Fox NFL Sunday co-host and former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan will be filling the seat left vacant next to Kelly Ripa last November when her Live! co-host Regis Philbin retired.

The news of Strahan's hiring leaked on Tuesday afternoon, when several staffers at the show confirmed the news; according to TMZ.com. The website also reports that Strahan's rep was spotted outside the show's studio with an "ear to ear" grin.

ABC didn't comment on the apparent news leak; however, the network announced on Monday that the new host would be revealed on September 4, when he (or she) ...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, but these stars are already wearing their best red outfits.

Katherine Heigl wore this over-the-shoulder single strap gown to the premiere of her new movie One for the Money. The blood orange dress is accented with sparkling footwear and red lipstick.

Kim Kardashian showed off all of her curves in this ruby lace dress. She wore the outfit for a guest co-host spot on Live! with Kelly. The black nails add a mysterious flair.

Kate Beckinsale never looks bad, so it's no surprise she looked stunning in this merlot-colored dress that hugged...

Neil Patrick Harris is apologizing for offending the transgender community this week while co-hosting Live with Kelly.

As part of his appearance on Friday, the How I Met Your Mother star took part in an “anti-helium” gas experiment with hostess Kelly Ripa. The hosts inhaled the gas which dropped their voices to a deeper than normal level.

After Ripa imitated a famous “Star Wars” scene as Darth Vadar, Harris quoted the infamous, “It puts the lotion in the basket” line delivered by The Silence of the Lambs transgender villain, Buffalo Bill. Harris then said, “I’ve never sounded more like a ...

Anyone worried about Kelly Ripa's daytime talk show future can rest easy. With Regis Philbin retiring next week, Kelly Ripa has signed a new five-year deal with Live! With Regis and Kelly.

Kelly Ripa is staying put -- at least for another five years.

Regis Philbin is making his Live! With Regis and Kelly exit Friday, Nov. 18 and some have been curious as to how it would effect Kelly Ripa or if it would at all, considering she's under contract until the fall of 2012.

Well, we got an interesting answer to that question. According to a report from Deadline, Kelly Ripa just signed a new fiv...

Kelly Ripa and Nick Lachey dressed as Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries on their wedding day while co-hosting "Live with Regis and Kelly" today. They had nine costume changes.

Ripa wore a white wedding dress while Lachey wore a tuxedo complete with stilts.

News just broke today that Kardashian is filing for divorce from Humphries after only 72 days of marriage.

The Kardashians are a very popular costume this year. Melissa Francis, Jenna Wolfe, Lester Holt, Amy Robach and Janice Huff wore Kardashian and Bruce Jenner costumes for the NBC "Today Show" on Saturday. Do you think they pulled i...

Actor Josh Duhamel fought back tears on live TV on Friday as he opened up about the devastation caused by floods in his hometown of Minot, North Dakota.

The movie star was promoting his new film Transformers: Dark Of The Moon on morning show Live With Regis and Kelly when talk turned to the aid effort in Minot.

Duhamel, whose childhood home is underwater, told the hosts he is still struggling with images online detailing the extent of the flooding, and as he talked about what people could do to help, he almost broke down, wiping tears away from his eyes.

Clearly flustered, he said, "Ever...

Actor Jason Lee has been handed the honor of serving as grand Marshall at Sunday's NASCAR Energy 500 race.

The Almost Famous star, who is a big fan of the sport, will signal the start of the five-hour Sprint Cup Series event at the Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania - and Lee can't wait to step on the fabled track.

Speaking on TV's Live with Regis and Kelly on Friday, he says, "I will be the grand marshall. I will get to say, 'Gentleman, start your engines!' I'm just gonna yell it as loud as I can. It's gonna be great, I love NASCAR."

Axed soaps All My Children and One Life To Live are set to go out with a bang after scoring a combined total of 25 nominations for the 2011 Daytime Emmy Awards.

Earlier this year, ABC network bosses announced All My Children will come to an end in September after 41 years on air, while One Life To Live will also be scrapped following a 43-year run.

However, the shows look set to dominate the 38th annual Daytime Emmys - All My Children, which has 13 nominations, is up for Outstanding Drama Series, competing against The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital and The Young and the Restle...

Actress Courteney Cox is still working on saving her marriage to David Arquette, insisting the couple is "getting along so well" almost a year after they separated.

The pair has put on a united front for the press in recent weeks, even taking daughter Coco to Disneyland, but Arquette recently confessed his wife is still reluctant to reconcile.

The Friends actress continues to talk fondly of the actor as she promotes their new film Scream 4 and now she has offered fans the hope that the marriage may not be over.

She says, "I don't know what's going to happen. I really don't. I'm sure the ...

Pop star Lady Gaga has appealed to producers behind hit TV show Modern Family to find her a guest role on the series.

The singer is a big fan of the program, but Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson fears it will prove too difficult to write the larger-than-life star into the script.

Speaking on talk show Live with Regis and Kelly on Wednesday, Ferguson says, "She (Gaga) reached out and she wanted to do something with the show but it's like, how do you incorporate Lady Gaga into Modern Family?"

However, Ferguson reveals an upcoming episode of the show will pay tribute to the Born ...

"Live With Regis & Kelly" host Kelly Ripa unveiled her wax figure at Madame Tussauds in New York City yesterday. Do you think they look alike? We think they did an okay job.

Last month the wax museum debuted its Justin Bieber figure, and we thought the resemblance was poor. The same holds true for their Taylor Swift double.

The wax experts seem to have a hit or miss record - check out the Lady Gaga sculptures they did in December. Those were pretty good!

Regis Philbin has announced he plans on retiring from Live with Regis and Kelly -- and sources are saying actor Josh Duhamel may be the frontrunner to take his spot.

Live with Josh and Kelly? Sources from ET are saying that Transformers actor Josh Duhamel may be replacing Regis Philbin once he retires. The hunky actor is a favorite of Ripa’s -- and we can see why!

Fergie was asked if the rumors were true -- and she remained coy. "Wow! Do they have Vegas odds on that? Right now he is actually in New York filming New Year's Eve."

When she was asked again -- she would only say, "You’re goi...

Jessica Simpson has assured fans she's back in good health after a 24-hour mystery illness forced her to cancel a string of promotional appearances.

The singer began feeling unwell on Monday and struggled through a morning appearance on TV program The Early Show. Simpson was unable to perform on the chat show as planned and had to scrap her bookings for the rest of the day, including an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, after her health worsened.

However, Simpson honored her commitment to appear on Live with Regis and Kelly! on Tuesday, insisting she was back on top form...

Kristen Stewart had no problems working with James Gandolfini in Welcome To The Rileys - because she had never seen him portray a tough mafia boss in The Sopranos.

In the new drama, Stewart plays a troubled stripper, Mallory, who is befriended by Gandolfini's lonely character, Doug. Stewart insists she wasn't frightened by her heavyweight co-star - famed for his role as mobster Tony Soprano - because she hadn't seen an episode of his hit show.

However, the Twilight star admits she now understands why her colleagues were so terrified of Gandolfini after finally sitting down with a Sopra...

A super slender Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos enjoyed each others company in New York City on Wednesday. Kelly wore a bunch of bracelets, carried a Hermes bag, and had a band-aid on her knee.

The couple's 9-year-old daughter Lola recently competed at the 35th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show in Bridgehampton, New York. Lola performed in some advanced divisions and jumping classes, according to people.com.

Mark explained, "I'm in charge of the shoe shining. Kelly does the ribbons."

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Jennifer Aniston is under attack from a disability group for using the word "retard" in a TV interview.

The actress was talking about dressing up as her heroine Barbra Streisand for the upcoming issue of Harper's Bazaar on "Live with Regis and Kelly" on Thursday when she made the slip-up.

She said, "I play dress up. I do it for a living - like a retard!"

The off-hand remark has upset officials at The Arc, a non-profit advocate for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and CEO Pete Burns has taken aim at Aniston.

He tells UsMagazine.com, "It was extraordinarily offensiv...

"America's Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan showed off his softer side on U.S. TV on Tuesday (03Aug10) - he offered to pay for a viewer to jet off on holiday to the Caribbean.

The journalist-turned-TV-star was co-hosting daytime show "Live With Regis and Kelly" with Kelly Ripa and the pair was quizzing viewer Christine Novelli for a competition to win a holiday.

Novelli failed to answer the question before her time ran out - but kind-hearted Morgan, who wed his girlfriend Celia Walden in June, refused to let her go away empty-handed.

He said, "Wait a minute, I just got married. I'm suppose...

Zac Efron recently made an appearance on "Live With Regis & Kelly" and explained that when he's in New York he likes to do normal guy things such as get pizza and see a Broadway show. He loves the city, calls it "really cool" and has a lot of fun interactions with fans.

As is typical with hot young stars, Zac's physique was part of the conversation. He explained, "I stay fit. I have to. The characters I want to play and the stuff I do, they're those type of guys."

He's promoting his new film "Charlie St. Cloud," which centers on a young man who forges a relationship with his dead yo...

Veteran TV presenter Regis Philbin is to undergo his second surgery in six months, to remove a debilitating blood clot that formed after his hip replacement operation.

The 78-year-old host of Live with Regis & Kelly underwent the operation in December and was off the air for several weeks. He's suffered from limited mobility ever since due to the formation of a clot in his leg; and Philbin will be off the air again on Tuesday to have it removed.

He explains, "Ever since I got my hip replacement the other leg has acted up. If I walk more than three blocks, all of a sudden I feel that pai...

Christina Aguilera, songwriter, actress, philanthropist and one of the greatest singers of her generation, has confirmed her highly anticipated return to the stage with a global tour. Often referred to as the voice of her generation, Aguilera will pull from her repertoire of chart-topping hits and fan favorites, while mixing her bold, iconoclastic and innovative stage production into a live concert experience not to be missed. British pop singer Leona Lewis will appear on all North American dates.

All fans who purchase tickets at LiveNation.com through June 4th will receive an email with...

Boyz II Men create their own brand of magic once again with their inspired new album, simply titled "Love". The multiple Grammy Award winners - and most successful male vocal group of all time - tackle a hand-picked selection of their favorite popular love songs spanning the last several decades. Love is the follow-up to their welcome resurgence after the 2007 Grammy-nominated Decca release, "Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA". Reuniting with producer Randy Jackson, Boyz II Men have made yet another timeless record with "Love", singing romantic hits as only they can, with flawless har...

This year wouldn't mean anything without a brand new album from Alicia Keys and on December 1, the 12-time Grammy Award winner will release "The Element of Freedom", her fourth studio album on MBK/J Records.

Keys' first single, "Doesn't Mean Anything," was written and produced by Alicia and her longtime production partner Kerry "Krucial" Brothers. The moment the single impacted radio on September 21st, critics declared it an instant hit: "Alicia Keys Is Back" proclaimed NYPost.com's Pop Wrap column. "It's so perfect, it's so brilliant and it's so unmistakably Alicia."

While Keys' c...

Jude Law has slammed reports he has banned journalists from asking him about his new baby daughter, branding the claims "ridiculous".

Model Samantha Burke gave birth to baby Sophia on Tuesday after a brief romance with the actor earlier this year while he was filming Sherlock Holmes in New York.

The Brit star has remained silent about the arrival of his second daughter, and is set to appear on a string of shows to promote his upcoming stint in Hamlet on Broadway, which starts on October 6th.

Reports allege Law banned Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa from asking probing personal ques...

Atlantic recording group Trans-Siberian Orchestra has announced the upcoming release of its hugely anticipated new album, "Night Castle", which will arrive in stores and all digital retailers on October 27th.

Years in the making, "Night Castle" is without question TSO's most ambitious and adventurous work to date. Founder Paul O'Neill and crew have created 26 songs that run the gamut from hard rock to classical, taking the listener on a journey through different points of history. "Night Castle" details the triumphs and follies of man but is ultimately an epic story of transformation a...

While the rest of the web is blacking out all coverage of Megan Fox today, claiming that she's "overexposed", Starpulse is here to save the day with plenty of Megan Fox for those of you who can't get through a day without the sexy tattooed star.

Megan was recently seen in the mistake-riddled Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen along with Shia LaBeouf; and she'll star in the upcoming slasher/comedy Jennifer's Body, written and directed by Juno's Diablo Cody.

Next year she'll star in yet another comic book adaptation, Jonah Hex, alongside Josh Brolin, who recently said that the love s...

Singer-songwriter Kate Voegele is gearing up for the May release of A Fine Mess, the highly anticipated follow-up to her 2008 debut album, Don't Look Away (MySpace/Interscope). Voegele recorded the album in Los Angeles with producer Mike Elizondo (Rihanna, Maroon 5, Pink).

The 22-year-old has been racking up frequent flier miles of late, jetting back and forth between L.A. and Wilmington, North Carolina, where she's also shooting new episodes of the CW Network's hit TV series One Tree Hill. This season sees Voegele reprising her role as singer-songwriter Mia. She made headlines last y...

Bones actor David Boreanaz is to become a father for the second time.

The 39 year old star let the news slip during an appearance on morning show Live with Regis & Kelly on Wednesday, when he discussed how he explained "the birds and the bees" to his six year old son Jaden Rayne, with wife Jaime Bergman. He revealed, "(I said), 'Jaden, you're aware that mommy and daddy are having a new baby?'"

Co-host Kelly Ripa picked up on the mistake and prompted, "Did you just say you're having a new baby?" - To which Boreanaz replied, "I said that? Oh I did! Yes, I'm having a new baby."

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Superstar Kelly Clarkson is primed to dominate television surrounding the March 10th release of her 4th album, All I Ever Wanted (19 Recordings / RCA Records).

Clarkson is set to perform her hit single "My Life Would Suck Without You" on 3 of television's most prestigious programs during release week. She kicks off her whirlwind, cross-country promotional tour on release day with a performance on Good Morning America then jets to the west coast to make a triumphant return to the American Idol stage. Then it's back to NYC where Kelly will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on ...

The international Irish music phenomenon, Celtic Woman, has announced a brand-new "Isle of Hope" Tour, stopping in over 70 cities. The tour kicks off on February 13, 2009 in St. Paul and includes multiple shows in New York, Boston, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Jacksonville, among others.

Four years ago Celtic Woman traveled from Ireland to America and captivated millions with their inspiring songs of hope and love. Their incredible journey to stardom has been like a dream come true for vocalists Chloë, Lisa, Lynne, Alex and Celtic violinist Máiréad. The 2009 "Isle of Hope" tou...

Veteran TV presenter Regis Philbin escaped with a warning after a car crash with a parked police cruiser last month.

The 77-year-old host of Live with Regis & Kelly reversed his SUV into a cop car after a party in Greenwich, Connecticut on November 12th.

Philbin was handed a written warning, and his insurance company has agreed to pay for damages to the cruiser, costing $2,700.

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