ET can confirm that Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was in a car accident in Baltimore on Thursday night. Read on for the details. A Baltimore Police spokesman tells us that Phelps was involved in a two-car collision, but he wasn't injured. The Olympian swimmer was behind the wheel of a late-model Cadillac Escalade that collided with a Honda Accord driven by a female. The spokesman says the woman was "shaken up" and taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. Police interviewed Phelps and witnesses of the accident. Read More »

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two reporters who were held captive by the North Korean government for almost five months, are speaking out in a new video posted on their employer, Current TV's, Web site. In the video, they thank grass roots supporters who sent letters and even started a Facebook campaign on their behalf. The women say that they will tell their story at some point, but for now, they ask for privacy to spend time with their family. Ling and Lee were granted a pardon by the North Korean government and freed last week after former U.S. President Bill Clinton traveled to the Asian country to negotiate for their release. The North Korean government had convicted the women of entering the country illegally and had sentenced them to 12 years hard labor. Read More »

Oprah joined family and friends of Eunice Kennedy Shriver to say goodbye at Mrs. Shriver's wake in Centerville, Mass., on Thursday evening. Oprah and her good friend Gayle King joined Mrs. Shriver's husband Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., and more family, including her daughter, California First Lady Maria Shriver and her husband, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, for a moving tribute to the woman who helped to bring the Special Olympics to the national stage. Other family members in attendance included Mrs. Shriver's children and grandchildren, her sister-in-law, Ethel Kennedy, her niece Caroline Kennedy and nephew Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Actress Susan Saint James and her husband Dick Ebersol also attended, as did the Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick. The service to remember Mrs. Shriver, who passed away on Tuesday, included personal remembrances, music and prayer. Read More »

According to North Carolina TV station WRAL, sources say that former U.S. Senator John Edwards is expected to claim paternity of his former mistress' young daughter. The former mistress, Rielle Hunter, gave birth to a daughter named Frances in 2008, but Edwards has previously said that his affair with Hunter ended before the little girl was conceived. WRAL reports that Edwards, who is being criminally investigated for allegedly improperly funneling campaign funds to Hunter, could publicly admit to being the child's father before the investigation concludes. Read More »

ET has obtained the search warrant from last Tuesday's raid on a Las Vegas pharmacy related to the death investigation of Michael Jackson. Read on for details… According to the papers, authorities were seeking evidence that Jackson's former personal physician Dr. Conrad Murray or his employees "administered, prescribed, obtained, transferred, sold, distributed, and/or bought" the anesthetic Propofol. Last month, Dr. Murray had his Las Vegas home searched by the DEA, LAPD and Vegas law enforcement officials. Read More »

ET was with Michael Jackson's sister, La Toya, as she lent a helping hand to AIDS Project Los Angeles in honor of her late brother. La Toya was at APLA in Los Angeles on Thursday to honor Jackson by working with one of the many organizations he cared for. "It's a very difficult moment for all of us…," La Toya tells ET. "It's almost -- you don't believe it -- so you try to do the best you can by feeling his love, by helping and doing something he would want you to do." Read More »

Debra Messing and Eric McCormack come together again for a cause they believe in. Messing, McCormack, and a host of others, including Jason Alexander, Lisa Edelstein, Zachary Quinto and Timothy Olyphant will take part in a one-night-only benefit reading of Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays for the Human Rights campaign. The event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 12 at the El Portal Theater in North Hollywood, Calif. The reading is in response to the recent ruling on Proposition 8 in California. Read More »

"Jon & Kate Plus 8" star Jon Gosselin is planning to hit Sin City for a big poolside bash -- sans his big family. People.com reports that the reality star is set to host a pool party at MGM Grand's Wet Republic on Aug. 29. According to an announcement obtained by People, Jon will be there for "a little R&R and will be hosting poolside." Read More »

Olympic figure-skating champion Scott Hamilton returns to the ice! On Saturday, Nov. 7, Hamilton straps on his skates, marking his return to the sport at age 51 -- more than five years after his last performance -- and his first since being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. Hamilton's return will be the highlight of the 10th annual "An Evening with Scott Hamilton and Friends" ice show and gala, a fund raiser for The Scott Hamilton CARES Initiative (Cancer Alliance for Research, Education and Survivorship) at Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute. Read More »

The fun-filled "Teen Choice Awards 2009" brought Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars to the Gibson Amphitheatre on Sunday night. Super hunks Hugh Jackman, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and the rest of the 'Twilight' cast dazzled on the green carpet, along with pop stars Britney Spears, Fergie, Miley Cyrus and many more. ET has all the sizzlin' green-carpet styles! Read More »