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Posted: 10:49 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011

Quikkies 10/25/11 

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"The Middle" star Frankie Muniz is engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Elycia Marie Turnbow. The 25-year-old star tweeted last Saturday that Turnbow had accepted his proposal, saying "After 4 years together, I'm so happy to be ENGAGED to the love of my life." Muniz and Turnbow made headlines in February when police were called to the couple's house after a domestic dispute. Cops at the time said that if anything like that ever happened again, they'd both go to jail.

Actor/comedian Robin Williams got married for the third time last Sunday in California's Napa Valley. His bride was girlfriend Susan Schneider. Williams, 60, met the graphic designer when he was recovering from heart surgery in 2009; she is given credit for helping nurse him back to health. The couple married at the Meadowood Resort with guests who included George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.  Williams has three children from his previous marriages: Zachary, 28, Zelda, 22, and Cody, 19. His divorce from second wife Marsha was finalized last year.

Aisha Tyler is joining the table at CBS's daytime chatfest "The Talk." She'll be sitting with comedian Sheryl Underwood and original members Sara Gilbert, Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne.  Tyler is a quick witted, charming woman who has hosting chops from E!'s "Talk Soup"...She also has a degree in political science from Dartmouth College.  This should be good!

Us Weekly is reporting that Demi Moore was on the set of "Two and a Half Men" on Friday while hubby Ashton shot an upcoming episode.  Her daughter Rumer was also there, but stayed mostly in Ashton's incredibly huge trailer while he worked. The news comes amidst ongoing speculation that the couple is headed for a divorce. A woman named Sara Leal said that she had an affair with Kutcher in late September. Also Kutcher has been seen without his wedding ring in a couple recent videos.

The Seaside Heights home where all the action took place for the cast of "Jersey Shore" is up for rent.  For just $2,500 a night, you can pretend you're one of the GTL gang. The house has everything from the duck phone to the Smush Room...(Bring your own sanitizer...)

Melanie Griffith is finalizing a deal on a pilot that she and her husband, Antonio Banderas, produced, called "American Housewife." Griffith stars in the drama about a rich housewife who converses with "an inner voice."

NBC has ordered a pilot for a sitcom about a dysfunctional First Family in the White House.  One of the executive producers of the show will be former Obama speech-writer, Jon Lovett. Lovett wrote many of Obama’s speeches about financial reform, inserted laugh lines into Rahm Emanuel’s commencement speeches, and wrote jokes for Obama’s White House Correspondents’ dinner. Ordering a pilot does not guarantee that the show will actually make it into the NBC lineup.  We'll just have to wait and see...

The Wendy Williams Show has been renewed for two more seasons, keeping her on the air through 2014. The Wendy Williams Show has been a strong performer on the Fox stations, but ranks as the lowest-rated talk show in households.

Bachelor Pad cast member, Krisily Kennedy, has announced she's bi-sexual. According to Life and Style magazine, the former Bachelor contestant, who was runner-up on actor Charlie O'Connell's season, says she can no longer hide the fact that she dates both men and women. The single 31-year-old, who recently broke up with her girlfriend of a year, is finally ready to be open about who she is and says she wants to fall in love and doesn't care who they are.

Hooray! Chord Overstreet has inked a deal with Fox to return to Glee. Sam Evans is set to reunite with the glee club in December.   The show explained Sam leaving the show by having his dad get a job in another town.  But now that he's coming back, it will be interesting to see what happens now that Mercedes has a new boyfriend.

Scott Baio will be starring in a new sitcom for Nick at Night called "Daddy's Home". Baio plays an actor who becomes a stay-at-home father while his wife goes back to work.

The Los Angeles Examiner is reporting that Casey Anthony has a deal in the works to write a memoir. The book will highlight life growing up in the Anthony family and becoming a teen mom.  The identity of Caylee's father will also be revealed. Famed book publisher Judith Regan says that despite best efforts, no mainstream publisher will want anything to do with Casey Anthony unless her book includes a full confession.

Rock star and former patient at St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix will announce plans Thursday for the donation of the Bret Michael's Hospitality and Music Room inside the hospital. "I want to give something back to the hospital that helped save my life," said Michaels.  "Phoenix is my home and I'm proud to be a part of this community." In April 2010, Michaels was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center suffering from a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a life-threatening type of stroke that causes bleeding in the fluid-filled spaces around the base of the brain.  St. Joseph's is the home of Barrow Neurological Institute and Michaels was treated by Barrow neurosurgeons.  Michaels' new music room, located near patients' rooms, will be designed to include music listening stations and relaxation areas for patients' families.

Jenna Elfman has been cast for a role in "Damages" for the show's fifth and final season. She's playing an investment banker who has a hand in a
case that sees Patty and Ellen facing off in court.

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