"Jersey Shore" star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is making the rounds to promote her new book, "A Shore Thing," and found herself in the hot seat on Tuesday's "Today" show, where the 23-year-old reality star was grilled on her thoughts about being dubbed a "role model" for kids.

James Bond finally is getting back into action.

The new management at MGM, along with Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced Tuesday that the 23rd film in the spy franchise will arrive in theaters Nov. 9, 2012.

"American Idol" kicks off its tenth season on January 19, and according to the show's retooled cast and crew, it's likely to be a cuddlier one.

"I think they bring more of a critique rather than just, 'Pack your suitcase, go home,'" "Idol's" returning executive producer Nigel Lythgoe told reporters at FOX's portion of the Television Critics Association Winter 2011 Session on Wednesday in Pasadena, Calif.

"The Hobbit" nabs some familiar faces. Chris Pine gets a new Hollywood mom. Plus, why is "Gossip Girl" star Ed Westwick about to get political?

It's all in the latest edition of the AccessHollywood.com Casting Call!

Sophia Bush is opening up about the tragic death of her cousin, 9-year-old Christina Green, who was killed over the weekend during the attack on U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Ariz.

George Clooney's new film will begin shooting next month and require "hundreds of extras."

Kristen Erwin, the head of the regional film commission in Cincinnati and northern Kentucky, says scenes for "Ides of March" will be shot in more than two dozen locations.

Plus, The Razzie Awards razz Twi-hards! See Jessica Simpson's new whacked out 'do! And, Is Eva Longoria removing Tony Parker from her life… and her body?

Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans!

As "Grey's Anatomy" continues its renaissance seventh season, Seattle Grace will be visited next week by yet another familiar former ABC face. Wilson Cruz, of "My So-Called Life" fame, will be showing up in a particularly poignant episode, acting alongside Sara Ramirez's Dr. Callie Torres. In the episode, titled, "Start Me Up," Wilson plays a gay man whose domestic partner is hurt in a tragic accident on the day of their commitment ceremony.

So, how did Wilson's collaboration with his friends Sara and Shonda Rhimes ("Grey's" showrunner) come about?

Access Hollywood caught up with the recently relocated-to-NYC thespian, to find out!

For Rachel Zoe, "B" is for "bananas" – but also for "boy"!

The famed stylist, who is seven months pregnant with her first child with husband Rodger Berman, recently revealed she is expecting a little boy.

A source tells Access Hollywood, actor Charlie Sheen spent the weekend in Las Vegas, staying at the Palms hotel. According to online reports from both TMZ and Radar Online, he was partying with porn stars. According to another Access' source, Sheen returned to LA last night. However, according to TMZ, Sheen was en route back to LA Tuesday morning.