NEWS ROUNDUP: Patti Stanger To DAYS, Morgan Fairchild On BONES, Six Hours of TV A Day Shortens Life Expectancy Five Years

MILLIONAIRE MATCHMATER's Patti Stanger will appear on DAYS OF OUR LIVES in September. Too much television may shorten your life: Six hours of TV a day can cut life expectancy by nearly five years, research shows. MTV renews AWKWARD for second season. SMALLVILLE's Cassidy Freeman to recur on THE PLAYBOY CLUB. Morgan Fairchild to guest star on BONES. Dominic Chianese joins BOARDWALK EMPIRE. Taylor Momsen quits acting to become a full-time singer. Doug Hutchison's: 16-year-old bride dresses as Pamela Anderson.

Too much television may shorten your life: Six hours of TV a day can cut life expectancy by nearly five years, research shows
Research carried out in Australia, and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, showed that every hour of TV watched after the age of 25 may shorten lifespan by 22 minutes.

According to one of the report's authors, Dr Lennert Veerman, from the School of Population Health at the University of Queensland, it puts long hours spent in front of the box "in the same ballpark as smoking and obesity". "While smoking rates are declining, watching TV is not, which has implications at a population level," he said.

MILLIONAIRE MATCHMATER's Patti Stanger will appear on DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Stanger will appear on four episodes of DAYS in September and said on ACCESS HOLLYWOOD that "those kids kick butt."

MTV renews AWKWARD for second season
The 12-episode sophomore season will air next year.

SMALLVILLE's Cassidy Freeman to Recur on THE PLAYBOY CLUB
Freeman has booked the recurring role of Frances Dunhill, a Chicago socialite who begins a “for show”-only relationship with Nick Dalton (played by series lead Eddie Cibrian). The arrangement benefits both parties, as Nick runs for public office and Frances labors to please her father (while also concealing a secret).

Morgan Fairchild to guest star on BONES
Morgan will appear in the third episode as a woman named Bianca, the intelligent, impeccably dressed CEO of Dillio Toys. In the episode, remains of a toy company employee are discovered, and Brennan and Booth must put together the puzzle pieces, which somehow involve Bianca.

Courtney Stodden: 16-Year-Old Wife Dresses As Pamela Anderson
Courtney Stodden, the 16-year-old who famously married actor Doug Hutchison, 51, in June, tried out a new look for a photoshoot Monday wearing a very familiar red bathing suit.

Dominic Chianese joins BOARDWALK EMPIRE
According to the show's creator/executive producer (and fellow SOPRANOS alum) Terrence Winter, Chianese will guest in six of the season's 12 episodes as one Leander Whitlock, whom Winter describes as a contemporary of Dabney Coleman's Commodore.

GREY'S ANATOMY Season 8 Promo: Meredith Is [Spoiler]!
The promo, which debuted on ABC over the weekend, sheds light on the specific punishment being served Meredith in the wake of the discovery that she tampered with Derek’s Alzheimer’s drug trial.

Taylor Momsen quits acting to become full-time singer: 'That's pretty much all I want to do'
The GOSSIP GIRL star-turned-rocker has quit acting to focus solely on her band The Pretty Reckless, she told the Elle magazine.