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TODAY'S DIRT:

Candice Glover became the 12th American Idol, and first female Idol in six seasons! After nearly two hours of special guests, and performances by judges past and present, Ryan Seacrest revealed that Candice beat Kree Harrison. Her album is already available to preorder on iTunes, featuring her brand-new single, "I Am Beautiful."

Shakira and Usher will not return to The Voice this fall, but according to EW.com, they will be back next spring. The fall edition will feature the original lineup of mentors Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and CeeLo Green, but in the spring, it will switch back to the current lineup, with Usher and Shakira once again replacing Aguilera and Green.

America’s Got Talent host Nick Cannon has reportedly bought the rights to the classic show, Soul Train.  Mariah Carey’s husband may bring back the show, which was the longest running syndicated weekly show at one time. Word is that Cannon is revamping the show for a return to TV, and he might be the new host as well.

Radaronline says Kim Kardashian is furious because baby daddy Kanye West has already planned to go on an international tour not long after she gives birth next month. Word is, Kanye’s new album will drop June 18th and he’s planning a fall tour to promote it, which means the baby will only be a few weeks old when he hits the road. She’s also not happy about new rumors suggesting Kanye might be gay. Meanwhile, Kanye played a surprise show in New York Wednesday, and went off on a foul rant against paparazzi.

Diddy tricked his Twitter fans Wednesday when he said he was joining the cast of Downton Abbey. But it was just part of a spoof for FunnyorDie.com, in which Diddy inserted himself in the popular period drama. This came just weeks after PBS announced it would be adding its first black character to the series.

Dancer-choreographer Wade Robson called Michael Jackson "a pedophile and a child sexual abuser" on Thursday's Today show. Robson, who's seeking money from Jackson's estate for alleged child sex abuse, said he didn't come forward sooner because Jackson had intimidated and brainwashed him to lie about their relationship. Meanwhile, Michael's nephew, Taj Jackson just revealed he was molested by a family member on his mom's side when he was a kid, and says Michael personally consoled him after the incident. Tito’s son says he's in a unique position to judge Robson's sexual abuse allegations because he knows what it's like to have gone through such a traumatic experience.

A bakery in Scottsdale, Arizona has started a war with the public after their negative portrayal on Kitchen Nightmares. In the episode that aired last Friday, chef Gordon Ramsay actually walked off the program for the first time in history because the owners of Amy’s Baking Company stole tips from their staff, cursed at and berated customers, and served sub-par food. After the show aired, their ratings on websites like Yelp took a dive and they answered back in a series of nasty online rants, although they claimed their accounts were hacked.

Vivid Entertainment has put the bikini that Farrah Abraham wore for the cover shoot of her porn video on eBay with a minimum bid of $500. As of this Thursday, there was one taker. Bidding ends just before midnight on Wednesday.

In a recent Allure article Zoe Saldana swore off dating other actors, but it didn’t take her long to find a new man outside the acting world. According to the New York Post, the Star Trek star was spotted in LA Tuesday getting close to Italian artist Marco Perego.

According to reports, Demi Moore and ex Ashton Kutcher still haven’t settled their divorce because she wants him to pay her a lot of money. Demi, who is worth more than Ashton, has not only demanded spousal support, but she wants him to help pay for the renovation on her New York City apartment. She also feels she’s entitled to money from an online business Ashton got involved in AFTER they split up.

Gwyneth Paltrow launched an exclusive Groupon.com offering to 60 fans willing to shell out $2,000 for a private meeting with her, and it sold out in less than 24 hours. The package includes tickets to Paltrow’s VIP event, including roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations, spa treatments and dinner at a fancy French restaurant.

Birthdays:
• Twilight’s Rosalie, Nikki Reed: 25
• Full House star and America's Funniest Home Videos host Bob Saget is the narrator on How I Met Your Mother: 57
• boxing legend "Sugar" Ray Leonard was a contestant Season 12 of Dancing With the Stars: 57
• Dancing With the Stars pro Derek Hough: 28
• New Kids on the Block singer Jordan Knight: 43
• late night talk show host Craig Ferguson got his start as Nigel Wick on The Drew Carey Show: 51
• 90s new age singer Enya (Brennan): 52
• Apollo 13, Titanic and Twister star Bill Paxton: 58
• and CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz: 54

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THURSDAY'S DIRT:

After revealing that she had a double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie says she's also planning to have her ovaries removed. The same faulty gene that put her at risk for breast cancer also gives her a roughly 50 percent chance of developing ovarian cancer. According to People magazine, she's had no complications since the surgery in February or her reconstructive procedure last month.

Lindsay Lohan is refusing to be the subject of Comedy Central's next Celebrity Roast. Celebrity roastmaster Jeff Ross tells TMZ that Linds turned down his offer, but he has plenty of other candidates.

Us Weekly says that Nicki Minaj is officially off of American Idol after tonight. An insider tells the magazine that she'll be focusing on her next album, touring and endorsements. Keith Urban is the only definite return for next season.

Shakira confirmed that she will not be returning to The Voice next season. She says she had a great time, but she’s also a mother now, adding “my poor baby’s so tired flying such long distances.”

L.A. County Sheriff's deputies pulled over Diddy's $500,000 Maybach vehicle after someone called 911 and said someone in the car had a gun. TMZ says Diddy was dropped off outside at a West Hollywood private club, just before at least nine squad cars pulled over Diddy's bodyguard and another person. But no guns were found.

First Kanye West walked into a pole while being followed by paparazzi, and now his car has been damaged pulling into Kim Kardashian’s home. According to TMZ, a driver was dropping off the rapper’s $750,000 Lamborghini when the gates to Kim’s house began closing, smashing into the sides of the vehicle. The car had just come from being serviced.

Police in Rhode Island arrested a 22-year-old man for swimming up to the beach near Taylor Swift’s beachside home. According to cops, the obsessed Taylor fan from Chicago was taken into custody for trespassing after he was spotted coming out of the water about one mile from the singer’s home. He admitted he had just swam to meet Taylor, but after spotting security got back in the water and swam back to his original location.

Jaden Smith has no plans to be emancipated from his parents. The youngster set the record straight on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday, and dad Will Smith, said he was joking when he said he was going to emancipate his son for his 15th birthday.

Sounds like another Bachelor romance is over. Star magazine claims Sean Lowe’s fiancée Catherine Giudici is already interested in another guy. While he was on Dancing with the Stars, she reportedly began hanging out with one of the show’s troupe members, Julz Tocker.

CBS says the upcoming 27th season of Survivor will feature “the return of great characters and their relatives.” The “Blood vs. Water” twist was revealed by Jeff Probst during Sunday’s live Survivor reunion show.

Wayne Brady is in a war of words with Real Time host Bill Maher. Brady was compared to Barack Obama in some of Maher's jokes, and he’s mad about the jokes about he and the president not being black enough. No response from Maher.

O.J. Simpson testified that his old attorney didn't adequately represent him during the 2008 trial and says he should be granted a new trial for his Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery convictions. The football legend is serving a 33-year prison sentence and is eligible for parole in 2017.

An oil painting titled "Bea Arthur Naked," by John Currin, sold at auction Wednesday night for a staggering $1.9 million.

Beyonce has penned a hand-written letter apologizing to fans for cancelling her Tuesday show in Antwerp, Belgium. She cancelled her concert due to exhaustion and dehydration, sparking more rumors that she may be pregnant.

Jennifer Lopez is reportedly ready to shell out $10 million on a summer home in the Hamptons that sits on 8,650 square feet of land. The home has eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a pool, pool house, sauna, steam room and private theater.

Billy Crystal is resurrecting his 2004 autobiographical one-man play 700 Sundays for a nine-week Broadway run. Previews begin November 5th at New York’s Imperial Theater, with the official opening set for November 13th.

One new movie this weekend: The new Star Trek movie, INTO DARKNESS, opens at midnight at theatres across the country tonight.

Birthdays:
• Cleveland’s Debra Winger starred in Urban Cowboy, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Terms of Endearment: 58
• Tori Spelling: 40
• Transformers babe Megan Fox: 27
• Bones star David Boreanaz got his start of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and its spinoff, Angel: 44
• James Bond and Remington Steele star Pierce Brosnan: 60
• Tracey Gold was Carol Seaver on Growing Pains: 44
• the host of Man Vs. Food, Adam Richman: 39
• Apprentice winner Bill Rancic is married to Guiliana Rancic from E News: 42
• and Janet Jackson: 47

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WEDNESDAY'S DIRT:

Brad Pitt is calling Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy, "absolutely heroic." Jolie had a preventive double mastectomy after doctors told her she had an 87 percent chance of developing breast cancer and a 50 percent chance of ovarian cancer. Brad added, "All I want is for her to have a long and healthy life, with myself and our children. This is a happy day for our family," and Brad’s mom praised her as well. Jolie's father, Jon Voight, told the New York Daily News he learned about his daughter's mastectomy by reading the New York Times. He said, "I was as surprised as anyone and deeply moved by the way she’s handled this."

In a new interview with New York Magazine, Michael Douglas reveals it took doctors nine months to diagnose his throat cancer. Douglas says he felt cancer was payback for his successful career. “That’s life,” he said. “Things had been going good for me for a long time. I was ready for some karmic retribution.”

Us Magazine confirms that Christina Aguilera will be returning to The Voice next season, while new additions, Shakira and Usher, will both likely take time off from the show. A source says Shakira wants to take a season off to take care of her baby, and Usher is doing a movie. Cee Lo Green is also reportedly in talks to return. Word is, Christina is getting $12 million to come back.

Keith Urban told Ellen DeGeneres that he will be staying on American Idol, taking Randy Jackson's chair next season.

Candice Glover and Kree Harrison go head-to-head on tonight’s American Idol. The last two singers standing will perform three songs each: producer Simon Fuller’s Choice, a reprisal performance and their coronation single. Carly Rae Jepsen drops by to perform “Take a Picture,” which was a collaboration between Jepsen and Idol fans. Thursday’s live results show in Los Angeles has a lineup of performers that includes alum Adam Lambert, ex-judge Jennifer Lopez, The Band Perry, Frankie Valli and Korean pop star Psy. Judges Keith Urban and Mariah Carey are pre-taping performances. 
THE REPORTED PERFORMANCE SONG LIST FOR TONIGHT:
Reprise:
•Candice - “I (Who Have Nothing)” by Ben E. King
•Kree - “Up To The Mountain (M.K.K. Song)” by Patty Griffin
Simon Fuller’s Pick:
•Candice Glover - “Chasing Pavements” by Adele
•Kree Harrison - “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan
Coronation Single:
•Candice Glover - “I Am Beautiful”
•Kree Harrison - “All Cried Out”

General Hospital’s Ingo Rademacher was the latest to be eliminated from Dancing With The Stars. The top waltz into next week's final performance show on Monday. Meanwhile, ABC will cut Dancing to only one night next season, with no results show. The network didn’t go into detail on how exactly that’s going to work.

A new report claims Brooke Mueller’s drug addiction is so bad, she was treated twice for crystal meth addiction while she was pregnant with twins Bob and Max. Brooke is currently enrolled at the Betty Ford Center for what is said to be her twentieth attempt at getting clean.

For his 15th birthday, Will Smith’s son Jaden reportedly wants to be emancipated from Will and Jada. Apparently, he really wants to have his own place. Will says he understands his son's desire to be on his own, because he grew up with a strict father. But Will’s publicist told Gossip Cop the story “isn’t real.”

Kanye West has some problems with the paparazzi, and so does his baby mama. TMZ claims Kim Kardashian is telling friends she’s had it with photographers who have gotten more aggressive since she announced her pregnancy. She says she almost got into a car accident trying to get away from one who was following her.

Former High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale has an obsessed fan who's tweeted her almost 19,000 times since November. LA cops think they have a bead on the suspect, who they believe to be a man. TMZ says the guy has shown up at Ashley's house, though there's no word on whether he made contact.

Holly Madison’s fiancé Pasquale Rotella was in a Los Angeles court Monday facing charges of bribery, embezzlement, conspiracy and conflict of interest for allegedly using more than $2.5 million from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to bribe city officials. His trial is set to begin July 29th, a little over two weeks before he and Holly’s August 15th wedding. If he’s convicted, he faces up to 14 years and 8 months in prison.

Bill Hader is leaving Saturday Night Live after eight years. Hader, who's appeared in Superbad, Tropic Thunder and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, will do his last episode on the season finale Saturday. With his new late night gig, Seth Meyers will depart next year. And Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis are also reportedly mulling their own exits.

Beyonce was forced to cancel her upcoming concert in Belgium because of “dehydration and exhaustion,” adding fuel to rumors that she is pregnant with child number-two.

Zoe Saldana has sworn off dating fellow actors. In Allure, Bradley Cooper’s ex sounds like she may be done with men all together, saying, “(I might) end up with a woman raising my children.” Saldana plays Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek Into Darkness, opening Friday.

The Big Bang Theory tops primetime viewing among young adults, while NCIS was the show with the most total viewers last week. SEE THE TOP 25 SHOWS AND THE TOP 25 FOR 18-49 YEAR OLDS IN THE LEFT COLUMN.

Connie Chung popped out of a cake during a taping of the 2,500th episode of the "Maury" show, surprising her husband, Maury Povich, in front of a live audience. It will be airing on Friday.

Birthdays:
• NFL Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith won season three of Dancing With the Stars: 44
• Sopranos and Entourage star Jamie-Lynn Sigler: 32
• Numb3rs co-star David Krumholtz: 35
• sportscaster Dan Patrick: 57
• and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s Mele Mel (Melvin Glover): 52

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TUESDAY'S DIRT:

Angelina Jolie has revealed that she had a double mastectomy after her doctors estimated she had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer. She wrote in a New York Times Op-Ed piece, "I am writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience." She also notes that she's "fortunate to have a partner, Brad Pitt, who is so loving and supportive." Angelina's mother died of cancer at age 56 after fighting the disease for nearly a decade.

Model/actress Angie Everhart revealed yesterday that she has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Her rep told Extra that the prognosis is good, and that she will undergo surgery tomorrow and expects to be back to work in a few weeks.

Brooke Mueller was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold and her children taken from her custody earlier this month. Now we know why. TMZ says that Brooke rambled to cops about what she claimed were connections to the mafia, and that she was going to bring down her ex-husband, Charlie Sheen. They claim that Adderall was to blame…the same drug Lindsay Lohan is craving in rehab. Radaronline reports Charlie offered to increase child support payments to his other ex-wife, Denise Richards, now that she is taking care of his twin sons while their mom Brooke is in rehab. Surprisingly, Denise turned him down.

Lindsay Lohan isn't getting out of Betty Ford, as prosecutors in her case are unwilling to consider a move. Lindsay is reportedly looking to move because doctors at Betty Ford have cut her off from the ADHD drug Adderall.

There’s trouble reportedly brewing between Kim Kardashian’s family and Kanye West. Word is, Kim's sisters and mother don't like the way he's treating his baby-momma-to-be. RadarOnline says Kris was appalled that Kanye didn't open the door for the pregnant reality star during a shopping trip in Paris. Also, Kanye isn't big on spending time with the family.

Dr. Joyce Brothers died Monday in New York of natural causes. Brothers was best known for giving advice on TV, radio and her newspaper columns. She also appeared on many games shows and TV series, including her famous win on The $64,000 Question in 1955. Dr. Joyce Brothers was 85.

Barbara Walters is officially hanging up her microphone next summer. Before she steps down, she'll continue to report and anchor for ABC News, appear on The View, and host specials, including 20 Years of 10 Most Fascinating People, set for December, an Oscars special and a career retrospective set for May. She will continue as executive producer of The View, which she created in 1997, but will no longer host after next summer.

Dancing With the Stars pro Karina Smirnoff performed last night, just one day after being hospitalized for neck and jaw injuries that she sustained while rehearsing a lift with partner Jacoby Jones. Mark Ballas also revealed that he "rebroke his toe," along with a back injury.

NBC announced yesterday that Jay Leno will end his 22-years on the Tonight Show during the week leading up to the 2014 Winter Olympics, which start February 6th. Jimmy Fallon will take over during the second week of the games. Late Night with Seth Meyers will debut Monday, February 24th.

Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly believes Idol took a big hit in the ratings when they expanded some of the middle rounds, along with the age of the show. He promised “a few fresh twists…that will be a nice jolt for next season,” and didn’t say whether any of the judges would be back, but did say they were going back to a three-judge panel.

The New York Post reports there are rumors circulating that Beyonce and Jay-Z are expecting their second child, after Bey wore a high-waisted gown that covered her midsection to last week’s Met Gala to cover a possible baby bump.

The IRS just filed a lien against Beyonce’s dad, Matthew Knowles, claiming he owes Uncle Sam more than $1.2 million in back taxes.  

Today show host Savannah Guthrie has gotten engaged to media consultant Mike Feldman, who popped the question over the weekend while they were vacationing in the Caribbean.

Smallville’s Tom Welling will join Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary in the Cleveland Browns film Draft Day. He’ll play a veteran quarterback at a crossroads in his career.

On last night’s finale of How I Met Your Mother, the show’s title character was finally introduced. The final scene of the episode revealed the woman, holding a guitar and a yellow umbrella, buying a ticket to the location of Barney and Robin’s wedding. Fans of the show know that in previous episodes, Ted (Josh Radnor) explained that he met his wife after the wedding. He also said she owned a yellow umbrella.

Fast & Furious 6 star Vin Diesel is taking credit for Facebook’s popularity. He tells Entertainment Weekly he was one of the first stars to reach out to fans through the social networking site, leading other stars to do the same.

Victoria’s Secret has chosen the sexiest of the sexy in 17 categories. Among the winners are Jennifer Lawrence (Sexiest Sense of Humor), Jessica Chastain (Sexiest Actress), Rihanna (Sexiest Bikini Body) and Blake Lively (Sexiest Legs). SEE THE FULL LIST IN THE RIGHT COLUMN.

Tom Hanks’ drama Cloud Atlas and the latest remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre make it on DVD and Blu-Ray today. You can also pick up the seventh season Dexter and the made-for-TV movie, Liz And Dick, starring Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor. SEE ALL OF THE NEW DVD RELEASES IN THE LEFT COLUMN.

Birthdays:
• iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove: 20
• Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg: 29
• Cate Blanchett: 44
• Star Wars and Indiana Jones mastermind George Lucas: 69
• the director behind Back to the Future and Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis: 62
• Joan of Arcadia star Amber Tamblyn: 30
• New Kids on the Block singer Danny Wood: 44
• Academy Award winning Director Sofia Coppola: 42
• Talking Heads singer David Byrne: 61
• and Milli Vanilli lip syncer Fab Morvan: 47

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MONDAY'S DIRT:

Barbara Walters will announce that she's retiring from TV journalism next summer on The View this morning. The veteran broadcaster has spent 37 years with ABC News.  Before she steps down, she'll continue to report and anchor for ABC News, appear on The View, and host specials, including 20 Years of 10 Most Fascinating People, set for December, an Oscars special and a career retrospective set for May. She will continue to serve as executive producer of The View.

The New York Post claims Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are not engaged. No comment from the couple. Meanwhile, Kanye and Kim were being followed around Beverly Hills by paparazzi when West tried to avoid getting his picture taken and walked smack into a pole. He went ballistic on photographers, blaming them for his accident.

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom joined the celebrity swatting victims club. TMZ says police raced to the couple's home with guns drawn Friday, after they received a call that Lamar was shot by a friend. Cops found the basketball star alone at home, and unharmed.

Lindsay Lohan isn't even two weeks into her 90-day court-ordered rehab stint, and already she's threatening to leave. Linds is reportedly furious that The Betty Ford Center has cut off her supply of Adderall. Doctors at the center decided she doesn't need her pills.

Michael Lohan claims he is trying to make amends with his ex-wife Dina. According to Radaronline, Michael recently sent Dina a check for $30,400 for back child support. He thinks it will help Lindsay’s therapy “to finally have both her parents on good terms.” So far there’s no word if the check helped Dina change her mind about her ex.

Reps for Katie Holmes are denying a British tabloid rumor that claimed her seven-year-old daughter Suri Cruise had signed a $2.3 million deal to launch her own fashion line, aptly named Suri.

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers has been named Jimmy Fallon's replacement as host of the NBC Late Night talk show. Jimmy is moving to The Tonight Show in 2014. No premiere date announced yet.

The Real Housewives of New York City's contract dispute has ended. Deadline reports that all six ladies reportedly signed their contracts Saturday for the show's sixth season.

Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham is reportedly "worried" that her co-star James Deen knocked her up while filming her adult movie.

Kellan Lutz is on the market again. Us Weekly reports the Twilight star has split from Australian actress Sharni Vinson, who he’s been dating since September, 2011.

90210 star Shenae Grimes has married British model Josh Beech. The couple got engaged in December.

The Great Gatsby wasn't great enough to beat Iron Man at the weekend box office. Iron Man 3 remained number-one with $72.5 million in its second weekend. Gatsby opened in second. Tyler Perry Presents Peeples debuted in fourth. SEE THE TOP TEN MOVIES IN THE RIGHT COLUMN.

With all the networks announcing their fall schedules last week, a lot of cancellations and renewals came down on Friday. NBC cancelled the Matthew Perry series Go On, The New Normal, Smash and Rock Center with Brian Williams. CBS cancelled Golden Boy, Vegas, Rules of Engagement and CSI NY.  ABC cancelled Happy Endings, Family Tools, Body of Proof, Red Widow, Malibu Country and How To Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life. TNT cancelled both Southland and the David E. Kelley series Monday Mornings.

The Voice judge CeeLo Green will star in his own reality show on TBS. The network has ordered six episodes of The CeeLo Life, which will premiere in 2014.

Fox has ordered yet another series from Gordon Ramsay. The network picked up Junior Masterchef, a new culinary competition series for talented kids between the ages of eight and 13 who love to cook.

Mike Tyson is getting his own Adult Swim cartoon. The boxing legend will voice his own character in a series called Mike Tyson Mysteries, in which a cartoon version of Tyson will solve strange problems, armed with a magical tattoo on his face and a talking pigeon. The show is targeted for next season.

Finally something Democrats and Republicans can agree on. In a survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, Justin Bieber was the only artist who was disliked by Democrats, Republicans, and independents alike. Chris Brown, Lady Gaga, Jay-Z and Rihanna were also disliked by a majority of those polled.

CBS will air a tribute to Jeanne Cooper in The Young and the Restless's regular time-slot on May 28th. The longtime star of the top-rated daytime soap died early Thursday at 84.

Birthdays:
• Twilight star Robert Pattinson: 27
• Stevie Wonder: 63
• Stephen Colbert: 49
• Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs star Harvey Keitel: 74
• and Hootie and the Blowfish singer Darius Rucker is now a big country star: 47

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