‘Two and a Half Men’ Crew Furious - Episodes Cut  —  The cast and crew of “Two and a Half Men” have just taken a major hit to their bank accounts, because Warner Bros. has just axed 4 of the remaining episodes ... TMZ has learned.  —  Warner Bros. was supposed to produce 8 more episodes to end the season …

The $1 Billion Girl  —  Jessica Simpson is laughing all the way to the fashion bank.  —  The sun sets extra early one sloppy winter afternoon on the clutch of paparazzi huddled on a midtown sidewalk beside an idling SUV.  Big, wet flakes of snow are landing on cameras, heads, shoulders …

Serene Branson, CBS 2 News reporter in Los Angeles, suffers possible stroke during live TV report  —  A Los Angeles reporter suffered a possible stroke during a live broadcast following the Grammys Sunday night.  —  Serene Branson was outside the Staples Center for CBS 2 News in Los Angeles …

Esperanza Spalding Learns What Happens When Justin Bieber Fans Attack  —  Those silly Grammys should have known better than to give their Best New Artist award to anyone other than Justin Bieber if they didn't want a tween revolt on their hands.  Moments after Bieber lost the prize to Esperanza Spalding …

Whoopi Goldberg Misfires in Attack on Article About Black Oscar Winners  —  Whoopi Goldberg used her bully pulpit on ‘The View’ on Monday to blast The New York Times and two of its marquee writers for what she believed was a disrespectful article about race and the Academy Awards.

Rihanna sued by famed fashion photographer David LaChapelle over ‘copycat’ S&M video  —  Prominent U.S. fashion photographer David LaChapelle is taking legal action over Rihanna's video for her new single for S&M, it has emerged today.  —  LaChapelle, who has shot celebrities for magazines …

Taylor Swift's Unrequited Crush: “I Was So in Love With You”  —  One benefit of writing songs about unrequited crushes?  Sometimes they respond.  —  Such was the case when Taylor Swift, 21, penned a ballad about meeting Owl City singer Adam Young for her latest CD, Speak Now.

Irina Shayk SI Swimsuit Issue Cover PHOTO Revealed (PICTURES)  —  Even though it's not technically going to be announced until tonight at midnight on the “Late Show With David Letterman,” this year's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover girl is Russian beauty Irina Shayk.

Cake Boss Buddy Valastro Welcomes Baby No. 4  —  Fresh out of the oven!  —  Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro is a dad for the fourth time, his rep tells PEOPLE.  —  Valastro's wife Lisa, who also appears on the TLC show, gave birth to son Carlo Salvatore Valastro on Monday …

Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz Have a Post-Split Lunch  —  Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are in the process of ending their marriage, but the former couple seem to be proving that their split is indeed amicable.  —  “They had lunch together today with Bronx at the Beverly Hills Hotel,” …

Snooki Made Us a Valentine  —  She really, really shouldn't have.  —  Sticking closely to the MTV Reality Star Playbook, here's Snooki and her new boyfriend Jionni LaValle posing for a Valentine's-themed photo shoot and this guy seriously deserves an Olympic medal in gold-digging.

Cops: DeGeneres Intruder Hid on Kitchen Deck  —  The woman arrested at Ellen DeGeneres' Beverly Hills home was discovered hiding behind cushions on the kitchen deck ... this according to prosecutors.  —  Karen Sjoden just pled not guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in an L.A. courtroom.

The Wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton - An update on Maid of Honour and Bridesmaids, Best Man and Page Boys  —  Miss Catherine Middleton has asked her sister, Miss Philippa Middleton, to be her Maid of Honour.  —  Prince William has asked his brother, Prince Harry, to be his Best Man.

Chelsea Handler's Going Bank Back On Tour  —  Wow!  She's got some pretty big venues lined up for this!  Girl's going to be raking it in!  —  It's just been announced that Chelsea Handler, along with three of her Chelsea Lately cohorts, will be embarking on a 19-stop stand-up tour this spring.

Lady Gaga Addresses ‘Born This Way’ Comparisons To Madonna's ‘Express Yourself’  —  Lady Gaga,Madonna,TV,Music,Jay Leno,Tonight Show,Pop,News,AH Nation  —  Lady Gaga has finally chimed in on the controversy that her new single, “Born This Way,” sounds like Madonna's 1989 anthem, “Express Yourself.”

Kim Cattrall, Jeremy Irons to Star in The Treehouse (Berlin) … BERLIN — Jeremy Irons and Kim Cattrall have joined Lajos Koltai's The Treehouse, a $10 million budgeted movie scripted by Paul Mayersberg from the novel by Eduard von Keyserling.  —  Irons and Cattrall join the project …