Kelly Ripa returns to 'Live'
Things to ponder Kelly Ripa should be smiling from your TV set as you read this. The star of Live! With Kelly and Michael took an impromptu week's vacation (is that what they call it?) after cohost Michael Strahan announced he's leaving the show.
Things to ponder
Kelly Ripa should be smiling from your TV set as you read this. The star of Live! With Kelly and Michael took an impromptu week's vacation (is that what they call it?) after cohost Michael Strahan announced he's leaving the show.
Anonymous Insider tells People that Ripa, 45, "is glad she had the time with [husband] Mark [Consuelos] to celebrate their anniversary and to think about things with the show." Like what things?
Ripa on Friday sent an email to the show's staff. "I wanted to thank you all for giving me the time to process this new information," she wrote.
Gossip petits fours
The wax modelers and shakers at Madame Tussauds Hollywood are hard at work on an effigy of "Talk Dirty" singer Jason Derulo. . . . NBC is bringing out the big guns for its next live TV perf, Hairspray Live! Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson and Tony recipient Harvey Fierstein, who also is writing the teleplay, will star. The show airs Dec. 7. . . . Showtime on Monday released the names of all 217 (!) actors who will be featured in its David Lynch-directed Twin Peaks revival, set for next year. Stars Kyle MacLachlan and David Duchovny will be joined by Michael Cera, Jim Belushi, Jessica Szohr, Tim Roth, Matthew Lillard, and Monica Bellucci.
Prince dominates chart
Two albums by the late, great Prince lead Billboard's album charts, The Very Best of Prince at No. 1 and Purple Rain at No. 2.
Prince, who died Thursday at 57, has a third LP in the Top Ten, The Hits/The B-Sides, which is at No. 6.
All in all, Prince's albums have sold 256,000 copies over the last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Splitsville for Zac, Sami
Zac Efron has deleted every reference to model Sami Miró from social media, says E! News.
It's not because Zac's GF of 18 months has disappeared, only from Zac's heart. She's gone the way of exes Vanessa Hudgens and Michelle Rodriguez, to the Zacless Void.
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