Alec Baldwin left an American Airlines flight after the flight attendant, he says,went ballistic on him. Baldwin was on a plane to depart LAX Tuesday morning when the flight attendant "reamed" him for playing "Words With Friends" (scrabble on your phone) on the plane while they were sitting at the gate. The last straw in the Alec Baldwin/American Airlines incident came when he "slammed" the bathroom door so loudly the captain of Flight 4 had to get involved ... according to people on the plane.  Baldwin exited the plane and took another flight where he tweeted, "The flight attendants already look.....smarter."

Glee will be dedicating an entire episode to Michael Jackson  featuring between 10-12 songs from Jackson's library. Half the episode will shoot before the cast breaks for the holidays, with the remaining numbers to be completed in January.

Jesse James, 42, made his return to his show "American Chopper: The Build Off" and the first thing he does is take a jab at Sandra Bullock and apologize for losing touch with himself, thinking he was a big shot, marrying some Hollywood actress and stopped talking to his fans.  He continued trying to recapture his street cred by saying he's not what he became." James and Bullock, 47, called it quits largely due to his affair with Michelle "Bombshell" McGee and several other women.  He ended up engaged to Kat von D and allegedly cheated on her during that time with 19 other women.  James is also pulling crap on von D...demanding that she return his 4 carat $50,000 Neil Lane engagement ring. 'She won't return the ring to Jesse, and she's not budging. She says she deserves it for putting up with him!'"

Christie's auction house is putting a collection of the late Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry, purses, clothes and other prized possessions up for sale. Included in the collection is the 33.19-carat, emerald cut diamond ring she received from Richard Burton. The ring is worth an estimated $2.5 to $3.5 million. Another impressive piece of jewelry is a 16th century pear-shaped pearl, which is part of a ruby and diamond necklace. This piece is estimated to be worth $2 - $3 million. For those looking for more affordable items, there's a collection of Taylor's gowns, jackets, purses and shoes. There's also an autographed poster from Michael Jackson. Some of the proceeds of the auction, which is set for Dec. 13-17th, will go to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

Television producer David E. Kelley is teaming up with CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta to create a new medical drama. Kelley wrote the script for the project, tentatively titled Chelsea General, based on Gupta’s upcoming novel Monday Mornings. Kelley and Gupta, who is a practicing neurosurgeon, are executive producing. Set to be published in March 2012, Gupta’s Monday Mornings is set at Chelsea General and follows the lives of five surgeons.  The book uses the hospital’s Monday Morbidity and Mortality conference as its background. It's in these sensitive meetings where doctors  review of complications and errors in patient care. The book takes a look at how surgeons come to terms with mistakes and try to learn from them.

Kathy Griffith will be making a guest star appearance on a 2012 episode of "Whitney". Kathy will play Lindsay, a co-worker of Whitney's pal, Roxanne. Whitney will do her best to win over Lindsay when she ends up taking a job as Roxanne's new assistant.

Carson Kressley and Carrie Fisher are working together on a Hallmark Channel original Holiday 2012 movie called "Caroling" a modern-day spin on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Fisher will play the ghost of a book publisher who used to be Kressley’s boss.

Robert Downey Jr. announced that he and his wife are expecting a baby boy on Monday's Jay Leno show.... When asked if he planned to be an involved father with his son, he said, "I suspect I will be."... then donned a prosthetic breastfeeding device Leno handed him and asked the audience, "Who’s first? I need some practice." Downey also has an 18 year old son, Indio, with ex-wife Deborah Falconer.