Mario Lopez to Be a Dad Former “Saved by the Bell” star Mario Lopez is going to be a dad. Lopez, 36, and girlfriend Courtney Laine Mazza, 28, are expecting their first child this fall. The couple confirmed the news in a statement Wednesday "We're very happy. Courtney and I couldn't be more excited. I've waited my whole life to be a dad, this is a true blessing. I am looking forward to sharing this experience with my family and my family at Extra." Lopez and Mazza met in 2008 while starring in “A Chorus Line” on Broadway. Lopez was previously married to former Miss USA, Ali Landry, in 2004 but the marriage was soon annulled. This is the first child for Lopez and Mazza.

		Celebrities Tweet Their Thoughts on Corey Haim’s Death Just a day after the death of Corey Haim, stars have been paying their respects via Twitter; Alyssa Milano who once dated Haim tweeted "Just woke up to the sad, sad news that Corey Haim passed away. RIP sweet boy." “Clerks” director Kevin Smith wrote "Lost Boy goes home: Corey Haim, dead at 38. ... G'bye, LUCAS. You gave hope to the weird & unlikely." Corey Feldman, who starred alongside Haim in “The Lost Boys” and remained friends with Haim, going on to star in a reality show with him titled “The Two Coreys”, told Larry King in an interview that he blamed Hollywood for Haim’s death "Where were all these people the last 10 years? Where were all these people to lend a hand-out, to reach out to him and say, 'You're a legend, you're an amazingly talented wonderful person who's never really gone out of his way to hurt anyone, other than himself?' In this entertainment industry, in Hollywood, we build people up as children, we put them on pedestals, and then, when we decide they're not marketable anymore, we walk away from them." An autopsy and toxicology report will determine the exact cause of death. The coroner’s office announced that they found four bottles of prescription medication in Haim’s apartment but will have to wait to announce the cause of death.

Charlie Sheen Back to Filming After Rehab Charlie Sheen stopped filming his TV show “Two and a Half Men” last month in order to undergo rehab as a “preventative measure”. Sheen’s wife Brook Mueller also went through a rehabilitation treatment for her alcohol and drug addictions. Sheen was charged last month for an incident that occurred on Christmas Day where he threatened to kill Mueller; Sheen could face up to three years in prison for the attack on Mueller. The couple is back in court on Monday for the incident. Sheen’s publicist announced that Sheen will be back to work on “Two and Half Men” on March 19th.

		Corey Haim Dead Another Hollywood actor is dead due to an apparent drug overdose. The Canadian born Corey Haim was discovered unresponsive in his San Fernando Valley, California apartment early Wednesday morning and was pronounced dead around 3 a.m after being taken to Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Centre in Burbank. Haim has battled with drug addiction throughout his career but no word yet on whether it was illegal or prescription drugs that killed him. Haim’s mother enrolled him in acting classes to help him overcome his shyness and he landed his first role at the age of 12 on TV show “The Edison Twins”. He then became famous by acting alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr. in the 1984 film “Firstborn” and went on to star in many movies afterward including “Lost Boys”, “License to Drive” and “Dream a Little Dream”. He attempted to regain popularity when he and fellow child actor Corey Feldman started a show called “The Two Coreys” which looked at the lives of former child stars that were now living together as adults, but the show was short-lived. No more details have been released yet on the details of his death. Haim was 38 years-old when he died.

		Hilary Duff to Write Novel Publishing company Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that Hilary Duff, 22, will be writing a series of young adult novels with the first book titled ‘Elixir’. ‘Elixir’ is a 416 page story that follows the adventures of a globetrotting photojournalist named Clea Raymond. Duff’s first novel will hit shelves on October 12 with a nonfiction children’s novel to follow in 2012. The children’s novel will deal with how to cope with having divorced parents which Duff has first hand experience with as her parents split in 2006 after 22 years of marriage. Duff recently got engaged to Edmonton Oilers hockey player Mike Comrie, 29.

Quentin Tarantino is Being Sued for Over $1 Million Director Quentin Tarantino is being sued by a man who claims that his idea was copied for a character in the “Kill Bill” movies. Dannez Hunter, a screenwriter, allegedly wrote a story about a fictional character named Ren and sent it to the bosses of Mirimax in 1999. He now claims that his idea was stolen by Tarantino who named Lucy Lui’s character in the “Kill Bill” movies O-Ren. Hunter also says he applied for a job at Miramax and never received a phone call back. Tarantino is being sued for royalties from both “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” and “Kill Bill: Vol 2” in an amount exceeding $1 million.

		Betty White Confirmed for SNL Betty White gained a lot of attention when she starred in a Snickers ad during the Super Bowl, enough that a Facebook page titled “Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!” was created and has almost 500,000 fans. The 88 year-old funny lady has confirmed that she will be on “Saturday Night Live” but won’t say whether she’ll just be starring or hosting the show. Entertainment Weekly rumoured that she might appear on a special ‘Women of Comedy’ episode with former “SNL” cast members Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Molly Shannon but Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of the show, has denied this. Besides the commercial during the Super Bowl, Betty White last starred in “The Proposal” with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds. No word on when the “Saturday Night Live” episode will air.

		Sean Hayes Opens Up About Sexuality Sean Hayes, best known for playing Jack on “Will & Grace” for eight years, has just come out about being gay. The 39 year-old, who played the flamboyantly gay Jack McFarland, graced the cover of The Advocate, a gay and lesbian magazine, and says in an article "I am who I am. I was never in, as they say. Never. I believe that nobody owes anything to anybody. You are your authentic self to whom and when you choose to be, and if you don't know somebody, then why would you explain to them how you live your life?" Hayes is in a relationship but won’t divulge anymore than that "I spend time with a special someone in my life," he said. "That's it. That's all I need. I don't need events. I don't do a lot. I live my life like an 85-year-old man. I'm just quiet. It's fantastic." Hayes will next be seen on Broadway starring alongside Kristin Chenoweth in the musical “Promises, Promises” opening his spring.

Lenny Kravitz to Star in Selma While on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday night, “Precious” star Lenny Kravitz told Ryan Seacrest that he would be reuniting with “Precious” director Lee Daniels for his next film called “Selma”. “Selma” is the story of the famous Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965 which were held in an effort to get voting rights for African Americans and ultimately helped sway the public on civil rights overall. Already cast in the film are Robert De Niro and Hugh Jackman. De Niro will play Governor George Wallace and Jackman is rumoured to be playing a minister named James Reeb who is beaten to death during the marches. Kravitz has signed on as the civil rights activist Andrew Young. Kravitz’s minor role in “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire” was his first ever acting role. Filming for “Selma” is set to begin in May. No release date has been set yet.

		And the Winner Is... The 82nd annual Academy Awards were held Sunday night at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. “The Hurt Locker” and “Avatar” lead the nominations, each with nine, but “The Hurt Locker” took home the top honours of Best Picture and Best Director Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow made Oscar history by being the first female Best Director winner ever. The Iraqi war drama starring best actor nominee Jeremy Renner also took home awards for film editing, sound editing, sound mixing, and best original screenplay. “Avatar” won for best art direction, cinematography and visual effects. There weren’t many surprises in the acting categories with the predicted winners taking home their statues. Jeff Bridges won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance as an alcoholic country singer in “Crazy Heart”. Sandra Bullock who’s already won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild for her role in “The Blind Side” accepted her first ever Oscar with humour saying “Did I really earn this, or did I wear you all down?" She went on to graciously thank all the other Best Actress nominees: Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, and Meryl Streep. She also thanked her late mother who died of cancer in 2000 "She said to be an artist; you had to practice every day.” She also thanked her mother for "reminding her daughters that there's no race, no religion, no class system, no color, no sexual orientation that makes us better than anyone else. We are all deserving of love." The Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards went to Christoph Waltz for “Inglorious Basterds” and Mo’Nique for “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”. “Up” won the Best Animated Film award as well as Best Original score. The Best Documentary feature went to “The Cove”, a film about the slaughtering of dolphins in Japan and the serious harm it’s causing both people and the dolphins. The Academy Awards was hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin who kept the show light and funny and Martin closed the evening by saying "The show is so long. Avatar now takes place in the future."

		Alice in Wonderland Breaks Records Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” starring Johnny Depp (Mad Hatter), Helena Bonham Carter (Red Queen), Anne Hathaway (White Queen) and newcomer Mia Wasikowska (Alice) opened in top spot this weekend. Not only did it lead the box office with $116.3 million, it broke records for biggest opening in March, biggest opening ever for a Tim Burton movie, biggest non-sequel release of all time, and the biggest 3-D release ever! Crime drama “Brooklyn’s Finest”, also released this weekend, took second spot with $13.5 million. Slipping to third this weekend was the Leonardo DiCaprio starrer “Shutter Island”. In its second week the psychological thriller from director Martin Scorsese grossed $13.3 million. In fourth, in its second week, was crime comedy “Cop Out” which earned $9.1 million. Finally, still hanging on to the top five after 12 weeks, was James Cameron’s “Avatar” which added another $7.7 million to its total now at $720.2 million domestically.

Amanda Seyfried for Little Red Riding Hood Adaptation While attending the Academy Awards on Sunday night, where she presented the Best Song award with Miley Cyrus, Amanda Seyfried confirmed the rumours that she is set to star in “The Girl With the Red Riding Hood” from “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke. The film is an adaptation of the “Little Red Riding Hood” story but with a gothic twist. The script is written by David Leslie Johnson and will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way banner. Amanda Seyfried can currently be seen alongside Channing Tatum in “Dear John” and recently completed filming “Letter to Juliet” which is due out in May.

		Benicio Del Toro to Play Real Life FBI Agent in Making Jack Falcone The story of real-life FBI undercover agent Jack Garcia is being brought to the big screen with Benicio Del Toro playing the lead role in “Making Jack Falcone”. Garcia was extremely successful at what he did, bringing down 39 members of New York’s Gambino crime family. He travelled wherever needed going from New York to Miami where he pretended to be a New York capo in a sting against crooked cops, to Atlantic City where he posed as a drug dealer. Considering his size, 6’4”, 390 pounds, he was very good at becoming whoever he needed to be without arising suspicion. Del Toro will reunite with the director and the writer of “Che” for this movie. Steven Soderbergh will direct the crime drama and Peter Buchman will write the script. Del Toro can currently be seen in “The Wolfman” and recently completed filming “Somewhere”, Sofia Coppola’s latest film.

		Ryan Gosling is Steve Carell’s New Best Friend According to Variety Ryan Gosling is set to star in an untitled comedy from the writers of “Bad Santa”, John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. The duo will direct the movie which already has Steve Carell on board to star as a father whose life falls apart as he’s divorcing his wife and trying to salvage a relationship with his children. Gosling will play the father’s best friend. The script is written by Dan Fogelman with Denise Di Novi producing with Charlie Hartsock and Vance DeGeneres executive producing. Gosling can next be seen starring alongside Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”.

Robert De Niro Heads to Dark Fields Robert De Niro has picked up his next role and is set to star opposite Bradley Cooper in the thriller “Dark Fields”. Cooper will play an unsuccessful New York writer named Eddie who comes across a designer drug that gives him extreme intelligence and success. De Niro will play a brilliant financial mogul who begins pursuing Eddie. Neil Burger (“The Illusionist”) will direct the film which is based on a novel by Alan Glynn with a script written by Leslie Dixon (“Hairspray”, “Pay It Forward”). Filming is set to begin in May in Philadelphia.