Paul Shaffer is speaking out to ET in his first interview since the alleged attempt to blackmail David Letterman was made public. The music man goes one-on-one with our Kevin Frazier, also speaking about his newly published memoir, We'll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin' Show-Biz Saga, in bookstores now. "Dave is my close and dear friend and there is nobody like him," Paul says. "There's nobody that I respect more." Read More »

Watch CBS News Videos Online CBS News' Katie Couric sat down with Hugh Jackman and the two discussed the spontaneity of live theater and Hugh's "cell phone incident." Read on for details… Hugh tells Katie about a recent performance of his Broadway show, "A Steady Rain," during which an audience member's cell phone rang twice. Read More »

Dame Elizabeth Taylor has taken to her Twitter account to break news of a health procedure she is undergoing. Read on for details… Dame Elizabeth tweeted Tuesday: "Friends, I would like to let you know before it gets in the papers that I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart." Her next tweet read: "Very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better." Read More »

A strip club worker is being held without bond on voluntary manslaughter charges in the death of a "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star's former fiancé. The Associated Press reports that Magistrate Sylvia McCoy has ordered Frederick Richardson held without bond in the death of Ashley "A.J." Jewell, who died in the hospital following a fight Friday night. Jewell is the ex-fiancé of Kandi Burruss, a Grammy-Award winning star of the "Housewives" series. Read More »

HTV is on the scene in the aftermath of Nicole Richie's car accident. As ET reported earlier, Richie was rear-ended just before 2 p.m. on Monday in Beverly Hills. Police told ET that she complained of pain following the accident, but decided to see her own doctors for treatment. The driver of the other car was cited for being an unlicensed driver and the other car was towed. Read More »

Sheryl Lee Ralph announces the talent for her 19th annual AIDS benefit concert, Divas Simply Singing. Two thirds of the trio known as TDK -- Kelly Price and Tamia -- will be joining the lineup of talent singing on behalf of HIV/AIDS awareness, Ralph announced today. Price and Tamia will be joining the previously announced Faith Evans, Yolanda Adams, Brenda Russell, Jennifer Lewis, Yo Yo, Barbara Morrison, Frenchie Davis, and neo-soul artist N'dambi, along with original Dreamgirls star Loretta Devine and Ralph herself. Read More »

During a Monday taping of "Late Show," David Letterman joked about dealing with the aftermath of his announcement last week. The funnyman, who also apologized to his wife during the taping, joked: "Did your weekend just fly by?" Read More »

Jon Gosselin sits down with our own Mary Hart and reveals all-new details about how he provides for his children and how he hopes to protect them. Read on for details... "I pay $7,500 per month for the kids, utilities, two mortgages and everything else that needs to be paid," the dad of eight says in response to what estranged wife Kate said in recent television interviews. "Right now, my kids are coming off TV," Jon tells Mary. "I'm not the bad guy here. I'm the one trying to protect my children -- that's called being a parent. I'm protecting my children. I need to pull them off television so we could work this out." Read More »

ET has learned that on the heels of his revelation that he engaged in sexual relationships with his female staffers, David Letterman apologized to his wife Regina Lasko during a Monday taping of the "Late Show." Read on for details… Letterman, 62, apologized for the attention and inquiries his family and staff members have received since his announcement. "I’m terribly sorry that I put the staff in that position. Inadvertently, I just wasn’t thinking ahead. And, moreover, the staff here has been wonderfully supportive to me, not just through this furor, but through all the years that we’ve been on television and especially all the years here at CBS, so, again, my thanks to the staff for, once again, putting up with something stupid I’ve gotten myself involved in. Read More »

Nicole Richie has been involved in a car accident. ET can confirm that Richie, who had one adult passenger in the car she was driving, was rear-ended just before 2 p.m. on Monday in Beverly Hills. Police tell ET that Richie complained of pain following the accident but decided to see her own doctors for treatment. The driver of the other car was cited for being an unlicensed driver and the other car was towed. Read More »