Oprah Winfrey revealed on Monday that she has a half sister and that she only discovered this late last year. She said the news left her speechless.

She welcomed Patricia, a single mother of two to an emotional reunion during her daytime talk show. Winfrey disclosed that her mother Vernita secretly gave birth in 1963 and handed the baby up for adoption.

Now 56-years old, Winfrey said she was only nine years old when her mother got pregnant. She said she was really shocked when she found out at the end of October that she has another sister living just 90 minutes away.

Winfrey believed that nothing more could surprise her, but she told her viewers she was wrong.

Patricia’s last name was not revealed. She said that she had grown up in foster homes since the age of 7. She found out in 2007 that Winfrey is her half sister, but she concealed the truth since it would cause big talk in the media.

Winfrey explained Patricia never thought to go to the press or sell her story.

Winfrey’s life has been thoroughly documented. She was born to an unmarried parent in Mississippi and was cared for by her grandmother during early childhood. She was swapped between parents during her teenage years and was a victim of abuse. She got pregnant at the age of 14, but her son died after birth.

Even so, Winfrey became the most influential woman on U.S television. She is hosting a talk show now in its 25th year.

She asked her mother why she had given Patricia up for adoption. Her mother said she had felt unable to take care of her. However, Vernita thought it was a terrible thing for her to do.

The Olsen twin’s younger sister is making her debut in showbiz with two talked-about films at the Sundance Film Festival.

Elizabeth Olsen is 21-years old. She is the younger sister of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. She stars in the movie “Silent House,” which is directed by the filmmakers who created the 2004 indie hit “Open Water.” The movie was sold to Lionsgate when it debuted at Sundance for more than $2 million.

“Silent House” is based on a movie from Uruguay entitled “La Casa Muda.” This is a continuous take where Olsen’s character suspects that her summer house may be haunted.

Olsen’s other movie at Sundance is called “Martha Macy May Marlene.” She plays the role of a young woman who is trying to readapt to life after escaping from a cult.

The young actress is excited about her showbiz career. However, she becomes worried about the idea of being a target by tabloid columns just like her big sisters, who are now 24 and are constantly chased by paparazzi.

Since hired as the kids to play a role in a TV comedy “Full House,” the Olsen twins have been in the showbiz spotlight.

Olsen said that when she was younger, going shopping with her sisters would be dangerous. People would nearly get them into car accidents. She thinks it is crazy, but she wanted to be an actress since she was a little girl. She hopes not to experience the downside of being a star but, she thinks it is a really weird part of the business.

Top anchor Keith Olbermann, and the U.S cable television news network MSNBC suddenly separated ways on Friday, following the broadcaster’s suspension less than three months ago for campaign donations to Democrats.

The famous broadcaster, Olbermann still has his 2 year contract with the mentioned network but signed off for the last time on his show “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” on Friday night.

Olbermann said in his last aired show that it would be his last edition of “Countdown”. The show constantly drew more than a million viewers each night. The network stated that the two parties have ended their contract; however neither party gave the reason for the said action.

His exit happened just a few months after the suspension that MSNBC gave to Olbermann for doling money to three democratic politicians during the campaign of congressional election together with Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was unexpectedly shot and wounded in an assassination plot last January 8 in Arizona.

The network said MSNBC showed gratitude to the broadcaster for his role in MSNBC’s triumph and wished well him for his future career.

Olbermann’s show helped define MSNBC as a liberal voice in television, as well as a counterpoint to Fox News’ huge conservative bend. Today, MSNBC is positioned 2^nd in the cable news ratings outrunning CNN but behind Fox News.

MSNBC underwent transition today. Comcast Corp won the approval from the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week with the U.S Justice Department for its blend with NBC Universal, the company runs MSNBC.

Rock promoter and music publisher Don Krishner has died at the age of 76. He was being treated for an infection at a hospital in Boca Raton when he died on Monday, promoter Jack Wishna, a close friend and business associate told on Tuesday.

Krishner was once called “The Man with the Golden Ear” by Time Magazine. He had helped the make-believe groups The Monkees and The Archies garner music hits and enhanced the careers of Neil Diamond, Billy Joel and the Police.

He first began in the business as a song writer. He wrote “My First Love” for Bobby Darin. However, he had more accomplishments in tapping song writing talents such as King, Neil Sedaka and Diamond.

In the 1960’s, Kirshner’s songwriters were tapped to compose music for a group built for television named The Monkees. The group became very famous in TV, as well as in the rock world with their hits “I’m a Believer” that Diamond had written.

Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees said he remembers Donnie as one of the ‘suits’ that originally came out the West coast from New York and would appear at some of the studio sessions. At first, Dolenz didn’t know what he did. Years later, he realized how Donnie had made an influence on the choice of material that his group produced and he is eternally grateful for that.

Before his death, Kirshner was the chief creative officer of Rockrena, a company that will launch this year to seek and promote talents on the internet.

Britney Spears’ recent song “Hold It Against Me” soared up to a record-setting debut on Billboard’s Pop chart as predicted after its enormous first-day play.

The first single from Spears’ upcoming ninth album hit the survey at no.16 with 4,071 plays. Currently, that is the highest total detections made by a debuting title in the 18-year history of the pop chart.

“Hold It Against Me” ties with Madonna’s “Frozen” for the second-highest launch in the chart’s archives. “Frozen” had soared to no. 16 in March, 1998. Mariah Carey’s “Dreamlover” solely debuted at a higher rank that reached no. 12 in August, 1993.

According to Nielsen BDS, the Pop Songs chart records the most-played songs on 130 mainstream top 40 radio stations.

Spears’ “Hold It Against Me” obtained an airplay on all 130 reporting stations in the chart’s tracking week from January 10-16. Durring its first-week airplay, the song moved to 36.4 million listener impressions, which is the week’s 10th-highest mainstream top 40 audience totals.

Britney Spears has had her ups and downs for over the last decade. However, every time she releases new music, it is an event for the format, the KHOP program director MoJoe Roberts said.

He also added that Spears’ song is one of the rare tracks that he immediately placed into the power rotation after just one listen.

The reaction of the audiences to her new single has been nothing short of stunning. This is another pure pop hit from Ms. Spears, Roberts said.

The song is expected to exceed 400,000 download sales in its first-week based from industry sources. It is likely to make additional historic headlines this week as it is projected to become the 18th song to debut at no. 1 since the Billboard Hot 100 started in 1958.

MTV will be premiering their new series “Skins” on Monday at 10 PM EST. This is a raw television show that relies on the time-tested themes of adolescent drama.

“Skins” is based on the popular British series with the same title that is co-created by Bryan Elsley and his son, Jamie Brittain. Both have written and executive produced the MTV series.

The U.S “Skins” remake consists of a group of fresh people similar to the original series. Most of the cast are first-time actors and actresses and all are actually teenagers.

The show boasts they are excellent and even with their considerable beauty, the actors show human authenticity rather than the stereotypes. The teenagers and the whole show are based in Baltimore, Maryland.

The British series included explicit scenes of drinking, drug taking, and sex as it followed a group of young adults in Bristol. It gained more than 1 million viewers on Channel 4’s E4 during its pilot episode. MTV, has promised to preserve the authenticity and maintain the success of the show.

MTV’s “Skins” is located in a dreary Northeast city with an active high school life. It focuses more on the nine main characters that are related with one another in several ways.

The premiere introduces all of the characters to the audience through the group’s manipulative pin-up, Tony Stonem. However, various episodes of the 10-part season will concentrate on different characters.

“Skins” tell the dramatic ups and downs of adolescence. However, the show should not be mistaken for reality, global news network Associated Press said.

Boardwalk Empire outshone the three-year fame of television’s Mad Men on Sunday as the prohibition-era drama won the Golden Globe for best TV drama on the night of awards in the TV categories.

Steve Buscemi, the Boardwalk Empire star also won his first Golden Globe for his role as a corrupt official in the drama by the HBO. These awards helped the top-class cable TV network achieve the biggest awards of the night given with a total of four trophies.

The big winner in the comedy category was the energetic Fox musical hit Glee. It collected three awards, which includes the best TV comedy series, female supporting actor for Jane Lynch’s conniving cheerleading coach and male supporting actor for Chris Colfer’s gay teen student.

Colfer became a hit star upon landing the role of Kurt Hummel in the comedy and musical series. In his acceptance speech, he thanked creator Ryan Murphy for basically being his fairy godmother. At the backstage, he also credited Glee for making performing arts cool again.

The achievement of Glee on Sunday has made Fox the second biggest network winner after HBO. CBS, FX, Showtime and the Sundance Channel ended the night with one award each. However, networks ABC and NBC did not receive any awards.

Yet, the biggest shock went to the TV drama series “Mad Men,” when their three-year victory was finally defeated by the “Boardwalk Empire.” Creator Terence Winter told that the 1930s gangster series was set in an American history wherein the period has not been explored much on film, most especially on TV. Indeed, it was a time in history that you cannot resist not to write about.

David Nelson, who played a role on his parents’ popular television show entitled “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” has died at age 74, according to a family spokesman.

Nelson was battling from complications of colon cancer when he died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, the family spokesman and long time Hollywood publicist Dale Olson said.

David was the last remaining member of the famous TV show that was hosted by the Nelsons family. The show included David’s father Ozzie, which was an actor and bandleader; his mother and singer Harriet Hilliard; and his late teen idol brother, Rick Nelson.

The Nelsons TV family began as a radio series, “Here Come the Nelsons” in 1952. The show was subsequently aired on TV from 1952 to 1966 as “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” with a total of 320 episodes. David Nelson even produced and directed several episodes of the show.

Singer Gunnar Nelson, a son of Rick Nelson, made a statement on Wednesday telling that his uncle’s death was a great loss to the Nelson family. He also said that they will all miss his uncle’s laughter and evolved sense of humor.

David was born in New York City. He attended formal education at Hollywood High School and the University of Southern California. He was given with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to the motion picture industry on May 9, 1996 at 1501 Vine Street.

His wife, Yvonne survived him with his four sons and one daughter, and seven children. A service will be held on Thursday at Pierce Brothers Westwood Mortuary.

David and Victoria Beckham are delighted to confirm that they are expecting their fourth baby together this summer, their spokeswoman Jo Milloy said in a statement on Saturday.

David, a soccer star and her wife, Victoria, a fashion designer, already have three sons, Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, 8, and Cruz, 5. All three of them are very excited to see their new brother or sister, Milloy said.

David and Victoria met in the 1990s when Victoria was still part of the hugely popular Spice Girls band as Posh Spice. Back then, the glamour couple were called ‘Posh and Becks’ and they got married July 1999, few months after their first child was born.

It was never made a secret that David, now 35 years-old and Victoria, 36 years-old, would like to have more children. Currently with three sons, the two said they were eager to have a baby girl.

David said last year that he really wants more kids and hopes that it happens soon. He wants a little girl and that would be amazing.

On the other hand, Victoria previously said that she would love to have a little girl if she would be blessed to have another child. She even said that she would love to dress up a little girl because she is really girly.

Apart from that, Milloy informed that there were no further details released regarding Victoria’s pregnancy.

Elton John is now a proud father of a baby boy born through a surrogate in California on the day of Christmas as reported by the US Weekly on Monday.

The baby is named Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John. He is the first for the British singer, as well as the Canadian filmmaker David Furnish.

Elton John and David Furnish have been together since the early 1990s. The two decided to enter a civil partnership in 2005. A year before the child’s birth, the couple tried to adopt an orphan from Ukraine but were declined by the country’s government because of the child’s infectious disease.

At this very special moment, the partners are overwhelmed with happiness and joy. Their statement was quoted by US Weekly telling more that Zachary is healthy and doing really well. The couples said they are very proud and happy parents.

The celebrity magazine informed that the baby boy weighed 7 pounds and 15 ounces. It quoted Elton John’s representative informing that there would be no further details that will be released regarding the arrangement of the surrogacy.

Friends of the proud parents congratulated them today including Actress Elizabeth Hurley who was one of the first to give her best wishes to the singer and his partner, David Furnish.

The baby boy’s middle name was thought to be taken from Elton John’s 1971 classic hit song entitled, Levon. The song that was written by the rock singer’s lifelong partner Bernie Taupin was about a man that ‘was born a pauper to a pawn on Christmas Day.’