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Mark Mainz/Getty Images for TV Guide, CBSOnce-aspiring model Jael Strauss, who appeared as a contestant on "America's Next Top Model," is battling an ugly drug addiction to methamphetamine. In an effort to save her, the ex-model's family reached out to Dr. Phil.

The family and the former cast member appear on Thursday's show, where her shocking transformation as a "full-blown meth addict," as Dr. Phil puts it, is revealed. The former model looks prematurely aged, her skin pockmarked.

Once a band promoter in Hollywood, Strauss appeared on Cycle 8 of the show back in 2007. The 22-year-old made it to the finals and was eliminated after her Cover Girl commercial failed to impress the judges.

Watch a Yahoo! TV interview with Jael right after her elimination from "ANTM" in 2007:

The season took place in Australia, and Strauss made her mark as the model who was pushed into a pool by 50 Cent after apparently annoying him at a party, then gossiping with Nicole Richie, who told her another contestant hated her.

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Savannah Guthrie interviews Kris Jenner on the "Today" showNBC stuck with its national programming instead of observing the moment of silence at the time of the 9/11 attacks that are normally observed on this date.

While national viewers of "Good Morning America" and "CBS This Morning" aired the somber remembrance, "Today" aired Savannah Guthrie's interview with "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" mom Kris Jenner on her breast implants.

New York City's local affiliate WNBC did cut in with local programming covering the moment of silence, coordinated with New York and D.C. starting at 8:46 a.m. ET, but the national programming stayed with Jenner.

9/11 Moment of Silence observed:

In the video, Guthrie announces that it's 8:45, one minute before the moment of silence begins, then launches into the interview. As the Kardashian mom told Guthrie of her decision to film her breast implant operation, Jenner and Guthrie seem unaware of the sober event happening at that moment. Jenner jokes about changing her breast implants, saying, "The reason

Gabrielle Douglas, the Olympic gold-medal gymnast, says she was the target of racist bullying at the gym where she first trained. She revealed the claims to Oprah Winfrey on her OWN show, "Oprah's Next Chapter." The Virginia gym, Excalibur Gymnastics, has fired back, denying the allegations.

Gabrielle -- who says she prefers to be called by her full name, even though her fans call her Gabby -- eventually moved to Iowa to train with Shawn Johnson's Olympic coach. The Olympian told Winfrey in the interview that the girls at the Virginia gym called her a "slave."

Gabrielle recalled, "One of my teammates was like, 'Can you scrape the bar?' And they were like, 'Why doesn't Gabby do it, she's our slave?'" She added, "I definitely felt isolated, I felt 'Why am I deserving this? Is it because I'm black?'"

The 16-year-old said she finally left the gym when she was 14: "I was scared at my old gym to show my potential… I was just holding back."

Responding on the site Gymnewstics.com,

Shelley Long, then and now (Paramount Television/Everett Collection, Ryan Miller/Getty Images)Raise a glass to toast Shelley Long on her 63rd birthday. The actress will always be known for playing prissy and pretentious waitress Diane Chambers, who had an on-and-off romance with the bartender Sam (Ted Danson) on the hit sitcom "Cheers."

The actress went on to star as Carol Brady in the "Brady Bunch" movies and on TV shows like "8 Simple Rules" and "Boston Legal," and she has a recurring role as Jay's ex-wife DeDe in the ABC hit "Modern Family."

Long may be as well known for leaving "Cheers" as being on it. At the height of the '80s sitcom's popularity, Long said "ciao" to "Cheers."

So what led Long to leave? After an Emmy and two Golden Globes for the role, the actress made a controversial decision back in 1987 to depart the show when her contract ended to pursue a film career and spend more time with her daughter. She went on to star in "Outrageous Fortune," "Hello Again," and "Troop Beverly Hills," which never measured up to the same level of success as her TV

Who needs a therapist when there's Oprah Winfrey? The "Frasier" star has a frank discussion with the talk show host on her show "Oprah's Next Chapter," about his divorce. In this exclusive clip, the TV star appears with his new wife, Kayte Walsh, and opens up about his former spouse, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Camille Grammer, whose name he won't even say on camera.

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The 57-year-old married Camille in 1997, and they have two children together. The couple's marriage came apart in 2010 as cameras rolled on Camille's reality show in L.A. -- while Kelsey was in New York City performing on Broadway. In 2011, Grammer married Walsh, a flight attendant 25 years his junior.

Grammer tells Winfrey how it went down, as she sums up his past relationship: "You already knew your marriage was over. It had already gone on too long, according to you, because it was over when it started. It was a facade. But you lacked the courage to come home and say

No joke: Last week, comedian Rosie O' Donnell had a serious health scare. Writing on her website August 20, the talk-show host recounted how she had a heart attack the week before, admitting that her kind of heart attack is called "the widow maker" and that she is "lucky to be here."

The star said she started experiencing symptoms on August 14 after helping "an enormous woman" who was struggling to get out of her car. After assisting her, the 50-year-old recalls (in verse), "I had an ache in my chest/both my arms were sore/everything felt bruised/muscular - i thought."

But the pain persisted.

Then, she wrote, "I became nauseous/my skin was clammy/I was very very hot/I threw up/maybe this is a heart attack/I googled womens heart attack symptoms/I had many of them/but really? - I thought - naaaa."

Remembering an ad on TV, the actress popped a Bayer aspirin, and writes, "saved by a tv commercial, literally."

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A slimmed-down Kate struts her stuff on 'Glee' (Fox)"Almost Famous" star Kate Hudson has put on her dancing shoes for Season 4 of "Glee." Hudson, whose photo on set was tweeted by "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy yesterday, will show her legs and her mean side for six episodes of the series.

The actress will play Cassandra July, a witchy dance instructor at Rachel's new school, NYADA.

Lea Michele is definitely a fan. She told ET Canada, "I'm so obsessed with her. She's one of the greatest comedic actresses right now and I just think she's so great."

The Twitterverse picked up on the pic as well, loving the news that the big-screen star is moving to the small screen. Posted @BridgetCSays, "She looks like @britneyspears!!!"

But the actress also has some movies in the works: She wrapped "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" with Kiefer Sutherland, due out in 2013. And she's filming "Me and My Shadow" with "SNL's" Bill Hader and has signed on for the thriller "Everly."

A very pregnant Kate in May 2011 (WireImage)Meanwhile, the mother of two has been enjoying some family time in

Ron Palillo, the class clown from "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died. The actor best known as Arnold Horshack from the 1970s sitcom was 63. TMZ reports the cause of death was a heart attack.

According to TMZ, the actor was having difficulty early in the morning. His longtime partner, Joseph Gramm, a retired actor, called 911. The star was rushed to Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center by ambulance where he was pronounced dead.

Palillo was best known for his role as a "Sweathog" at the remedial high school in the comedy. The University of Connecticut grad spent the last three years of his life teaching acting at the charter school G-Star Academy.

The site Gossip Extra notes that Palillo moved to the gated community of Mirasol when he started teaching at the West Palm Beach charter school for students interested in TV and movies. The site adds that the star fell in love with the area after he performed in a play.

Palillo struck up a