Filed under: American Idol

TMZ.com: Jason Castro may have sent out a silent plea last night to get kicked off "American Idol."We have a spy at the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" taping today, for a show that airs tomorrow. Producers slowed down the tape of "A.I" where Ryan is reading the phone... Read more

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Our VICTORIA RECANO went backstage with the man who makes the big money happen -- DREW CAREY -- for tonight's "Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular" on CBS.

Screw the Katie Couric "taking over" Larry King's job rumors!

There's an even better one!

Word is that Ryan Seacrest is in 'serious' negotiations to take over Larry King Live when the old fogie retires.

This doesn't surprise media insiders. Larry told The New York Times in April 2007 that Seacrest would be his first choice to take over the show when the time came.

“He’s the classic generalist,” said King. “The only thing I don’t know, and I’ve gotten to know him pretty well, is how versed he is in politics, world affairs. Does he read the paper? Is he interested in Iraq? Because if he is, he’s going to be very good.”

We're so getting Ryan a subscription to the Economist!!

Good luck and hope it works out!

[Image via Mavrix Online.]

Gary Dourdan's very own crime scene investigation has just landed him in some serious doo-doo. The soon-to-be-former CSI star was slapped with three drug-related felonies today...

Gary Dourdan's very own crime scene investigation has just landed him in some serious doo-doo. The soon-to-be-former CSI star was slapped with three drug-related felonies today...

As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Mario Lopez took over the role of Zach in the Broadway production of A Chorus Line.

Everything seems to be going well for Lopez….except there seems to be too much ego onstage.

Lopez seems to be a bit too in love with himself - his arms, to be precise. So much so, that he's refused to wear Zach's costume, which consists of a tan sweater with LONG sleeves.

It seems Lopez really wants to show off his biceps.

The issue is that the outfit is based on what was worn in real life by the show's creator, Michael Bennett. It's been worn countless times by every individual that's ever played Zach over the past 30 years!

But, Diva Lopez wanted to wear a simple brown shirt with SHORT sleeves to show off his biceps.

It doesn't even end there!

Apparently, Lopez has to be the only one on stage with the best body.

Throughout the play, Nick Adams, who portrays Larry the assistant choreographer to Zach, is often on stage next to Lopez.

Larry's costume has always been a navy blue tank top with the number 17 on it (for the 17 performers auditioning for the spots on the chorus). And, luckily for the audience, this Larry is hot! And built! And apparently too much better looking than Lopez, especially with larger biceps.

Inside sources are saying that Lopez didn't want to get upstaged by Adam's biceps, so he demanded requested that whenever the two are on stage together, Adams wear a long sleeve hoodie over his tank top.

Hello, Mr. Insecure!

It seems for now the show is going to have to put up with Lopez's demands, since they often require a big name to draw in audiences. Director Bob Avian, however, insists it was his idea to have Larry wear a hoodie.

Riiiiiiight.

Divas often start out with small request but always escalate to annoying demands later on.

Remember that!

[Image via WENN.]

Filed under: Celebrity Justice

TMZ.com: Al Sharpton was arrested for civil disobedience this afternoon along with a slew of others in New York.Sharpton was part of a group of hundreds who were protesting the acquittal of three New York City police detectives who fatally shot Sean Bell 50... Read more

It's Star Jones vs. Barbara Walters in an all-out war -- and only "Extra" has Barbara firing back today at the explosive new comments Star just made to Us Weekly. Star said, "It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to... speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book. It speaks to her true character." In Barbara's new memoir, she revealed that Keep Reading...

It took Britney Spears a while to get her act together, but most people can agree that her life choices today radically differ from what she was doing earlier this year.

She’s exchanged fast food and compulsive shopping for daily workouts at Bally Total Fitness in Studio City, Calif. While there for an hour-long Spinning class on April 28th, Life&Style caught up with her and chatted.

After the session, Britney spoke,

I’m always happy when I’m done. To me, dancing doesn’t even feel like exercise. I love it.

In fact, a Bally’s insider says that Brit Brit is often seen busting a move with her backup dancers in the club’s aerobics room.

See Britney sweating it up.

When contacted about Star Jones' statement that Barbara Walters 'reduced herself' to sell books, Babs' rep responded:

"I will not dignify this with a comment. Barbara's written words say it all!"

Oh, snap.

In other words, Walters is saying that it is Jones who is undignified.

We concur!

[Images via WENN.]