Filed under: Features , Celebrity Interviews It’s been a decade since Mike “The Miz” Mizanin became a reality star on the 10th season of ‘The Real World.’ This Sunday he’ll be defending his WWE championship at ‘WrestleMania XXVII’ (7PM ET, PPV). Wow, what a difference 10 years makes. We got a chance to chat with The Miz earlier this week at a NYC ‘WrestleMania’ press event, where scores of fans invaded the Hard Rock Cafe to chant “awesome” in adoration

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The Miz, Genius Behind Conan’s ‘Ginja Ninja,’ Claims Responsibility for ‘Jersey Shore’

Filed under: Dancing With The Stars , Celebrity Interviews Finally, The Rock has come back to ‘Wrestlemania’! Despite his box office success, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has never forgotten where he got his start – as a third generation pro wrestler. This Sunday he’ll be hosting ‘WrestleMania XXVII’ (7PM ET, PPV), and he promised fans and press this week that he’d “layeth the smacketh down” at the event. In a brief chat with The Rock this week at an NYC ‘WrestleMania’ press event, the wrestler-turned-actor shared his thoughts about his former colleague Chris Jericho doing ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ why athletes perform so well on that show and what would happen if The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment took the ‘DWTS’ stage.

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The Rock Knows His Role, Declares He’d Win ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Filed under: Reality-Free , TV News Last night, Stephen Colbert made good on his promise to cover Rebecca Black’s YouTube sensation (some would call it an earworm) ‘Friday’ on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.’ And it was epic.

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Watch Stephen Colbert (and Taylor Hicks!) Sing ‘Friday’ With Jimmy Fallon (VIDEO)

Filed under: Features , TV Previews Tonight marks the 24th annual Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon. As usual, it’s going to be packed with movie, television and music luminaries you normally wouldn’t think would appear on a kids’ award show. But that’s the exciting thing about it — it gives kids a chance to see people up-close who normally don’t interact with people their age.

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The 2011 Kids’ Choice Awards: A Primer

Filed under: TV News A video of CBS journalist Serene Branson flubbing her words while reporting on last night’s Grammy results has gone viral — but not for the reason you might think. The 17-second clip shows Branson completely unable to pronounce any of the words she’s trying to say as she slurs her way through the incomprehensible report. The Telegraph reports that Branson was hospitalized out of concern she might’ve suffered a stroke on air, while the New York Daily News reports that she was examined by EMTs and sent home.

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Did CBS Reporter Serene Branson Have a Stroke On Air?

Filed under: Reality-Free , Celebrity Interviews , The Show Girl I don’t need a bunch of “Catch VD” billboards to get me excited for tonight’s ‘Vampire Diaries’ return … I caught VD a long time ago.

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Nina Dobrev & Candice Accola Talk ‘Vampire Diaries’ Return, Casting Klaus & More (VIDEO)

Filed under: Features It was a long and grueling season, but SomethingPitchy made it all the way to the end to see paint salesman Lee DeWyze be crowned the next ‘American Idol.’ Did Lee actually deserve to win? That’s just one of many hot-button topics on the table in this final episode of the season.

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SomethingPitchy Broadcast: The DeWyze Choice?

Filed under: Features It’s the end of an era. Today, the SomethingPitchy panel sat down to discuss all of the week’s hottest ‘Idol’ topics, from the elimination of Tim Urban (tear!), to Crystal vs

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SomethingPitchy Broadcast: Back to Reality

On ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ (weekdays, syndicated), Kara DioGuardi spilled a little more about her ‘American Idol ‘ contestant crush Casey James, whose all-American good looks have been a hot topic for her ever since she famously asked James to remove his shirt during his audition. Williams called James a “newer version of Michael Bolton.” “He’s definitely a cute guy,” DioGuardi said. “I didn’t think that that was a problem to say to him, ‘You know, you’re a really cute guy.’ That’s something that’s important

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Kara DioGuardi Calls ‘Idol’ Contestant Casey James "A Really Cute Guy" (VIDEO)

Wacky ‘Idol’ season 8 cast-off ‘Norman Gentle’ (aka Nick Marshall) weighed in on this year’s ‘Idol’ season on ‘The Wendy Williams Show.’ Decked in his trademark sweatband and sparkly shirt, Gentle dished on the judges this season, including new girl on the panel Ellen DeGeneres and her rumored rivalry with Simon Cowell . “There was a report, not that I want to gossip but hey, that Ellen did not like the lighting on ‘Idol,’” Gentle said, giving another reason that DeGeneres may have moved from her seat next to Cowell. Watch the video of Norman Gentle on ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ after the jump.

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‘Idol’ Cast-off Norman Gentle Dishes On the New Season