JAY SAYS GOODBYE…UNTIL SEPTEMBER

After 17 years and 33,000 political jokes (4,400 about Clinton), Jay Leno says goodbye to the Tonight Show, tonight. His last guest...Conan, who will then take over Monday. (Jay's new show will start in September).

APPARENTLY MONEY DOES TALK!

Archie has popped the question to...Veronica. The comic book character chooses the dark-haired Veronica Lodge while the blonde Betty Cooper sheds a tear in an Archie comic that will hit stores in September. Veronica gladly accepts the proposal. It's part of a six-part story that jumps ahead a few years, with Archie as a college grad.Archie Comics had announced earlier this month that Archie would decide between Veronica or Betty.

SCOTCHY SCOTCH SCOTCH!

Will Ferrell has announced that he’s meeting with Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell next week to discuss…you guessed it, Anchorman 2! (he also joked that he’s not prepared to take a paycut).

IN THEATRES THIS WEEKEND

Up -- In Disney-Pixar's latest animated film, a 78-year-old balloon salesman flies to South America, but not by plane. Instead, he ties thousands of balloons to his home. Unbeknownst to him, an eight-year-old boy has joined him on his trip. ED ASNER, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER and JOHN RATZENBERGER lend their voices to Up, which opened the Cannes Film Festival in France earlier this month. Rated PG.

Drag Me to Hell -- Spider-Man and Evil Dead director SAM RAIMI makes his return to the horror genre with this story, about a bank loan officer who's cursed by an old lady whom she denied an extension on her mortgage loan. ALISON LOHMAN and JUSTIN LONG star. Rated PG-13.

I AIN’T NO MONSTER!

Chris Brown has a message for his fans: he’s not a monster. Oh – and one more thing, he has a new album coming out. Chris basically made a low quality home video that he’s posted on YouTube – co-starring Bow Wow and Shaquille ONeal…speaking up against all the Rihanna allegations. Everybody that’s been haters, they’re just haters…all my real fans, I love you, I aint a monster, ps I have a new single dropping. You pretty much get the gist of it. Side note, Chris’s lawyer will be in court today to see if there is enough evidence to hold a trial.

THE VOTES HAVE BEEN VERIFIED

AT&T is blaming “a few overeager employees” for the mini-scandal surrounding the American Idol results. – yesterday, I told you how AT&T employees helped winner KRIS ALLEN fans in Arkansas vote by power texting at viewing parties - -but no one did that for Adam Lambert. Well - AT&T has now confirmed that YES, it DID happen, that they got caught up in the enthusiasm of rooting for their hometown contestant, they brought a small number of demo phones with them and provided texting tutorials to those who were interested- but could not POSSIBLY have swayed the vote. Fox – is insisting the results are “fair, accurate and verified.

BUH-BYE GEORGE!

Well if you’ve been following Grey’s Anatomy you’ll know that George O’Malley and Izzie Stevens BOTH looked like they were on death’s door in the finale. Well…if my sources are correct, TR Knight/George will NOT be coming back in the fall…that in fact getting hit by the bus did do him in. Some are saying he did NOT get along with the show creator Shonda Rhimes…she hates him, he hates her, so basically let’s kill him off. NO word on “Izzie”.

QUICK! GO PEE NOW!

Next time you’re heading to the movies, first check out RunPee.com. It tells you the best times in each movie to run to the bathroom without missing key plot points – BRILLIANT! Example: “Night At the Museum: Battle Of the Smithsonian”, the ideal time is said to be 45 minutes into the film, when ‘Larry’ and ‘Napoleon’ begin discussing relationships. www.runpee.com.

DID KRIS ALLEN PLAY FAIR?

AT&T may be at the center of a scandal, over American Idol. According to the NY Times, AT&T provided phones, free-text messaging and lessons in how to cast 10 votes with a push of a button (guess it’s called Power Texting) at 2 finale viewing parties in Arkansas organized by fans of Idol winner Kris Allen. NO such services were provided to Adam Lambert. AT&T is speaking out saying the company was invited to attend the events organized by the community. Needless to say officials at Fox Broadcasting declined to discuss the situation.

WILL NICKELBACK BE DE-THRONED?

The MMVA nominations are in…Nickelback and Danny Fernandez tied with 5, followed by Marianas Trench with 4 and then basically everyone else in the country has about 3. The show will be hosted by the Jonas Brothers, so basically chaos will take over Toronto Sunday June 21st. Follow the countdown to the MMVAs on muchmusic.com or on Twitter @MuchMusic. Sign on to receive up-to-the-minute 2009 MMVAs announcements on performers, presenters and celebrity guests- plus learn how YOU can vote in the all-important UR FAVE Awards.

BRITNEY’S NEW BOD!

Britney Spears has a BRAND NEW…body! Yep, she wanted a complete makeover, surgery, lipo, peels, tucks, you name it, she had it done. She even had something injected that cost $1500 a wrinkle. All for the low price of $350,000. WOW. I guess when you have the cash right?

TA-TA TO TWITTER!

More on Twitter becoming a TV show…as soon as the announcement was made, Twitter king and queen Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore says they’ll jump ship if it actually happens. According to CNN, the proposed reality show would be aimed at “putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format,” producers said. - Basically, let’s stalk every move a celebrity makes.

TI HEADS TO PRISON

T.I. is headed to prison today, despite a last ditch attempt by his lawyers to delay his sentence by 2 weeks. Low security federal prison in Arkansas…he’ll serve 366 days, or thereabouts. He’ll have a cellmate and some say work on his next album.

JON AND KATE...THE MOVIE?!

It was only a matter of time…Jon and Kate the Movie. Despite the imminent divorce, they are “negotiating a deal” – to work with a ghostwriter on a book – that will then be made into a movie. They will NOT play themselves and are currently figuring out who would play Jon’s alleged girlfriend and Kate’s love interest bodyguard. Are you kidding me?

TWITTER...THE TV SHOW??

Twitter is coming to television. Yes, a new reality show based on Twitter is in the works. Basically players will follow celebrities via Twitter. That’s the show? No other details have been released yet (because what more is there to say??)

TONIGHT ON TV

6 couples get their 15 minutes of fame on the CW – new reality show called Hitched or Ditched. Hosted by Tanya from Extreme Makeover Home Edition (isn’t she a carpenter) – at the end of a week, the couples either get married or break up. Sounds promising!

Canada’s Next Top Model premieres tonight on CTV. GO ALBERTA! (Nikita in Calgary, Lindsay in Edmonton).

IS ARCHIE FINALLY SETTLING DOWN??

The world's oldest teenager is finally settling down, but will it be Betty or Veronica? YES!! He’s going to pop the question to either best friend Betty Cooper or to the beguiling Veronica Lodge in Archie Comics No. 600, which is due in comic-book stores in August.
Who will he pick?? Veronica or Betty? How will Betty react? How will Veronica react? Can Archie shake off his klutzy past and hold down a steady job . . . for more than a month? One thing is certain: This will be the biggest Archie Comics story ever!"
You WILL see him make a decision and the comic will flash 5yrs into the future…"The office is in lockdown.

RIHANNA RUMOR

Guess who they think Rihanna is dating? Here's a clue. He's Canadian. He was a child star and he now claims to be a rapper. Aubrey Drake Graham...played Jimmy Brooks – the guy who got shot and was in a wheelchair on Degrassi. How are they even friends?!! Well apparently they were seen kissing at a bowling alley in NY. That sounds so Degrassi.

BEN STILLER A MASSIVE DIVA

I’ve mentioned this one before, but seems like he’s cropping up in the news again, Ben Stiller…total DIVA. Ok, his movies DO make a TON of money ($2 billion since Reality Bites actually) – but apparently his latest antics with Night at the Museum Part 2 top the scale. Insiders say he absolutely lost his MIND when he saw the ad campaign, demanding that every single clip of him had to be cut, then re-shot, because he didn’t like the way he looked. Well, good thing for him the movie did well this weekend, it made $53 million. Terminator made 56…

JON + 4, KATE + 4

Season 5 of Jon & Kate Plus 8 premieres…SO many dishy rumors flying about how this season will map out – where do I even begin…The 2 are basically already split up…they don’t even speak on set…everyone’s scared of her -- oh and they make $70,000 per episode…20 plus per season, yah you do the math!

THE CW RELEASES FALL TV SCHEDULE

Melrose Place is officially moving into the CW's lineup next season. The update of the 1990s drama will be paired with 90210 on Tuesday nights this fall. The two shows compliment each other well, since the original Melrose Place was a spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210.

ASHLEE SIMPSON-WENTZ and original cast members LAURA LEIGHTON and THOMAS CALABRO star in the new Melrose Place.

Conspicuous by its absence from the CW's 2009-2010 schedule, at least for now, is the much-discussed spin-off of Gossip Girl. There's a chance it could get picked up as a midseason addition.

The CW is waving the white flag in the comedy department, having axed Everybody Hates Chris and The Game. It also cancelled the JOANNA GARCIA drama Privileged. The network will fill the gaps in its weekly schedule with teen-friendly series such as The Vampire Diaries, about two vampire brothers vying for the affections of a high school girl; the ASHTON KUTCHER-produced drama The Beautiful Life, centering around two models; and the midseason entry Parental Discretion Advised, about a foster child who reaches out to her biological parents.

As previously announced, the CW will no longer offer network programming on Sunday nights and is turning over the time slots to its affiliates.

NBC RELEASES FALL TV SCHEDULE

NBC has six new scripted shows scheduled for the 2009-2010 season, but you already know about the most significant change to the network's primetime lineup.

NBC reiterated yesterday that it's giving its nightly 10 p.m. time slot to JAY LENO, who will host a comedy/variety/talk show on weeknights, beginning this fall. He steps down as host of The Tonight Show next week.

Leno's move to primetime means that NBC is cutting back on scripted and reality programming. It's cancelled My Name Is Earl, Medium and the Howie Mandel game show Deal or No Deal, as well as low-rated series such as Lipstick Jungle. However, Deal or No Deal's syndicated version will reportedly remain in production.

NBC also shortened the seasons of some of its more familiar series. Heroes will air on Monday nights in the fall before relinquishing the 8 p.m. time slot to Chuck following coverage of the Winter Olympics. The Peacock will also add The Celebrity Apprentice and the JERRY SEINFELD-produced reality series The Marriage Ref to its schedule following the Winter Games.

Fans of Friday Night Lights will have to wait even longer before they see the high school football drama on basic TV: the summer of 2010.

NBC is bringing back Law & Order for its 20th season, which will tie the drama with Gunsmoke as TV's longest-running primetime drama.

Law & Order: SVU will also return, though contract talks with its two stars, MARISKA HARGITAY and CHRISTOPHER MELONI, are still ongoing.

NEW SHOWS

The fall schedule will include the premieres of the drama Trauma, about San Francisco paramedics; the comedy Community, starring CHEVY CHASE and set at a community college; and Parenthood, a small-screen adaptation of the 1989 film.

MID-SEASON REPLACEMENTS

Debuting in midseason are the medical drama Mercy, the sci-fi series Day One -- about a catastrophe that causes global destruction -- and 100 Questions, about a woman who signs up for a dating service.

ABC RELEASES FALL TV SCHEDULE

ABC announced its primetime schedule for the fall season Tuesday, a lineup that includes 11 new shows and some very familiar TV faces, including KELSEY GRAMMER, COURTENEY COX and PATRICA HEATON.

Kelsey Grammer will star in Hank, a sitcom about a corporate exec who's just been laid off. Patricia Heaton, (Everybody Loves Raymond), will star in The Middle, a comedy about an Indiana family trying to make it through some tough times.

Courteney Cox will play a newly single woman who's trying to learn the new rules of dating in the sitcom Cougar Town.

Ed O’Neill of Married...With Children fame returns to TV in another family comedy entitled Modern Family. The series will be shot in the single camera style of The Office and will focus on three very different families.

Mark Burnett lands his first show on ABC, entitled Shark Tank. The series will spotlight budding entrepreneurs who try to persuade five millionaires to provide investment capital for their business ideas. It's adapted from the British TV hit reality series Dragon's Den.

Another one - Eastwick, an adaptation of the movie The Witches of Eastwick...

The Forgotten, a series that pieces together the stories of missing persons...

Flash Forward, a sci-fi drama that features people blacking out and getting a glimpse at their future.

MIDSEASON NEW SHOWS:

The Deep End, a series about young lawyers at a cutthroat firm, Happy Town, about a Minnesota community plagued by kidnappings, V, a remake of the 1980s miniseries about aliens who come to Earth.

COMING BACK:

Scrubs will be coming back to ABC.

SURVIVOR WINNER BATTLES CANCER

Remember cutie Ethan Zohn who won Survivor Africa 2002? Well, he now plans to outwit, outplay and outlast a new challenge -- cancer. Zohn, the winner of 2002's Survivor: Africa, was diagnosed with a rare form of Hodgkin's disease in late April and began chemo treatments last week. Speaking about the disease with People magazine, Zohn says, quote, "This is the ultimate game of Survivor and there's really only one outcome and that's to win. There's no other option." Fans may remember Zohn as the pro soccer player with the curly head of hair. He tells the magazine both he and longtime girlfriend, Survivor season 6 winner Jenna Morasca, have lost parents to cancer...

SEASON FINALE CENTRAL TONIGHT!

American Idol Part 1, NCIS, 90210,The Mentalist and Without a Trace and DWTS- Shawn Johnson, Gilles Marini and Melissa Rycroft!

THE HOLLYWOOD 360 BLOG UPDATES WILL RETURN ON MAY 19th!

IT'S ALL HUGH!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens today…we learn how Wolverine became Wolverine…Will I Am is in it too…The plot? Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.

VERY COOL! If you’re a comic book "enthusiast", watch for this: In the first scene of the movie, it reads North-West Territories, Canada, 1845. Canada was not established as a nation until 1867, and the Northwest Territories entered the Confederation as a Canadian territory in 1870. A more accurate description would have been "North-Western Territory, British North America".

LET THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS BEGIN!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1)
Star Trek (May 8)
Angels & Demons (May 15)
Terminator Salvation (May 21)
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (May 22)
Up (May 29)
Land of the Lost (June 5)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (June 12)
Year One (June 19)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (June 24)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (July 1)
Public Enemies (July 1)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 15)
Funny People (July 31)
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (August 7)
Inglourious Basterds (August 21)


THIS WEEKEND...

Tomorrow night on the Disney Channel, the Jonas Brothers' new TV show Jonas finally makes its debut. Think the Monkees in the 60's- they play a famous pop group who try to live normal lives and attend school when they're not on tour. Their last name on the show is Lucas, but they live in a converted firehouse on Jonas Street, so their band is called "Jonas" -- hence the title. They describe the show as "scripted reality".