People: Rosie O'Donnell, Elisabeth Shue, Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, Yakov Smirnoff, Michael C. Hall
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The proof is in the picture!
Just hours after Rosie O'Donnell delivered the news that she and girlfriend Michelle Rounds would soon be wife and wife, the talk-show host posted a pic of the engagement ring she gave to her now-fiancee.
"So so so happy," she tweeted along with the photo of a smiling Rounds posing with her newly acquired rock.
Since making the big announcement, O'Donnell has received congratulatory messages from both fans and fellow celebs alike, including Oscar winner Marlee Matlin and Bravo's "Watch What Happens: Live" host Andy Cohen, who wrote: "mazel on your engagement."
"thanks Andy ... i am very happy," O'Donnell tweeted back.
A rep for O'Donnell tells E! News that the couple have yet to set a wedding date.
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More real-life drama for "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills": Kim Richards has entered rehab.
Multiple sources have confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that Richards, 47, is seeking treatment.
On last season's finale, Richards battled it out with her sister Kyle, who called her an alcoholic.
In October, new co-star Brandi Glanville accused Richards of being "wasted out of her [expletive] mind" during a game-night episode. Richards strongly denied it during a shouting match that became one of the show's biggest fights so far this season.
The reality star (whose niece is Paris Hilton) revealed in a November episode that she's been taking anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications, along with an anti-seizure medication which can be used to treat alcoholism.
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Elisabeth Shue is ready to get to work.
As you may have heard, the "Leaving Las Vegas" Oscar nominee is succeeding Marg Helgenberger later this season on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," E! News reports.
Shue has been pitched -- and turned down -- many television projects in the past, but the chance to analyze corpses and bullet casings came along at the perfect time.
"For many years, I decided not to do television because I have three children, but now my youngest is finally old enough to be in kindergarten," Shue said this week at the Children's Defense Fund-California's Beat the Odds Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "So I'm not feeling that kind of tug of not being with her as much."
And she couldn't have hoped for a better co-star than Ted Danson.
"What's so nice about the show is it still has that classic procedural tone to it, but he brings a kind of lightness to it," Shue said. "I just thought it would be fun to play opposite him and give it a try for a little while and see what it's like."
She starts shooting next month.
"I have to learn how to analyze blood splatter," Shue said laughing. "I've started to study a little bit. I'm also going to spend time with CSI agents, ride around with them in their cars and do autopsies."
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Martin Sheen shone a spotlight Monday on a prisoner's efforts to get his 1999 murder conviction thrown out, saying the case "cries out for justice," the Associated Press reports.
Meeting inmate Jon-Adrian Velazquez at a suburban prison Monday "confirmed my belief that he is an innocent man," the actor said at a news conference later in the day outside a Manhattan courthouse. "I came away inspired. He is a young man on fire with the truth."
Sheen's appearance trained some star power on a case that involves a longstanding issue getting new attention from the U.S. Supreme Court: the reliability of eyewitness identifications of suspects.
Convicted of fatally shooting retired police officer Albert Ward in an underground betting parlor in 1998, Velazquez is serving 25 years to life in prison. But he and lawyers Robert C. Gottlieb and Celia A. Gordon are trying to persuade Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus. R. Vance Jr. to reinvestigate the case and exonerate Velazquez.
Vance's office is reviewing the case, spokeswoman Erin Duggan said Monday.
With no DNA or other physical evidence against Velazquez, "this case is strictly the result of eyewitness misidentification" from photo arrays and lineups that weren't properly conducted, Gottlieb said.
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A Colorado judge will let actor Charlie Sheen's ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, return to California following her arrest in Aspen on assault and drug charges, the Associated Press reports.
A Pitkin County judge on Monday approved a request by Mueller's attorney to allow Mueller to go back home so she can care for her children.
According to the Aspen Daily News, officers arrested Mueller Saturday at a nightclub after a woman reported being assaulted by Mueller. Authorities released Mueller after she posted $11,000 bond. She is due back in court Dec. 19.
Sheen and Mueller divorced earlier this year, citing Christmas Day 2009 as the day of their breakup. Sheen was arrested in Aspen that day on suspicion of assaulting Mueller. He completed his probation in that case last November.
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Comedian Yakov Smirnoff says 2012 will be his last full season performing in Branson, Mo., the Associated Press reports.
The 60-year-old comedian said in a news release Monday that he plans to tour the U.S. in 2013 with his stand-up comedy show.
Next year will be Smirnoff's 20th season performing the Yakov LIVE! production. The Russian comedian became famous in the 1980s for his observations about life in the United States.
Smirnoff said he will continue to live in the southwest Missouri resort town of Branson. He also plans to stay active in the community and in his theater.
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A judge has finalized an uncontested divorce between Michael C. Hall and his "Dexter" co-star Jennifer Carpenter.
Court records show Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John Sandoz finalized the divorce Friday.
Carpenter filed for divorce nearly a year ago, citing irreconcilable differences. Hall and Carpenter married in December 2008.
Court filings state the details of the division of property will remain confidential.
Hall plays Dexter Morgan, a serial killer who targets other murderers on the hit Showtime series, which is now in its sixth season.
Carpenter plays Hall's sister, a Miami police detective who is often on the trail of her brother's victims, but does not know he is a killer.
First Published December 7, 2011 12:00 am
