by Laura Saltman

Ok, let's be honest here, I love that the dancers have been breaking the rules the last two weeks on "Dancing with the Stars". It makes for great TV. Watching Len Goodman go after Mario Lopez as he sheepishly hangs his head in shame is priceless. Sure, getting perfect tens would have been fun but a good tongue lashing is way better!

I have not posted a blog in a while and I'm back for two reasons. I have received far too many complaints from readers questioning my commitment. You are right, it stumbled.

Also, I just had an outstanding celebrity sighting on the 101 freeway heading home. I looked into my rearview mirror into the sweet BMW 760Li behind me...the driver looked familiar.

A Justin Timberlake look-a-like' No, JT himself talking on the hands free cell phone and looking sharp. I slowed down to let him pass and then pulled alongside and waved. It took him a half a second to realize I wasn't crazy...saw that it was me and got a chuckle. I am quite sure he was laughing at the shear random nature of the event and not the fact that I was driving my BMW 530i.

Later he passed me for the last time and waved good-bye. I think he enjoyed the sighting too. They're fun.

I hope you did... I'm back.

It was a BEAUTIFUL DAY for U2 fans in New York as the boys from Dublin made a surprise appearance at the Union Square Barnes and Noble to autograph their new book, U2 BY U2. Fresh off an emotional performance on the field at the New Orleans Superdome the band was greeted by 25O lucky fans - some who had followed them all the way from Louisiana. Most had been chosen from a special lottery to attend the book signing.

In an exclusive interview, The Edge discussed the Foundation he has formed to help musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina, which is aimed at replacing their instruments. He told Access Hollywood "New Orleans without music is like Los Angeles without the film industry, it just won't do." Bono credited the Edge's desire to help with U2's involvement in the pregame performance.

by Laura Saltman
(with special guest star, Bryant Huddleston)

Last night was the "Desperate Housewives" season three premiere episode. The show took some major hits with the critics and many thought it had lost its steam last year. I'd say everyone around here agreed with that. Even some of the stars of the show agreed they had gotten off track.

Ok, not our Desperate Divas, they will not go down without a fight, but the minor players like James Denton, Doug Savant and Andrea Bowen had some choice words about what went wrong. In the weeks leading up to the show's premiere, the gals have come out swinging. Just last week, Eva Longoria told Nancy O'Dell this would be the best season yet. Teri Hatcher said pretty much the same thing at a charity event a few weeks back. The show's creator, Marc Cherry, went into war mode hiring new writers with sitcom backgrounds from shows like "Frasier" and announcing a major character would die in a supermarket hostage crisis.

by Tara Bernie

If you have ever wanted to check out a music festival, The Austin City Limits in Texas is the one to attend. Set in the sprawling Zilker Park in the heart of Austin, this music fest sets the stage to showcase new talents and show off established ones. For three days and nights seven stages are filled with amps, guitars, and drums ready to rock, soothe and beat.

Friday night was a treat! John Mayer is without a doubt at the top of his game. He played for over an hour, busting out many songs from his new album "Continuum". The crowd was transfixed on his intense guitar playing and soothing vocals. "Gravity" and "In Repair" were superb. And a treat for old school fans, he did an encore of "High School".

by Ryan Patterson

After a crazy good week at NY's Fashion Week, I jetted down to Jamaica for a celebrity golf tourney that Billy Bush was hosting at the Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios. It was a long weekend of laying out on the beach, eating good food, enjoying rum punch, Red Stripe beer, conga lines, swimming with dolphins and yes, even a little golf.

White sandy beaches, crystal blue water- the place is just beautiful and so romantic. Newlyweds Tori and Dean acted like, well, newlyweds...so cute together hanging at the beach, the only time they were apart was when Dean golfed in the tournament. Lance and Reichen (picutred above)...what a good-looking pair....so nice and approachable. And Lance was so open with Billy about his whole coming out experience. Good Guys.

by Laura Saltman

Alright people, it's week 2 of "Dancing with the Stars" and I feel we need to discuss the scoring tactics of the three judges, Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.

It's so frustrating to watch because a lot of the times their scores don't make any sense. First off, why did Carrie only give Willa Ford a seven for her mambo when she was phenomenal' The dance was hot, she looked hot. Then she gives the exact same score to Sara Evans who was nowhere as good and she gave eights to both Shana Moakler and Vivica A. Fox, neither of which were that great at the mambo. It looked pretty slow in the audience and then when I went back and watched again at home there were several stumbles in Vivica's routine.

by Dan Gomez

NBC takes night one of the new TV season as we fire up the Access Hollywood Ratings Scoreboard!

The Peacock won Monday with a total of 15 million viewers. CBS came in second with close to 14 million viewers and FOX took third with 8.5 million. The Eye Network may have come in second overall but they have a lot to brag about as well. The season premiere of "CSI: Miami" was the most watched show of the night with 17.6 million viewers while Howie Mandel kicked off "Deal or No Deal" with almost 16 million.

NBC's new Monday night entry, the critically acclaimed "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" did all right with just over 13 million people tuning in - coming in fourth for the night. The other brand new series, CBS' "The Class" finished sixth with 10.5 million.

Calista Flockhart looked at me'and asked, 'Are you on drugs'!'

Not the response I usually hope for after asking a question.

It was actually a funny moment. Ever have one of those times when you ask a friend something, they completely missed what you've said, misinterpreted it and then looked at you like you have three heads'

Well that's what happened to Calista and me yesterday, Monday. I was on the set of her new ABC show, 'Brothers and Sisters', which debuts this Sunday.

by Dan Gomez

Rejoice TV lovers, today marks the official start of the new TV season.

Yes, I know, some shows started their seasons a few weeks ago but this is when the fine folks at Nielsen start ranking shows for the 2006-2007 season. This is the time when new shows will be crowned hits or go the way of the Dodo and become answers to trivia questions and boy, is the competition tough. This season, the big 4 networks and The CW (a combination of The WB and UPN) are launching 39 new shows.

A year ago, the networks premiered 30 new shows. Of those, only 14 made the cut for a second season. Now that's great compared to two years ago when the networks debuted a whopping 44 new shows and only 11 shows survived to go on for another season or more - among those survivors were "Lost", "Desperate Housewives" and "Grey's Anatomy".

So what will the future hold for these 39 new shows' Only the Nielsen families know for sure.