Melrose Place Returns!!

A new crop of tenants will be moving into Melrose Place!

The CW has given the go-ahead to film a pilot for an updated version of the '90s prime-time soap about a group of twentysomethings living in the trendy Melrose section of Los Angeles.

Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) will direct; writers are Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin, both of Smallville fame.

The original Melrose Place became an instant hit and launched the careers of several celebrities including Marcia Cross, Kelly Rutherford and Kristin Davis. It also starred Heather Locklear.
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Jeremy Piven Faces Legal Trouble After His Mercury Poisoning

Last month we reported that the producers of the Broadway play Speed-the-Plow filed a grievance against Jeremy with Actors' Equity for abruptly quitting due to a diagnosis of mercury poisoning after eating too much sushi.

Well, tomorrow a hearing is set to take place at Equity headquarters in Manhattan and Piven is expected to be there to defend himself.

Jeremy will appear before a committee of five actors and five producers and is expected to bring the results of a blood test showing his mercury levels, reports the New York Post.

He's also likely to detail how his illness prevented him from completing the show, which left the producers scrambling for replacements and caused a drop in ticket sales.

The producers are expected to allege that before Jeremy claimed to be ill, he was angling to leave the show. They also have a record of where Jeremy's driver took him after performances, sources tell the New York Post. It has been alleged that he was out partying in Manhattan clubs when he was said to have been deathly ill.

If the grievance committee rules against the actor, who has won several Emmys and Golden Globes for his work on Entourage, it can force him to settle financially with the producers. If he refuses to abide by the committee's decision, he can be expelled from the union — and the producers can sue him in civil court.

Shortly after Jeremy up and left the play, he told Diane Sawyer that the allegations that he was partying too hard weren't true. "The last thing I ever thought about doing was not completing this run," he said. "I've never not completed anything in my life. They pulled me out of this thing, and that's the truth."
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Twilight: Jacob (Taylor Lautner) Vs. Edward (Robert Pattinson)

After hiding out in his native London for more than a month, Twilight's breakout star, Robert Pattinson, returned to Hollywood to stake his claim to the hearts of crazed fans. "I'm happy to be back," he told Life & Style exclusively while downing a Stella Artois beer at LA's Palihouse hotel on Feb. 18.

But Rob's journey could be cut short because his character, vampire Edward Cullen, skips town in the flick's sequel, New Moon. The story then centers on his ladylove, Bella (Kristin Stewart), getting closer to werewolf Jacob Black.

Enter fresh-faced Taylor Lautner, who stars as Jacob, to steal the spotlight. "I wanted to get Twilight over with, let Edward have his time with Bella and get moving with New Moon," Taylor tells Life & Style. "It's about time Jacob got in there."

For more on Robert and Taylor's Twilight battle, pick up the latest issue of Life & Style, on newsstands now!
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Kate Walsh Talks Divorce With Redbook

Kate Walsh has had an amazing past few years.

A brief stint on ABC's Grey's Anatomy in 2005 led to her own spinoff show, Private Practice, making her a household name.But in a new interview with Redbook, the actress shares some of her not-so-happy times--most recently her whirlwind romance, marriage and divorce from Alex Young.

"I don't think anyone gets married thinking that they will get divorced," Walsh says. "We certainly did not. Alex and I still care for each other, and I wish him nothing but the best. The silver lining to this, however, is that I have a wonderful family and a great group of friends who really showed their support and encouragement and for that I am truly grateful."
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Katie Holmes Starts Shooting Her Next Film

Katie Holmes knows the way to her crew’s heart — food!

The cast and crew on the chilly NYC set of her currently shooting film "The Extra Man" have already fallen in love with the star after warmed them all up by buying chocolate chip cookies for everyone on Tuesday.

“It was only the second day of filming and Katie brought our entire crew chocolate chip cookies,” one on-set source tells OK!. “What an utter sweetheart. She said, ‘I know you guys work hard.’ It’s such a small gesture but it really goes a long way. She’s cordial, she’s friendly and everyone already loves her.”

Today, Mrs. Tom Cruise was shooting scenes, including one where her character was visibly upset and crying at a bus stop, in Midtown Manhattan with co-star Paul Dano.

"The Extra Man" is about “A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.”
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Harry Potter Vs. Iron Man

Could Harry Potter beat Iron Man in a fight? We'll soon find out.

The final Harry Potter has been confirmed to open Jul. 15, 2011 — the same opening date Marvel/Paramount has scheduled for The Avengers, according to E! News. The July date for all-star superhero flick — expected to include Iron Man and Captain America — was set back in October of last year.

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Dancing With The Stars' Mark Ballas And American Idol's Joanna Pacitti Are A Couple

It’s a match made in a reality TV heaven: Dancing with the Stars‘ Mark Ballas and former American Idol contestant Joanna Pacitti are a couple!

“She is the most supportive person in my life and she’s been great,” Ballas, 22, told PEOPLE Tuesday at the Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience world premiere in Hollywood. “We get to spend a lot of time together [and] we do pretty much everything together.”

Although the two have “been friends for a long time,” the Dancing pro says they only recently started dating eight months ago — when Ballas was training with season 6 champ Kristi Yamaguchi in North Carolina, where Pacitti was living at the time — and clicked because of their similarities.

“We both love music, we both love art, we both love dance,” explains Ballas, whose album BHB with best friend and fellow Dancing pro Derek Hough is coming out Mar. 10. “That’s what we’re all about so we are always there for each other.”“I think we have the perfect situation,” Pacitti, 24, told PEOPLE. “We both get each other and understand schedules and even on a musical level, I’ve never met someone that’s so passionate about music…that’s what I live for so it’s amazing to be with someone who gets it.”

Pacitti, who auditioned for this season’s American Idol and made the Top 36, was dropped from the show because producers had “determined [she] is ineligible to continue in the competition,” FOX said in a statement. The Idol hopeful had previous record deals and reportedly knew executives at 19 Entertainment, one of the companies involved with the show.

Still, Pacitti has no hard feelings about leaving Idol. “I actually had an amazing time on the show and I met some amazing friends…Everything happens for a reason and it’s opened up a lot of opportunities.”

Adds Ballas, “I think she is amazingly talented and has the most beautiful voice. I tell her, ‘Keep your head up, keep going strong, never give up’ and I’m just here to hold her hand.”
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Photos Of Octomom's Six Children (Before The Birth Of The Octuplets)

Suleman's six older kids (clockwise: Amerah, Joshua, Elijah, Caleb now 2, Aidan now 3, and Calyssa now 2) came together for this family photo before their eight siblings were born.

"They may or may not have wanted that many siblings," Suleman tells Us about her multiple pregnancies, "but I was fixated on wanting so many that I just kept going."

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John Mayer: I Went to the Oscars With Jen Aniston for "Moral Support"

John Mayer admits he was "very, very nervous" to attend the Academy Awards with girlfriend Jennifer Aniston on Sunday.

"It's not my world, the Oscar thing," he said on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Wednesday while promoting his cruise line, the Mayercraft Carrier 2.

"You can go from a Grammy winner to a water boy when you walk in the Kodak Theatre on Oscar night," he added. "That's just like a whole different level."

He said he went as "moral support" for Aniston, who presented an award in front of ex Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Although he went there to support Aniston, Mayer said his role soon turned into: "'Will you please introduce me to so-and-so?'"

Added the singer, "It was really, really fun."

"As men, we're incredibly sensitive about the decisions that we make with the women that we're with," he went on.

"I'm the kind of person who's like: If I'm going out with a friend who's bringing a woman and that friend brings another friend and I have to sit on one side of the table with that other person I don't know, I have a terrible time because I always feel like people look by and go, 'Oh, look who he's with!'"

"The whole thing is very odd to me," he added. "I maybe need to grow up or something."

"So the idea of walking down a red carpet is such ... you know that forever, I basically stepped into the picture frame of Hollywood," Mayer continued. "For one night, I put on the most amazing suit and entered into the picture frame."

"You have to really be with someone that you know who has your back in that situation, and she did, and it was really great," said Mayer.

Asked why he and Aniston decided to make the Oscars their first major public event together, he said, "At some point, you feel comfortable and say this is the choice I want to make."

"I think a year is a pretty good period of time with which to say, 'Let's go have a really good time at the Oscars!'"

Before hanging up, Mayer told Seacrest he worried his fans would "misconstrue" his words about Aniston.
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Jewel Sidelined From Dancing With the Stars

Jewel may not be doing the jig after all.

The singer, 34, blogs that she has tendonitis in her knees, and she may be forced to scrap her gig on the new season of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, debuting March 9.

"I guess I really over did it on the rehearsal front!" she writes. "My knees have been hurting so badly that I finally broke down and talked to [husband Ty Murray's] knee doctor yesterday. He said I have tendonitis in my knees and that I have to start a course of medicine to try and bring the swelling down. Yuck! It's mainly my left knee, and I can't believe I hurt it so badly."

She says her husband had warned her about overdoing it.

Adds the singer, "Now he got a big ol' 'I told you so' in!'"

She says she can't dance for the next couple days.

"It was just so fun to dance 8 hours a day," she says, adding that she only had three weeks to cram for her first dance, the cha cha, and "learn the fundamentals of about 6 other dances."

"Now I'm just worried I won't even be able to dance!" she says.

Joking, Jewel adds, "Hopefully these steroids will really do the trick and I can keep bad flare ups at a bay in the future."
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Holly Madison and Magician Criss Angel Call It Quits!

Girls Next Door star Holly Madison and magician Criss Angel have called it quits.

Earlier this month, a source told Us their relationship -- which began after she split with Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner last October -- was on the rocks.

"All she's doing is following Criss Angel around to all of his magic shows, with no legitimate job to speak of," said an insider. "She's still heartbroken and regretful about how things went down with Hef.

"Then she ran into the arms of Criss Angel. But then it's like, 'This is not everything I thought it would be.'"

Madison, 29, and Angel, 41, began dating late last year after she split with Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner last October.

The two seemed to be in high spirits around the holidays, celebrating their joint birthdays at Las Vegas' LAX Nightclub on Dec. 19.

"I made Criss a paper ring, but he won't wear it," she said. "When he starts wearing his paper ring, I will be the one to propose."

Added Angel, "You know, what Holly and I have is really something that money can’t buy. She is enough for me."

They also met each other's parents around the holidays.

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