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 …

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 …

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?'

Lil Wayne cops to gun rap in shock plea  —  The lil is gone - to jail!  —  Rap superstar Lil Wayne is prison bound after taking a surprising — and surprisingly docile — plea of guilty to gun possession yesterday in return for a promise of one year behind bars.

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 …

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 …

“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.

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).

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Robin Thicke to Be a Dad!  —  Robin Thicke and wife Paula Patton are expecting their first child, Usmagazine.com has learned.  —  On Tuesday, the two - who began dating in high school before wedding in 2005 - got cozy at the 2009 Angel Ball in New York City.  —  Thicke, 32, was happy to sing her praises.

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 …

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.

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.

Pharmacist Says He Refused to Fill Anna Nicole Prescription  —  A California pharmacist testified Thursday that he refused to fill a prescription for Anna Nicole Smith written by Smith's psychiatrist in 2006 because the high doses of medication amounted to “pharmaceutical suicide.”

U.S. formally asks Swiss to extradite Polanski  —  ZURICH (Reuters) - The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, who fled sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1978, the Swiss justice ministry said on Friday.

Travolta mistrial ‘caused by rumour’  —  The Bahamian politician who prematurely announced the acquittal of two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta has admitted that he was just repeating a rumour.  —  Picewell Forbes had announced during a live TV and radio broadcast …

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 …

Letterman writer, Hold Steady singer in a dream/weird/promising collaboration  —  Sex, late-night and rock ‘n’ roll?  —  Tom Ruprecht, a longtime writer on CBS' “Late Show With David Letterman,” and Craig Finn, frontman of the popular rock band the Hold Steady, are teaming to write and produce …