She was a couple hours late and apologized profusely.

That's one of the things I like about Beyonce. She's a professional and doesn't like to keep people waiting. So, when the 'Tyra Banks" show she was taping wrapped very late, it put Beyonce behind on the junket she was scheduled to do that evening to promote her new album, "B-day."

So, when she came into my hotel room where my camera crew was set up, she gave me a hug and told everyone she was very sorry for making us wait.

I danced with Jerry Springer this morning.

That's something I never thought I'd ever write let alone 'do'.

Actually there is a legitimate reason'you see Jerry signed on as one of the stars of ABC's huge hit, 'Dancing With The Stars'. So, I drove over to a dance studio in Hollywood to see if Springer's feet are as fast as his mouth. In a word, no.

But next to his incredible professional partner, Kym Johnson (she won the Australian version of the show-who knew'..no..I mean..who knew they had an Australian version?), anyone would look like they had two left feet. Now, Kym's an interesting story.

Christina Aguilera is an interesting woman.

Very tough and very driven, full of complexities. I recently sat down with her in BevHills, some seven years after I first interviewed her. In many ways, she's the same person... talented and driven with a vision. Oh, and very late. My first interview with her all those years ago, she was more than an hour late. On this day, exactly an hour late. So maybe with maturity comes timeliness' I don't know... maybe Christina runs on a clock that has its own time zone... somewhere between Pacific and Eastern European' I almost showed up an hour late because I knew she'd be late. But if that's her worst fault, especially as things go in Hollywood, we're all good. (Hey, she didn't do a "no-show" and claim "exhaustion.")


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by Laura Saltman

Strap on your dancing shoes and bust out your skimpy outfits, ABC today announced their lineup for Season Three of "Dancing with the Stars". A few of the stars had already leaked out over the summer. I mean who didn't know that Lisa Rinna's husband Harry Hamlin was a lock? I got confirmation of this back in May. The folks at ABC would have been silly to let the opportunity to have him dance slip by. Lisa is a spitfire and he was a great cheerleader for her last season. The two of them together bring great energy to the show and I'm excited to see Lisa now sitting on the sidelines wearing her Team Harry shirt. Now, finally the adorable professional dancer, Ashly Delgrosso will get a chance to shine and show she can really move with the best of them. You'll recall she was the unlucky gal paired with Mr. Two Left Shoes, Master P last season.

(August 14, 2006) -- Yesterday afternoon, on a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Burbank, a young mother of two innocently struck up a conversation with the guy sitting to her left - yours truly - and unwittingly ended up shaping the future of Access Hollywood.

[The following is a pop culture parody, not intended to be taken seriously]

It has been widely reported today that Celebrity Heiress Paris Hilton was bitten by her pet kinkajou whose name is Baby Luv. Today we received this e-mail from Baby Luv in the Access Hollywood newsroom.

All day I'm getting emails saying "Baby Luv, you gotta check out Defamer and Gawker. Bloggers are going nuts saying you bit Paris. What the hell happened?" Well, every story has two sides and this is mine.

Yesterday afternoon, we saw the future of Access Hollywood. And I am here to tell you it looks good.

Let me backtrack for a second...

Three weeks or so ago, a few of us got together in a surprisingly barren conference room at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel to eat M&Ms and stare out the gigantic plate glass windows at the saggy-costumed slightly-shady characters who parade up and down in front of Mann's Chinese to the delight of tourists. We also talked about the show. For two very long but satisfying days, we went over what works well, what needs to go, and what we have to concentrate on for the new season - and now the time has come for the things we came up with to be set in motion.

I don't know about you but it feels like just yesterday to me that Taylor Hicks walked away with the crown on American Idol season five. Bang, just like that it's here again! Today marked the start of the auditions for season six!

The first thing I love to do every morning is eat some yogurt and read the dirt alert. I love to know who Paris Hilton is not having sex with and what new religious group Mel Gibson is attacking.

Today is no different.

As I am reading the news for the day, I come across an article about my favorite "Parent Trap" actress, Lindsay Lohan. Says here she wants to go entertain the troops, like her idol Marilyn Monroe. How Sweet. In the new issue of Elle Magazine, she is trying to make plans with Senator Hillary Clinton to go on a field trip to the Middle East so that she can put on a concert for all the well-deserving, hard-working, non-partying soldiers that have been living in the desert for a while now. Here's what I have a problem with though.