Banks, Kutcher team for new reality series
If you think the teaming of Tyra Banks and Ashton Kutcher sounds like something out of a reality show, you're not far off. The pair are joining forces to create an unscripted series for ABC. The as-yet-untitled project will feature contestants competing in a beauty pageant. Naturally there's a twist, but the network has requested that the concept remain under wraps because the show hasn't started production. ABC has ordered eight episodes from Banks' Bankable Prods., Kutcher and Jason Goldberg's Katal

Tyra Banks stalker released without bail
Talk-show host Tyra Banks is living in fear of a hulking stalker who's been terrorizing her for months and was set free by a judge last week. Cops finally busted the burly ex-con drifter Tuesday for allegedly stalking Banks from coast to coast, but he was released without bail - an act that has added to her anxiety. Brady Green, 37, has hounded Banks with multiple letters and phone calls since early January, cops and prosecutors said.

Tyra Banks named hardest working celebrity
Tyra Banks has been named the hardest-working person in showbusiness in a new online poll. The model, talk show host and TV presenter has become a minimogul since she stepped down from the catwalk in 2006 - and now she has landed at the top of a new survey aimed at finding America's hardest-working celebrity. Banks beat American Idol host and DJ Ryan Seacrest, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum and Sean `Diddy' Combs to claim the top spot on Parade.com's annual Summer Pop Culture poll. The poll also claime

Video: Tyra Interviews Toni Braxton While Driving Around in Her Car
Tyra Interviews Toni Braxton While Driving Around in Her Car.

Michelle Obama Covers Ebony Magazine; Dishes On Her Relationship With Obama; Meet Michelle Obama's Mom, Marian Robinson
This is certainly one magazine issue I will buy, and you make sure you go out an buy it, too. Michelle Obama is on the cover of Ebony, and it will feature an interview with her mom, Marian Robinson. Going beyond the surface view of poise, elegance, style and the utmost class, Ebony magazine unveils the real Michelle Obama: mother, wife, potential first lady and style icon. Take a rare look behind-the-scenes of Michelle’s life on the road to the White House and how she finds the necessary balance between

Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama Author Pieces for Us Weekly
John McCain may have endorsement of Heidi Montag, but Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have the support of their spouses, who penned exclusive first-person pieces arguing for the candidates they know best in the latest issue of Us Weekly. Their pieces are a little under 1,000 words apiece. "I tell people I am married to the answer," Michelle Obama wrote in Us. "If I weren't married to him, I'd want a Barack Obama presidency right now — not in four or eight years, but now." Bill Clinton wrote in U

Video: Fox News - Michelle Obama is "Obama's Baby Mama"
Fox News calls Michelle Obama "Obama's baby mama."

Calvin Klein shows support for Mr Obama by hosting fundraiser
With the race for the White House hotting up between Republican candidate John McCain and the Democratic party's hopeful Barack Obama, many of America's famous residents have been doing their bit to help forward the cause of their chosen statesman. Following in the footsteps of Oprah Winfrey, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel, fashion maestro Calvin Klein is the latest name to give the Illinois senator his backing. Accompanied by his TV producer daughter Marci Klein, the style maestro hosted a fund

Sherri Shepherd "Would Love" Michelle Obama to Be First Lady
View co-host Sherri Shepherd can't contain her admiration for potential first lady – and Us cover girl – Michelle Obama. "She is so poised, gracious, intelligent, charming and funny," she told Usmagazine.com at the Daytime Emmy Awards in L.A. Friday night, which she co-hosted. "I would love to have her as a first lady!" Shepherd said. Obama was a guest on The View Wednesday. "She showed another side of herself: a sweet side, a motherly side," Shepherd told Us. "She has a great sense of humor

MSNBC Pulls "Inappropriate" Michelle Obama "Hardball" Ad Depicting Silhouetted Female Dancers
MSNBC ran an ad for "Hardball" Thursday morning teasing a segment on Michelle Obama's image makeover. The ad featured background artwork of female silhouetted dancers while the phrase, "HER NEW OUTLOOK?" was displayed on the screen. When contacted, an MSNBC representative said the ad was pulled after only running "once or twice" because it was deemed "inappropriate." The full statement: "The artwork should not have been used, it was inappropriate. We pulled the spot this morning and it was re-done withou

Michelle Obama to be a guest host on `The View'
Michelle Obama will be a guest host on "The View" on June 18. The popular ABC daytime talk show had invited her to be a guest this month, but she sent back word that she would like to be a host like Cindy McCain did in April, said Bill Geddie, the show's executive producer. "Equal time — that's hard to argue with," he said Wednesday. Being a guest host will allow Michelle Obama to help interview guests and participate in the opening "hot topics," or banter about what's in the news that day. It offer

Michelle Obama's thesis goes public, gets analyzed
There are plenty senior theses with famous authors lining the shelves of Princeton University's library. Actors Brooke Shields and Dean Cain used their senior papers to write about the film industry. Actor David Duchovny wrote about Samuel Beckett. Future politician Bill Bradley wrote about Harry Truman. Ralph Nader explored Lebanese agriculture. But few senior theses have attracted as much attention as Michelle Obama's 1985 paper, "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community." Bloggers have

Video: Michelle Obama on The Colbert Report
Stephen tries to make Barack Obama jealous by singing to Michelle Obama.

Janice Blasts "Pathetic" Tyra
Janice Dickinson just can't keep her opinions to herself. The mouthy mannequin tells Page Six she has a bone to pick with Tyra Banks, that Kevin Federline is a "pig," and that Simon Cowell is the hottest guy in Hollywood. Dickinson told us she recently "flipped out" when she saw a paparazzi photo of Banks in a magazine carrying a copy of Dickinson's book, "No Lifeguard on Duty," in which she writes about sex, drug use, incest, celebrity affairs and her near-fatal car wreck some years back. Dickinson

Barack Obama Gives Daughter $1 Allowance a Week
The Democratic presidential candidate and wife Michelle tell PEOPLE how they raise their girls in the public eye.

The Obamas for Essence Magazine
The Obamas for the September issue of Essence Magazine. Essence Magazine has become the first black publication to be allowed a glimpse into the Obamas’ spacious Chicago home. In the September issue, hitting newsstands now, just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Essence captures Michelle, Barack and their two daughters at home. And veteran journalist Gwen Ifill catches up with the Obamas on the road, where they discuss family life, criticism of Michelle, and reaction to Barack's

Hillary Clinton to Appear With Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama next Friday for the first time since she dropped out of the Democratic primary and he secured the nomination. Details about the appearance were not given in an e-mail sent by the Obama campaign that announced the joint event. Clinton ended her campaign on June 7. "I endorse him and throw my full support behind him," she said at the time. Obama tells Us Weekly in its new issue, on newsstands now, that his wife Michelle is an "extraordinary mother" to their two

Video: Tyra Talks with Huckabee about Homosexuality
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee appeared on The Tyra Banks Show on Friday.

Barack Obama's Daughters on His Presidential Run: "Boring!"
Barack Obama has confessed to Usmagazine.com that his daughters, Malia, 9, and Sasha, 6, are obsessed with Miley Cyrus and Beyonce. But when it comes to his presidential campaign... well, not so much. "When I call them, they say, 'Daddy, what did you do today?' I say, 'Well, I spoke to 35,000 people,'" Obama told Rachael Ray in an interview that aired Tuesday. "It's like, 'Boring!'" he added. "It's not interesting." The Democratic presidential hopeful – who is Just Like Us — called campaigni

New Yorker's 'terrorist' Obama cover under fire
In a campaign in which Senator Barack Obama touching fists with his wife sparked a "controversy", the New Yorker's latest cover was never going to slip onto newsstands unnoticed. In a satirical swipe at the crazy rumours about the presidential candidate and his wife, Michelle, the liberal magazine depicts them as terrorists in the oval office. Obama is in Muslim clothing; Michelle, in an Afro and military garb, has an AK-47 slung over he shoulder. Naturally, the fist bumping is there, along with a por

America's Next Top Model - Paulina Porizkova to replace Twiggy
A new judge has made her debut on the new cycle of America's Next Top Model, which premiered in the US last night. Supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who told the New York Post last year that she felt the programme was "completely unrealistic", has now confirmed with the newspaper that despite replacing former judge Twiggy, she still stands by her opinion of the US reality show. However, the newspaper reported this week that America's Next Top Model executive producer Ken Mok was seeking a judge who was "n

ANTM: the models wear beef
The leggy contestants get a taste of the not-so-glamorous side of the business as they are made to pose by Tyra around racks of beef for a photo shoot in New York City's meat-packing district. Pretty gross - beef panties?

Models turn loft into pigsty
THE 14 wannabe models from the latest cycle of "America's Next Top Model" are accused of making a dump out of the gorgeous $6 million TriBeCa loft where they lived for 10 weeks. Anisa Productions, which makes the show hosted by Tyra Banks, rented the loft at 39 Lispenard St., promising landlord Michael Marvisi that any damage would be minor, according to an insider. Instead, we're told, the crew "punched hundreds of holes in the ceiling to hang lighting equipment" and ruined the Brazilian wood floors,

Jason Wahler: "I Do Not Have a Sex Tape of Lauren Conrad"
Jason Wahler is speaking out against Spencer Pratt's recent claims on national TV that a Lauren Conrad sex tape exists. "I do not have a sex tape of Lauren Conrad and one does not exist," Wahler tells Usmagazine.com in a statement. "Spencer Pratt is lying again to get attention. "Lauren is my friend," Wahler continues, "and it is insulting to her to suggest this." On Tuesday's Tyra Banks Show, Pratt declared, "I know for 100 percent fact it did exist – 1000%!" His girlfriend, Heidi Montag, als

Miley Cyrus: 'We're All Changing'
The two weeks since her Vanity Fair photo controversy have certainly been tough ones for Miley Cyrus – but they've also helped her evolve. "We're all changing," the 15-year-old Cyrus told a screaming crowd Saturday onstage at KIIS-FM's Wango Tango concert in Irvine, Calif. "I thank you for helping me as I grow through that." The Disney star did not address the controversy directly during her 30-minute set – and she successfully avoided reporters by skipping the red carpet. But – as she did sim