The 'Hoff' returns in Knight Rider... but a new hero is in the driving seat
David Hasselhoff has returned in a remake of Knight Rider - but this time someone else gets the fast car. The former Baywatch star stood by the side of his successor, Justin Branning, who plays the estranged son of Michael Knight, Mike Traceur, in the new show, and handed over the reins to KITT. In the first episode, which premiered in the US last night, Traceur came face to face with his father when he turned up unannounced at his mother's funeral.

David Hasselhoff Turned Down for 'Superman,' 'Indiana Jones'
David Hasselhoff wanted to be Superman ... but it didn't fly. “I've had some big 'nos,' and they kind of threw me into a tailspin,” the "America's Got Talent" judge told Parade magazine. “The first was when I was up for 'Indiana Jones' and Steven Spielberg turned me down. The next came when I was up for 'Superman' and they passed. “The latest big 'no' was when I brought 'Knight Rider' back to NBC. They said, 'We love the project, but we don't think we want you starring in it,'" Hasselhoff told

11 Things: Happy Birthday, Hasselhoff
1. Hasselhoff to an epic start: David Michael Hasselhoff's first major role was Dr. William "Snapper" Foster Jr. on "The Young and the Restless" (1975-82). Hasselhoffhand remark: The exact same TV show Travis Bickle was watching when he kicked his TV over in "Taxi Driver" (1976). 2. On again, Hasselhoff again: Hasselhoff played Michael Knight in "Knight Rider," "a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the

Video: The famous David Hasselhoff drunk burger
David Hasselhoff drunk and on camera in this shocking video shot by his own daughter.

The Hoff Back to the Hosp
TMZ has learned David Hasselhoff checked himself into UCLA Medical Center this weekend, but the buzz that it's for rehab is bogus. We're told Hoff had something removed from above his eye last week. It was stitched up but somehow the wound reopened on Saturday and it was bleeding like a mutha. Hoff's assistant became concerned and took him to UCLA. It's bad enough that he'll probably be there until tomorrow. Hey, UCLA docs -- don't peek at the Hoff's chart, or else!

Video: Busty Heart Smashes Cans with Her Jugs
The stripper shocked the judges on America's Got Talent!

The Hoff wants elephant tusk back from ex-wife
BAYWATCH star David Hasselhoff is reclaiming a bizarre list of items from his ex-wife – including an ivory tusk and an antique barber’s chair. Hoff, 55, has won a court order allowing him back into the family home in LA to collect possessions from actress Pamela Bach, 44. The list also includes a statue of a dolphin, a model elephant, baseball memorabilia – and a “French maid”. The couple have spent months warring over finances and their two teenage daughters. Hasselhoff was ordere

The Hoff keeps his name in divorce
As part of his divorce settlement with ex Pamela Bach, David Hasselhoff will maintain possession of his biggest asset -- his name. Specifically listed in the divorce settlement filed today, Hasselhoff keeps the rights to the name "Hoff" and the catchphrase, "Don't Hassle the Hoff" in countries throughout the world. Bach and Hasselhoff will split their Encino, Calif. home 50/50. Bach also gets two cars (a 2006 Mercedes and a 1999 Lincoln Navigator), half of their joint checking account and the balance

Jugs of Glory
Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff were left agog during the latest round of America's Got Talent auditions after a hopeful smashed beer cans with her 40lb breasts. Busty Heart, as she is know, crushed nine beer cans simultaneously with her right breast in a rather peculiar attempt to impress the judges. The former exotic dancer stuck pictures of Morgan and Hasselhoff's faces to the cans, which ended up flattened on the table.