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• Ashlee and Pete Rehearse at Jessica's House

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 3:22 PM PDT
  Wedding weekend got even more officially underway tonight. A day after Ashlee Simpson celebrated her bachelorettehood with family—including her future mother-in-law—and gal-pals, Jessica Simpson hosted a private rehearsal dinner for her little sister and Pete Wentz at her Beverly Hills home. Red-vested valet attendants greeted the friends and family who were invited to the intimate affair, held in the elder Simpson sib's backyard. Guests were also spotted mingling on the more »

• TV Lookout: highlights (and lowlights) for May 18-24

  Associated Press - Fri May 16, 9:00 PM PDT
  For an illness shared by so many, clinical depression should be better understood and more openly addressed. Even so, a social stigma and shame is still linked to this disorder on the part of its sufferers, who include some 15 million American adults, the vast majority of whom seek no medical attention. "Depression: Out of the Shadows" is a documentary that profiles a variety of people benefiting from treatment. Among them: novelist Andrew Solomon, whose mother's death triggered more »

• New shows in the works from "Idol" creator Fuller

  Reuters - Fri May 16, 6:32 PM PDT
  Could it be? The man behind the show seen in millions of TV homes each week is, himself, camera shy? " American Idol " creator Simon Fuller admits that it's true. But from his position securely offstage, Fuller can revel in the success of "Idol" as it reaches the May 21 climax of its seventh season. "Idol" continues to drive the Fox network to the top of the ratings. The show, for example, drew 27.8 million viewers the night of the Super Tuesday presidential primaries more »

• Pauly and Wes Put a Horror Spin on the Hills

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 10:11 AM PDT
  Welcome to the justice system's new nightmare. Pauly Shore has filed a motion in L.A. Superior Court opposing horror meister Wes Craven 's request to have the Jury Duty star's lawsuit over damage to his Hollywood Hills property dismissed. Craven sued Shore last summer, claiming the funnyish-man failed to take neighborly precautions while renovating his backyard in 2006 and that runoff from Shore's new pool and spa contributed to slope failure in his yard. Shore more »

• TV Tidbits: Notes of Interest

  Media Week - Fri May 16, 4:59 PM PDT
  Fox's veteran 24 , which never aired this season because of the writers strike, will whet the appetite of its hungry fans with a two-hour prequel on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. ET. Set a few months before day seven (and season seven) begins, Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer will battle an international crisis. It's never a dull moment for this guy! -Congratulations, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn!: Today 's PI would not be compete with a “thumbs up” to journalist extraordinaire more »

• Prime-Time Metered Market Thursday Ratings: CBS Wins; ABC Poised for Victory Among Adults 18-49

  Media Week - Fri May 16, 4:59 PM PDT
  -Yesterday's Winners: CSI (CBS), Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Without a Trace (CBS) -Yesterday's Losers (Excluding Repeats): My Name is Earl (NBC) ---------- -Ratings Breakdown: It was a night of many season-finales, with CBS' CSI and Without a Trace; NBC's My Name is Earl , The Office and ER ; Fox's Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and Don't Forget the Lyrics; and the CW's Smallville and Supernatural all closing their seasons. With that in mind, more »

• Coming Up in Fall 2008: 16 New Series; More Drama than Comedy

  Media Week - Fri May 16, 4:59 PM PDT
  Now that the network upfront presentations are over, here are the new show tallies for fall 2008: Number of New Shows Overall: 16 (versus 29 in fall 2007) Breakdown: Dramas: 10 (versus 16 in fall 2007) Sitcoms: 4 (versus 6 in fall 2007) Non-Scripted: 2 (versus 7 in fall 2007) By Night: Monday: 2 Tuesday: 6 Wednesday: 4 Thursday: 2 Friday: 2 Saturday: 0 Sunday: 0 Wednesday had the most number of new shows last fall, with 9. Next was Monday at 6, followed by Tuesday more »

• Simpson Wedding Watch, Ashlee Edition

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 9:14 AM PDT
  The clock is ticking, the event-planners are bustling and maybe, just maybe, a fetus is growing. After saying their respective farewells to the single life on Thursday night—which, aw, ended with the duo recoupling at the Roosevelt Hotel—Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are primed to swap vows sometime Saturday. Sources once placed the nuptials at a friend's house in the tony beachside town of La Jolla, Calif., but now all signs are pointing to a Valleyfied affair at parents more »

• Idol Oddsmakers Dish On the Davids

  E! Online - Fri May 16, 8:14 AM PDT
  If you've got some Benjamins riding on a David, be warned: Only one of them is Cooking. At least according to the bookies. The online oddsmakers at BetCRIS.com have unveiled the favorite to take the American Idol crown...let's just say Papa Archuleta may have to be restrained. Former bartender and Missouri's favorite rocking son David Cook is the odds-on pick to succeed Jordin Sparks during next week's finale, given a 74 percent chance of winning the whole shebang, more »