In Ashley Judd's just-released new memoir, "All That Is Bitter & Sweet," the actress writes candidly about her childhood, during which she says she was sexually abused.

The actress appeared on NBC's "Today" show with co-host Meredith Vieira on Tuesday and opened up about the book, in which she also writes about her past rocky relationship with her country star mom, Naomi Judd.

When Maksim Chmerkovskiy fell to the floor on "Dancing with the Stars" during his rumba with Kirstie Alley on Tuesday night, he quickly found his feet again and carried on, but he admitted to Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson it left him with a bruise.

Will Smith and son Jaden Smith are hoping to scare up their next box office hit with director M. Night Shyamalan.

The father-son duo will team with the pseudo fright film director for a new as-of-yet untitled sci fi movie, Columbia Pictures announced on Monday.

Tax documents show unwed mother Bristol Palin earned more than $262,000 for her role helping raise awareness for teen pregnancyprevention in 2009.

The most recent data for The Candie's Foundation that's posted online by research firm GuideStar shows compensation at $262,500 for the now-20-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee.

A New York City benefit auction last week raised $1.4 million for four environmental groups, including the Central Park Conservancy. Christie's "The Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth" also will benefit Conservation International, Oceana, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Among the celebrities attending the event last week were Salma Hayek, Ted Danson, Gayle King, Anna Wintour, Diane Kruger, Zoe Kravitz, Olivia Palermo and Sam Waterston. Rapper Nicki Minaj performed and "Saturday Night Live's" Seth Meyers hosted.

An online auction (details after the jump), which runs through April 7, includes the chance to fly to Miami to meet Lady Gaga.

Plus, Sarah Silverman gets busy with a… unicorn! Will Snooki wrestle again? And, Wendy Williams shows off her feet!

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Refugees who fled violence in Libya have welcomed an unusual visitor to their border camp in Tunisia — Angelina Jolie.

The American actress visited on Tuesday in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Time for some link love! Where did Brad Pitt stop to pick up dinner in Los Angeles? Which country singer is developing a TV series based on her childhood as the daughter of two private investigators? Plus, which 50-year-old comedienne flaunted her bikini body?

Britney Spears is giving her fans a glimpse at the video for her new single, "Till the World Ends," from her latest album, "Femme Fatale."

Star Jones and Joy Behar have sat down for their first on camera interview since Star departed television talk show "The View" in 2006, where the two had been co-hosts.

"This is the first time we're together to talk about all this stuff," Joy said on Monday's "Joy Behar Show" on HLN.

"Since the day I walked out of the show… You didn't call, you didn't write. They cracked my chest," Star added of her open-heart surgery, just a year ago. "You didn't send a flower."