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Charlie Sheen‘s roast master has finally been revealed!

“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane will preside over the former “Two and a Half Men” star’s Comedy Central roast next month, reports EW.

MacFarlane said in a statement, “I’m very excited to work with Comedy Central again on the roast. Charlie is a true icon with a talent that is strong and pure and concentrated into small crystals which can be smoked or eaten.”

Despite false reports that Sheen’s ex-wife Denise Richards would be part of the roast, Gossip Cop has confirmed it’s not true.

The event premieres on September 19 – the same night Ashton Kutcher debuts as Sheen’s replacement on the season premiere of “Two and a Half Men.”

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Lily Collins is Snow White (see photo, at right) in one of two rival films, based on the Brothers Grimm tale.

The other movie, of course, is Snow White and the Huntsman, and stars Kristen Stewart as the lead.

Collins says of her role, “I keep saying to everyone I feel like I’m walking into a snow globe, a fairy tale, every single day.” She also notes to EW.com that her character is “very much that fairy tale princess we’ve all read about in books. She’s been modernized in a way that she becomes a fighter in the end.”

Julia Roberts stars in the film as the Evil Queen, and Armie Hammer plays the Prince.

Directed by Tarsem Singh, Collins’ as-yet-titled “Snow White” film is slated to hit theaters on March 16, 2012.

What do you think of this first image of the actress as Snow White.

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Entertainment Weekly‘s eyes were focussed on Prince William and Duchess Kate at Saturday evening’s BAFTA event in Los Angeles.

Unfortunately, the outlet’s “ears” wandered off.

Jonah Hill says EW fabricated quotes from him in their round-up from the night, and Zooey Deschanel claims her own words were taken out of context.

“I have to be on my best behavior tonight,” the site quotes Hill as saying of the William and Kate gala. “Hopefully they don’t put me at the kid’s table based on the type of movies I’ve made.”

Referring to the Belasco Theater’s metal detectors, Hill supposedly said, “I guess they don’t care how many hit singles J. Lo has had or how many Oscars Tom Hanks has or how many people saw Superbad. We all had to get the shakedown.”

One tiny problem.

Hill didn’t say those things.

“Entertainment weekly made up quotes from me,” tweeted the actor. “Never said a word of this.”

Deschanel echoed Hill’s sentiments, tweeting at him, “You’re not the only one! Half the stuff I said last night was taken completely out of context.”

The EW article quotes Deschanel as questioning the choice of venue (“This seems like a strange place to do it… there are parking lots filled with trash around the corner”) and talking about how she responded to her BAFTA invitation. Deschanel doesn’t mention on Twitter which portion was taken out of context.

Jason Bateman is also quoted at length in the piece.

EW is usually a source of very solid reporting and attention to detail.

But it looks like something went haywire last night.

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The official cast for Season Two of ABC’s “Bachelor Pad” has been revealed!

The show, which puts ex-”Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” contestants under one roof with the chance to complete for $250,000, is quite the prescription for drama.

Notorious exes Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi will be reunited, along with her new boyfriend from “Bachelorette” Season 6, Kasey Kahl.

Here’s the full cast, as reported by EW:

The Women

Gia Allemand (“Bachelor” Season 14, Jake Pavelka)

Holly Durst (“Bachelor” Season 12, Matt Grant)

Vienna Girardi (“Bachelor” Season 14, Jake Pavelka)

Jackie Gordan (“Bachelor” Season 15, Brad Womack)

Michelle Money (“Bachelor” Season 15, Brad Womack)

Ella Nolan (“Bachelor” Season 14, Jake Pavelka)

Eric Rose (“Bachelor” Season 9, Lorenzo Borghese)

Melissa Schreiber (“Bachelor” Season 15, Brad Womack)

Alli Travis (“Bachelor” Season 15, Brad Womack)

The Men

Graham Bunn (“Bachelorette” Season 4, DeAnna Pappas)

Kirk DeWindt (“Bachelorette” Season 6, Ali Fedotowski)

Kasey Kahl (“Bachelorette” Season 6, Ali Fedotowski)

Jake Pavelka (“Bachelor” Season 14)

Justin Rego (“Bachelorette” Season 6, Ali Fedotowski)

Michael Stagliano (“Bachelorette” Season 5, Jillian Harris)

The cast will also feature three “mystery men” from the current “Bachelorette” with Ashley Hebert.

The show premieres August 8.

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Keith Olbermann is out of MSNBC, but is he out of cable TV entirely?

Aaron Sorkin, who has penned numerous TV shows and films, including The Social Network, has been working on a pilot for some time now about a cable news show, and he could be reaching out to Olbermann for help with rants.

In addition to doing some homework by following Chris Matthews and checking out Fox News, Sorkin spent time on Olbermann’s set, reports EW, which describes the pilot – likely to land at HBO – as “Sports Night meets Countdown.”

Would you watch a series like that? And what do you think about Olbermann’s abrupt departure?

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In a piece titled, “Nobody misses Simon,” the New York Post quotes Ryan Seacrest taking verbal jabs – in an Entertainment Weekly cover - at former “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell.

The Post writes, “The put-down war between Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest hasn’t stopped just because Cowell quit the show.”

As an example, the paper quotes Seacrest telling Entertainment Weekly, “He was just so jealous of me. From day one, he was envious of my career at such a young age.”

The Post also has Seacrest saying that without Cowell on the program, ”It’s aged the show down a bit. There are less clouds of smoke. We start earlier. There’s less – what’s that English dish he always ordered for lunch? – Shepherd’s Pie.”

But what the tabloid shockingly neglects to mention is that Seacrest was joking.

Even the Entertainment Weekly story notes, “[Randy laughs.]” after Seacrest says, “It’s aged down a bit.”

And if you read the whole EW piece, it’s beyond obvious that Seacrest – who acknowledges “we learned a lot from [Cowell]” – is kidding about the Brit judge being “jealous” of him.

In fact, the entire article is a series of jokes made by, and at the expense of, the full “American Idol” team, including Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, and Randy Jackson.

Before the “jealous” remark, when Seacrest is asked if the new judges had to go through any rites of passage, Seacrest cracks, “We Saran-wrapped Steven to a tree naked.” He also jokes, “Jennifer sent us the paragraph that we have to memorize when we greet her every day. It’s just full of compliments.”

While the Post claims, “Nobody misses Simon,” in reality, the paper simply misses Seacrest’s humor.

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Reese Witherspoon might be a confident A-list actress, but that doesn’t mean she can always play it cool.

While she and Paul Rudd were shooting How Do You Know in Washington, D.C., Witherspoon landed a special private tour of the White House.

“We got a message… that [President] Obama wanted to say hi to us,” she tells EW, leading to a “totally surreal” trip to the Oval Office where Hillary Clinton was meeting with Joe Biden.

“It was insane,” recalls Witherspoon.

After the president walked in, the star says, she and Rudd “were so tongue-tied it was ridiculous.”

When Obama asked what they were doing in Washington, Witherspoon answered, “We’re doing a movie and… uh, I’m playing a character, who, uh… I’m working with Owen, uh… Owen…”

“I could not remember Owen [Wilson's] last name. And Paul goes, ‘Wilson!’ Like it was a party game.”

Even Election star Witherspoon gets flustered around the real-life prez.

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Fox plans to make hit “Glee” even bigger when it returns for a second season.

There’s a strong chance the show will do 25 episodes instead of the customary 22. Series creator Ryan Murphy said Season 2 “will be much bigger and much longer,” according to an EW report.

The enhanced season would come on the heels of other big news for “Glee” fans, including the announcement of a live tour and the news Gossip Cop reported over the weekend about future involvement by none other than Lady Gaga.

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Could Jack Bauer be trading a Fox for a Peacock?

According to a report, the studio behind “24″ has approached NBC about picking up the series if Fox decides to cancel it as rumored.

Multiple sources tell EW that NBC is considering the acquisition. One source is quoted as saying, “There’s definitely some interest.”

There has also been talk of “24″ and Kiefer Sutherland‘s Jack Bauer character being spun off into a movie franchise.

“24″ is currently in its eighth season.

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Love & lies, rumors & romance, satire & Scream … it was another busy week for “Twilight” fans hoping to stay on top of what was real – and what wasn’t. Gossip Cop recaps it all …

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Werewolf Taylor Lautner will be on hand at the Scream 2009 Awards (taping tonight for broadcast next week), and the ceremony will show new “New Moon” footage, but neither Robert Pattinson nor Kristen Stewart is expected to attend.

All three stars WILL be on the cover of an upcoming Entertainment Weekly, as Gossip Cop was first to confirm.

One magazine NOT impressing Gossip Cop with its “Twilight” cover this week was OK! – whose deceptive Rob and Kristen “Inside Our Home” exclusive just plain bites.

We also busted a supposed “satire” on Reel Loop that invented Chris Weitz quotes to make it look as though he had outed Pattinson and Stewart as a real-life couple. (Um, we’re still not sure the site understands what “satire” is. Or journalism.)

There were also rumors of romance between Lautner and superstar singer Taylor Swift, and between “New Moon” newbie Jamie Campbell Bower and Bonnie Wright of “Harry Potter” fame. Gossip Cop thinks one is more likely than the other.

We’ll end the week where we began: with caution about buying (yet) any detailed reports of “Breaking Dawn” being officially greenlit as a two-movie Portland production. Last Sunday a rep for Summit told Gossip Cop no decisions about location or start date had been made, and our sources confirmed to us again today that subsequent reports professing to break “Breaking Dawn” news are premature.

As always, we’ll work to give you accurate “Twilight” updates as soon as they’re available. Follow us on Twitter – @GossipCop.

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In recent days Gossip Cop has been breaking and confirming news about “Twilight” magazine coverage.

Today our good friends at Mediaite look at some covers past and present in order to pick “The All-Time Greatest Cover in the Twilight Saga So Far.”

While they obviously couldn’t do every cover, they picked a few notable ones. Check out their selection and vote for your favorite!

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Well, “Twilight” fans … thought you’d want to hear this one.

In addition to Kristen Stewart‘s Allure cover, the Harper’s Bazaar with Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner‘s Rolling Stone cover, Gossip Cop is told that all three are slated to appear together on an Entertainment Weekly cover to hit newsstands the week “New Moon” opens. 

Gossip Cop will bring you additional details as soon as we can. 

Keep it on @GossipCop on Twitter for details …