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Selma Blair has joined the cast of Charlie Sheen's new sitcom, Anger Management. The actress will play Sheen's therapist, Kate, "a character described as beautiful, if a bit neurotic."

PerezHilton.com further dished on Blair's role: "As his former team psychologist, she helped Sheen's Charlie control his anger. Now, she is both his friend and his therapist with benefits."

Shawnee Smith has also been cast in the FX series, as Sheen's ex-wife. According to sources, "Smith will play Charlie's ex-wife Jennifer, a...

L.A. Reid managed to avoid the axe that fell on the cast of X Factor after the show's first season. On the heels of news that Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherziner and Steve Jones were fired -- THR.com reported that L.A. Reid signed a contract to return to the judge's table.

Reid reportedly inked his new deal on Friday. He received largely positive reviews on the show, with some critics saying he was meaner than Simon Cowell at the height of his Mr. Nasty reputation.

There's been no official word on any new judges,...

Actor Ben Gazzara died on Friday (February 3rd) at the age of 81. The Emmy-winner succumbed to pancreatic cancer -- the same disease that killed his Road House costar Patrick Swayze.

Gazzara rose to fame on Broadway in the 1950s in productions like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Hatful of Rain. He made the transition to movies in Anatomy of Murder, which scored seven Oscar nominations.

His other notable films include The Big Lebowski, Summer of Sam and Dogville. On TV, he's best known for playing Paula Bryan in the...

Demi Moore is reportedly seeking treatment at a celebrity rehab favorite, Utah's Cirque Lodge. Although Moore hasn't been seen since her January 23rd hospitalization, E! reported that she recently checked into Cirque to receive professional help.

A source told E!, "She's on total lockdown and only talking to a small group of people." The insider claims she's getting treatment for addiction and an eating disorder.

This isn't Demi's first rehab stint; she got professional help back in the '80s for drug and...

Even though her husband starred in a multi-million dollar commercial that aired during the big game -- Sarah Jessica Parker did not want to watch the Super Bowl.

The former Sex and the City star admitted to USA Today over the weekend, "I can tell you honesty, I will not be watching the football game. I have absolutely no interest."

She further expressed her disinterest in the event, saying, "How long does the game last? Up to four hours? Really? If I had four hours of leisure time, I would watch the first episode...

Alec Baldwin kicked off Super Bowl festivities on Saturday night as host of NFL Honors, a ceremony dedicated to presenting The Associated Press awards for the 2011 season.

Baldwin injected some pop culture -- and self-deprecating humor into the sports show, taking shots at the Kardashians and poking fun at his own headline-making antics.

He joked about the athlete-loving Kardashian sisters: "The NFL is a professional football league made up of 32 teams. The most popular sport in America with so many huge stars,...

Divorce was not kind to Olivia Wilde's waistline. The actress admitted to Town and Country magazine that she gained weight following her split from Tao Ruspoli last year after eight years of marriage.

She told the publication, "I put on a few extra pounds. But I'm trying to be healthier now." Last year, Olivia hinted that weight gain might be an issue, saying, "I got a divorce and self-medicated with food. But I figure that's better than self-medicating with crack cocaine."

Olivia noted that there are some pros to...

Gisele Bunchen doesn't seem to be very confident that her husband Tom Brady will lead the New England Patriots to victory on Sunday. The supermodel sent an email plea to family and close friends, asking them to "pray" for her husband to win the Super Bowl.

In the email, obtained by the New York Post, Bundchen wrote, "My sweet friends and family. This Sunday will be a really important day in my husband's life. He and his team worked so hard to get to this point and now they need us more than ever to send them...

The "conservative" group, One Million Moms -- a project of the American Family Association -- is protesting J.C. Penney's decision to hire Ellen DeGeneres as their spokesperson. The anti-gay group wrote on its website, "Funny that J.C. Penney thinks hiring an open homosexual spokesperson will help their business when most of their customers are traditional families. More sales will be lost than gained unless they replace their spokesperson quickly and their brand transformation will be unsuccessful."

They are...

Rumor has it that Simon Cowell wants Beyonce to be a judge on X-Factor -- in fact he wants her so bad, he has allegedly offered her $500 million to do it. According to Mediatakeout.com, an insider said that Simon desperately wants to revive the show and thinks that adding the superstar would do it.

The insider said, "He wants a big name female star on the panel. Mariah Carey is good, but she's not that hot today. He wants Beyonce because that would immediately give him the bounce needed to beat American Idol."

Lindsay Lohan is on a rumor-denying rampage. The starlet is slamming reports that she was wasted last weekend at a SAG Awards after party and says she is not dating Dennis Hopper's son Henry.

TMZ.com reported that Lindsay is threatening to sue the tabloids who published the story about her having been intoxicated on the grounds that the false stories are sabotaging her effort to save her career. She claims she only drank water at the party in question.

Meanwhile the romance rumors involving Henry started after...

Leslie Carter, the sister of Nick and Aaron Carter, died on Tuesday (January 31st) at the age of 25. An autopsy completed on Wednesday showed no visible signs of trauma, but they are waiting on the results of a toxicology report to determine the cause of death.

According to TMZ, the family thinks that Leslie might have died from an overdose of prescription medication. She was reportedly battling an addiction, and although she seemed to be on the road to recovery, it's suspected pills are behind her sudden death.