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Posted: 9:46 a.m. Friday, March 18, 2011

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By Vikki Locke

YAY! NBC has just announced that it's renewing "Community," "Parks and Recreation" and "The Office" for next season.

"Twilight Saga" actress, Ashley Greene and Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers have called it quits. The couple got together in the summer of 2010. The 21-year-old Jonas has dated AJ Michalka, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato and Camilla Belle.

Sandra Bullock has stepped up and put her money where her mouth is. The actress has written a $1 million dollar check to the American Red Cross to help provide critical assistance and essential relief items to those in need in Japan. Bullock previously donated $1 million to aid in the Haiti relief after the earthquake there a year ago. To donate, you can visit www.redcross.org or www.usaid.gov.

Taylor Swift will be part of the voice cast for "The Lorax," an animated adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book that's due to hit theaters in March 2012. She'll play Audrey, the love interest for Zac Efron's Ted, a boy who's trying to save the forest and in doing so, hopes Audrey will notice him. Do I hear romance calling? Swift, who's currently touring Europe, is up for three awards, including entertainer of the year, at the Academy of Country Music Awards. They're set to air April 3rd on CBS.

The BIO channel is getting in on the Charlie Sheen action. The network will roll out a one-hour special called, Charlie Sheen: Bad Boy on the Edge, on March 20th at 9pm. The program will include news footage from ABC’s 20/20 interview, as well as interviews with friends and experts as they discuss Sheen's 30 year career.

TMZ is reporting that the FBI met with Vanessa Hudgens on Wednesday about the nude photos that were hacked from her Gmail account. The meeting lasted more than an hour and agents got info that reportedly leads to one individual who may have hacked 50 A-list celebs.

Lindsay Lohan went clubbing in New York club Wednesday night. She visited at least two different bars, but by all accounts, she didn't have one drop of alcohol.

Billy Ray Cyrus says he's dropped his divorce plans. He will be on "The View" today and says he wants to put his family back together again. "I feel like I got my Miley back," he added during Thursday's taping. "I feel like we're the daddy and daughter we were before Hannah Montana." Cyrus still maintains his family would be in a better place if Miley didn't become a celebrity. "Hannah Montana didn't ruin my family," he said during the View taping Thursday. "Fame did."

ABC has given a series order to "101 Ways to Leave a Game Show". The six-episode series is slated to run this summer and features contestants competing in a series of multiple-choice questions for a $50,000 cash prize. The thing that makes this show different is thatafter a contestant is eliminated from being able to win the cash, each of them is will be ejected from the show in a spectacular fashion - i.e., being flown away strapped to the wing of a biplane, shot out of a cannon, pushed off the top of a moving semi-truck, dragged underwater by a one-ton anchor or yanked off a dock by a speedboat.

MICHAEL GOUGH, BATMAN STAR, DIES gough.jpgBritish actor Michael Gough, best known for his portrayal of Alfred Pennyworth in the first four "Batman" movies, has passed away at the age of 94. His agent says he died at his home surrounded by family. The actor also played The Celestial Toymaker in "Doctor Who" in 1966 after gaining a cult following for his parts in Hammer Films productions such as "Dracula" and "Phantom Of The Opera." Gough is survived by his fourth wife Henrietta Gough, daughter Emma and sons Simon and Jasper.

 
 
 

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