Trump: Miss USA Tara Conner Not Fired  —  It's official: Donald Trump has not fired Miss USA Tara Conner.  —  "I've always been a believer in second chances.  Tara is good person.  Tara has tried hard.  Tara is going to be given a second chance," Trump announced at a press conference in New York on Tuesday.

Cartoon pioneer Joe Barbera mourned  —  LOS ANGELES - Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna were hired within a month of each other in 1937 by the MGM cartoon factory.  They soon hit on the idea of a cat named Tom and a mouse named Jerry.  —  "When we started, people said, `Cat and mouse?

Ryan Seacrest: Next Idol Will Be 'Extreme'  —  With less than one month to go before the new season of American Idol kicks off, Ryan Seacrest tells PEOPLE that there will be some eye-openers early on.  —  "I was just on the phone with Simon, and we were talking about the auditions," Seacrest said at Shore Club's Skybar in Miami.

Fatone wants to appear on ABC dance show  —  NEW YORK - Actors, pop singers and athletes have busted some moves on "Dancing With the Stars."  Now celebs seem eager to appear on ABC's ballroom hit.  —  Joey Fatone, of former boy band 'N Sync, told a Florida radio station Friday that he's ready …

Gibson says controversial tirade was 'a gift'  —  Plus, Courtney Love wants to make peace with Madonna  —  Despite making anti-Semitic comments earlier this year, director Mel Gibson's new film "Apocalypto" opened at No. 1 in its first weekend in release.  —  Slide show

Tori Spelling's DVD Launch/Shopping Spree  —  Mimi La Rue helps Tori Spelling sign So noTORIus DVDs  —  Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott chose "It's a Boy" baseball  —  Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott shop Alpha  —  Detail of Tori & Dean's baseball  —  Los Angeles, December 18, 2006 …

SEAN PENN: IMPEACH GEORGE W. BUSH, DICK CHENEY  —  Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn called for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney in an impassioned speech Monday night in New York.  —  The occasion was Penn's winning the first annual Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award …

Flashy performance by Brit  —  So much for Britney's pledge to clean up her act.  —  The newly single pop star continued her hard-partying trampage Sunday night at a Los Angeles burlesque club 40 Deuce, when she jumped onstage between striptease acts.  —  Britney and some girlfriends gyrated …

Yo!  Ventimiglia gets into the tough-guy act  —  LOS ANGELES — Steeped in vintage Scarface machismo, Milo Ventimiglia enters the lobby of a refurbished Culver City hotel.  —  A fedora is pulled down over one eye, and three days' worth of stubble toughen up his baby face.

Dimension manic for 'Madman' pic  —  Rodriguez brings comicbook to bigscreen  —  Dimension Films has made a deal to turn the Michael Allred-created comicbook "Madman" into a live-action film.  —  George Huang ("Swimming With Sharks") will direct a script he'll pen with Allred.

Group says "fake" fur on coat at Macy's is real  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An animal rights group on Friday accused Macy's of selling a coat with a real animal fur collar even though it was advertised as fake fur.  —  The Humane Society of the United States said a $237.99 Sean John Hooded Snorkel Jacket …

Mamet renders his 'Verdict' on H'wood  —  'Hollywood is like cocaine," says David Mamet. "  You cannot understand its attraction until you are doing it.  And when you are doing it, you are insane.  Mamet hasn't quite kicked the habit.  The playwright, who won a Pulitzer for "Glengarry Glen Ross …

ANNA LETS CAMERAS IN!  —  VOGUE staffers are a bit surprised to hear their boss, Anna Wintour, has agreed to strike a pose on camera.  The notoriously frosty editor-in-chief gave the green light for a "feature-length documentary" on the making of Vogue's huge September issue, known as "the Bible of fashion."

Actress Kim Fields: Pregnancy Is 'Wonderful'  —  The Facts of Life star Kim Fields is expecting her first child in May with boyfriend Christopher Morgan, and she tells PEOPLE pregnancy is "wonderful."  —  "It is amazing, surreal," says Fields, 37.  "For as maternal as I've felt all my life, it still has the 'Wow!' factor."

SEX AND THE CITY MOVIE BACK ON!  —  Since the show ended in 2004, rumors have swirled about the making of a Sex and the City movie, and finally, Kim Cattrall has confirmed to Star that fans will be getting their Christmas wish this year — the movie is officially back on!  —  But Catrall was apparently the last to know!

Sitcom legend now teaching `The Class'  —  BURBANK, Calif. - The core cast of the freshman CBS sitcom "The Class" is crammed around a dining table on a Warner Bros. soundstage rehearsing a dinner-party scene.  —  Lina's done the cooking and Richie is apologizing sotto voce for the result.

HAVING A BALL  —  WITH an all-star lineup that brought pop radio to life, Z-100's an nual holiday con cert extravaganza - the Jingle Ball - was anything but a silent night Friday at Madison Square Garden.  —  The stars who performed at the 11th edition of the December event were eclectic by design.