American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has said she can see why network ABC banned Adam Lambert from performing.
The 27-year-old came second in the hit US talent show earlier this year and he recently caused controversy at the American Music Awards for his racy performance.
Network ABC then pulled the plug on a performance he was planned [...]

Regis Philbin is making a good recovery from hip replacement surgery.
The veteran talk show host will return to Live! With Regis & Kelly alongside Kelly Ripa in January.
Access Hollywood reported an e-mail from the ABC show said: “Word from the hospital is that everything went perfectly this morning during Regis’s hip replacement surgery, and [...]

Nicole Richie has reportedly signed up to star in a half-hour comedy show.
Variety says Richie has hatched the idea for the show, which as yet lacks a title.
The show will be scripted by 30 Rock writer Daisy Gardner and executive producers will be Warren Bell and Jamie Tarsas. It is likely to shoot a pilot [...]

Adam Lambert gave a toned-down performance on a US chat show – accompanied by the male band member he controversially kissed during the American Music Awards.
The American Idol runner-up, who has come under fire for his raunchy moves, gave a more family-friendly performance on David Letterman’s show.
The man he kissed – who played the keyboard [...]

Regis Philbin will take a leave of absence from his popular New York talk show to have a hip replacement.
“I’ve been limping around here. It really is painful,” said Regis, who made the announcement during a Las Vegas taping of the ABC daytime talk show, Live! With Regis And Kelly.
Philbin, 78, is scheduled to undergo [...]

Filming for Courteney Cox’s series Cougar Town has been suspended while the star attends a private family matter.
Reps for Cox, 45, and the show have not disclosed what the issue was.
An ABC rep said in a statement: “We can confirm production on Cougar Town has been temporarily shut down in order for Courteney to deal [...]

US television host Ryan Seacrest has spoken of Oprah Winfrey’s decision to quit her talk show in 2011.
Appearing on a phone in on Larry King Live, the American Idol presenter said he believes she has been planning the move for a while.
He said: “I think this is something that she’s obviously been thinking about and [...]

Kelsey Grammer’s new sitcom has been cancelled, according to a US report.
Grammer’s Hank was dropped by ABC due to poor ratings, sources close to the network said.
Grammer, 54, is the star of the long-running sitcoms Frasier and Cheers. His character, Dr Frasier Crane, became a household name and was highly popular with American viewers.
The character [...]

Rihanna admitted that she watched her father beat her mother as she was growing up - and vowed never to date an abusive man.
The 21-year-old singer told ABC: “I’d be beating on my dad’s leg all the time trying to stand in the middle, breaking glass bottles so they could hear something else and snap [...]

Rosanna Arquette will make a guest appearance on the TV series Eastwick, ABC announced.
Arquette, who comes from an acting family and won a British Academy Award for Desperately Seeking Susan, also appeared in Baby It’s You and the Quentin Tarantino classic Pulp Fiction.
ABC said Arquette, 50, will play New York art maven Greta Noa [...]