Phillip Phillips will return home to Georgia after completing publicity duties following tonight’s season 11 finale of American Idol. The 21-year-old singer-songwriter, who suffers from kidney problems, was advised surgery in March after experiencing severe abdominal pain. E! reports that depending on his recovery, Phillips may miss one or two dates at the start of the American Idol tour this summer.
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May 23
2012
10:55 AM ET
Inventor of TV remote control dead
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Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but with the introduction of hundreds of channels and viewing technologies it has become a necessity. Just ask anyone who’s lost a remote.
Polley died of natural causes Sunday at a suburban Chicago hospital, said Zenith Electronics spokesman John Taylor. The former Zenith engineer was 96. READ FULL STORY »
May 18
2012
10:44 AM ET
FBI investigates threats against Dog the Bounty Hunter -- Report
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Honolulu field office is looking into death threats sent to Duane “Dog” Chapman, reports MSNBC.com. Starting April 30, the the Dog the Bounty Hunter star received a series of e-mails over four days that detailed graphic, violently sexual suggestions about Chapman’s daughters.
The letters (which can be seen in full on Radar Online) allege “a rather nasty vendetta” against the Chapman family and include threats like this one: “I’m going to murder you. I’m going to come to Hawaii and murder you and your family in cold blood. You are next on my list and are the bane of society. I will deliver you to God.” Per a statement from the Chapmans, they are “taking these threats seriously.”
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May 17
2012
09:33 AM ET
Coroner: 'Swamp People' star died of natural causes
Authorities in Louisiana say a man who starred in the reality television show Swamp People died from natural causes. Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley says the parish coroner, Dr. John Fraiche, made that determination after a preliminary autopsy on Mitchell Guist.
Guist, who appeared in segments of the Swamp People with his brother, Glenn, died after collapsing Monday while working on a houseboat he was building on Belle River. Authorities tell The Advocate of Baton Rouge, La., Guist had just launched the houseboat and was pushing it when he collapsed.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday in Gonzales. Swamp People, which airs on the History channel, features residents of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya swamp country during alligator hunting season.
May 14
2012
01:09 PM ET
'Bold and the Beautiful' star Joanna Johnson comes out
EW exclusively reported last month that The Bold and the Beautiful would air a storyline about a married lesbian couple. Now Joanna Johnson, one half of the on-screen partnership, has revealed to TV Guide that she is a lesbian in real life, too. The actress, now 50, debuted as Caroline Spencer on the CBS soap in 1987 and went on to play Caroline’s identical twin Karen.
Johnson admitted it was difficult to come out until now. “There’s a greater intimacy between the viewers and the characters [with soap operas]. They think you are your character. And that creates a lot of fear. Fear of rejection. I was so worried I wouldn’t be employable as an actress if people knew I was a lesbian. Or that I wouldn’t be believable in romance stories. I had to deal with a lot of self-loathing,” she explained.
May 14
2012
10:22 AM ET
'Modern Family' star Sarah Hyland reveals kidney transplant
Modern Family actress Sarah Hyland has revealed that she underwent a kidney transplant last month. In a new interview with Seventeen magazine, the 21-year-old who plays Hayley Dunphy on ABC’s hit show, opens up about the kidney dysplasia she has battled throughout her life.
Hyland said her health issues have shed light on who is really her “family.” “You know that family is going to be there for you no matter what. My dad gave me a freakin’ kidney!” she said. “But [since her surgery on April 13] it’s also the families that you create outside of your family. And you really find out what kind of people you’re friends with. It was just amazing, and it really opened my eyes to see who’s there for me and who’s not.”
One of those people has been her boyfriend Matt Prokop, who guest starred on Modern Family last week. “Any other 21-year-old guy would not be there, I guarantee it,” said Hyland. “I am one of the luckiest people in the world to have him be there for me.” Beyond her family and friends, Hyland noted, “I have a second chance at life — not a lot of people get that.”
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May 8
2012
11:57 AM ET
Bob Stewart, creator of 'The Price is Right,' dies at 91
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Bob Stewart, creator of several popular game shows such as The Price Is Right and To Tell the Truth, died on Friday in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Stewart died of respiratory failure, according to The New York Times.
As an affable producer with Mark Godson-Bill Todman Productions, Stewart created The Price is Right and To Tell the Truth in 1956, followed by Password in 1961. He started his own company in 1964 called Bob Stewart Productions, creating The $10,000 Pyramid, hosted by Dick Clark.
Stewart was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 2010, where long-time friend (and former Price is Right contestant) Betty White honored him. “I’ve always wanted to peek into Bob’s mind and see where these games came from,” she said. “I mean, the imagination it takes to put these complicated, perfectly polished games together … something must be going on in there.”
Watch a clip of Stewart and White jovially discuss The Price is Right below, along with a clip from Stewart’s interview with American Television on his creation of Password. 
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May 7
2012
05:26 PM ET
Gary Coleman's ex-wife, ex-girlfriend battle over estate
Gary Coleman’s ex-wife is asking a judge to award her the child TV star’s estate.
Shannon Price testified Monday in district court in Provo, Utah, that even though the two divorced in 2008 they continued to live together and present themselves in public as married.
The Diff’rent Strokes actor died of a brain hemorrhage in 2010.
Another woman says Coleman named her a beneficiary and executor of his estate in 2005. Anna Gray managed Coleman’s affairs for a number of years and was his ex-girlfriend.
The trial started Monday and was to continue Tuesday.
Gray, representing herself, asked Price why she took her name off the deed to the couple’s Santaquin, Utah, house.
Price says she had to do it for the divorce.
May 7
2012
03:07 PM ET
Matthew Fox arrested for DUI
Matthew Fox was arrested late last week while driving under the influence. Fox and a passenger were pulled over Friday morning at 3:23 a.m. in Oregon. Fox was taken into custody and released later that day.
This is the second time in less than a year the former Lost star has had a run in with the police. Last August, he was detained after allegedly assaulting the driver of a party bus in Cleveland in another early morning dust-up. Fox ultimately avoided criminal charges in the incident.
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May 6
2012
02:32 PM ET
George 'Goober' Lindsey, star of 'Andy Griffith,' dies
Actor George Lindsey, best known for playing Gomer Pyle’s cousin Goober on The Andy Griffith Show, died Sunday morning at a hospital in Nashville. He was 83 years old.
In a statement, Griffith said, “George Lindsey was my friend. I had great respect for his talent and his human spirit.”
Lindsey grew up in Alabama and had an extensive stage and television career that included a long run on Hee Haw as well as guest spots on M*A*S*H, Gunsmoke, CHIPs, and The Twilight Zone.
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