Star Jones

• The Beverly Hills police are investigating Joel Madden for allegedly striking a photographer while trying to get Nicole Richie out of Mr. Chow. - TMZ
• Tim Daly is set to guest on a two-hour episode of Grey's that could land him on the spinoff series with Kate Walsh. Can't wait to find out his McNickname. - The Hollywood Reporter
• Lance Bass is planning to write an autobiography "all about his life, his music, and his sexuality." It's appropriately titled Out of Sync. We're sure it will be an interesting read. - People
• Jason Wahler was sentenced to 60 days in jail this week for punching a city worker and tow truck driver last year in LA after they wouldn't get out of his way. Hope he enjoys his time in the clink! - AP
• Not only is Star Jones starring on an upcoming episode of Law & Order, she is also set to host a show over at Court TV. We're sure she's happy to get back to her lawyer roots. - Page Six

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• Trump gets creepier by the day - CityRag
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• Are America's Top Model Adrianne Curry's 15 minutes up? - Hollywood Tuna
• Did Jude Law frost his hair? - Pink is the New Blog
• Find out one way Beyonce keeps fit - FitSugar
• Is The View replacing Star Jones with Sherri Shepherd? - Jossip
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Rumors of Star Jones and Big Al's marriage on the rocks have been circulating for some time now. Al fuels the fire by getting caught at a divorce lawyer's office. Star's little empire is about to crumble even more. MediaTakeOut reports:

Last week Al Reynolds visited the offices of the divorce law firm Blank Rome LLP in New York's Chrysler building. MediaTakeOut.com spoke exclusively with a building employee who first noticed Star's soon-to-be-ex. According to the witness, "Al walked up to the security desk and signed in to visit [one of the Blank Rome's divorce lawyers] Stanford Lotwin."

Mr. Lotwin is one of the most prominent divorce attorney's in New York. He worked on the high-profile divorces of Howard Stern, Donald Trump, Geraldo Rivera and Diana Ross.

After remaining upstairs for nearly two hours, Al tried to quietly sneak out of the building. But before he could leave, the witness tells MediaTakeOut.com, "I walked up to him and said 'Al, is that you', and Al ran out of the building - almost knocking over a pregnant woman."

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Thankfully the Star news week is almost over. She was on Larry King to tell her side of the story. He clearly was on Barbara's side. Star tried to make herself the victim in the whole situation. Oh yeah and she basically admitted she had the gastric bypass surgery without saying the exact words. She also acted like a typical lawyer throughout the whole interview.

Rosie has finally spoken out as well. She told Jossip, "she thinks she's Beyonce."

Then she posted a story called My View on her blog where she wrote:
2 day
after my shrink
i drove past abc studios
there were camera crews
waiting

drama is as drama does
everybody breathe

Tomorrow is another day. TGIF!

So it was true. Star was scheduled to work until mid-July but due to her surprise announcement yesterday, ABC decided otherwise. Star was told not to come back and they made it very clear she was already forgotten. Barbara made an announcement this morning to try to clear the air a little but you could tell they are pissed at Star. Check out the change in the website in one day.

Star kept talking this morning as well. She spoke to Ryan Seacrest about how she could not believe Barbara used such a strong word as Betrayal. She also said she has been crying for months over this and thankfully her husband has been so supportive and helpful to get her through this tough time.

In case you missed The View, you can check out both Star and Barbara's announcements with the wonderful clip The Wow report put together. Watch Two Views here.

Also expect an announcement tomorrow about where Star is headed next. She will have her first TV interview tomorrow night on CNN with Larry King.

The war has just begun. It turns out Star did surprise her co-stars by announcing her departure this morning. Why was Babs shocked? Well, apparently Star was supposed to announce it on Thursday but went ahead and did it anyway. On top of that, Barbara was pissed off about the People story where Star said she felt like she was fired. She said she felt betrayed. SO what now? Apparently Barbra Walters is telling Star to not come back to The View - EVER. I am so looking forward to seeing the show tomorrow.

The View has not even aired yet on the west coast but all the buzz this morning was about Star's expected departure from the show. This morning she announced she is leaving. I guess Barbara never wanted us to see the Rosie-Star face off. People reports:

"Something's been on my heart for a little bit, and after much prayer and counsel I feel like this is the right time to tell you that the show is moving in another direction for its tenth season and I will not be returning as cohost next year," she said on the air.

"That's shocking to me," interrupted Joy Behar, prompting Jones Reynolds to link hands with her cohosts.

Thanking the show's creator, Barbara Walters, "for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime," Jones Reynolds concluded by saying, "I'm not sure what the future holds, but I'm absolutely sure who holds the future."

After some discussion, Walters said, "It is a new chapter for Star. It will be a new chapter for The View in the fall."

It's what happened after the show that was more interesting. Star admits she was fired. She told People, "What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the tenth season... I feel like I was fired." Somehow I don't think this is the last we will see of Star Jones.

It looks like Star Jones was scared off by Rosie. We were so looking forward to the cat-fight between these two but it looks like it won't ever happen. Star supposedly wanted to score her own show but there were no takers. I wonder where she'll end up. Access Hollywood reports:

Star Jones Reynolds will announce her departure from "The View" this week, Access Hollywood learned.

A source close to "The View" told Access Monday that Star Jones Reynolds will leave "The View" in July and will announce the departure on the show this week.

As a result, the much discussed face-off between Star and incoming co-host, Rosie O'Donnell, will never occur.