"Extra's" Michael Corbett is taking you inside Shaq's mega Miami mansion!

"Extra's" Michael Corbett is taking you inside Shaq's mega Miami mansion!

Due to popular demand, here's a slightly belated, but still fun-filled behind-the-scenes blog from my visit to the Vancouver set of Stargate Atlantis. For those who don't know the show, it's a wildly popular SciFi channel show produced by MGM up in Vancouver. The fans are rabid, and with good reason. The show is really good!

Fun, and funny -- good acting, writing and directing. I've had friends who tuned in for the first time to check out my episode "Harmony" -- and they tell me they've been hooked ever since. When I was asked to guest star, I held my breath because I wasn't sure if I was going to be asked to be an alien, or something freakish -- which, every actor will tell you -- it just doesn't matter, as long as your scene(s) remain. Well, I was asked to be a Genii warrior -- cool costume, great attitude, some lines --- AND I get zapped by a laser in the end... So much for a recurring role...

About the actors: Joe Flanigan, Jason Mamoa, David Hewlett, Jewel Staite, Amanda Tapping -- each and every one of them are gracious, and don't take any of what they do too seriously, yet are very serious about their roles and pleasing the fans. We had a ball, playing in what looked like an 'enchanted forest' outside of Vancouver... and then Jason, Jewel and Amanda took me on a killer tour of their interior sets on the sound stages... quite an elaborate set-up!

Dr. Addison Montgomery is back! For a day, anyway. Redheaded beauty Kate Walsh reprises her “Grey’s Anatomy” role for one episode, EW.com is reporting. ABC confirmed that Kate will give the small screen a shot in the arm this spring. No word yet on an airdate.

Kate’s return to Seattle Grace comes just as the TV industry emerges from a devastating strike. Her spin-off, “Private Practice,” is on hiatus until fall, and new episodes of “Grey’s” won’t start airing until April 24.

Brace yourself! Courteney cox is getting dirtier than ever.

The TV star sat down with “Extra” to talk about her upcoming season of her hit FX series, “Dirt.” Cox stars as a tabloid editor in the show, which parodies her real-life experiences with stardom – and she’s pulling out the stops this year. “We’re just taking celebrities that are so popular and so exposed. It’ll be fun to guess who they are,” she said.

In one episode, guest star Tom Arnold spoofs David Hasselhoff’s real-life drunken escapade where he was videotaped eating fast food off the floor. “It's kind of an interesting story,” Arnold explained. “You see a clip of something and this show shows you the whole story. And it may not be what it seems.”

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may have produced two more genetically perfect human beings. The Daily Mail is reporting that Brad has confirmed they’re expecting twins! “Angelina is healthy and he’s thrilled that he’s going to be a father once again,” a source tells the Daily Mail, adding, “Brad’s been very quiet about this pregnancy so far, but this was the weekend he decided to let the cat out of the bag.”

Brangelina’s publicists still haven’t confirmed the news. The world’s most beautiful couple already have four children; Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh.

Ryan Seacrest is officially the hardest working man in Hollywood. The “American Idol” host has just signed a blockbuster deal for a nationwide radio show which will vaslty expand his media empire! And to top it off, Seacrest got a special signing bonus – from Simon Cowell. Seacrest joked that Simon can never get rid of him, saying, “Now, fortunately, no matter where he goes in the country, he can tune in. He cannot escape Ryan Seacrest.”

And how does Simon feel about the host’s new post at such a young age? “I love it,” he mockingly told “Extra."

He broke hearts of women everywhere in the Oscar-nominated drama “Atonement” -- and skyrocketed to fame, but James McAvoy says he’s still not used to the limelight. “Part of you gets used to it and part of you remains totally freaked out,” he told “Extra.”

James once considered a profession far from the limelight – the seminary! “For about five minutes,” the “Penelope” star confessed. “Then I quickly realized in order to become a Catholic priest, one would have to give up conjugal rights.” Good news for his wife!

As for his other leading lady in the upcoming “Wanted,” Angelina Jolie, James says their love scenes aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. Of performing a love scene with one of the most beautiful women in the world, he says, “Those things are always embarrassing.”

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It was a river of pitchy tears last night on one the most dramatic shows so far of this season’s “American Idol.” The country said goodbye to four more not-as-talented hopefuls; Jason Yeager, Robbie Carrico, Alexandrea Lushington and Alaina Whitaker. While the camera didn’t feature him in the opening number, Danny Noriega was prominently featured as he cried over the latest departures – or was it because he was spared? Keep Reading...

Recovering mom Britney Spears visited with her sons for the third time in a week, but yesterday, the troubled pop star exchanged rather unpleasant words with her new bodyguard in a violent display outside a sushi restaurant in Beverly Glen.

X17 Online reports that Brit was swarmed by a particularly rambunctious group of paparazzi as she struggled to get to her car, causing her bodyguard to explode. But Brit wanted the chaos to quit and fired back at her muscle, “You’re screaming in my ear! Would you shut the f**k up?” He quickly apologized. So much for a relaxing day with the boys!

Despite the scene with her bodyguard, it seems that the chaos in Brit’s life is settling. Her father has been constantly by her side, and her now frequent visits with the tots are reportedly going well. People reports that the visitation is filled with lots of hugs and good behavior – on Britney’s part, that is.

Redheaded hottie Prince Harry has been pulled from hot zone in Afghanistan after news of his deployment raced across the world, threatening not only the prince’s safety, but his fellow soldiers as well. “The situation has now clearly changed,” said Jock Stirrup (that name!), British Defense Chief.

Harry, third in line to the throne, was set to leave the combat zone in just a few weeks, and had hoped to keep his mission secret. But when video of him surfaced on The Drudge Report, British officials pulled the plug. Just last week, Harry expressed concern for his safety, reports the AP. "Once this ... comes out, every single person that supports them will be trying to slot me.”

Harry, 23, added that once he returned to Britain, he feared he’d be a “top target” for Islamic terrorists. Though he’s left the war zone, his current whereabouts are unknown.

“Extra” is breaking the news that “Dancing with the Stars” competitor Karina Smirnoff underwent back surgery this morning -- and "Dancing" fans fear she may not be able to make it to the new season!

Mario Lopez visited a healthy-looking Smirnoff this week and chatted about the new Mario in her life – the R&B singer expected to waltz away with the dance pro this season. Karina exclusively told Lopez the news that she suffered an injury during the recent “DWTS” tour and will have surgery.

Karina is expected to be fully recovered in time for “Dancing’s” March 17 premiere.

U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie just released a heart-wrenching statement to the Washington Post on the current status of the United Nations and the Iraqi government. Millions of Iraqi people have been driven from their homes, and the actress says it is our moral duty to provide aid.

Jolie says that up until last week, the crisis had not improved since she first visited Iraq six months ago. After a meeting between the U.N. and the Iraqi leadership, conditions have finally begun to improve, and humanitarian efforts are beginning to have an impact.

Angie released the following statement to the Post:

"The request is familiar to American ears: 'Bring them home.'

"But in Iraq, where I've just met with American and Iraqi leaders, the phrase carries a different meaning. It does not refer to the departure of U.S. troops, but to the return of the millions of innocent Iraqis who have been driven out of their homes and, in many cases, out of the country.

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