* Denis Leary, Rob Morrow and Patrick Dempsey were all up for the role of Gregory House on the hit TV series House, but British actor Hugh Laurie eventually won the role with an audition tape he filmed inside a men's room in Namibia, where he was filming action movie remake Flight Of The Phoenix.

* It pays to date former Friends star Matthew Perry - the actor has recruited reported girlfriend Lauren Graham to play herself on his new TV series "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip."

* The star of upcoming dating show “The Bachelor: Rome” is a real-life Italian prince. Hunky Lorenzo Borghese's ancestors were given royal titles from Pope Paul V in the 1600s, and although he was brought up in America, the young prince, 34, still has land and property in and around Rome.

His royal background isn't Borghese's only claim to fame - he's also related to historical war hero Napoleon Bonaparte and his grandmother created the Borghese cosmetics line for Revlon in the 1980s. The Borghese entrepreneurial streak continues with the new Bachelor - he owns pet-grooming line Royal Treatment Pet Spa.

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