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NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Why is Newt Gingrich taking a jab at Fox News? At a town hall event in South Carolina on Tuesday, the new GOP frontrunner mocked the network's analysts, suggesting that they don't know anything. When asked a question about the HIV/AIDS vaccine, Gingrich said that he couldn't answer the question …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Apparently Barbara Walters missed the memo on boycotting all things Kardashian. Despite fallout over Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage, Walters is including her and her kin on her "10 Most Fascinating People of 2011" special. The 90-minute program, airing on ABC on December 14, will also include …

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Joel Osteen, who leads the largest U.S. church congregation, said he has signed an agreement to develop a reality television show. "What I'm excited about is that it's another way to take our message of hope and inspiring people to another venue," Osteen told a news conference. The series, which is still …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Can't spare a few million for one of Elizabeth Taylor's world renowned rocks at the December auction of her jewelry? You aren't alone. Less well-heeled fans of the late screen star are consoling themselves by snapping up lavish, limited edition sets of catalogs for Christie's upcoming auction of Taylor's …

LONDON (Reuters) - "Top Gear" television show presenter Jeremy Clarkson on Thursday apologized for saying Britain's striking public sector workers should be "shot in front of their families." Clarkson, whose mocking personality helped make the "Top Gear" car show a popular broadcast around the world, caused a furor with …

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Keith Olbermann says he will stop replying to messages on Twitter after fans criticized him for blocking followers he believed had insulted "Countdown" guest Richard Lewis. "Ok, my thanks to everybody, but life is brief. TFN I won't be replying to tweets. #ShowPlugs, photos, Baseball Nerd updates …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Never mind Dr. Feelgood -- Tommy Lee might want to put in a call to his attorney right about now. The former assistant for the Motley Crue skins-pounder filed a lawsuit against Lee and Lee's company, Mayhem Touring, in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday, claiming that he was worked virtually …

TOKYO, Dec 1 - Tom Cruise kicked off the rollout of the fourth installment of his "Mission Impossible" franchise with a limited fan screening in Japan on Thursday ahead of its official world premiere next week. Cruise, 49, returns as super-agent Ethan Hunt saving the world yet again in "Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol," …

BERLIN (Reuters) - Christa Wolf, one of Germany's most celebrated writers for her depictions of life in the former communist East, but who was later damaged by revelations she collaborated with its secret police, has died in Berlin aged 82, her publisher Suhrkamp said on Thursday. Wolf, a committed Marxist in her early …

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian tycoon Vladimir Kekhman made a fortune selling bananas. Now he has a new mission in life: ballet. Using the kind of business savvy honed from a decade at the helm of the country's largest fruit company he has staged a quiet coup d'etat in Russia's tightly knit dance world this year, luring star …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Was Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries a big sham? Opinions are divided on this raging topic of national debate, but Humphries himself appears to think so. TMZ reports that, although Kardashian has already filed for divorce from Humphries, the basketball jock has filed …

(Reuters) - Billy Graham, one of America's best-known evangelists, is in a North Carolina hospital with possible pneumonia, and is listed in stable condition, officials with the facility said on Wednesday. Mission Hospital said in a statement that the 93-year-old Graham was smiling and alert as he waved to staff when he …

LONDON (Reuters) - A printed chiffon dress worn by the late singer Amy Winehouse for the cover of her chart-topping album "Back to Black" has sold for 43,200 pounds ($68,000) at auction. The hammer price, minus buyer's premium, was 36,000 pounds, still well above pre-sale estimates of 10-20,000 pounds, said a spokeswoman …

TAMPA, Fla (Reuters) - Florida officials said a missing person's report had been filed for the 5-year-old son of country star Mindy McCready and that she has been ordered to return the boy, but the singer said her son was safe with her. McCready's mother, who lives in Cape Coral, Florida, has custody of the boy, Zander, …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After "The Social Network"s' endless scenes of depositions, Jesse Eisenberg should have a pretty firm grounding in the legal system. That might come in handy. Last week, the Oscar nominee hit Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment with a $3 million lawsuit, charging the companies with falsely …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Jersey Shore" star Vinny Guadagnino has apologized for a song published earlier today that sparked outrage with its lyrics about rape. "I'd like to apologize for the rap," Guadagnino wrote in a post on his blog, after many criticized his ill-conceived new song "Rack City Mix," which he uploaded …

PARIS (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid was "consensual but stupid" and cost him his chance to be the next French president, according to a biography to be published on Thursday. The book, written by Michel Taubmann who says Strauss-Kahn confided in …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sheldon Cooper has a new friend: a giant, imaginary rabbit. Bazinga! Actually, it's Cooper's alter ego, Emmy-winning "Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons, who'll be cavorting with the faux friend, as the star of a 2012 revival of "Harvey." Mary Chase won a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1945 for "Harvey," …

(Reuters) - Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant with her second child, Us magazine said on Wednesday. Kardashian, 32, of the popular cable show "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," told Us she is about nine weeks along. "You're supposed to wait 12 weeks to tell people, but I feel confident," Kardashian told the …

LONDON (Reuters) - British singer George Michael's health is improving, doctors treating him in Vienna for pneumonia said in a statement Wednesday. The 48-year-old former Wham! frontman was hospitalized in the Austrian capital and diagnosed with severe pneumonia, forcing him to cancel the remainder of his European tour. …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, on Tuesday was sentenced to four years in jail without probation for involuntary manslaughter in the pop star's death. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor gave Murray the maximum sentence and said the physician engaged in "money …

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Grammy winning country singer Kenny Rogers says he feels like he gets to celebrate Christmas for more than a month, as opposed to just a day or two for most everyone else. This year superstar Rogers launched his 30th annual Christmas & Hits Tour, which began on November 25 and runs through December …

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" was totally on fire Tuesday night. Sort of. Anchor Brian Williams' focus was put to the test on Tuesday's newscast when a fire alarm went off as he introduced a story about American Airlines' bankruptcy filing. But rather than run around the newsroom flapping …