Exclusive: Simpson and Egglesfield out in ‘Melrose Place’ shake-up  —  Two months into its run, The CW's ratings-challenged (but creatively-smokin') Melrose Place reboot is about to undergo a major renovation.  For starters, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield have been let go …

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Gosselin May Appear On Amazing Race Or Survivor  —  Imagine Jon Gosselin stranded in a remote jungle eating bugs.  Or being forced to run mile after mile.  —  No, it's not Kate Gosselin's secret dream come true - Jon is getting ready to take a meeting with CBS and talk …

Broadway Critics Applaud Sienna Miller - for Her Looks  —  From left: Marin Ireland, Sienna Miller and Jonny Lee Miller at the curtain call for After Miss Julie  —  Sienna Miller received a guarded welcome to Broadway Thursday night, as critics measured her performance in the drama After Miss Julie …

Suspects In Celeb Robberies Arrested, Released And Hungry For Fame!  —  Uhh, since when did burglars become so stylish and cute?  Diana Tamayo, Courtney Ames and Alexis Neirs were arrested for felony burglary and hauled to a Van Nuys jail in the back of a cop car last night …

Jodie Sweetin Lied About Her Sobriety  —  Jodie Sweetin is finally coming clean — about not really coming clean.  Despite her claims that she had kicked her drug habit, the ‘Full House’ star admits she's was just lying to everyone.  In her new tell-all book 'unSweetined …

Robin Wright Penn: Life After Sean  —  For Robin Wright, these days are all about new beginnings.  The actress has ended her marriage to Sean Penn, ushered her daughter off to college, and appears in three new movies this fall.  Here, she shares with REDBOOK editor-in-chief Stacy Morrison what it feels like to start anew.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Build a Playground  —  They may have their hands full with newborn Sparrow and 21-month old Harlow, but Nicole Richie and Joel Madden took time away from home on Thursday to take care of some less privileged kids: After 13 months of fundraising …

“Serious” Family Emergency Knocks Matt Damon Out of Charity Event  —  We hope everything turns out all right for Matt Damon.  —  The oft-involved actor was forced to pull out of a charity event tonight in San Francisco due to a “family emergency of a serious nature,” his rep confirms to E! News.

Slapstick Comedian Soupy Sales Dies at 83  —  Comedy legend Soupy Sales, the man who took thousands of pies to the face in his 5,000+ live television appearances, has died at the age of 83.  His legend spans all the way back to the '50s and '60s, thanks to ‘The Soupy Sales Show’ and 'What's My Line?'

Bronson Pinchot Discusses His Tom Cruise “Homophobic” Comments: “I don't believe I ever have been quite so forthcoming.” … Yesterday, we reported on actor Bronson Pinchot's not-so-flattering comments to the Onion about his “Risky Business” co-star Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington (an “unpleasant” human, in Pinchot's eyes).

Foreclosure for ‘NJ Housewife’  —  “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” castmember Teresa Giudice spent all of season one designing and decorating her new dream home — and now it looks like the extravagant mansion will become property of the bank.  Radar Online reports DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc filed papers …

Dita Von Teese, Evan Rachel Wood Share Awkward Run-in  —  Teary Dita Von Teese comes face-to-face with the “teenager” who stole her then-husband Marilyn Manson during Fashion Group International's Night of Stars held Thursday at NYC's Cipriani Wall Street.  —  Moments after Gwen Stefani's …

Patrick Swayze's Widow to Break Her Silence  —  Six weeks after Patrick Swayze lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at age 57, his widow Lisa Niemi will participate in a roundtable discussion on Grief, Healing and Resilience at the Women's Conference 2009 in Long Beach, Calif., next Tuesday, Oct. 27.

MRC Coins Next for District 9 Helmer  —  Media Rights Capital has committed to the next film by “District 9” writer/director Neill Blomkamp.  —  The untitled science fiction pic will begin production by mid-2010.  Bill Block will produce.  —  Block, the CEO of QED, was first to commit funding to …

Source: Kate Hudson has A-Rod flirting with Buddhism  —  Some kind of higher power must be watching over Alex Rodriguez in the Yanks-Angels playoff series — but he's probably not sure which one.  —  A source close to the Bronx Bomber calls A-Rod a “religious chameleon” …

CROSS: I DID COKE AT WHCD  —  Comedian David Cross brought his stand-up routine to Washington's Warner Theatre Wednesday night and made a shocking confession (assuming he wasn't joking...) at the end of his routine: That he snorted cocaine while seated just yards away from President Barack Obama …

Drunk Guy Swims with the Angels  —  Since hooligans always make a sporting event more interesting ... here's a clip of some drunken Anaheim Angels fan sneaking into the stadium's waterfall area during game 5 of the ALCS last night — and dunking himself.  —  At the time, the Angels were beating …

Lindsay Lohan Explains: It's OK for 15-Year-Old Sister to Party  —  We've been seeing Lindsay Lohan drag her 15-year-old sister, Ali, around to various late-night events, and yeah, we do think it's a little strange and probably not a good idea.  —  Well, turns out we're wrong.

Kalogridis to adapt ‘Ghost in the Shell’  —  Manga envisioned as 3D live-action film  —  DreamWorks has tapped scribe Laeta Kalogridis to adapt the Japanese manga property “Ghost in the Shell.”  —  DreamWorks is making the futuristic police thriller as a 3D live-action film.