Diff'rent Strokes News

Hilary Duff is joining the cast of "Gossip Girl" -but not on a regular basis. The CW series' spokeswoman, Melissa Burton, says the 21-year-old singer and actress will guest star next season as "a movie star looking for a typical college experience." Duff's character, named Olivia Burke, enrolls at New York University and becomes roommates with ...

James Frey is writing for young people, and Hollywood has signed on. Frey, a former screenwriter best known for his discredited memoir "A Million Little Pieces," is collaborating on a four-book series of teen science fiction novels that HarperCollins will publish.

Gary Coleman and his wife aren't seeing eye to eye. The ex-child star's bride - who is 5-feet-5 - was busted after trashing her 4-foot-8 husband's bedroom, police said.

VH1 used to air music videos and documentary series like "Behind the Music." But now like its sister company MTV, the channel is all reality, all the time.

Some of our favorite child stars have fallen and risen again, while others saw tragic ends.

The latest entry in the Broadway touring season, 'Avenue Q' is both rude and moderately lewd and a Tony Award-winning best musical.

Blog:The Poop: 37836 : A very special episode ... Quick Search What little television I was allowed to watch in the 1980s was mostly family sitcoms.

Gary Coleman: Oh Gary. He went from the cutest kid to a notorious troublemaker. When the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" came to an end in 1986, he faced bankruptcy and countless problems with the law, including assault charges which he faced after allegedly punching a woman while working as a security guard.

USAToday.com says that Kill Bill auteur and avid American Idol fan Quentin Tarantino will help the seven Idol finalists prepare to sing songs from movies next week.

Actor Willie Aames has fallen on hard times. According to People, Aames, who starred in Eight is Enough and Charles in Charge , filed for bankruptcy last year and his house is in foreclosure.

Noted the only remaining unindicted Chicago politician not caught with a hooker this week, "I was watching Diff'rent Strokes the other day and I hear little Arnold say, "What-you-talkin-bout Willis?" Wasn't ...

With elegance and sensitivity, pianist Alexandre Tharaud leads listeners on a tour through Erik Satie's piano music.

An Atlanta investment banker is auctioning off more than 15,000 videotaped episodes of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's iconic Christian talk show.

March 1, 1993: In Waco, Texas, four federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents were killed in a failed raid on the David Koresh-led Branch Davidian sect.

Mickey Rourke isn't the only actor to kickstart his comeback by leaping from the top rope of a wrestling ring.

In this Feb. 26, 2008 file photo, actor Gary Coleman appears on the the NBC "Today" program in New York.

The Associated Press 1 comment In this file photo, Gary Coleman, of the television series "Diff'rent Strokes," appears on the NBC... In this file photo, Gary Coleman, of the television series "Diff'rent ...

Gary Coleman has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a September incident at a bowling alley.