'Jon & Kate' now just 'Kate'; Conan jokes about fall

TLC's 'Jon & Kate' is soon to be 'Kate Plus Eight'
It's really all about Kate and, maybe, the eight now. "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is about to be rechristened "Kate Plus Eight." That's the word from the TLC network, announcing today that its hit reality show will be adapting to changes in the Gosselin household, which for months has been disrupted by the split up of Jon and Kate. The renamed "Kate Plus Eight" begins Nov. 2.

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O'Brien back on `Tonight,' joking about accident
Ow!!! Conan O'Brien turned his "Tonight Show" stunt injury into laughs at his expense by showing footage of the cringe-worthy backward fall on a hard studio floor. In a transcript released by NBC, he joked that he struck his head so hard "that for five seconds I actually understood the plot of `Lost.'" O'Brien and guest Teri Hatcher were in a footrace when he slipped while trying to slide past the finish line, forcing Friday's show to be halted. He played a clip of the fall and the studio audience gasped. Thanks to TMZ.com, you can now do the same from the safety of your computer desk:
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QUICK HITS

-- Envy this: 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell to make $103 million by next fall. (Zap2It)

-- Sad: The childhood friend of John Lennon's son who inspired the Beatles' psychedelic masterpiece "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died aged 46 from the chronic disease. (CNN)

-- Wow! All this crud was in DJ AM's system the day he died: Cocaine, OxyContin, Hydrocodone or Vicodin, antianxiety drugs Xanax and Ativan, Klonopin which also controls anger, Benadryl, and Levamisole, a drug apparently used to cut cocaine. (AP)

-- You can put this crud in your system: Starbucks rolls out instant coffee nationwide. (Yahoo!)

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Video captures Jackman chiding cell phone offender
Hugh Jackman knows how to stop the show. He did it recently when a cell phone call interrupted a preview performance of "A Steady Rain," the Broadway play that stars Jackman and Daniel Craig. The moment captured on an amateur video shown by the TMZ.com Web site appears to have been recorded by someone in the audience.

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SHOWBIZ MINUTE

Polanski, Palin, Jackman
U.S. prosecutors say they tried to arrest Roman Polanski numerous times; Sarah Palin finishes her memoirs; Hugh Jackman stops a Broadway show over ringing phone.

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