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Kathy Griffin channels Kate Gosselin in a new sketch for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". Titled "Kate is Enough: The Kate Gosselin Story", the so-called trailer to a TV movie sees Kathy wearing a wig that resembles Kate's signature hairstyle and donning a bikini that reveals eight labor scars.

Kathy mocks the media headlines back in June when Kate was caught on camera refusing her daughter Mady a drink. In the sketch, 'Mady' hands her an empty glass and 'Kate' takes it to her eyes, saying "wa wa... here drink the tears of fame."

The war between the cheerleading squad and the "Glee" club is on. Will Schuester, head of the ragtag performers, whispered to Sue Sylvester's ear "I will destroy you". The coach whispered back "I'm about to vomit down your back". Will closed it with "It's on".

Next week on September 16, Will forms the Acafellas, an all-male acapella vocal group, and spends more time building his own confidence than he does with the glee club. In Will's absence, the glee club decides to hire a well-known choreographer to help coach them to Nationals.

The last time he was recognized on TV was when he voiced Devon Bradley on "The Simpsons". Feature movie actor Edward Norton, in person, will guest star for the first time in a primetime series which will debut this Fall, "Modern Family". A comedy from Steven Levitan, the ABC show is going to put Norton as a musician.

Per EW, it is reported that Norton will play a bassist of a famous band whom Charlie (Julie Bowen) hires as an anniversary surprise for husband Phil (Ty Burrell). The guest starring appearance has been confirmed by the network and will air in November.

Twelve teams who will race for 1 million dollar grand prize on "The Amazing Race" have been unveiled. The line-up this season includes a former Miss America, professional poker players, and two openly-gay brothers. One team in particular has all the quality of being a champion because they have been in more than 60 countries.

Nathaniel Lofton (28) and his friend Herbert Lang (32) believe their experience will deliver them first position in the race. "I've been to about 65 countries around the world," said Lang. "I definitely think that gives us a little bit of an advantage when we're traveling to different countries, as far as knowing how to interact with different cultures, managing our money and communicating with taxi drivers and whoever else we need to help us get from Point A to Point B."

One week away from the season 3 premiere, the cast of "Gossip Girl" are coming out to reveal their characters' development in the new chapter. Jessica Szohr who plays Vanessa has been doing a favor of being the interviewer for Leighton Meester (Blair), Penn Badgley (Dan) and Ed Westwick (Chuck).

In her chat with Leighton, Jessica asked about the dynamic of Blair and Chuck. "It's gonna be pretty fun because we get to sort of see what a real-life relationship would be between Chuck and Blair. It's not a normal and conventional relationship by any means but for right now, the fighting and the love-hate is gonna be over a little bit," Leighton explained.

The nine pairs who will compete in the upcoming season of "Dancing with the Stars" have started taping for the joint promo of the show. While taking a break to wait for their turn, the stars and their professional dancer partners took turns to express their excitement and to reveal their individual strategies.

"Yes, I've been in the show business all my life, but I've never been a ballroom dancer," Donny Osmond said about 'first reactions'. Former House Majority leader Tom DeLay meanwhile "can't believe" that somebody would ask him to be on the show. "America probably doesn't know that I love to dance," Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin revealed.

The producers of "American Idol" have found the person who will best suit as the replacement of Paula Abdul. Talk show host slash comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has been officially tapped to be the new judge of the talent show when it returns for the ninth season in January 2010.

FOX said in a statement released on Wednesday, September 9, "DeGeneres will sit alongside Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi and offer her own unique perspective to the contestants throughout the competition." DeGeneres will effectively sit on the panel after the audition rounds.

ABC aired two sneak peeks to "Desperate Housewives" season 6 opener, "Nice is Different than Good". In the first clip, Karl tries to get Bree to bed with him but she just won't do it because the sheet is filthy. In the second clip, Gaby knows more than meets the eyes when Carlos' niece goes out to school with a sweatshirt on.

In the sixth season, Bree struggles to break free from Orson and inhibitions. Meanwhile, Gaby is put to test by Ana who is now under her and Carlos' care. Carlos has been pursuing her to sign a paper that will state them as being the legal guardians of Ana but Gaby won't do it until the teen changes her attitude.

The names that will present Creative Arts Emmy Awards this year have been unveiled in a press release. Ashley Tisdale and "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane are among them who will hand out prizes to technical and other similar achievements in American television programming this September 12.

In fact, the TV Academy is picking at least one star from various shows to be presenters. Other names are Gabrielle Anwar, Fred Armisen, Carol Burnett, Christian Clemenson, Ted Danson, Lisa Edelstein, Donald Faison, Jerry Ferrara, Johnny Galecki, Nigel Lythgoe, Kathryn Morris, Elisabeth Moss, Sharon Osbourne, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Mary Lynn Rajskub and a few more.

As the season opener of her show, Tyra Banks has debuted her God-given hair on national television. The episode airing on Tuesday, September 8 was aimed to encourage women embracing their natural look. She came out with shoulder-length hair which is pulled back and flattened with water.

"Let's talk about my hair right now. I know it's been a big mystery. And it was like an unsolved mystery and I felt like I needed to solve this mystery," the model said in the beginning of her show before turning around to give a better look of her hair. She then let the audience in the studio to touch it and called on her hairdresser to give her a make-over on stage.

With all the dark clouds hovering the upcoming premiere of "Grey's Anatomy", at least one character is getting an improvement. A shirtless Derek smiling from behind the door is one of the pictures released as the promotional effort of the first episode that airs September 24. Additionally, there is a new sneak peek of him caught naked by Izzie and Alex.

This season, Derek will make one big decision regarding his career, whether or not he will take over Chief's job as the head surgeon. Plus, the fact that Ellen Pompeo is heavily pregnant and will take a maternity leave later this year, become the more reason for the show to focus on Derek's path. "Derek hasn't been a fully explored character separate from Meredith," Executive Producer Krista Vernoff said.

After peeling off Serena, Blair and Chuck's fashion sense, wardrobe supervisor of "Gossip Girl", Eric Daman, gives what's the deal with Jenny Humphrey in the third season. From being a rebel to coming true to herself, the character played by Taylor Momsen will make a transition from Cherie Currie to 'a little bit of everything'.

Jenny will replace her Goth style with a mix match of Brooklyn and Upper East Side. Now that her father is set to marry Lily van der Woodsen, Jenny finds herself in a more luxurious lifestyle. Thus she no longer makes her own clothes but rather spends money on the dresses. Without walking away from her rock and roll root, she would prefer something like a gown with snake skin patterns. Daman also emphasizes the fact that Jenny always loves black and gray.

Gavin Rossdale is crossing the bridge to the TV land. The former singer of Bush is making a guest star appearance on CBS' "Criminal Minds", playing a Goth rock star who is a suspect in a murder case. The team will have to find out whether or not he is moonlighting as a serial killer. His episode is unknown but it will be the one aired in November.

This would be the first acting gig for the rocker in a primetime TV. He previously only starred in big screen projects such as 2004's "Little Black Book" and 2007's "How to Rob a Bank".

With only one more episode left in the second season, "True Blood" is airing a teaser which utilizes Depeche Mode's "Corrupt". The teaser for the season 2 finale was played on Sunday night without the band but HBO has since released a longer version online that includes scenes of the band recording the song.

The "True Blood" scenes are those from the title while the glimpses of the band are cut from the "Studio Sessions" featurette on the "Sounds of the Universe" box set. "Universe" is the twelfth studio album from the rock band which was released back on April 20, and "Corrupt" is the song that never got out as an individual sale.

The Fall season on The CW was officially kicked off with the second season premiere of "90210" and the debut of "Melrose Place" on September 8. Next week, the two refurbished shows will come back with "To Sext or Not to Sext" and "Nightingale" respectively.

In "Sext", Naomi is still furious with Annie from prom night and contemplates sending out a sexually explicit text message of Annie as payback. Silver is convinced that she and Dixon can mend their broken relationship, but Naomi and Adrianna convince her to give him some much-needed space. Liam attempts to apologize to Naomi for what happened on prom night and denies sleeping with Annie, but refuses to reveal who he was with.