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NEW YORK - Adam Lambert's racy American Music Awards performance cost him a gig on "Good Morning America," but he will perform live instead on ABC's morning rivals at CBS.

ATLANTA - Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham — across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday when someone threw one of the hams like a football and accidentally smacked her.

FAIRFIELD, N.J. - A national Italian-American organization based in New Jersey says an MTV reality show that depicts Italian-American beachgoers as the "hottest, tannest, craziest Guidos" is offensive and should be scrapped before it airs.

NEW YORK - Entertainers have been misbehaving on TV — or accused of it, at least — long before singer Adam Lambert was even born.

NEW YORK - Three generations of Wyeth artworks will be auctioned next month, including 14 original oil canvases by N.C. Wyeth that were used to lavishly illustrate the classic adventure tale of "Robinson Crusoe."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Adam Lambert was kicked off one morning TV show and snapped up by a rival on Tuesday after his sexually-charged performance on a live music awards show made him one of the most risky and sought-after celebrities in the United States.

BALTIMORE - Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the NAACP to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization.

NEW YORK - All the single ladies — Shakira is looking out for you!

DEAR ABBY: I am writing in regard to the letter from "On the Fence in Nevada" (Sept. 11) (whose mother-in-law dumped her grandchildren's cat on the side of the road). I work as an animal safety officer for the sheriff's office, and I also volunteer for a local animal nonprofit.

NEW YORK - Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of "Dancing with Stars" on Tuesday night, taking home the show's mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program.

NEW YORK - Gael Garcia Bernal calls his latest film "provocative."

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The New Jersey town where Richie Sambora grew up says Bon Jovi's lead guitarist can come home whenever he wants.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It could have been a great rock 'n' roll love story.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for many years. We have three happy, successful children and a good life together. I love him dearly.

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating "Charlie" for almost a year. We both have children from previous relationships. He has recently been talking about marriage, but as much as I care for him, I am reluctant.

WAUKESHA, Wis. - A financial dispute between Oprah Winfrey's mother and a high-end fashion store in Wisconsin has been settled.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Regis Philbin will be taking a leave of absence from his long-running ABC daytime talk show to undergo a hip replacement surgery.

DEAR ABBY: I am an 11-year-old girl who loves going shopping and doing various stuff with my mom. But when we go to the mall or stop for lunch and she hears a song she likes, she'll start singing to it. And if we're standing up, she even dances to it a little.

LONDON (Reuters) - A major work by French painter Paul Delaroche, thought to have been virtually destroyed during a World War Two German air raid on London in 1941, has been unrolled and found to be in good condition.

DEAR ABBY: I'm 32 and a "large girl." I am also intelligent, witty and fun to be around. I make friends wherever I go. The problem is my mother -- who is also big -- keeps telling me that heavy women are not desirable and we must "settle" when it comes to choosing a mate.

LOS ANGELES - Sade is making music again. The soulful English group fronted by 50-year-old singer Sade Adu will release a new album Feb. 8, according to Epic Records. "Soldier of Love" will be the group's first studio album since 2000's "Lovers Rock." All five of Sade's studio albums have landed in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200, selling more than 50 million copies worldwide.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A copy of the book "Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There" that belonged to the British girl who inspired author Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" will be sold at an auction next month, the company behind the sale said on Monday.

DEAR ABBY: On a Sunday afternoon in late September, I got hopelessly lost trying to find O'Hare Airport in Chicago. I pulled off the interstate at a neighborhood exit and asked a man parked at the curb for directions. He was Hispanic, and there was a bit of a language barrier, but he and his sister offered to lead me there.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.

NEW YORK - TV Guide Network says it will air a special program starring singing sensation Susan Boyle next month.

As an icon prone to caricature, Orson Welles ranks right up there with Truman Capote and Ray Charles.

iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Nov. 23, 2009:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nude photo of film director Roman Polanski, who is now being held in a Swiss prison, and his wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before she was brutally murdered, will be sold at an upcoming auction where it could fetch more than $10,000, organizers said.

Rihanna, "Rated R" (Island Def Jam)

DEAR ABBY: Please print this for me on behalf of myself and all the other well-intentioned folks out there who have lent money to others.