With the same-sex marriage debate under consideration from the US Supreme Court and polls show attitudes changing...as Jason Collins comes out will he have it easier than previous celebrities who announced they were homosexual? With the NBA Center Collins coming out this week, we finally have the much-anticipated first openly gay male athlete in a major American team sport...

Another Celebrity Stands Accused of Murder - We're Going Backwards in Condoning Domestic Violence Among the Famed  Last week, in some 230 countries around the world, people stopped what they were doing and danced in support of the One Billion Rising campaign that seeks to end violence against women and girls -- the "One Billion" referring to U.N. statistics showing...

The "X-Factor's" Brian Friedman dances skillfully around queries about the dramas going on behind the scenes on the Fox competition show that's now in semi-finals, gearing up for its Dec. 20 grand finale. For example, gossip maven Perez Hilton's report that Britney Spears has been shunning fellow judge Demi Lovato as well as cohost Khloe Kardashian...

Get out your jingle bells. David Hasselhoff is coming toward us tonight, Saturday, Nov. 10, as a very merry guy who helps clients get through the holidays in style in "The Christmas Consultant," a Lifetime movie he says he glommed onto because it's family-oriented and so is he. Hasselhoff also tells us he is in negotiations for a show that would bring him back into the reality TV realm, this time on the Travel Channel and that he plans ...

Interested in dressing like a celebrity for Halloween? Well, before you get your Gaga glam on, pull up your Honey Boo Boo pigtails, buy a fake derriere for your Kim Kardashian costume (you can get a booty pant in shapewear at Macy's lingerie department -- just in case you need to know that) or pop on a mask of Barack, Mitt or (always in style) Elvis -- here's another approach...

Even as "Dancing With the Stars" sambas into its most exciting weeks of competition, you have to know the show's producers are wondering about what magic they're going to have to conjure up next season to keep ratings for the 15-season-old program from slipping further. Despite such attention-getters as Paula Abdul's guest judge stint, Justin Bieber and other star appearances, and drama including Melissa...

Be afraid. Be very afraid. The onslaught of horror television series is growing -- and growing -- to the point it's now hard to believe there was a time when networks shied away from the genre. This month brings us the new season of AMC's zombie hit, "The Walking Dead," as well as FX's second round of Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story." In case you've been living under a rock, "AHS: Asylum" has Jessica...

Interesting, the story behind George Clooney becoming this year's honoree at Barbara Davis' gala of all Hollywood galas, the Carousel of Hope Ball. The socialite philanthropist, whose event draws dozens of stars and power players each year, tells us that she got to know Clooney just after he put together the January 2010 Hope for Haiti telethon. Medical personnel, on the scene during the earthquake on that poverty-stricken land, needed drugs...

CBS takes us back to the 1960s on Tuesday night (9/25) with the launch of "Vegas" -- starring Dennis Quaid as legendary Las Vegas lawman Ralph Lamb and Michael Chiklis as a casino owner fresh from the Chicago mob scene. You'll recall that last season saw the launch of two similarly sixties-set shows -- "Pan Am" and "Playboy Club" -- each of which wound up dying painful deaths...

Melissa Rycroft has changed so much since the eighth season of "Dancing With the Stars," her pro partner Tony Dovolani says, "It's like dancing with a new person" as they prep for the all-star 15th season that launches Sept. 24. "She's married now and has a child. She has a better attitude than last time. She even likes different music," reports Dovolani. "DWTS" fans will recall that last time, the popular ...

Hollywood Exclusive - Why didn't Kristi Yamaguchi compete on the upcoming Dancing with the Stars All-Stars?  Can Will Matthew Perry's new sitcom "Go On" deliver ratings?  Will Matthew Perry's new "Go On" be a hit show for the former "Friends" star at long last?  Bill Cobbs tells us that NBC is "giving us the feeling that, hey, we love you and we want to see you do well and make this a good show...

Five -- count 'em -- five new talk shows are competing for viewer attention this season -- the second wave of the "Who can ever replace Oprah?" quest for the grail that began last year. This week, Steve Harvey launched his new NBC show. September 10 will bring the launches of Katie Couric's, Ricki Lake's and Jeff Probst's chat fests. And come Oct. 1, the Hallmark Channel will bring us Marie Osmond...