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• Today's News: Our Take - Gossip Girl Star's Mom Is Writing a Memoir

  TV Guide - Sat Sep 6, 5:17 AM PDT

  Connie Meester, mother of Gossip Girl 's Leighton, is writing a memoir, according to E! The book will reportedly include details of Leighton's birth while Connie was doing time for drug-related crimes, as first reported by Star magazine on Tuesday. Connie initially wrote her life story as a screenplay, but will now convert it into a book, according to her manager, Loch Powell, with chapters describing her role in a family marijuana-trafficking ring that was busted by the Feds in 1985. more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Networks, Celebs Unite for Historic Live Cancer Telethon

  TV Guide - Sat Sep 6, 5:17 AM PDT

  Cancer survivors Christina Applegate , Lance Armstrong and Patrick Swayze were among 60 celebrities who made history Friday night when ABC, CBS and NBC united for a simultaneous, commercial-free hour devoted to a live telethon to help fight the disease. The Stand Up to Cancer fundraiser was led by some of the biggest names in music, sports, TV and film, while network news anchors Katie Couric , Charles Gibson and Brian Williams emceed the program. Brad Garrett underwent a prostate exam more »

• Jermaine Dupri party helps kick of MTV VMA bashes

  Associated Press - Sat Sep 6, 8:10 AM PDT
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Don't let the celebrities at a Jermaine Dupri party distract you from partying, or you might get an admonishment from the host himself. "At Jermaine Dupri parties, (people) don't stand around taking pictures," he said, in more colorful language, as some at his MTV Video Music Awards kickoff party focused their cameras on stars in the crowd Friday night. "It's star-studded all around this (place)." The superproducer and sometime rapper threw the party, more »

• Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV

  Associated Press - Sat Sep 6, 4:12 AM PDT
  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night with a live telethon that aired simultaneously on NBC, ABC and CBS. Jack Black , Jennifer Aniston , Halle Berry and Keanu Reeves -- along with presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama -- were among the stars participating in "Stand Up to Cancer," an hourlong, commercial-free fundraising show spearheaded by entertainment-industry more »

• Roush Dispatch - Welcome Back, HBO!

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Feels like old times, having a Sunday HBO lineup to get excited about again. But excited I am, having seen the first five episodes of the wildly entertaining new vampire mystery/romance/comedy/thriller hybrid True Blood, and the first four episodes of Entourages much-improved fifth season. I posted my initial thoughts on True Blood in a Dispatch filed shortly after HBOs presentation during TCA press tour this summer, at which time I had screened the first two episodes. Since then, Ive more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Stars Join Cancer Fight

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  More than 60 celebrities headlined Friday night's Stand Up to Cancer TV special, a multi-network fundraiser benefiting cancer research. Jessica Alba, Halle Berry , Jack Black , Sheryl Crow , Ellen DeGeneres , Jennifer Garner , Salma Hayek , Meryl Streep , Charlize Theron , Sharon Osbourne , Scarlett Johansson and Lance Armstrong are just some of the names who were to be present for the evening of "edutainment," Laura Ziskin , executive producer and cancer survivor, told The Associated more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Greg Berlanti Makes a Return to ABC

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Greg Berlanti has three shows on the air, but he's already planning a television Return. The brains behind Brothers & Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone is adding a fourth show to his extensive resume with The Return, a sci-fi project in development with ABC, according to Variety. Berlanti is collaborating with sci-fi connoisseur Rene Echevarria ( Star Trek , The 4400) on the series, which will examine the impact of an alien landing on the world. The Return more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Arrested Development Creator, Jason Biggs Collaborating on Sitcom

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Arrested Development mastermind Mitch Hurwitz will tackle more family dynamics in a new CBS comedy, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The as-yet-untitled sitcom focuses on a family that "loves too much" " namely the parents who insist on butting in on their adult children's lives. Jason Biggs is in negotiations to join the project, which has received a pilot commitment and another six-episode order from CBS. Hurwitz will pen the script with Arrested cohort James Vallely. The more »

• Today's News: Our Take - Adriana Lima's Getting Ugly for TV

  TV Guide - Fri Sep 5, 5:17 PM PDT

  Ugly Betty will be touched by an angel " a Victoria's Secret Angel , that is. Supermodel Adriana Lima has snagged a guest spot on an upcoming episode of Ugly Betty , People reports. The 27-year-old beauty will play herself, but will get to show off her acting chops. In the episode, Lima models for Mode's "sizzling hot issue" and gives Betty (America Ferrera) the scoop on the secret to her sexiness " consuming the fictional exotic fruit "tico berry." Lima films her more »