Fresh on the heels of the news that Jack Black will appear on a popular small-screen show, "The Insider" has learned that Jessica Alba is also set to guest-star on the same episode of the Emmy-Award winning series! The actress is slated to appear on the Super Bowl episode of NBC's "The Office" alongside the funnyman. The episode titled "Stress Relief" will have the office crew watching a bootlegged film while on the job, and "The Insider" has learned that both Jessica and Jack will play characters in the movie the co-workers watch. "The Office" episode featuring Jessica and Jack will air February 1, immediately following Super Bowl XLIII on NBC.

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Another big name from the world of music is set to perform on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest " Will.i.am will help ring in 2009 by singing "It's A New Day," says the Associated Press. The Black Eyed Peas singer says his song was inspired by Barack Obama's groundbreaking presidential-election win. Joining Will.i.am on Clark and Seacrest's TV special are the Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift and Lionel Richie.

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After a traffic accident took the life of Macaulay Culkin sister Dakota on Dec. 9, the star's manager is speaking out about how he and his family are coping after their tragic loss.   Emily Gerson Saines, the manager of Macaulay, Rory and Kieran Culkin, is sharing how the family is doing since the accident. "They're heartbroken. That I can tell you. They're just absolutely heartbroken," Saines tells People. The brothers were reportedly working on separate projects when they got the tragic news that Dakota, 29, was struck by a car in West Los Angeles. Brothers Macaulay, 28, Kieran, 26, and Rory, 19, have all put their work on hold while coping with the tragedy, says People. Macaulay’s other siblings are sister Quinn, 24, and brothers Christian, 21, and Shane, 32.

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E! Online - "I've been accused by the press of giving lap dances at clubs. I mean, little ol' me? It's shocking. People love to believe it. It's way more exciting to talk about than the truth! And they're so descriptive about these lap dances. I don't even know how to do a lap dance!"
AFP - Steven Spielberg charitable foundation fell victim to the mammoth 50-billion-dollar fraud allegedly carried out by Wall Street heavyweight Bernard Madoff, reports said.
Reuters - "Columbo" star Peter Falk daughter has filed court documents saying the award-winning actor suffers from Alzheimer's disease and dementia and she should manage his affairs.
AFP - Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife have reached a 750,000-dollar settlement with a Los Angeles hospital for a blunder which almost killed their twin babies, court documents showed Tuesday.
Reuters - Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife have reached a $750,000 settlement with a Los Angeles hospital over a life-threatening accidental overdose of their newborn twins with a blood thinner medication.
AP - Roger Ebert is becoming an honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America.
AP - 2009 will mark the start of a new era, so it's fitting that will.i.am will celebrate it by singing "It's A New Day" on Dick Clark New Year's Eve special.
AFP - Peter Falk famous for playing a dishevelled police detective in hit 1970s television show "Columbo", is suffering from Alzheimer's, US media reports said Tuesday.
AP - A collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken for Vogue magazine the year she died has been auctioned in New York for nearly $150,000.
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Academy Award nominee Will Smith reunites with the director and producers of The Pursuit of Happyness for this emotional drama concerning an IRS agent whose quest for redemption...


Based on Danny Wallace's autobiographical book, Jim Carrey stars as a man who decides to spice up his life by saying yes to everything in his life that he would normally say no to.


"I say what I think. I'm a real person, not some manufactured pop tart who's afraid to step out of the hotel room. I am flawed. I swear, I have the occasional cocktail, I pick my nose and I fart.


Nicole Kidman has enraged Aboriginal leaders in her native Australia by breaking a centuries-old taboo against women playing the didgeridoo.


Pop star/actress Hilary Duff has hit back at reports she told journalists she was still a virgin at the age of 19 - insisting she was misquoted.


TV/radio personality Ryan Seacrest is facing a lawsuit from a TV tycoon, accusing him of stealing the idea for his new reality show from a four-year-old Turkish series.


Gwen Stefani reformed rock band No Doubt have pushed back the release of their next album until 2010 - so they can concentrate on their comeback tour.


Paris and Nicky Hilton were at the opening of the Los Angeles Dolce & Gabbana boutique.


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InTouch Weekly is reporting that Michael Jackson IS gravely ill - and not just faking it to get out of appearing in court. He's alleged to be ill with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and a load of other stuff.

Ian Halperin, an investigative journalist tells the magazine: "He's had it for years but it's gotten worse. He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it.He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping. It's the bleeding that is the most problematic part. It could kill him."
The late Heath Ledger is expected to be nominated - and win - a slew of awards for his fantastic performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight." But who will pick up the awards for him? It won't be Michelle Williams, the mother of his child, Matilda.

Her publicist told TMZ that ''no discussions have been made for Michelle to accept any award, nor are there any plans to take part'' in any awards ceremony, including the Critics Choice, Golden Globe or Academy Awards.
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There's a drag queen in the White House ... via everyone's favorite female impersonator RuPaul. The 48-year-old hot tranny diva posed as both Barack and Michelle Obama as part of a holiday promotion for her new drag queen competition TV series...

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The weirdest thing about Tom Cruise visit to "Today" yesterday isn't that he apologized -- it's that he spent the commercial breaks playing ping-pong!Dude is starting to seem ... human?See Also Cruise Apologizes ... Three Years Too Late...

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A guy in a banana hammock is the envy of women (and some men) everywhere -- by being one of Josh Holloway personal "water dousers" during an extremely wet photo shoot in Hawaii.See Also The Ocean Hates Josh Holloway Abs...

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In the future, machines will be able to pick our noses for us.Until that day, humans like Robert Patrick will have to dig for gold all on their own.See Also Linda Hamilton: 'Memba Her?!...

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"American Idol" alum Kellie Pickler got to take a picture with Barack Obama at the DC airport yesterday....We won't tell her he's made of cardboard if you don't...See Also "Idol" Rewind: Kellie Pickler Who?!...

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Tonight on TMZ TV -- Kellie Pickler finds Barack Obama a little flat ... "Elf" star Peter Dinklage needs to find a little holiday cheer... and Josh Holloway finds a dude with a speedo to douse him in mineral water. Check your local listings....

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Filed under: Movies, Beauty, 'Memba Them?! Harvey Stephens became famous as Satan's spawn, creepy little Damien, in the 1976 horror film "The Omen." Guess what he looks like now!...

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TMZ has learned the mystery third person who was there when Mark Ruffalo brother was shot in the head has a criminal past.Kristian Muradaz was arrested for DUI in August of last year and received probation -- which he later violated. The violation...

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Candis Cayne -- the infamous tranny from "Dirty Sexy Money" -- tried to bust out an impromptu Britney Spears impersonation at a bar in West Hollywood last night, when she stumbled, slipped and plummeted down some stairs instead.Come to think of it...

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Veteran entertainer BETTE MIDLER sticks to a strict exercise regime during her Las Vegas residence, in order to stop her body "falling apart".The 63-year-old star debuted her Vegas show Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On earlier this year (Feb08) at the city’s renowned Caesar’s Palace venue.And she exhausts the extra hours not spent rehearsing
Actors John Goodman DAVID STRATHAIRN and NATHAN LANE are teaming up to take on Broadway in a new performance of SAMUEL BECKETT’s famous play WAITING FOR GODOT.The play kicks off a run at New York’s Studio 54 on 30 April (09).The production coincides with an adaptation of the same 1953 play, this time in London
Rocker-turned-director Rob Zombie has signed to make a sequel to his HALLOWEEN horror movie, just months after vowing never to return to the franchise.Zombie’s 2007 remake of John Carpenter’s classic horror film proved a huge hit, grossing $60 million (GBP40 million) at the U.S. box office.Studio chiefs were keen to tie him down to a
Nicole Kidman has enraged Aboriginal leaders in her native Australia by breaking a centuries-old taboo against women playing the didgeridoo.The actress was seen blowing into the wooden instrument on a German TV chatshow last Saturday (13Dec08).And several cultural leaders have now criticised her for the stunt, because tradition dictates that only men should play the
GUS VAN SANT’s SEAN PENN-starring movie MILK has swept the board at the San Francisco FIlm Critics Awards - picking up four prizes.The movie, set in the California city, picked up the Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay awards, and Van Sant lifted the Best Director honour.Penn - who plays Harvey Milk, the city’s first
Singer BETTE MIDLER has embraced her Hawaiian roots and learned to play the ukulele for her Las Vegas show.The superstar treats fans to a rendition of the traditional islands instrument during performances at Caesar’s Palace, where she has been performing nightly.And she reveals it has fulfilled a lifelong ambition - because she could never afford
FALL OUT BOY rocker PETE WENTZ has spoken up yet again about his "amazing sex life" with wife Ashlee Simpson - insisting the first time the two slept together was "the single best sexual encounter" he’s ever had.Wentz, who married Simpson in May (08), opened up about their sex life to raunchy U.S. radio host
Moviegoers’ hysteria for vampire love story TWILIGHT has prompted studio bosses to rush the release of its sequel, less than 12 months after the film made its global debut.The film, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson has sucked $150 million (£97.9 million) from U.S. moviegoers alone since it was released on 21 November (08).Movie maker
Wholesome Desperate Housewives star MARCIA CROSS’ twin girls have helped her land a new role - as spokesperson for apple sauce giant MOTTS.The 46-year-old actress and husband Tom Mahoney, who married in 2006, tried for a baby using In Vitro Fertilisation, with Cross eventually giving birth to twin girls Savannah and Eden in February 2007.And
Tom Cruise would "love" his two year old daughter SURI to follow in his and KATIE HOLMES’ acting footsteps.Cruise insists the tot will be able to choose whatever path she follows in life; but he admits he would be thrilled if she developed a passion for acting.The Top Gun star says, "She can be whatever
Jim Carrey uses vitamins to combat the depression he has suffered since childhood - insisting anti-depression drugs don’t work.The actor has tried various treatments to help him beat the illness, and believes strong drugs like Prozac are a short term quick-fix.Speaking on the same day Tom Cruise apologised on live TV for his "arrogant" criticism
TV queen Oprah Winfrey has signed an exclusive new deal to develop movies and miniseries for cable network HBO.The talk show host will develop the projects as part of a three-year deal with her company, Harpo Films, which has been working with ABC for the last 15 years.Harpo Vice-President Kate Forte says it has not
Music mogul Simon Cowell is more famous than God and QUEEN ELIZABETH II, according to a new British survey.More than 1,000 kids under the age of 10 were asked to name the individual they considered the biggest celebrity - and the X Factor and American Idol judge came out on top.Cowell rose from fifth place
MADONNA’s ex-partner CARLOS LEON has offered his love and support to the singer and her ex-husband GUY RITCHIE in the wake of their divorce.Leon, the father of Madonna’s 12-year-old daughter Lourdes, insists he is sad about the collapse of her marriage - and reveals he became close to director Ritchie, who he describes as an