NEWS ROUNDUP: Marie Osmond Honored To Appear on B&B, Leslie Charleson Back Where She Belongs, Erin Chambers Out At GH

Leslie Charleson's Monica will not miss anymore GENERAL HOSPITAL weddings
Charleson tweeted: "Just to let you all know, Monica won't be missing another wedding she should be attending...look for her at Jason and Sam's wedding, just like she should be."

Erin Chambers leaving GENERAL HOSPITAL
Chambers has been let go and Siobhan will exit in a "dramatic" fashion next week.

Marie Osmond "honored" to guest on B&B
Osmond said “I always like to try things that I’ve never done. This fall I’ll be one of the guests on [CBS soap opera] THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL I feel honored that they want me on it.”

ONE TREE HILL hires a hit man
Character actor Andrew Elvis Miller will play a deadly killer in the upcoming eighth and final season of CW’s veteran soap.

Auction: Aaron and Candy Spelling's chandeliers, antiques up for sale
Antique chandeliers may be eye candy to the uninitiated, but Jan's & Co. Fine French Antiques landed a mother lode with a capital C last week. The West Adams Boulevard wholesaler acquired nine chandeliers, antique fireplace mantels and wall lamps from Candy Spelling's former Holmby Hills residence, the Manor.

TRUE BLOOD using a Taylor Swift song
Sunday's episode will feature Swift's song "Haunted" during a "racy, sexy scene."

Eric Close joins AMERICAN HORROR STORY
The soap alum will appear in a recurring role in a series of '80s flashbacks.

Bryan Cranston to lend his voice to THE SIMPSONS
The BREAKING BAD star will play Stradivarius Cane, a suave Hollywood superspy.

Anne Hathaway: Ryan Murphy invited me on GLEE, then never called back
At this year's Golden Globes, Hathaway recalls Murphy inviting her on the show. "And I never heard from him again," she says.

WB's Bruce Rosenblum to run for TV Acad chair
Rosenblum will run to become chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and if his bid is successful, he would become the highest-ranking executive to head the org since then-Disney Studios prexy Richard Frank in the mid-1990s.

Ryan Rottman To Play Activist Fighting For Gay Marriage On '90210'
The former TeenNick star will play Shane, a “smart, handsome gay 20-something who is confident in his identity and is committed to fighting for marriage equality.”

Is "MAD MEN" the greatest novel of our time?
The dialogue in particular—with its relaxed wit, its attention to irony both verbal and dramatic, its microscopic fidelity to varying (often bygone) styles of speech—is literary in the best sense of the word.

David Essex quits EASTENDERS
Veteran singer David Essex has quit his acting role on the British soap opera after just five months on the show, so he can focus on his music career.

James Franco Art Exhibit Shut Down by THREE'S COMPANY Creators
There’s been a lot of speculation about why James Franco’s art installation in New York was shut down last week. His “High Low/Rob Lowe” show at the Asia Song Society in Soho (aka ASS) had a hot (literally) opening night, but then was suddenly put out of business. The show included readings from Rob Lowe’s recent autobiography on video. But it also included the THREE'S COMPANY installation that Franco put together last winter at Sundance. That piece was fun and a big hit. But apparently the creators of THREE'S COMPANY had only given permission for use at Sundance, and didn’t realize it could go on to other venues.
Miguel Ferrer joins DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Ferrer will be playing the recurring role of Andre Zeller, a renowned and temperamental contemporary artist who is teaching a course at the local college.

NBA player Ron Artest has always wanted to be on TV
"I went on Jimmy Kimmel in my underwear, so, of course I would do a soap opera. Hands down. When they told me I had the opportunity and asked if I wanted to do a soap opera, I said, 'Of course, man.' I'm not going to run away. When I was a kid, I wanted to be on TV. Why would I run away from being on TV?"

Lindsay Lohan's life now a comic book
Tales from the troubled star’s life have now been turned into a comic book, aptly titled Infamous.

Parker Posey and Peter Jacobson among fall guest stars on THE GOOD WIFE
Along with Bill Heck, they join the previously announced Harvey Fierstein, Michael Arden, and Eddie Izzard in the set of guest stars that the CBS drama has lined up.