Report: ‘Dancing with the Stars’ wants an all-Oscar winners season, featuring Renee Zellwegger

Report: “Dancing with the Stars” wants an all-Oscar winners season, featuring Renee Zellwegger
A source tells Radar Online that Zellwegger would be the “lynchpin” of a season made up of Oscar winners. PLUS: Why it took so long for Mark Ballas to quit smoking.

Paul Rudd goes crazy for One Direction in “SNL” promos
“Saturday Night Live” has released a whopping 3-1/2 minutes of Rudd promos.

Another “Breaking Bad” alum joins Fox’s “Broadchurch” remake
Kevin Rankin, who played the Nazi with the mustache on “Breaking Bad,” will reunite with Anna Gunn on “Gracepoint.”

History channel to tackle Jesus’ “Lost Years”
“Hostel’s” Eli Roth will produce a drama series examining Jesus Christ’s undocumented years.

“Downton Abbey’s” Christmas special will be set in Buckingham Palace
The two-hour event will feature a royal scandal.

“Jeopardy!” settles the GIF pronunciation debate
The Soft “G” was part of an answer on tonight’s show.

Former MTV VJ Kennedy joins Fox Business Channel
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery will host a primetime roundtable discussion show called “The Independents.”


Albuquerque’s Minor League Baseball team celebrates “Breaking Bad”

The Albuquerque Isotopes are selling two shirts in tribute to Walter White.

Watch Paul Walker’s early TV roles: From “Charles in Charge” to “Highway to Heaven”
Walker often played a teen heartthrob when he was a teenager.

“Castle” bringing back James Brolin
He’ll reprise his role as Rick’s dad.

“Men at Work” gets cameos out of Ryan Phillippe, David Krumholtz, Emmanuelle Chriqui
Phillippe will play himself on the TBS comedy.

“The Wire’s” David Simon pens a tribute to Michael B. Jordan
GQ asked Simon to write a piece in honor of Jordan’s breakout performance in “Fruitvale Station.”

“Saved by the Bell’s” Screech regrets making a sex tape and badmouthing his former castmates
Dustin Diamond tells Oprah Winfrey Network: “Looking back, now, in my thirties, I realize that was really dumb.”

Key & Peele do Michael Jordan vs. Muhammad Ali
It’s the latest Epic Rap Battle of History.

“Curb Appeal” star who was died in motorcycle accident encountered another accident in October
On Oct. 21, Bill Beckwith posted on Facebook that he assisted in helping the victims of a head-on collision and that it was “a solid reminder that our lives can change at an instant, and to be grateful for what I have right now.”

“Arrow” releases a training video warning of the dangers of ninjas
“Ninjas are a real and serious threat.”

Baltimore criminal who claims he inspired “The Wire” indicted on 21 federal drug and gun charges
Nathan “Bodie” Barksdale was taken into custody last week.


Did “The Originals” model itself on “Angel”?

“The Vampire Diaries” spinoff has a lot in common with the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” spinoff.


Tim Tebow sparks a TV bidding war

The former QB is said to have interest from SEC Network, CBS Sports and Fox Sports.

Gillian Anderson poses with an eel wrapped around her naked body
“The X-Files” alum is trying to promote Fishlove, a campaign to highlight the collapsing fish stocks.

Charlie Brown: Bigger than Jesus?
Read an appreciation of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

Watch “SportsCenter’s” Ron Burgundy interview Peyton Manning
The “Anchorman” star will guest co-host Thursday’s 6 pm edition of the ESPN news show.


Christian Slater weds for the 2nd time

The “Mind Games” star married girlfriend Brittany Lopez on Monday.

“Facts of Life’s” Kim Fields welcomes her 2nd child
Fields, 44, gave birth to her 2nd son on Tuesday.

Malin Akerman’s estranged husband files for divorce
The “Trophy Wife” star has been married for six years. PLUS: Akerman says the Christmas episode will “blow your mind.”