Last Friday we learned from various sources that things were “looking good” for Dollhouse to be renewed by Fox for a second season and just today Fox has officially announced that the show will, indeed, be coming back this Fall. While season 2 will prolly have a smaller budget and while only 13 eps have been ordered (as opposed to the usual 22), this is great news for fans of Joss Whedon and the show itself who want to see Dollhouse live beyond one short season:

Fox announced its schedule on Monday morning as upfronts week kicked off in New York City. The network is holding most of its new offerings until midseason when postseason baseball is out of the way. But the musical “Glee” and two comedies — the animated “The Cleveland Show” and “Brothers” — will make their debuts in the fall. The new shows at midseason will be — as previously reported — dramas “Human Target” and “Past Life” and “Sons of Tuscon,” a comedy. It is the first upfronts for new chairman Peter Rice, the former Fox Searchlight executive who was appointed to the job in March. In a conference call Fox executives had with reporters Monday morning, he spoke about the changing business of network television, but pointed out that mass audiences still flock to the networks more than to cable … the low-rated Joss Whedon show “Dollhouse” has been renewed for its second season in its same Friday time slot. “This is a bet on Joss Whedon,” Reilly said.

Woot!! This is great news! Dollhouse may have had a slow start (presumably because Fox interfered with Joss’s vision for the show and started meddling) but it ended with a HUGE bang. I’m not too happy that the show will stay in its Friday night timeslot but I’m confident that the quality of the show will attract the audience that it deserves. Bad news for fans of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles … it was not so lucky. The show has not been renewed for a third season. It seems to me that Fox gave the show its chance at a second season and they just couldn’t pull it off. My guess is that Dollhouse is now in that position … you get your chance but you better be successful. I love the show … I’m just happy it’s coming back. Irregardless of what happens beyond season 2, Dollhouse will continue to entertain … of that, I have no doubt.

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Last week Michael Jackson stepped out with his children — Prince Michael Joseph, Paris Michael Katherine and Prince Michael Joseph II — for a shopping excursion in Beverly Hills, CA where the self-proclaimed King of Pop ventured out in public unmasked in an effort to show the world that he is not hiding skin cancer underneath his trademark surgical mask. This past weekend, the mask was back on as Jacko took his kiddies to the Farmer’s Market at The Grove for a lunch spectacle. As the family was driving away in their car, tho, Jackson’s only daughter Paris waved to the photogs while unmasked!

It’s very rare that the children are allowed to be seen in public without their masks on (Jacko claims the children are required to wear masks to foil would-be kidnappers) so this is a rare look at what his children look like … and, it must be said, they look nothing like him — at all. I don’t understand how anyone can seriously believe that he fathered these children. I’m sure that they are all legally his children but there are absolutely no genetic markers that seem to even hint that he fathered any of these kids. Perhaps that is the real reason the children must be masked at all times? What a strange, strange family. I’m still having a hard time envisioning what Jacko’s big stage concert will look like this Summer. As I mentioned before, David is a HUGE MJ fan and we are going to London to see Jacko perform in September. I’m dying to see if he can really pull off 50 shows at the O2 Arena. I guess we shall soon see.

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Chris Pine, who we have been seeing more of here on the blog since he has become the new James T. Kirk in JJ Abrams’s reboot of Star Trek, was spotted enjoying a quiet afternoon with the newspaper and no shirt (!!!) in SoCal over the weekend. Of course, when he noticed that he was being photographed he decided to start picking his nose for the paps … but, IMHO, that did nothing to quell his hawt appeal:

You gotta love a man with a sense of humor (at least, I hope the nose picking was for laughs). It’s been heating up in SoCal in the past few days so I can understand how Chris might want to wear as little clothing as possible when he is out in public … it’s a practice I wish more dudes in Hollywood would adopt. Keep it up, Chris!

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The newly single Cameron Diaz (who split from her British model beau Paul Sculfor earlier this month) was spotted in the close company of Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine enjoying a quiet lunch at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, CA over the weekend sparking new talk that the couple have become romantically involved. The photos are fairly innocent in nature … the fact that they were seen high-fiving one another seems to imply that they are just friends. But, Cameron did introduce Adam to her mother Billie (seen in the second photo) which might suggest that something more serious is going on … HMMMM:

It seems Cameron Diaz has wasted no time moving on following her split from model Paul Sculfor earlier this month. The Hollywood actress, whose year-long relationship with the former Essex bricklayer ended after she refused to move to the UK, was spotted enjoying a lunch date with Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine. The pair dined together at the Chateau Marmont over the weekend sparking rumours of a budding new romance. They certainly dressed the part of a new couple in matching blue jeans and crisp white tops and spent more than an hour exchanging flirty glances and conversation over a meal. Levine, 30, is known as something of a ladies’ man in Hollywood and has been linked to a string of starlets including Jessica Simpson, Natalie Portman, Paris Hilton, Maria Sharapova and Kristen Dunst. His last romance was with a cocktail waitress named Rebecca Ginos who worked at popular LA celebrity haunt, Teddy’s. Cameron, 36, has enjoyed her fair share of high-profile romances too. Prior to her relationship with Sculfor, she briefly dated singer John Mayer and had a four-year relationship with Justin Timberlake. Her other love interests have include Matt Dillon, Jared Leto, Edward Norton, Vince Vaughn, Djimon Hounsou and Gerard Butler.

Well, one thing’s for sure … coupled up or not, both of these folks have had their fair share of Hollywood romances so seeing them couple up really ain’t no thang. To be honest, they suit one another. I thought for sure that Cameron would be with Justin Timberlake forever but after they broke up (and he hooked-up with Jessica Biel) I figured she’d be done with musicians for good. I guess I was wrong. Adam is deffo a hottie … I wholly approve of her choice. I guess we’ll see what comes of this new relationship … I guess it’s never too early to start referring to this new couple as Cadam.

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Last night, live at the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC, NY, a new ultimate survivor was crowned on the season finale of Survivor: Tocantins. As usual, the entire cast of contestants was on hand with show host Jeff Probst to find out who was able to Outwit, Outplay and Outlast in order to win the $1 million prize … and it came down to two players — Stephen and JT:

But, so as not to spoil the news for those of you who have yet to watch the finale, I’ll keep the reveal behind the cut. I will say, tho, that the winner won by unanimous jury vote — only the second time in Survivor’s 18 season history that that has happened …

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Happy news to share today … Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon announced yesterday, at the Love, Peace and Marriage Equality Rally in NYC (which brought out folks like Kristin Davis, Cheyenne Jackson, David Hyde Pierce, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and more), that she and longtime girlfriend Christine Marinoni have gotten engaged and are ready to finally say I Do! The couple, who have been together since 2003, share custody of a daughter and a son and are now ready to take their relationship to the next level. At yesterday’s rally, Cynthia announced that she and Christine got engaged last month … they’re gettin’ hitched, y’all:

While rallying for gay rights in New York this weekend, Cynthia Nixon announced her engagement to girlfriend Christine Marinoni, the Sex and the City star’s rep confirms to E! News. The couple has been together since late 2003, shortly after Nixon split from her longtime companion Danny Mozes. The exes share custody of their two children, Samantha, 14, and Charles, 7. Nixon shared the news with audiences during the Love, Peace and Marriage Equality rally in New York City.

The actress and Marinoni became engaged last month and are currently working to support the new gay-rights bill proposed by New York Gov. David Paterson. The goal is to achieve equality for same-sex unions. Access Hollywood first reported the engagement. Nixon and the rest of the Sex and the City gang are set to start filming the movie’s sequel this summer.

This is very happy news. I’m thrilled for Cynthia and Christine. The couple have been together for so long and have previously announced that they didn’t want to get “pretend married”. Now that there are 5 States in the US that have legalized same-sex marriage, with New Hampshire on the verge and NY working towards the same, I guess the time was finally right for the couple to start making plans for their nuptials. Much love and congrats to their entire family! I can’t wait until they’re finally able to get ‘er done.

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