E! Online - The latest installment of Heroes, "I Am Become Death," didn't just have an impact—it had a blast crater!

E! Online - Good news! FX just confirmed that it's ordering a 13-episode second season of badass biker drama Sons of Anarchy. Easily one of the fall's best new series, the show comes from Shield scribe Kurt Sutter and follows the exploits of an outlaw motorcycle club in Northern California.

AP - Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett has given birth to a daughter named Egypt.

Reuters - Here's a refreshingly sunny statistic for broadcasters: It's barely October, and 22% of new scripted series already have been picked up for full seasons.

Reuters - "Life on Mars," a British cop show with a twist, has had two extreme makeovers.

AP - All comfortably familiar by cop-show standards, "Life on Mars" begins with NYPD Detective Sam Tyler nabbing a murder suspect, who then gets a grilling from him at the precinct house. He takes a phone call in the age-old squad room, which has lately been upgraded with computers and a splash of color on the walls.

AP - In the year of "Sex and the City," perhaps it's no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

AP - An attorney for David Duchovny says the actor has checked out of a rehabilitation facility for treatment of sex addiction.

AP - The dead used to be a world away, far beyond the realm of mortal existence. If they walked the Earth at all, they inhabited the night.

AP - Even though he's considered one of rap's all-time greats, when Slick Rick is asked about his most significant accomplishment, he doesn't mention having a platinum-selling record, classic hits like "Children's Story" or even his most recent accolade — getting saluted as a pioneer at the "VH1 Hip-Hop Honors."

E! Online - It's official: The boys will be back.

AP - With a raft of weird roles to his credit, Dennis Hopper might well yawn about playing another wacko. Yet Hopper is totally tickled by his outrageous new alter ego, freaky Los Angeles music producer Ben Cendars in the Starz series "Crash."