happens: Live

Host and executive producer Andy Cohen welcomes his guests, talk show host Gayle King of OWN's
"The Gayle King Show" and Allison Janney ("Mr. Sunshine") for a lively discussion of pop
culture, politics and other topics.

 

 

WEDNESDAY

8 PM on Channel 23

America's Next Top Model

Tyra's nutritionist, Heather Bauer, tests the models' knowledge about healthy foods and offers
tips on how to improve their diets, leading to two girls getting into a verbal fight over a
piece of chicken. One of the girls faces a personal crisis as the models participate in a
photo shoot with live bees. Model-actress Alek Wek helps the judging panel eliminate a
contestant.

 

8 PM on Channel 7

The Middle

Doris Roberts, who played Patricia Heaton's mother-in-law/nemesis in "Everybody Loves
Raymond," returns as Ms. Rinsky, Brick's (Atticus Shaffer) third-grade teacher, who asks
Frankie and Mike (Heaton, Neil Flynn) to attend a math class after Frankie questions her
teaching skills. Sue and Axl (Eden Sher, Charlie McDermott) consider helping their aunt (guest
star Jeanette Miller) find a time capsule in the new episode "The Math Class." (PG)

 

9:30 PM on Channel 29

Traffic Light

Thrifty Adam (Nelson Franklin) is horrified when Callie (Aya Cash) is forced to admit she is
in major debt, and their radically opposing attitudes about money may mean trouble for their
relationship. Mike (David Denman) is surprised he likes hanging out with the neighborhood moms
while pulling morning parenting duties. Ethan (Kris Marshall) finds it almost impossible to
break up with a girl after she makes a bold move in the new episode "Credit Balance." (14)

 

10 PM and Midnight on TLC

Hoarding: Buried Alive

Jahn is such an extreme hoarder that she has filled not one but two houses virtually from
floor to ceiling, forcing her to climb over mountains of clutter just to get from one room to
the next. She even has to go to a health club to shower and use the bathroom. Now the
62-year-old mother must try to clear her houses before they are both condemned in the new
episode "Nowhere Near Normal." (PG)

 

10 and 11 PM on FX

Justified

Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) is forced to hunt down Rachel's (Erica Tazel) brother-in-law after
he makes a violent escape from a halfway house. Boyd (Walton Goggins) mulls over a dangerous
offer in Harlan. Natalie Zea also stars in the new episode "For Blood or Money." (MA)

 

10 PM on Channel 7

Off the Map

Lily and Dr. Cole (Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George) must rescue three brothers who have
become trapped in an old gold mine. A native birth ritual has a profound impact on Mina (Mamie
Gummer). Valerie Cruz and Zach Gilford also star in the new episode "It's a Leaf."

 

 

THURSDAY

8 PM on Channel 23

The Vampire Diaries

Damon (Ian Somerhalder) asks Elena (Nina Dobrev) to keep an eye on Rose (guest star Lauren
Cohan) while he tries to elicit the truth from Jules (guest star Michaela McManus). Matt and
Caroline (Zach Roerig, Candice Accola) have a candid discussion about their feelings for each
other. A life-or-death crisis shakes Damon, forcing him to hide his true feelings, in "The
Descent." Paul Wesley also stars. (14)

 

9 PM on A&E

The First 48

Veteran Birmingham, Ala., detective Cynthia Morrow and her team are drawn into one of their
city's toughest neighborhoods as they search for the killer of a man who was gunned down in a
park … but why was a witness, the victim's friend, allowed to escape? In North Carolina,
Detective Blair Fitch is shocked to learn that the person who killed a man in front of his son
was trying to get even with someone else in the new episode "The Hill/Fall Guy." (PG)

 

10 and 11 PM on FX

Archer

Fed up with being dismissed as a failure by his colleagues, Cyril (voice of Chris Parnell)
agrees to help a mysterious computer expert who calls himself George Spelvin inject a virus
into the ISIS mainframe so Cyril can defeat the virus and be a hero. Unfortunately, he runs
into some unforeseen obstacles (spoiler alert: ninjas in bikinis!) in the new episode
"Tragical History." The voice cast also includes H. Jon Benjamin and Aisha Tyler.

 

10 PM on FOOD

Ice Brigade

Experts at a genuinely chilling craft, Michigan chef Randy Finch and his team of ice artists
sneer at conventional swan sculptures and the like, instead creating life-size and fully
functioning ice creations including a lounge with sushi station and pool table, bowling lanes
with pins and balls, a putt-putt golf course, and a mechanical bull in this new series.

 

 

FRIDAY

8 PM on Channel 23

Smallville

Tess and Lionel (Cassidy Freeman, John Glover) square off in a bitter battle for the Luthor
name. Lois and Clark (Erica Durance, Tom Welling) are very surprised by the latest gift from
Tess in the new episode "Scion."

 

8 PM on Channel 2

Who Do You Think You Are?

Musician Lionel Richie travels through the American South looking for information on his
maternal great-grandfather, a personal journey that takes him from the Tuskegee, Ala.,
neighborhood where he grew up to Nashville, where that older relative helped bring to life the
civil rights movement. More familial clues await Richie in Chattanooga, Tenn., as well. (PG)

 

9 PM on HBO

The Ricky Gervais Show

After Stephen tells him that one of his new fans is actor Warwick Davis ("Willow"), a little
person, Karl ponders whether he would prefer to be really tall or really short. Stephen talks
about his night out at a London club. Karl's diary entries include his recent kidney stone
surgery, which inspired a poem about the ordeal, "My Ward." Also: a new edition of Monkey
News! Ricky Gervais also lends his voice to the new episode "Night Club." (MA)

 

9 PM on Channel 23

Supernatural

While searching for The Mother of All's newest monster, Dean, Sam and Bobby (Jensen Ackles,
Jared Padalecki, Jim Beaver) run into Gwen and Samuel (Jessica Heafey, Mitch Pileggi), who are
hunting the same quarry. Samuel and Bobby have a heated argument over the best way to handle
their mutual quest in the new episode "And Then There Were None."

 

 

SATURDAY

8 PM on Channel 4

College Basketball

Two of college basketball's biggest rivals meet in the final game of the regular season for
both teams when North Carolina hosts Duke. Nolan Smith and the fifth-ranked Blue Devils would
like nothing more than a victory over Tyler Zeller and the No. 20 Tar Heels, especially if it
means a No. 1 ranking with March Madness a week away. This is the second meeting between these
teams this year.

 

8 PM and Midnight on AMC

Movie: Scarface

Al Pacino gives an appropriately over-the-top performance in director Brian De Palma's violent
1983 remake of the mobster classic. As gangland wannabe Tony Montana, the actor drips machismo
from every pore, even when it's ill-advised. Michelle Pfeiffer plays the walking mannequin who
becomes the underworld novice's mistress. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Steven Bauer and Robert
Loggia co-star.

 

10 PM on Channel 2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

After a badly traumatized rape victim (guest star Jennifer Love Hewitt) retracts her story
that she has been attacked multiple times by the same man, Benson's (Mariska Hargitay)
investigation takes her all the way to Los Angeles, where Detective Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich,
"Law & Order: Los Angeles") has information that might help the victim in "Behave."
Christopher Meloni also stars. (14)

 

11 PM on Channel 29

Fringe

The Fringe Team investigates the baffling case of people who are found in a bizarre,
trancelike state that ultimately leads to their death. As Peter and Walter (Joshua Jackson,
John Noble) study the properties of a mysterious box that may be linked to the deaths,
alternate Olivia (Anna Torv) turns up the heat on an unsuspecting Peter. Walter and Nina
(Blair Brown) meet for the reading of William Bell's will in "The Box." (14)

 

 

SUNDAY

8 PM on Channel 2

America's Next Great Restaurant

In the first episode of this new competitive reality series, investors and judges Bobby Flay,
Curtis Stone, Steve Ells and Lorena Garcia listen to pitches from 21 hopeful restaurateurs,
each of whom serves an "iconic" item from his menu, before they choose the 10 finalists who
will move forward in the competition. (PG)

 

8 PM on Channel 7

Secret Millionaire

This new reality series follows six of the most successful businesspeople in America as they
leave behind their pampered lifestyles to spend a week, anonymously, in some of the nation's
poorest areas, ultimately giving out hundreds of thousands of dollars from their own wealth.
In the series premiere, Dani Johnson, an entrepreneur who was once homeless and raised on
welfare, spends a week among the poor in Knoxville, Tenn. (PG)

 

9 PM on Channel 2

The Celebrity Apprentice

There's a whole lotta crazy on tap as Donald Trump's reality series enters a new season with a
cast that includes wack jobs Gary Busey and La Toya Jackson and "Survivor" champ and prison
inmate Richard Hatch, along with former teen idol David Cassidy, "The View" reject Star Jones,
Playboy model Hope Dworaczyk and Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin. In the new episode
"Pepperoni Profit," the players must run authentic pizzerias to raise money for charity. (PG)

 

9 PM on FOOD and 12 AM on FOOD

Chopped All-Stars

Ted Allen hosts this five-part series in which 16 celebrity chefs compete to win $50,000 for
the charity of their choice. "Chopped" fans will recognize the usual format, which challenges
the players to work with unusual ingredients. (Rabbit kidneys, anyone?) First up: "Next Food
Network Star" also-rans Brad Sorenson, Debbie Lee, Lisa Garza and Michael Proietti.

 

9 and 10 PM on COMEDY

Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts

From the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Comedy Central's resident deranged
preppie ("Tosh.0") shares his decidedly irreverent point of view on topics ranging from
celebrities and sports figures to illegal immigration, the Amish, Mormons and more. (14)

 

10 PM and Midnight on LIFETIME

Coming Home

The producers of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" are behind this new feel-good series that
documents emotion-packed surprise reunions of soldiers with their parents, children and other
loved ones. In other words: Get out your handkerchiefs, no matter what your political
persuasion may be.

 

10 PM on Channel 4

CSI: Miami

After a woman barely escapes death at the hands of a serial killer, Horatio (David Caruso) is
determined to bring the psychopath to justice in the new episode "Blood Lust." Melanie Hawkins
and Alicia Witt ("Cybill") guest star; Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez and Jonathan Togo also
star. (14)

 

10:01 PM on Channel 7

Brothers & Sisters

Nora and Sarah (Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths) use Evan's (Mark Ricks) birthday as an excuse
to fly out to Washington, D.C., and find out what is really going on with Kitty (Calista
Flockhart). Olivia (guest star Isabella Rae Thomas) puts a damper on new adoptive parents
Kevin and Scotty's (Matthew Rhys, Luke Macfarlane) excitement when she seems nervous about
starting her new life with them in the new episode "Home Is Where the Fort Is." (PG)

 

11:30 PM on E!

After Lately With Chelsea Handler

Handler's new comedy series is in the vein of "The Larry Sanders Show," presenting a
heightened and exaggerated look at what life is like for Handler and her crew behind the
scenes of her talk show, "Chelsea Lately." (14)

 

Charlie Sheen is talking again. In an interview set to air Tuesday on ABC's 20/20, he proclaims in his current high-speed speech, "I am on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen." Sheen, who looks thin, talks to ABC's Andrea Canning, left, who visited Sheen and two female companions at his home over the weekend. Sheen, who is supposed to be still undergoing in-house rehab and has been feuding with the producers of his hit show, "Two and a Half Men," also said, "I have one speed. I have one gear: Go! I dare you to keep up with me." In the wake of last Friday's surprise announcement that production had been suspended on Sheen's show, he said, "There's some wrongs to be righted and some stories to tell. People need to hear my side of it." Sheen will also appear this morning in a taped interview on NBC's Today Show with Jeff Rossen. On Friday, after Sheen verbally attacked the show's producer, Chuck Lorre, in several detailed interviews, CBS and Warner Bros. issued a statement that said, "Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen's statements, conduct and condition, CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decided to discontinue production of 'Two and a Half Men' for the remainder of the season." Oh, and by the way, Sheen says he is writing a tell-all book on what went on behind the scenes on the set of the show and will take bids from publishers, starting at $10 million. He already has a title: "When the Laughter Stopped."

• • •

For the record, "Men" costar Jon Cryer was not the person who took to Twitter to say he was "shocked" over the "bad news" that the final four episodes of the show will not be taped following Sheen's verbal attacks. There may not be any new episodes next year either, because Sheen announced Friday that he wasn't planning to return for a ninth season in the fall as long as the show's production team remained intact. Cryer's spokesman said that the star has neither a Facebook nor a Twitter account, so the post was a hoax and his "no comment" comment still stands. For the record, the hoaxer pretending to be Cryer Tweeted, "It's too sad! Sorry guys, that you must hear so bad news! I'm also shocked!"

• • •

unday night's  Academy Awards offered its usual melange of elegance and roughness, ranging from the stunning red carpet looks to the f-bomb dropped on live TV by Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo, the target of some snark earlier in the evening for her lacy doily-like dress. But the hosting duo of Anne Hathaway and James Franco handled the show ably, even with Franco wearing Marilyn Monroe drag. The pair were upstaged slightly by the shamelessly stalling and leering Kirk Douglas.

• • •

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh married Friday in an elegant wedding in Broadway's Longacre Theater. The ceremony was performed by Terry Lavell, Grammer's costar in "La Cage aux Folles," and attendants read poems that the bride and groom had written for each another. "They looked very happy," a wedding guest told People after the ceremony, "really, really happy." After the ceremony, a small group of guests went to the Plaza Hotel for a lavish dinner in the Grand Ballroom, followed by a luxurious reception. "It was gorgeous, very classy," said one wedding guest. "It wasn't too much and it wasn't too little. They definitely did it right." Afterward, the pair cut the 55-inch-tall carrot cake and shared the story of how they met, when he was flying to see "La Cage" in London, and she was one of the flight attendants.

• • •

Michael Jackson's three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket, showed up in person with an oversized check to donate $10,000 to one of their late father's favorite charities. The youngsters, who joined the board of advisers for their father's Heal the World Foundation last year, presented the check to the L.A. Housing Corporation, a group that provides shelter for homeless families. Sources say Jackson used to take his kids to volunteer with the group. The money, donated on behalf of Heal the World, reportedly came from the profits of from Katherine Jackson's memorabilia sales through the Jackson Secret Vault.

-- Anne Neville

Billy Ray Cyrus has said he's sorry that his candid GQ interview was "explosive and unintentionally so," but Miley is upset, hurt and angry at her father's words. In the interview, Cyrus said that the "Hannah Montana" TV show "destroyed my family." In the interview, he said about his daughter, "I'm scared for her ... She's got a lot of people around her that's putting her in a great deal of danger. I know she's 18, but I still feel like as her daddy I'd like to try to help. Take care of her just a little bit, to at least get her out of danger." "Miley is upset," a source close to her tells People. "She's very hurt and angry." But a longtime pal of Billy Ray's believes he may have felt he had no other choice than to express his fears publicly: "Maybe he can't get the message of how much they mean to him across, and this is the way to do it." Miley, who recently turned 18, has refused to comment on the current drama, she has been spotted brunching with mom Tish, who is getting a divorce from Billy Ray.

• • •

Chelsea Handler won't play herself in the NBC pilot based on her autobiography, but she's doing the next best thing -- she'll be playing her older sister. Handler look-alike Laura Prepon, who will star as Handler, tells E! News that Chelsea will be playing her own older sister. Prepon says filming will start "in a couple weeks." Then it's up to the network, which will decided whether to pick up the show and order more episodes. "I hope NBC gets behind it. There's a lot of buzz. It's different and edgy." While Prepon admits she hasn't read Handler's books, she says, "I've seen her a lot and it's going to be awesome. I am just starting to immerse myself in the Chelsea Handler of it all. She's an amazing woman."

• • •

Charlie Sheen's mystery blond girlfriend has been identified as Natalie "Natty Baby" Tenly, and her past indicates that she may not be the best influence on his sobriety. Tenly was the 2010 cover girl for the pro-marijuana magazine Cali Chronic X. Sheen left for the Bahamas on Wednesday with Tenly, who has been with Sheen for about three months, sources say, and porn star Bree Olson and his ex-wife Brooke Mueller -- at least temporarily. Sheen called The Alex Jones Show Thursday and revealed that Mueller was no longer with the group. "Let me just say this, and this is all I'm going to say about this. Where there were four, there are now three," he said. "Goodbye, Brooke. Good luck in your travels. You're going to need it. Badly." Sheen's publicist says he will return to work on the set of "Two and a Half Men" Tuesday.

• • •

Things may be a little tense on the set after Sheen's severe verbal attack on the show's creator, Chuck Lorre. After a series of amusing jabs back and forth, there now appears to be a serious personality clash between the two. Calling from his vacation getaway, where he said he was having "a grand old time," Sheen said, ""I violently hate Chaim Levine [Lorre].  He's a stupid, stupid little man and a ... punk that I'd never want to be like. ...That's me being polite." Sheen, who insists he's sober, says, "All I want is to bring my family together, and I have to deal with all this B.S. politics." He adds that Lorre "took money out of my pocket, my family's pocket, and, most importantly, my second family -- my crew's pocket." Sheen concludes, "You can tell him [Lorre] one thing.  I own him."

• • •

Kelsey Grammer and Kayte Walsh's wedding ceremony is planned for today on Broadway. The pair are planning to marry inside Manhattan's Longacre Theater, where Grammer recently starred in the musical adaptation of "La Cage aux Folles." TMZ reports that security will be extremely tight for the ceremony, which is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. A lavish reception will follow in the Plaza Hotel, with an extensive menu that includes ginger prawns, grilled fillet mignon, goat cheese truffles, braised beef short ribs, wild mushrooms, lobster with corn and mango relish, red snapper ceviche and plenty of vegetarian options for Walsh.

-- Anne Neville

Charlie Sheen is doing great! Not only is he, as he declared on the Dan Patrick radio show, "100 percent in love," presumably with the blonde mystery woman he was spotted kissing Monday, left, but he is also involved with a second person thought to be porn star Bree Olson, who was linked to Sheen and Michelle "Bombshell" McGee. To top it all off, he rented a 100-foot yacht for a party and a private showing of "Jaws" for his ladies, including the unknown blonde and Olson, and other close friends. Sheen, who is still participating in home-based drug and alcohol rehab, spent a few hours Monday mentoring three adolescent aspiring filmmakers as part of the non-profit Los Angeles Institute of Film Education. Sheen and his pal, former baseball great Todd Zeile, worked with three youths, said co-founder Delores A. Brown. "Charlie was a surprise, a very nice surprise," Brown says. "Todd and Charlie are very good friends and Charlie spent about three hours giving the kids a private session of what goes on before, during and after a shoot."

• • •

Lady Gaga's people will not comment on theories that it was the flamboyant singer who was being wheeled around backstage at the Grammys in a translucent coffin-like box. Sources at the Grammys tell TMZ that the box, holding a blonde person, was spotted backstage right around the time Gaga finished rehearsing, and the number of handlers escorting the coffin suggested that the person inside was a star of some kind. But hours after the coffin was seen wheeling around, Gaga arrived inside another translucent conveyance -- an egglike pod.

• • •

Two of the most famous hairstyles in the world have been altered. Justin Bieber has moved on from his iconic eyelash-grazing, sideswept coif to a shorter, slightly spiked-up style. Bieber had his hair cut on the set of a music video he filmed with Rascal Flatts; a regular hairdresser did the honors, although Gary from the group posed with scissors for photos. Bieber said he "wanted to change it up" and thinks the spikes give him "a more mature look." The hair that was cut from Bieber's head was saved and bits will be given to organizations that will use it to raise money for charity. Randy Sosin, a former executive at MTV and Interscope Records, tellls the WSJ blog, "It’s a calculated move" for Bieber to cut his hair, “His hair is not that different, he’s not changing it that much, but he’s making it more of an event. Everything he does is something." Paramount is also releasing a special fan version of his movie "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," with some 40 minutes of extra footage. Director Jon M. Chu refused to "confirm or deny" reports that footage of the haircut would be included in the new cut. He added, "Cameras are everywhere." And Jennifer Aniston is now sporting a short bob -- a shoulder-length version of the face-framing straight look she's worn for years.

• • •

Speaking of hair -- John Travolta was spotted in a rare hairpiece-less moment, left, as he celebrated his 57th birthday on a beach in Hawaii with his wife and daughter. The clearly balding-on-top star enjoyed the day with wife Kelly Preston and and 10-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu, who played on the swings and enjoyed the sand. Baby Benjamin was not seen out with the family.

• • •

Alyssa Milano and her husband Dave Bugliari are expecting their first child, Milano's rep tells People. "They're just over the moon," says a friend of the former star of "Who's The Boss" and "Charmed," who is due to deliver in the fall.  "They are so excited." On Twitter, Milano said, "Yes, it's true. And we couldn't be happier. Thank you for your warm wishes and love!" Milano and Bugliari, who is an agent at the Creative Artists Agency, met in 2007 and married in August 2009.

-- Anne Neville

 New York Fashion Week is over, but here are a few lasting images from the eight-day run of shows. Designers unveiled their collections for Fall 2011:

Isaac Mizrahi
 

Badgley Mischka
 

Ralph Lauren
 

Betsey Johnson
 

Anna Sui
 

Milly by Michelle Smith
 

L.A.M.B.  by Gwen Stefani
 

Here are some highlights of what to watch on TV this week:

MONDAY

8 PM on Channel 29

House

Appearing at a school's career day, House (Hugh Laurie) breaks some rules (we're shocked, too)
by sharing explicit medical stories, so he's summoned to the principal's office. While waiting
outside for his appointment, he meets two fifth-graders (guest stars Austin Michael Coleman,
Haley Pullos) who try to help House understand how his antics keep him from showing Cuddy
(Lisa Edelstein) how he feels in the new episode "Two Stories." (14)

 

8 PM on Channel 23

90210

Emily (guest star Abbie Cobb) interferes with Annie's (Shenae Grimes) love life and her
internship at the playhouse. Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord) hides her feelings for Max (guest star
Josh Zuckerman, "Desperate Housewives"). Ivy (Gillian Zinser) makes a new friend (guest star
Manish Dayal). Navid, Liam and Dixon (Michael Steger, Matt Lanter, Tristan Wilds) plan a night
on the town with Teddy (Trevor Donovan) in the new episode "It's High Time." (14)

  

9 PM on Channel 2

The Cape

The Cape, Rollo and Max (David Lyons, Martin Klebba, Keith David) must rely on Dana's
(Jennifer Ferrin) legal connections to help them find The Lich, while Orwell (Summer Glau)
struggles to fight the effects of Conrad Chandler's potent serum as she drifts into fantasy
sequences that reveal more about her past. Netta's (guest star Illeana Douglas) odd allegiance
to The Lich is clarified in the new episode "The Lich, Part 2." (14)

 

10:01 PM on Channel 7

Castle

While investigating the apparent robbery-homicide of a Big Apple cabbie, Beckett and Castle
(Stana Katic, Nathan Fillion) discover the victim was involved in a mysterious conspiracy. As
the stakes continue to rise, driven federal agent Mark Fallon (guest star Adrian Pasdar,
"Heroes") takes over the case, and the trio rushes to uncover the real truth about the victim
before it's too late in the new episode "Setup," the opener of a two-part story.

 

 

TUESDAY

8 PM on Channel 7

No Ordinary Family

Jim (Michael Chiklis) is overwhelmed by guilt after a bullet he diverts in a fight
inadvertently hits and grievously wounds an innocent boy. Daphne's (Kay Panabaker) boyfriend
(guest star Luke Kleintank) injects his paralyzed father (guest star Anthony Michael Hall)
with trilsettum serum he stole from the Powell home, but the results are disastrous. Joshua
(Josh Stewart) asks Katie (Autumn Reeser) to marry him in the new episode "No Ordinary
Proposal."

 

8 PM on Channel 23

One Tree Hill

The ladies plan a surprise baby shower for Haley (Bethany Joy Galeotti), while the guys try
out for Jamie's (Jackson Brundage) basketball team. Julian and Brooke (Austin Nichols, Sophia
Bush) move forward with their plans to adopt. Mouth (Lee Norris) helps Millicent (Lisa
Goldstein) prepare for her first day at work. Robert Buckley and James Lafferty also star in
the new episode "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here"; Leven Rambin guest stars.

 

9 PM on Channel 23

Hellcats

Marti and Savannah (Aly Michalka, Ashley Tisdale) nervously brace themselves to see Dan (Matt
Barr) at Jimmy's (guest star John Reardon) wedding, but he still surprises them by showing up
with a new girlfriend (Sonja Bennett). Derrick and Vanessa (DB Woodside, Sharon Leal) face a
very tough relationship decision. Alice (Heather Hemmens) goes to see Jake (guest star Ryan
Kennedy) in jail. Gail O'Grady also stars in the new episode "Fancy Dan."

 

9 PM on Channel 7

V

Seeking revenge, Erica (Elizabeth Mitchell) travels to Hong Kong on a mission to strike a
lethal blow against Anna (Morena Baccarin). Even after the Red Rain, Anna learns Tyler's
(Logan Huffman) phosphorus level is too low, so he might become useless to her. Diana and Lisa
(Jane Badler, Laura Vandervoort) begin to form an alliance against Anna in the new episode
"Birth Pangs." (14)

 

9:30 PM on Channel 29

Traffic Light

At Lisa's (Liza Lapira) insistence, Mike (David Denman) develops a warm friendship with an
attractive female colleague who turns out to be laid-back, sports-fluent and able to hang out
with the guys. Callie (Aya Cash) suffocates Adam (Nelson Franklin) by keeping him company by
phone on his morning commutes. Ethan (Kris Marshall) tries to put on the brakes before a new
relationship gets too serious in the new episode "All the Precedent's Men." (14)

 

10 and 11 PM on FX

Lights Out

At a personal and career crossroads, Lights (Holt McCallany) attempts a difficult comeback
both in the ring and in his own home. Stacy Keach, Catherine McCormack and Pablo Schreiber
also star in the new episode "Comeback." (MA)

 

 

WEDNESDAY

8 PM on Channel 23

America's Next Top Model

As Season 16 opens, the semifinalists travel to Los Angeles, where host Tyra Banks pulls off a
major switcheroo before the lucky 14 selected as finalists get to move into the penthouse. At
a posh estate in Malibu, the models meet designer/model Erin Wasson and walk a narrow runway
in a plastic bubble. Fashion photographer Russell James does a backstage photo shoot, then
Andre Leon Talley and Nigel Barker join the judges panel for the first elimination.

 

9 PM on Channel 17

NOVA

The new episode "Venom: Nature's Killer" follows two scientists who risk life and limb to
track down and catch some of the deadliest creatures in the world to retrieve their venom and
take it back to the lab. There, they will study the composition of the toxic substances to see
whether they might be transformed into lifesaving drugs to treat heart attacks, diabetes,
obesity, strokes, cancer and other ailments. (PG)

 

9:31 PM on Channel 7

Mr. Sunshine

Against his better judgment, Ben (Matthew Perry) agrees to join Roman and Heather (Nate
Torrence, Portia Doubleday) on a group date with Heather's sister Stephanie, but finds out
they have a lot in common … at least, until he discovers that Stephanie is certifiably nuts.
Alonzo (James Lesure) walks Crystal's (Allison Janney) dog in a dog show. Alice (Andrea
Anders) tries to impress her visiting best friend in the new episode "Heather's Sister." (PG)

 

10 PM on TBS

Are We There Yet?

Uh-oh, sounds like a "very special episode" to us: Kevin (Coy Stewart) becomes fascinated with
a gun he finds in Suzanne's (Essence Atkins) handbag just as Lindsey (Teala Dunn) is trying to
make a reality show about her family in the new episode "The First .45." (PG)

 

10 and 11 PM on FX

Justified

The hijacking of a bus full of drugs ends in murder, sending Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) in
pursuit of the most likely culprit: Boyd Crowder (recurring guest star Walton Goggins) in the
new episode "The I of the Storm." (MA)

 

 

THURSDAY

8 PM on Channel 2

Community

As Greendale prepares for a visit from the vice president, Annie (Alison Brie) competes
fiercely with Jeff, Leonard and Star Burns (Joel McHale, Richard Erdman, Dino Stamatopoulos)
in the school's first student election. Abed (Dany Pudi) secretly befriends a Secret Service
agent (Eliza Coupe). Gillian Jacobs, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown and Donald Glover also star
in the new episode "Political Developments and Uncivil Disobedience." (14)

 

8 PM on Channel 23

The Vampire Diaries

Elena, Damon and Stefan (Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley) find they can use
Katherine's (Dobrev) knowledge to their advantage. A frustrated Caroline (Candice Accola)
finds a new way to get Matt's (Zach Roerig) attention. Alaric (Matt Davis) makes a confession
to Jenna (Sara Canning). Bonnie (Katerina Graham) and Stefan urge Jonas and Luka (Randy
Goodwin, Bryton James) to work with them in the new episode "The House Guest."

 

9 PM on Channel 23

Nikita

Amanda (Melinda Clarke) sedates Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) and grills her about the secrets she
suspects Alex is hiding. Nikita (Maggie Q) tries to help Alex but is double-crossed by her
contact, bringing her face to face with a startling opponent. A suspicious Michael (Shane
West) asks Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) to investigate Alex in the new episode "Echoes."

 

10 and 11 PM on FX

Archer

When other members of Woodhouse's (voice of George Coe) famed WWI Royal Flying Corps squadron
start dying under decidedly mysterious circumstances, Archer (voice of H. Jon Benjamin) tries
to track down the killer while baby-sitting wee Seamus … so yeah, it's going to be a pretty
full weekend for our hero in the new episode "The Double Deuce." The voice cast also includes
Aisha Tyler, Judy Greer and Jessica Walter. (MA)

 

10:01 PM on Channel 7

Private Practice

Cooper and Charlotte (Paul Adelstein, KaDee Strickland) try to forgive each other after
spilling secrets in couples therapy. Violet's (Amy Brenneman) colleagues learn her new novel
will make their personal lives public. One of Sheldon's (Brian Benben) patients claims to have
multiple personality disorder. Naomi and Sam (Audra McDonald, Taye Diggs) treat a pregnant
teen with Down syndrome in the new episode "Two Steps Back."

 

10:30 PM on Channel 2

Outsourced

After an employee quits, Todd (Ben Rappaport) is excited to have the chance to hire someone
new, only to find that someone close to him has poached the new recruit he really wants. Gupta
(Parvesh Cheena) must find a way to pay back a dangerous loan shark. Sacha Dhawan, Diedrich
Bader and Pippa Black also star in the new episode "Take This Punjab and Shove It." (PG)

 

 

FRIDAY

7 PM on TOON

Hall of Game

Skateboard virtuoso Tony Hawk hosts the first-ever sports award and entertainment event aimed
at kids, which allows young fans to vote online in categories that include Most Awesome
Mascot, "That's How I Roll" (for most stylish athlete), "Alti-dude" (recognizing
alternative-sport athletes who spend most of their time airborne), "Dance Machine" (for best
celebratory dance) and "My Bad" (for best sports blooper or blunder).

 

8 and 10:30 PM on FX

Movie: The Devil Wears Prada

You thought your boss was difficult? A recent college graduate (Anne Hathaway) gets a crash
course in landing arguably the most demanding boss on Earth (Meryl Streep, who plays it to the
hilt) at a fashion magazine in this enjoyable 2006 comedy, adapted from Lauren Weisberger's
best-seller. The dismayed newcomer's job is made even tougher by a competitive fellow
assistant (Emily Blunt). Stanley Tucci and Simon Baker also star.

 

9 PM on Channel 29

Fringe

This sci-fi drama's twisty story lines may have reeled viewers in, but many hard-core fans say
they keep coming back to spend time with the show's complex characters. Tonight's new episode,
"6 Months Later," which hearkens back to last season's memorable "Peter" flashback episode,
revisits what was a very touching time for both the Bishops (Joshua Jackson, John Noble) and
Olivia (Anna Torv). (14)

 

 

SATURDAY

8 PM on Channel 29

Cops

A Sacramento, Calif., deputy is forced to unleash his dog to catch a fleeing motorcyclist …
who also happens to be carrying drugs. A bloodied man swears to a Washington deputy he was
attacked by a woman over the last cigarette in a pack. Three juveniles who were seen throwing
rocks from an overpass are grilled by both Illinois deputies and their own mothers in the
aptly named new episode "Morons on Parade No. 4." (PG)

 

9 PM on SYFY

Movie: Area 51

Faced with a half-a-shoestring budget, "Paranormal Activity" writer-director Oren Pell
utilizes the same "found footage" structure of his earlier film for this new chiller about
three curious teenagers who quickly regret their impulsiveness after they wander onto the
much-rumored-about Area 51 section of Nellis Air Force Base in the Nevada desert. Sandra
Staggs, Ben Rovner and Wray Featherstone star.

 

11 PM on FAMILY

Movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Made by siblings Joel and Ethan Coen ("Fargo"), this 2000 comedy loosely was inspired by
Homer's classic "The Odyssey." It puts three escaped convicts (George Clooney, John Turturro,
Tim Blake Nelson) on the run from pursuers and toward considerable wealth. They seek a hidden
treasure, but many complications arise. The bluegrass soundtrack, honored by the Country Music
Association Awards, spawned a concert tour.

 

 

SUNDAY

2:30 PM on Channel 7

NBA Basketball

Two of the NBA's brightest stars are on display at the Oklahoma City Arena, where Kobe Bryant
and the Los Angeles Lakers take on Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder in a clash of
Western Conference foes. The defending champs got the better of the Thunder in their first
meeting of the season at Staples Center last month, riding 21-point performances from Bryant
and Pau Gasol to a 101-94 victory.

 

8:30 PM on Channel 7

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

James Franco … a best actor nominee himself this year … and Anne Hathaway co-host Hollywood's
biggest annual valentine to itself, as honors for achievements in film take place at the Kodak
Theatre in Los Angeles. Vying with Franco ("127 Hours") in his category are early favorite
Colin Firth ("The King's Speech"), Jeff Bridges ("True Grit"), Javier Bardem ("Biutiful") and
Jesse Eisenberg ("The Social Network"). (14)

 

10 and 11 PM on SHOWTIME

Shameless

Carl and Debbie (Ethan Cutkosky, Emma Kenney) are thrilled when Frank (William H. Macy) gives
up drinking, but Lip (Jeremy Allen White) warns them it won't last. Steve (Justin Chatwin) is
acting suspicious, but Fiona (Emmy Rossum) is too focused on finding a better job to notice.
Kev and Veronica (Steve Howey, Shanola Hampton) discover their new foster kid has a secret.
Joan Cusack also stars in the new episode "It's Time to Kill the Turtle." (MA)

As Paris Hilton settles into being 30, she's apparently thinking of settling down. After a Moulin-Rouge themed birthday party that featured a petting zoo of exotic animals and a $375,000 Lexus sports car from beau Cy Waits, she told Ryan Seacrest recently that she expects Waits to propose soon. The pair hit a luxury jewelry store in Manhattan Friday, where a source says, "They shopped for engagement rings." At Jacob & Co., the source says, "They were really cute together. Paris was making comments about the rings and joking that her ring has to be at least 24 carats." Although they did not buy an engagement ring, "She walked out sporting a $25,000 white gold and black diamond encrusted ring," the source says. On the Seacrest show, Hilton said of Waits, "It's really serious, I'm so happy, he's such an incredible person." Asked by Seacrest if Waits planned to propose, she said, "I'm sure. We really love each other." Hilton's rep told People, "The couple were shopping in New York looking for something special for Paris's 30th birthday." Waits and Hilton were arrested together in Las Vegas over the summer after police spotted a "vapor trail" of marijuana smoke coming from their Cadillac Escalade, and Waits was fired by casino mogul Steve Wynn.

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Here's a newborn with an incredible musical pedigree. Lorca Cohen, daughter of the legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, has given birth to the child of Rufus Wainwright, who is the son of singer Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle. Rufus Wainwright's partner of five years, Jorn Weisbrodt, seen with Wainwirhgt at left, is "deputy dad." Wainwright announced the Feb. 2 birth of his daughter, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, on his website, writing, "Darling daughter Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen was born on February 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, California to proud parents Lorca Cohen, Rufus Wainwright and Deputy Dad Jorn Weisbrodt. The little angel is evidently healthy, presumably happy and certainly very very beautiful. Daddy #1 would like to offer everyone a digital cigar and welcome the little lady in with a French phrase from his favorite folk song, 'A La Claire Fontaine,' 'Il y a longtemps que je t'aime, jamais je ne t'oublierai.' " The lyric means, "So long I've been loving you, I will never forget you." Later this was added to the post: "CORRECTION: In many of the articles announcing the birth of Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, Lorca Cohen is characterized as "the surrogate." Of course, she is no such thing. She did not carry the child for someone else. Lorca Cohen is the mother of the baby and Rufus Wainwright is the father."

• • •

Michael Lohan's former fiancee, Kate Major,  has filed a criminal complaint saying Lohan has been harassing her by phone since they broke up and she returned to her family's home in Florida. The on-again off-again couple, seen at left in happier times, split a few weeks ago, and had a serious argument when Major tried to pack up her stuff from their New York apartment. After Major returned to Florida, Lohan called so much that Major asked Verizon to permanently block his number, and Lohan allegedly threatened to do "something bad." Major filed the criminal complaint yesterday with police in Florida and reportedly plans to seek a restraining order today. Lohan tells TMZ, "She has done this many times before, and the allegations always prove to be false." Major was a tabloid reporter when was assigned to interview Jon Gosselin, but she quit her job and became romantically involved with him instead. Lohan, a pal of Gosselin, let the two use his Southampton  home.

• • •

Eric George, the lawyer who negotiated the $15 million settlement for Oksana Grigorieva, is going after 10 perent of the amount, although she disavowed the deal after she signed it. George has started legal action against the mother of Mel Gibson's baby, claiming he did his job in securing a settlement and she must pay his fee although she later disavowed the settlement. TMZ says arbitration documents show that George's fee did not include the portion that was earmarked for child support.

• • •

Troubled rapper Foxy Brown had to be physically escorted out of a Manhattan fashion show party Wednesday after she reportedly showed up intoxicated and locked herself in a bathroom long after she was scheduled to perform. TMZ says sources at Red Bull Space in Soho, the site of the afterparty for Indashio's fashion show, say Brown was scheduled to perform but instead showed up at 1:20 a.m., 10 minutes before the party was scheduled to end, when the crowd was already leaving. Brown reportedly locked herself in a bathroom and refused to come out. Security responded and physically removed her from the building. Brown's rep had no comment.

-- Anne Neville

In a taped interview scheduled to air on "The View" today, Charlie Sheen's ex-wife Denise Richards says his public dalliances with escorts and porn stars and his drug and alcohol binges are no surprise to her. "This is Charlie's lifestyle," she said. "He makes no bones about it ... and it is what it is." Richards and Sheen were married for four years before divorcing in 2006 and have two daughters, Sam and Lola. Richards says explaining their father's actions are sometimes difficult. "This has been something I have dealt with for years...  this is not a new situation," Richards said. "There are times where his life is more colorful than others, more public than others, and as the kids get older it's a difficult thing. ... I'm learning as I go too... So I do the best I can and it's not easy." Richards says it was not her "place to judge this situation." She suggested that rather than discuss him with her, the hosts of "The View" "have him on the show and get into the details of what's going on."

• • •

Michael Jackson was some $400 million in debt when he died in 2009, but his estate has made some $310 million since then. TMZ reports that the first accounting filed by the estate's executors documents all income and expenses since Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. Executors have already spent roughly $159 million paying various debts, income taxes and other expenses, including "last illness and funeral and memorial service expenses," and providing "uninterrupted support for Mrs. [Katherine] Jackson and Michael Jackson's children as Michael intended." The estate has also paid for Katherine to make "substantial improvements" to the family's estate in Encino, Calif. The estate had $40 million in liabilities to concert promoter AEG stemming from the "This Is It" tour, which Jackson was rehearsing for when he died.  The estate also faces lawsuits in several countries.

• • •

Michael Jackson tried to convince a Las Vegas anesthesiologist to go on the 2009 "This Is It' tour with him to "take care of him" by administering Propofol for sleep, TMZ is reporting.   Dr. David Adams told LAPD investigators that several months before Jackson died, the singer and Dr. Conrad Murray and Michael met with him and said, "We think it would be great to have an anesthesiologist go on the [This Is It] tour." Adams had used Propofol to anesthetize Jackson four times in two years for various procedures. Adams says he texted Murray, "I'd like to be on board.  Let's talk about it."  But Jackson and Murray never contacted him again. Murray's defense team spokesperson Miranda Sevcik says, "Dr. Murray did not know David Adams," but she says the defense has subpoenaed Adams for the trial.

• • •

The father of the musical group The 5 Browns, left, entered surprise guilty pleas Thursday to sexually abusing three of his daughters when they were children. Keith Scott Brown, 55, was charged last week with abusing Desirae, 32, Deondra, 30, and Melody, 26, all members of the Julliard-trained classical music quintet. The women had chosen to be identified in court papers. In court in Provo, Utah, Keith Scott Brown showed injuries he suffered Monday, four days after he was charged, when he crashed the Porsche in which he and his wife, Lisa Brown, were riding by plunging over an embankment into a creek at high speed. Brown pleaded guilty to sodomy on a child under 14, and two charges of sex abuse of a child, all felonies. He will be sentenced March 31 and faces 10 years to life in prison, but as part of the deal worked out with prosecutors, the sentences are expected to run concurrently. Brown formerly managed his children's musical group, but has not since 2008. Sources told the Salt Lake Tribune that his daughters called police after learning that Brown planned to again manage child musicians. In a statement posted on their web site before the guilty pleas, the siblings thanked supporters "for their concern and prayers on our behalf during this trying time."

• • •

Her doctor says a "complex migraine," not a stroke, is what caused veteran CBS 2 TV reporter Serene Branson to start speaking in gibberish Sunday night during a live Grammy telecast. UCLA Medical Center's chief of neurosurgery Dr. Neil Martin, Branson's doctor, told the Los Angeles Times that this unusual type of severe headache can mimic strokes, with symptoms including weakness, loss of vision and difficulty speaking –- but its effects are not long term. One theory is that the brain's blood vessels suddenly narrow and then dilate again. During the spasm phase, certain parts of the brain receive too little blood, causing the stroke-like symptoms. Branson was driven home by a friend and consulted her doctor. By the next day, she was feeling better and said she hopes to be back on the air soon.

• • •

Halle Berry went to court in Los Angeles to get permission to take her 2-year-old daughter, Nahla, to New York City for one week while she shoots a movie. The legal move was needed after father Gabriel Aubry reportedly refused to give Berry permission to take their daughter or go with them. TMZ reports that Berry offered to get Aubry a fancy hotel room, but he responded, "Why do I have to follow her?  She can leave [Nahla] here." A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that Berry could take the baby with her. Berry, who gave up a role as a caterer in the film, "New Year's Eve" to battle Aubry in court over custody issues, was offered the role of a nurse in the movie and is expected to leave in two weeks.

-- Anne Neville

I have an appetite for apps. I have the Lose It! food diary app, the All Recipes Dinner Spinner app, a Footsteps app that acts as a pedometer, the Steinway app that acts as a metronome, you name it.

So when I heard about the new Catholic Confession app, I stepped right up to the booth!

Well, not the actual confessional, not yet. It has still, I am ashamed to say, been three months since my last Confession. On the plus side, though, three months was more than enough time to accrue a sufficient number of sins with which to test this app and get my $1.99 money's worth.

What is this app like? I will tell you.

The first thing is you have to choose a password. This was stressful, I have to say. What if someone hacked into my iPhone and found this app? If you are using the app correctly, it would contain more than a few secrets of your soul. So I chose wisely, a bunch of letters and numbers.

Next, the app quizzes you as to your Vocation. Are you single, married, a priest, a nun? Then you get a hilarious announcement. "Creating Your Custom Examination of Conscience. Please wait."

What the app does then is, it takes you through the 10 Commandments so you can check to see in what ways you have violated them. There is no question that you have violated them. Here is where the app shines. It delves beneath the literal and points out the rainbow of ways there are to be in error!

For instance, the first commandment: "I am the Lord Thy God, thou shalt not have strange gods before me." I'm fine with this one, you think. I'm not worshiping a golden calf, right?

But then comes the bad news. The app throws sins at you, with boxes you check.

"Do I not give God time every day in prayer?" Uh....

"Do I not seek to surrender myself to God's Word as taught by the Church?" Surrendering to anything has never been my strong suit. 

"Have I been involved with superstitious practices or have I been involved with the occult?" What about that ghost-hunting tour of the Central Terminal? Better check that box.

And this is only the first commandment! There are still nine to go!

At the end is a space where you can add your own custom questions, in case there is anything they have missed. Did I drink too much wine? Did I kvetch to my co-worker? Things like that.

Hahahaa: "Click the Edit button to add or remove custom sins." I like that.

Then you get the screen for the Confession itself. I guess the idea is to carry this thing into the box with you. It tells you what to say: the Sign of the Cross, and then, "Father, it has been three months since my last confession." I forgot to say, it asks you when you sign on how long it has been.

Then there is a page headlined simply "Sins." You write your sins here so when you go into the confessional they do not all go flying out of your head.

When you and the priest are through hashing over your list, you hit "Next" and you can choose from a variety of Acts of Contrition. I clicked on Latin. I have never recited the Act of Contrition in Latin before in my life. Next time I go to Confession, I just might! Plus it would make me feel I got my money's worth from this app.

With which, the question is, is this app worth $1.99? It's probably nothing you could not do with a piece of paper and a booklet on the 10 Commandments. The only app feature I have not mentioned is a list of prayers. There are just seven of them, such as the Glory Be, the Hail Mary, the Hail, Holy Queen and the Memorare -- stuff I already know.

Well, on the bright side, pardon the pun, the app lights up in the confessional.

In the end, I think of it the way I think of shelling out for my Zumba clothes. Confession is a little like the gym. Whatever helps get you there is money well spent.

-- Mary Kunz Goldman

 

In an angy, candid interview with GQ, Billy Ray Cyrus, whose marriage has failed and whose daughter has been involved in scandals since she was 15, says the "Hannah Montana" show "destroyed my family." He told GQ, "I'll tell you right now — the damn show destroyed my family." Cyrus said he regrets the decision to let Miley star on the show and would not do it again. "I hate to say it, but yes … I'd take it back in a second," he said. "For my family to be here and just be everybody OK, safe and sound and happy and normal, would have been fantastic. ... I'd erase it all in a second if I could." Cyrus also says that each time Miley was involved in a scandal, her handlers pushed him into the spotlight to show that "Daddy endorsed this stuff." He says, "Every time something happened in Miley's career, every time the train went off the track, if you will — Vanity Fair [a suggestive photo when she was 15], pole dancing [at the Teen Choice Awards when she was 16], whatever scandal it was — her people, or as they say in today's news, her handlers, every time they'd put me … 'Somebody's shooting at Miley! Put the old man up there!' ... They used me every time." Cyrus says he didn't attend Miley's 18th birthday party because it was held in a bar. "It was wrong," he said. "It was for 21 years old and up. Once again, they all wanted me to fly out so that then when all the bad press came they could say, 'Daddy endorsed this stuff…'" Five days after her party, Miley was videotaped smoking the hallucinogenic herb salvia. Cyrus says, "I should have been a better parent. I should have said, 'Enough is enough — it's getting dangerous and somebody's going to get hurt.' I should have, but I didn't. Honestly, I didn't know the ball was out of bounds until it was way up in the stands somewhere." Now, Cyrus says, "I'm scared for her. She's got a lot of people around her that's putting her in a great deal of danger."

• • •

Frankie Muniz's girlfriend told police he put a gun to his head "possibly with the intent of committing suicide" and punched her during a fight Friday night in their Phoenix home. Elycia Turnbow told police that the pair were arguing about "prior relationships" when the former "Malcolm in the Middle" star "grabbed a gun and held it to his head, possibly with the intent of committing suicide." Turnbow says she became worried and called one of Muniz's pals to take him to the hospital. But Muniz says Turnbow was screaming at him when he "fell and hit his head," which was the reason he went to the hospital, where he left before being treated. Muniz told police, "I grabbed the case, but not the gun ... it isn't even loaded." Police say they found and impounded the semiautomatic, which was loaded. After Muniz left he hospital and returned home, the pair began fighting again. Turnbow says Muniz "punched her in the back of the head, and threw her into a wall." Muniz denied punching Turnbow, telling police, "I love her too much.  She is the woman I want to marry." Police said there were no visible injuries, and both parties were warned they'd go to jail if they began fighting again. Tuesday, Muniz's rep released a statement that says, "A gun played no part in the argument and was voluntarily given to the police for safekeeping.  There were no bruises and neither left the residence. He was not suicidal.  She was not assaulted." The statement says the pair are still together and are "moving forward with their lives and with their relationship."

• • •

CBS News' war correspondent Lara Logan suffered a "brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating" while covering events in Egypt's Tahrir Square after President Hosni Mubarak left office, according to the network. CBS News said in a statement that Logan, 39, was in the mob in the square, as seen at left, when "she and her team and their security were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration. ... It was a mob of more than 200 people whipped into frenzy. In the crush of the mob, she was separated from her crew. She was surrounded and suffered a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating before being saved by a group of women and an estimated 20 Egyptian soldiers." Logan was  taken back to her hotel and put on the first flight back to the United States the next morning. She is recuperating in an undisclosed hospital. Eight days before the attack, Logan and her team had been detained by Egyptian police and Logan had reported, "We were accused of being more than journalists, very frightening suggestions were being made. Suggestions that really could be very dangerous for us." CNN's Anderson Cooper abruptly left Egypt after being attacked and punched in the head while covering the demonstrations in the square.

• • •

An experienced reporter for a CBS affiliate station who suddenly began slurring her words and speaking in gibberish on a live report from the Grammys saw a doctor afterward, but the cause of the problem is still a mystery. Serene Branson looked fine when she started to give her report, but after saying, "Well, a very, very heavy," she began to make nonsensical sounds before the station cut her off. "Serene Branson was examined by paramedics on scene immediately after her broadcast," CBS 2 reported. "Her vital signs were normal. She was not hospitalized. As a precautionary measure, a colleague gave her a ride home and she says that she is feeling fine this morning." The station later posted that Branson "wants us to know she followed up with a visit to the doctor for some medical tests. [She] thanks everyone for their concern and good wishes and hopes to be back on the air very soon."

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Liz Taylor is doing much better after checking into an L.A. hospital a week ago for symptoms associated with congestive heart failure. In a statement, her rep said, "Since being admitted, there has been steady improvement in her condition, and over the weekend she has had visits from family and close friends. Her medical team is gratified by her progress to date, and it is hoped and expected that this will continue over the next few days. For now, she will remain under their care in the hospital for continued monitoring." Taylor, 78, who had heart surgery in 2009 and suffers from congestive heart failure, a chronic condition, "is sleeping and resting a lot, which she really needs to recover her strength," the star's rep Sally Morrison told People.

-- Anne Neville