News Round-up

Regime change at CW's 90210
Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair is taking a permanent residence in the 90210 ZIP code. On the heels of the freshman CW show's renewal, Sinclair has inked a new seven-figure deal with 90210 producer CBS Par and has been tapped to serve as executive producer/showrunner on the high school drama for the next two seasons.

Sinclair joined 90210 as an exec producer in September, when she inked a two-year overall deal with CBS Par. Under the pact, she was to run the writers room this season, working alongside exec producers/showrunners Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, then segue into development while serving as a consultant if 90210 returned for a sophomore year. With her new deal, Sinclair has been given the show's reins through the 2010-11 season. Sachs and Judah likely will depart at the end of this season.

Betrothal follows betrayals on Y&R
The good news is that Billy asks the mother of his new baby to marry him Friday on "The Young and the Restless."

The bad news is that she is still married to his brother.

"Billy wants to man up," Billy Miller, who plays the part, tells the New York Daily News. "He found a conscience somewhere between whoring and drinking. He wants his kid."

Even if he is not in love with her mother.

"What's love?" says the actor. "Billy loves a lot of people. Right now, he is in love with his daughter."

And he just had sex with his brother Jack's wife, Sharon.

"Yeah, he may have a couple of broken noses coming to him," says Miller.

Paul Anthony Stewart's "Crime and Punishment" begins tonight
Stewart (ex-Danny, GUIDING LIGHT) stars as Raskolnikov in the Cleveland Play House production, with Lethia Hall as Sonia and Patrick Husted as Porfiry.

AMC lesbian wedding storyline makes history — and mistakes
Sarah Warn, AfterEllen's Editor in Chief writes: "Many queer and straight viewers began heading for the door when it became clear that the kisses and the wedding plans were just new ways to dress up the same old depressing and boring lesbian storylines about sperm donors, custody battles, and sexually confused lesbians. And we already get enough of that on primetime TV."

Web soap explores gay safe sex in a post-Prop 8 world with four new episodes launching this spring
The boys are back! The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's online soap opera, IN THE MOMENT, returns with four new "webisodes" following the lives of several young gay men living in West Hollywood as they face difficult decisions about relationships, politics, drugs and sex. This season, which features a cameo by Darryl Stephens of NOAH'S ARC, includes up-to-the-moment topics such as Prop 8.

The new webisodes arrive amidst growing concerns regarding the rising HIV-infection rate among our nation's youth. New York City health officials recently reported that new HIV infections among young gay and bisexual men have risen 32 percent in recent years, in contrast to an overall drop for men older than 30.

"More and more young people are watching video content online, and more and more young gay guys describe meeting people on the web for dating and sex," says independent filmmaker Dave O'Brien, 31, who wrote, directed and co-developed In the Moment. "We had to create something that would tap into that, and do it in a way that wasn't about shaming people for their behavior. We wanted to create something that was about starting a conversation...bringing all of us together to help stop the spread of HIV."

Wendy Richard's 'support message' to Jade Goody
Wendy Richard sent a message of encouragement to fellow cancer sufferer Jade Goody shortly before she succumbed to the disease, it has been reported. The former EASTENDER actress - who was 65 - died in the Harley Street Clinic in London with her husband, John Burns, by her side.

She phoned 27-year-old BIG BROTHER star Goody - who has been given just weeks to live - to congratulate her on her wedding to Jack Tweed on Sunday, according to Jade's publicist Max Clifford. He told the Daily Mirror: "Wendy phoned and sent lots of love. She said she would have loved to have been (at the wedding) but was too sick. She told Jade she would be thinking of her."

CORONATION STREET baby boom continues as Jane Danson gives birth to a boy
Actress Jane Danson has given birth to a son today, making her new arrival the fourth CORONATION STREET baby this month. The 30-year-old - who plays vixen Leanne Battersby in the ITV show - welcomed her second son Alfie Sam Robert in the early hours of this morning.