Harpo Productions announced yesterday that the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice presidential candidate will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Nov. 16.

According to Harpo, the interview will be Palin's first about her new book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," and it will be the first time Palin and Winfrey will meet.

Palin's book was No. 4 on Amazon.com's best-seller list yesterday. It's slated to be released Nov. 17, the day after Palin's interview with Winfrey.

The ninth-season winner of the reality TV show "Big Brother" told a federal agent that he used his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them, authorities said.

Adam Jasinski, 31, of Delray Beach, Fla., has been charged with attempting to sell 2,000 pills in Massachusetts to a government witness.

Federal prosecutors said Jasinski was arrested Saturday after he flew to Boston and showed the witness a sock containing two plastic bags filled with oxycodone, a powerful painkiller that is a popular street drug because of its euphoric effects.

As agents tried to arrest Jasinski at a strip mall in North Reading, he struggled and threw the sock under a car parked nearby, Todd Prough, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, said in an affidavit filed in court.

Jasinski won $500,000 on "Big Brother 9" in April 2008. His lawyer, Valerie Carter, did not immediately return a call yesterday, the Associated Press reported.

He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine on a charge of possession of oxycodone pills with intent to distribute.

We doubt this will sit well with "The Real Housewives of Atlanta."

Frederick Richardson, the man accused in the slaying of A.J. Jewell, the on-off fiance of Housewives star Kandi Burruss, was released from Atlanta's Fulton County Jail early yesterday.

Richardson was sprung after posting $10,000 bond. While that may seem low, Magistrate Judge Karen Woodson said it was fitting with the crime, especially after an initial coroner's report suggested the blood disorder sickle-cell anemia may have been a factor in Jewell's death.

Richardson was taken into custody following an Oct. 2 brawl in the parking lot of Body Tap, an ATL strip club co-owned by Jewell, and charged with voluntary manslaughter. According to police, Richardson, a club employee, got into a slugfest with his boss. Jewell sustained a severe blow to the head and died several hours later.

No word yet on when Richardson is due back in court.

We have known that Jillian Michaels is "losing it" ever since we saw her doing full-on squats and lunges in the Starbucks line at the Beverly Center mall in L.A. (Good morning! Would you like some sweat with that latte?) And now, NBC has picked up the fittingly titled series "Losing It With Jillian," in which "The Biggest Loser" trainer gets to put her fitness obsession to good use: helping the not-so-little people. Think of it as "Supernanny" with (hopefully) fewer tantrums: Jillian will move in with families and change their diet and exercise habits. Eight episodes are on the way, Eonline.com reports.

The Weather Channel plans to show movies for the first time in its 27-year history.

First up? "The Perfect Storm."

The network has slipped longer programming into its constantly rotating forecasts in recent years. But over a four-week period starting the night before Halloween, the cable network will try Friday night movies.

Its managers figured the George Clooney movie about a horrific storm off the New England coast would be a good first choice -- particularly since it's airing on the 18th anniversary of the actual event.

A memorial service celebrating the life of local jazz vocalist and pianist Sandra Staley Vaporetti, who died Sept. 1 at age 69, will be held Monday at 7:30 p.m. in Duquesne University's PNC Recital Hall on the first floor of the Mary Pappert School of Music on Magee Street. The public is invited and parking is available in the Forbes Avenue garage.

Black Eyed Peas singer apl.de.ap has flown to his native Philippines following devastating back-to-back storms to perform a benefit concert and deliver much-needed aid.

Apl planned to stage the concert tomorrow evening in Manila during a brief trip to the country.

A Los Angeles resident whose real name is Allan Pineda Lindo, apl said he was concerned when he saw television footage of the devastation.

The worst flooding in 40 years struck the rice-growing northern Philippines and the capital Manila late last month when a typhoon after a storm dumped heavy rains that triggered landslides and inundated towns, killing 712 people and affecting more than 7 million.

In addition to a concert with local artists, apl brought canned goods from California, donated cash and appealed for more money for victims from around the world.

The hip-hop singer, who was adopted at 14 and moved to the United States, said he remains proud of his roots.

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