Thousands of “American Idol” hopefuls waited in the rain and the cold as Season Nine auditions kicked off near Boston.

Sarah Palin accepts David Letterman’s apology for the joke about her daughter.

Howard Stern, Anna Nicole Smith’s former boyfriend and two of her doctors pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges they illegally supplied the Playboy model with prescription drugs for years before she died from an accidental overdose.

Miss California USA lost some goodwill with controversies over semi-nude photographs and her association with a conservative advocacy group for marriage, but she gets to keep her crown.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland says he was “neither the instigator nor the wrongdoer” in an incident that saw him charged with assault for headbutting a fashion designer who bumped actress Brooke Shields at a swank New York party.

The boyfriend of Jamie Lynn Spears is in stable condition after a terrible car crash early Sunday morning, according to People magazine. The couple have a 10-month-old daughter named Maddie.

Emmy Award-winning actress Bea Arthur, best known as star of the hit TV comedies “Maude” and “Golden Girls,” has died at age 86, entertainment news websites reported on Saturday.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. are expecting their first child together, a source close to the couple confirms.   “They’re very excited,” says the source, adding that the actress, 31, is due in the fall.

And then there were five.

American Idol eliminated two more contestants last night.

Lil Rounds, a frequent occupier of a spot in the bottom three, was the first to go.

Next, Anoop Desai got the boot. A fan favorite, the crooner lacked the vocal chops to go any farther in the competition.

Say goodbye Anoop and Lil

Condoleezza Rice, a classically trained pianist, was in Los Angeles for her March 24 appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, she asked to meet Randy Jackson for a private conversation at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.

Jay Leno checked into a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday with an undisclosed illness, forcing the comedian to cancel a taping of “The Tonight Show” for the first time in his 17-year tenure.

We still love Susan Boyle and we still can’t wait to watch her perform on Britain’s Got Talent.

The 48-year old singing sensation has dyed her hair chestnut brown and styled it differently, a new look that cost approximately $50.

Compare before and after pics below…

According to Entertainment Tonight, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette star Trista Sutter and husband Ryan Sutter welcomed baby No. 2 to their family yesterday.

Celebrity news magazines report that Trista gave birth to a baby girl weighing in at a healthy six pounds, two ounces on Friday afternoon in Colorado.

The couple named their new daughter Blakesley Grace Sutter.

“She’s healthy. Everything is really good,” Trista Sutter said.

Baby Blakesley is the couple’s second child. They are also parents to a son, Maxwell Alston Sutter, a.k.a. Max Sutter, who will be two years old in July.

The couple married in 2003 after Trista chose Ryan as the winner of season one of The Bachelorette. Ryan Sutter remains the only final rose recipient from 17 seasons of The Bachelor and Bachelorette to still be with the person who doled it out.

Alex DeSilva, a former choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance, has been arrested for multiple sexual assaults.

The 41-year-old was taken into custody in connection with four sexual assaults that occurred between May 2003 and March 28, 2009.

Wealthy, famous, fabulous at 50 ? but not a mother of four. Pop star extraordinaire Madonna lost a bid Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi, rejected by a judge who said she would not bend the country’s strict residency rules even for a wealthy celebrity.