Reuters - Take the hip-shaking on "Dancing with the Stars" and mix it with the challenges of "The Biggest Loser," and audiences will get the idea of a summer TV show in which overweight contestants shed pounds by dancing.
Playbill - Heddatron, the unique merging of robotics and a classic Henrik Ibsen play, scheduled for a July 5-Aug. 2 run as the final production of the Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre 2008-2009 season, will be postponed indefinitely, CTG artistic director Michael Ritchie said. -- read full article
Reuters - Fox television this week faced an uncomfortable future when the two biggest stars on its No. 1-rated show "American Idol" openly discussed leaving, which experts said could send viewership plummeting in future seasons. -- read full article
Reuters - Jay Leno was released from a hospital on Friday, one day after checking in with an undisclosed illness that forced the comedian to cancel a taping "The Tonight Show" for the first time in 17 years as host.
Reuters - Television's Simon Cowell said on Friday he was embarrassed at his initial reaction to British singing sensation Susan Boyle, but warned that just because she is a hit with fans, she is not a winner yet.
Reuters - Leighton Meester, star of the CW Network's teen drama "Gossip Girl," has signed a deal with Universal Republic through Time-Act Music to release her debut album in the fall. -- read full article
Reuters - Jay Leno checked into a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday with an undisclosed illness, forcing the comedian to cancel a taping of "The Tonight Show" for the first time in his 17-year tenure.
AP - On "Beverly Hills 90210," Tori Spelling's character Donna Martin wasn't as pretty or as cool as the characters played by co-stars Jennie Garth or Shannon Doherty. -- read full article
AP - Pouring buckets of chocolate bars 855 in all on a stage seems an odd way to make a point about global warming. But Justin Rowlatt is not a typical environmental journalist.
Reuters - Grammy Award winning singer and actress Beyonce Knowles has a plan to settle down in a couple of years and have some children with her husband, hip hop mogul Jay-Z, do less touring and -- debut on Broadway.
AP - The reality series "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!" lost Rod Blagojevich, but boasts reality TV lovebirds Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt and a Baldwin brother among the contestants.