Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, April 8th, including:

1918 – Betty Ford, former First Lady of the United States
1941 – Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer
1955 – Barbara Kingsolver, author
1960 – John Schneider, actor
1961 – Richard Hatch, reality TV personality
1962 – Izzy Stradlin, musician
1963 – Julian Lennon, musician
1966 – Robin Wright Penn, actress
1968 – Patricia Arquette, actress
1973 – Emma Caufield, actress
1980 – Katee Sackhoff, actress
1981 – Taylor Kitsch, actor
1984 – Taran Noah Smith, actor
1992 – Shelby Young, actress

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Danny McBride and his wife, Gia Ruiz are expecting a baby, the actor announced on Conan O’Brien’s late night program.

The Eastbound & Down star married girlfriend Ruiz, an art department assistant on the show, in October of 2010 and told the late night talk show host he got right down to business.

“I got married last October,” McBride said. “I wasted zero time. Three months later I knocked my wife up. It happened very quickly.”

The 34 year-old joked he was surprised by how accurate health class was.

“I had never impregnated anyone before,” the actor said. “So I didn’t really realize that what they teach you in health class is actually true. That’s all it takes.”

McBride even quipped about the sex of the baby, a boy is in the works for the couple.

“We’ve been told that it’s either a three-legged girl or a very well hung boy. We either have a marathon runner or a porn star,” he joked.

McBride’s latest film, Your Highness, opens in theaters on April 8th.

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Karina Smirnoff will soon be alot more exposed than even those skimpy Dancing with The Stars costumes.

The 33 year-old Ukraine native has posed nude for Playboy and will be the May cover of the magazine.

Mag mogul Hugh Hefner tweeted the info on Wednesday.

“The May issue of Playboy is unforgettable with Dancing With The Stars’ Karina Smirnoff on the cover & nude inside,” Hefner said.

Smirnoff is paired this season on the ABC show with The Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio. Former Girls Next Door star and Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson is on the show this year as well. Playboy is well represented on the Disney owned network this year.

The pro dancer is engaged to baseball player Brad Penny and they are planning a “November or October” wedding later this year she told US magazine.

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Paramore’s Hayley Williams find herself on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine for May.

The singer wanted fans to know why she took on the shoot and posted a lengthy explanation on her band’s livejournal blog.

She begins: “i wanna talk about the cosmo cover. it’s a little more than a big deal to me. and you know what? i’m really excited about it. to the general public, cosmo magazine is either a) a woman’s obsession or b) a woman’s demise — honestly, either of the two options equal out to be the same damn thing! the media clearly has our attention.”

Williams goes on to to say that while the images can make you feel like you are supposed to look one way and only one way to be in the media, she’s trying to stake out her own path. Her reluctance to be out in front of the band hasn’t worked, so Williams says she is trying something new.

“my #1 goal when the band began was to make myself invisible. not only did i not want to be the focal point, i wanted to be UNSEEN! and honestly, it never made a difference. i’ve turned down a lot of magazine covers. i specifically remember turning down Blender mag when i turned 19. and you know what? no one ever knew. it never made people focus on me any less. and it never mattered. so this time i’m taking a different approach. all 3 of us in Paramore have our own roles. and finally i will accept mine. i’m going to be okay with being a “powerful female”. and if that’s what it is… i’m going to use that role to make a difference.”

Hayley continues: “here’s my course of action. i WILL be myself. i WILL grow up. and i most definitely WILL find the time in my own life to be SEXY if i feel like it. who wrote the rules? who said that a girl that lives in this same tshirt and jeans nearly every day won’t wanna wear pumps and a short skirt tomorrow? the heart that’s underneath the clothes is still the same. because to me, it’s not about using sex as a weapon. it’s about how i feel.”

Williams is just finding her way and wrestling with how overtly sexy she wants to be seen as. Nothing wrong with that. Much harder to do in the public eye.

Read her entire statement here.

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House might be one doctor down come next season.

Robert Sean Leonard has signed on to do a Broadway play and misses live theater so much, he is thinking of leaving the hit show.

The actor told TVLine that since his deal was up and no one (not even the show itself) has a new contract in place, he’s wondering aloud if it will come together.

“This is my last season of House. I’m shooting my last episode now,” Leonard said. “Contractually this is it. There’s also no deal for House next year because Comcast bought NBC Universal and no one has a deal. If I do House next year it’ll be under a new umbrella. But legally and contractually, I’m free after this [season].”

However he does leave some room for a return.

“I. Love. Money. Very, very much. But I also love my wife and my daughter,” the actor said. “And when this play first came up I knew the only way it could work is if the show was over because the run [would overlap] with House‘s shooting schedule. And when my contract was not renewed this season…”

He continued “The long and short of it is, I don’t know. I would love to make more money. Money is nice. I also really miss [living in] New Jersey. I also really miss theater. I miss my friends. Gabby misses her family. I’m sick and tired of living in a place I don’t feel at home.”

You gotta love his honesty.

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The popular FOX animated show Family Guy will be available as a comic book this summer.

Seth MacFarlane’s hit TV show is getting inked in the old school format brought to us by Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Titan Comics. Here is Titan’s statement:

“Titan Comics and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are pleased to announce the U.S. launch of the Family Guy comic series, based on the award-winning hit animated TV show from the mind of Seth MacFarlane.

The Family Guy comic series will follow the Griffin family in a string of brand new outrageous storylines, along with fellow Quahog residents Cleveland Brown, Joe Swanson and everyone’s favorite ladies man, Glen “giggity” Quagmire.

Family Guy has become one of America’s favorite animated TV shows of all time, and was named one of TV Guide’s “25 Top Cult Shows Ever!”. The show boasts over 27 million fans on Facebook, and has been nominated for 13 Emmy® Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series.

Artwork for the Family Guy comic series is provided by comic artists SL Gallant (G.I. Joe, Torchwood) and Anthony Williams (Judge Dredd, Superman, Batman).

Family Guy comic #1 will be on sale and available on US newsstands and in specialty comic book stores beginning on July 27, 2011.”

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Alec Baldwin has had to clarify his 30 Rock statement.

Talking to Vulture.com at the National Dance Institute’s Fund Raising Gala, the actor commented on the end of the show in 2012.

“I will tell you one thing. And that is our show next year is our last year of the show,” Baldwin said.

“Our contracts are expired [in 2012], and Tina [Fey] is gonna have a big career directing films and writing,” he explained further. “She’s going to be the next Elaine May. She’ll be great.”

That set off a wave of panic for the popular program and today, Baldwin is verbally two-stepping around his initial statement.

Writing on The Huffington Post, Baldwin says it’s really only his future he’s certain of.

“Gosh.

I want to take the opportunity to state that although my days on network TV may be numbered, I hope 30 Rock goes on forever. Or at least as long as everyone involved desires.

Next year hopefully won’t be the last. Kenneth can run the network. Jenna will get her own talk show. Tracy will become Mayor of New York. Then resign to go raise exotic reptiles. And Lemon will go do … just about anything she sets her mind to.

Here’s to five more seasons.”

Viva La Liz Lemon.

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The Vampire Diaries is back tonight with a new episode, “Know Thy Enemy.” It kicks off six new shows leading to the season 2 finale and probably half a dozen or so shockers for the summer hiatus.

Here is the official synopsis:

HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT — Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Alaric (Matt Davis) both lash out at John (guest star David Anders) when Isobel’s (guest star Mia Kirshner) unexpected arrival leaves Jenna (Sara Canning) devastated.  Bonnie (Katerina Graham) works with Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) to find the spell they’ll need to harness her ancestors’ power.  A heartbroken Caroline (Candice Accola) doesn’t know what to do about Matt (Zach Roerig).  Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon realize they have a new secret weapon.

Catch TVD tonight, April 7th, on The CW at 8pm ET.

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Gwen Stefani has never made it any secret she is really concerned with her looks.

The 41 year-old lands the cover for Elle magazine’s May 2011 Women in Music issue and says she does love the way she looks.

“I mean, I’m very vain. That would be my middle name. Of course I am, you know what I mean? I love the visual,” Stefani tells Elle.

The No Doubt frontwoman pays attention to not only how she looks, but how other women in music are dressing as well. Facing the inevitable comparisions to Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, Stefani sees their style as much more sexual than hers.

“I don’t see myself in those girls. I usually put pants on,” the singer said. “I see these girls as more going for the sex-symbol thing. I was more, in the band, like a tomboy.”

“Of course, I think every girl is sexy, so there’s going to be a little of that,” she said. “But I see a lot of younger artists going more toward the sexy thing.”

The issue is on sale April 12th.

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Tina Fey is expecting a baby.

The 30 Rock actress and her husband, composer Jeff Richmond, are prepping for a second child and announced she is 5 months pregnant.

Fey, who was taping an appearance for The Oprah Winfrey Show scheduled to air on April 12th, told the host the couple is set to give 5 year-old daughter Alice a sibling.

The former Saturday Night Live star wrote about giving Alice a brother or sister in her book Bossypants.

“I thought that raising an only child would be the norm in Manhattan, but my daughter is the only child in her class without a sibling,” Fey wrote. “Most kids have at least two.”

“Who will be my daughter’s family when my husband and I are dead from stress-induced cankers?” she joked. “She must have a sibling.”

Wish granted.

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