* Clerks II director Kevin Smith will fill in for recovering film critic Roger Ebert on his movie review TV show, "Ebert And Roeper," next week. Ebert is recovering from complications he suffered during cancer surgery in June.

* Pop star Lance Bass fell for his gay lover, reality TV's Reichen Lehmkuhl, when the Amazing Race star sold him a house. Lehmkuhl is a qualified real estate agent. Former 'N Sync star Bass has 'come out' in the new issue of People magazine.

* Pamela Anderson's best pal, photographer David LaChapelle, will be the "maid" of honor at her wedding to Kid Rock this weekend in France.

* Dallas star Larry Hagman and French actress Catherine Deneuve are to make guest appearances in hit television show Nip/Tuck. Brooke Shields, Richard Chamberlain and Kathleen Turner will also feature in the fourth season of the program.

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