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Dish Of Salt: Friday TV Round-Up

The Dish with Katee Sackoff

November 20, 2009

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.

Our AccessHollywood.com TV expert, Laura “Dish of Salt” Saltman, breaks down what’s happening in the world of TV over the weekend. Plus, which “Battlestar Galactica” babe is scrub-a-dub-dubbing into CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory?” And news on what some “American Idol” alumni are up to for the holidays.

Read all of the details…. after the jump!

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Final Season Of ‘Lost’ To Begin February 2

Matthew Fox and Michael Emerson as Jack and Ben in ‘Lost’

November 19, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

ABC says the final season of “Lost” will begin in February with a night devoted to the drama.

An hourlong special recounting the story line so far will air at 8 p.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 2, followed by the two-hour season premiere.

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Melissa Joan Hart ‘Dancing’ Blog: 11/20/09… ‘Exhausted!’

Melissa Joan Hart, hard at work blogging for Access Hollywood

November 20, 2009

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.

I’m exhausted! My many weeks of endless dancing and press obligations piled on top of other business. And let’s not forget… mommy responsibilities! After seeing Kelly and Mya today in rehearsal, however, I realize that I have nothing whatsoever to complain about. They are beyond Dance Fever and into a Dance Trance, I would say. Their sweet personas are gone and they have become zombie-like competitors who see straight.

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Variety To Honor Young Hollywood’s Top Philanthropists

Corbin Bleu keeps it casual at the 2009 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards at UCLA

November 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Entertainment trade publication Variety has announced the line up for their Third Annual Variety’s Power of Youth event, dubbed the “World’s Greatest Block Party,” on Paramount Studios’ “streets of New York” in Los Angeles on December 5, 2009. 

This year’s event, produced in conjunction with Variety’s annual Youth Impact Report, features an exclusive afternoon of festivities and live performances. The day will celebrate a select group of outstanding young entertainers, chosen to receive the Variety’s Power of Youth “@15 Award”*, presented by Best Buy, who, through their efforts have made significant contributions to their chosen philanthropic and charitable causes.

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Oprah Says Decision To End Show Came ‘After Much Prayer & Careful Thought’

Oprah Winfrey announces during a live broadcast of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ in Chicago that her daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air

November 20, 2009

CHICAGO, Illinois

Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying “prayer and careful thought” led her to her decision.

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Chaz Bono: Sex Change Is His ‘Best Decision’

Chaz Bono speaks during the Transgender Law Center 7th anniversary event in San Francisco on November 5, 2009

November 19, 2009

NEW YORK, NY

Chaz Bono says beginning the sex-change process to turn him from a woman to a man is “the best decision I’ve ever made.”

The 40-year-old writer, activist and reality-TV star, who was born a girl to Sonny Bono and Cher, says he’s eight months into the years-long transformation and says he feels great.

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Janet Jackson: Michael In Denial Over Drug Problem

Michael Jackson gives sister Janet Jackson a kiss at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, Feb. 24, 1993

November 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

Janet Jackson says she recognized her brother Michael’s drug problem, and tried to help, but says he rebuffed her attempts to intervene.

She says her brother realized the whole family wanted to help him kick his habit, but that he wasn’t ready to acknowledge he had a problem.

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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Accusing ‘View’ Co-Host Hasselbeck Of Plagiarism

Elisabeth Hasselbeck in May 2009

November 17, 2009

BOSTON, Mass.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit accusing television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck of plagiarism.

A federal lawsuit accused the co-host of ABC’s “The View” of lifting content from a book written by self-published Cape Cod author Susan Hassett on the digestive disorder celiac disease. Hasselbeck’s book was called “The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide” and appeared on best-seller lists this year.

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Janet Jackson: Dr. Conrad Murray ‘Is Responsible’ For Michael’s Death

Janet Jackson with Michael Jackson in 1993 / Dr. Conrad Murray

November 16, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

After fives months of silence, Janet Jackson is speaking out about the death of brother Michael Jackson – and she’s blaming the singer’s physician, Dr. Conrad Murray.

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