Special guest appearances by legends Allen Toussaint and Irma Thomas and fellow blues enthusiast Sir Tom Jones NEW YORK, Sept.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- He was a lothario doctor on St. Elsewhere, another doctor on Chicago Hope and now he is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Mark Harmon, and his piercing blue eyes, is America's Favorite TV Star, a jump from last year when he was number 8 on the list.

British actor and comedian Stephen Fry says he has lost more than 80 pounds in the past six months, trading his appallingly corpulent body for a leaner one.

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- OVERVIEW: America's favorite doctor is back for more puzzling medical mysteries in the Primetime Emmy(R) winning series "House"! Hugh Laurie returns to his two-time Golden Globe(R) -winning and Primetime Emmy(R) -nominated role as Dr. Gregory House.

The French translation of British actor Hugh Laurie's novel The Gun Seller was No. 1 on France's bestseller list last month, the BBC reported. The spy spoof was renamed Tout Est Sous Controle in France. It was released in England in 1996, years before the actor began starring in the U.S.