Ms. Informed

Snoop Dogg (who has been in the news quite a bit lately) will soon get the chance to appear on “One Life to Live.” According to the rapper, he has always been a fan of the soap.

Snoop will perform two songs from his album Ego Trippin’ and was also given the opportunity to rework the show’s theme song. Snoop’s version of the song will play during the episodes he is on, which will air next month.

(great picture. how could i not use it again?)

Since leaving the City, Actor John Corbett, who portrayed everyone’s (or at least my) favorite boyfriend of Carrie Bradshaw on HBO’s hit show Sex and the City, has moved on from Bradshaw…to coleslaw. He is the new voice over guy for Applebee’s Bar & Grill, replacing comedian Wanda Sykes.

I <3 Aidan!

{image courtesy of hbo.com}

…Didn’t Arnold Schwarzenegger make a movie about this??

The world’s first pregnant man sat down with the queen of talk Oprah Winfrey yesterday. Thomas Beatie, who was born a female and had underwent gender reassignment surgery, began taking testosterone treatments and had breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest, and his wife Nancy appeared on the show and Beatie defended his decision to carry the couple’s child when they found out Nancy was unable to conceive. Beatie opted to keep his reproduction organs and was artificially inseminated.

[Um....yes it kind of does. It generally — generally — means you're a woman, Tommy. But that's just me, I'm old-fashioned like that.]

[May be true, but while men may desire to have children, find me one who desires to actually give birth. Other than yourself.]

[Please, find me that article in the Constitution.]

But, to each his own, I guess. Gotta love America!

As the dust from the 3-month writers’ strike begins to settle, NBC’s hit sitcom Scrubs has begun production on the last of its seventh and final season…for NBC. But the doctors and nurses of Sacred Heart will more than likely continue practicing medicine in and eighth season for ABC.

While an official announcement has yet to be made and neither network is commenting at this time, sources are reporting that “ABC is inches away from closing the deal with all parties and has secured the entire cast for an eighth season that will include eighteen additional episodes.”

If last night’s ratings of CBS’s How I Met Your Mother are any indication of how Britney Spears’ personal life is cleaning up, there may be hope for the star yet.  According to Nielsen ratings, the show averaged nearly a million more viewers this week &mdash; 10.6 million viewers, up from last week’s 9.7 million.

She seems fairly normal and well adjusted in these clips…Or maybe she’s just a good actor? Really, either option is not very likely. Guess we have to keep watching to find out how the drama continues to unfold.

Britney Spears is making her way back into mainstream media, but not via the music industry.  Rather, the pop princess will guest star on CBS’s sitcom How I Met Your Mother.  It is not yet confirmed if it will be a one-time appearance or an ongoing role.

If nothing else, it’s gotta beat Britney & Kevin: Chaos.  Although I still don’t think I’ll be tuning in for it, even for Doogie Houser’s sake.

While he may not like too many contestants on American Idol, no-fuss judge Simon Cowell does like one thing: Botox. Cowell admitted to British media sources that to him, Botox is “no more unusual than toothpaste.”

“It works, you do it once a year – who cares?”

I hope this doesn’t mean he brushes his teeth that infrequently.

The judge, 48, also admitted to putting lifts in his shoes to make him appear taller on camera.

Can we say mid life?????

But even though he’s pushing the big 5-0, one area of his life that doesn’t need any improvements: his sex life. Or at least one would think, as Cowell (highly insulted) turned down a $2 million dollar contract to be the “face” of Viagra last year.