Veteran actor William Shatner is returning to the small screen in a new comedy based on one man's controversial Twitter account. The former Star Trek actor has signed up to appear in a TV pilot based on S**t My Dad Says, which has turned creator Justin Halpern into an internet sensation since he debuted the blog in August.

Shatner will play a character based on Halpern's larger-than-life father, whose obscene rants are featured in Halpern's 'tweets'.

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NASHVILLE (Billboard) – With his fourth album, "Haywire," country singer-songwriter Josh Turner has scored his third straight top 10 chart entry.

Fueled by national TV guest spots, a hit video and a No. 1 single with "Why Don't We Just Dance?," the February 9 releas debuted on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart at No. 2 and on the Billboard 200 at No. 5.

Turner says of the MCA Nashville album, "We chose

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BOSTON – A rap star says former Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney first touched him — and not the other way around — during a confrontation aboard a taxiing Air Canada flight.

Sky Blu says in a video on TMZ.com he was trying to go to sleep when he leaned his seat back on a Vancouver-to-Los Angeles flight Monday. He says Romney loudly told him to straighten it and grabbed his shoulder.

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Holly Robinson Peete has been left "disgusted and offended" after reading John Mayer's full interview with Playboy magazine - even though she was previously thrilled he had called her "gorgeous" during the chat.

The rocker has been mired in controversy following publication of the interview, in which he used the 'N' word when talking about his African-American fanbase, and revealed lurid details about his relationship with ex-girlfriend Jessica Simpson.

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Actress Holly Robinson Peete is thrilled after learning rocker John Mayer has a crush on her. The TV star was singled out as one of the African-American women Mayer called "gorgeous" in a controversial new Playboy magazine article - and the comment has made her year.

She tells Eonline.com, "I'm levitating. There's nothing that makes a 45-year-old mother of four feel better when she's dropping her kids off at school than to get a link on my iPhone that says John Mayer thinks I'm more...

NEW YORK – Just in time for Valentine's Day, Billboard has ranked the 50 sexiest songs by popularity — and Barry White didn't even make the list.

Instead, it's Olivia Newton-John who is tops — her hit "Physical" is No. 1, followed by Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)."

Rounding out the top five: Boyz II Men's ballad "I'll Make Love to You," Next's "Too Close" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Just in time for Valentine's Day, Billboard has ranked the 50 sexiest songs by popularity — and Barry White didn't even make the list.

Instead, it's Olivia Newton-John who is tops — her hit "Physical" is No. 1, followed by Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)."

Rounding out the top five: Boyz II Men's ballad "I'll Make Love to You," Next's "Too Close" and Marvin

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