Dealing with a hefty medical challenge, Michael Douglas pushed forth with promotional efforts for “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” with a “Late Show with David Letterman” appearance on Tuesday.

Greeting fans as he entered the Ed Sullivan theatre, the 65-year-old actor opened up about his throat cancer diagnosis while telling Letterman that “it hurts a lot.”

Offering up details on the situation, Douglas says that he was informed of the condition – which is labeled as Stage 4 cancer – following a doctor’s appointment for an extremely sore throat.

Having just finished up with the first week of radiation and chemotherapy, Michael admits “that it’s about an eight-week struggle.”

Utilizing drugs to ease the pain, the big screen legend later replied to a comment from Dave about how good he looks, saying, “Let’s just say I’m pretty lit up — I’m pretty lit up right now.”

On a positive note, Michael added that the cancer is yet to spread beneath the neck, which lands him at an eighty percent chance of recovery.

Some dread turning 30. Kristen Bell, on the other hand, discovered the birthday milestone was anything but daunting.

“I love 30 more than I’ve ever loved anything. I feel like I was born on my 30th birthday,” the actress, who celebrated the big day on July 18, tells Parade magazine. “It’s finally the time where I’ve fully accepted and loved myself, which I’m realizing more and more each day.”

For a long time, Bell says she went through a phase where she beat herself up trying to be perfect. But, “I just thought, ‘What’s the point?’ … I’m not going to be as rough on myself as I used to … I think now I’m just happy.”

Part of that, she says, is due to her relationship with fiancé Dax Shepard.

“I never loved dating. I think it’s very uncomfortable to put yourself out there and be vulnerable,” says Bell, who’ll next appear on the big screen in You Again and has a cameo in the upcoming Scream 4. “I’m much more comfortable in a relationship and I’m very happy.”

A self-proclaimed homebody, Bell has swapped clubbing for cooking – she has her own garden at home – and thinks she’s “much more like a 1950s housewife.”

At home, the former Veronica Mars star unwinds in front of the TV with Damages, Mad Men, 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights – and one guilty pleasure.

“I’m always DVR’ing Jersey Shore,” she says. “I probably should be ashamed to admit that, but I’m not. I think that it’s one of the greatest disasters to ever come to television and I just love the lessons they learn each week and the trouble they get into.”

Samantha Ronson’s bulldog Cadillac killed another dog on Monday, and she took to Twitter to express her sadness.

“There is absolutely nothing I can say that will alter one minute of today, nothing,” she wrote. “I feel incredibly sad and wish I could offer more than condolences, unfortunately there are no words to describe how sorry I am.”

The fatal attack happened Monday morning. Sam was reportedly home sleeping when one of her friends let Cadillac out into her apartment building’s hallway and the bulldog attacked a neighbor’s 3-pound Maltese who was roaming the hall without a leash.

Sam has sent Cadillac to live with family on the East Coast.

However, things for Ronson and her pup could get much worse. She could not only be facing serious charges but Cadillac may be at risk of being euthanized.

Deputy Director Michelle Roache of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control told E! News, “The attack is substantial” and adding that the investigation will be “a long, lengthy process.”

Twilight hunk Kellan Lutz holds no illusions about the nature of his stardom. “Producers and studios know what sells,” the impressively fit actor says. “It’s nice to be one of the guys that can help sell a movie by taking his shirt off.”

Lutz, 25, recently topped Men’s Health magazine’s inaugural list of Best Summer Bodies — beating out such six-packed studs like Matthew McConaughey, Twilight costar Taylor Lautner, Zac Efron and others.

Still, Lutz says, “By no means do I want to be a piece of meat for the rest of my career. It’s funny when you get asked to do a talk show, and then they follow it up with requesting you take your shirt off.”

Lutz was just in New Orleans on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; working with charity the St. Bernard Project, Lutz helped build five houses in seven days for the still-recovering city.

“We were working around the clock at 50 hours at a time in different shifts,” Lutz marveled. “We got it done just in time. We had so many people come out and lend a helping hand. It was so touching. ”

Lutz’s girlfriend AnnaLynne McCord first introduced him to the St. Bernard Project. “She really educated me on the need down there,” Lutz told Us. “You don’t really grasp what is going on unless you are down there experiencing it.” (He also recently shot a romantic comedy, Love Wedding Marriage, with Mandy Moore, in the area.)

He’ll be back in Louisiana when Breaking Dawn begins filming in Baton Rouge. “I’m hoping to truck down and work with the St. Bernard Project [there] as well. Hopefully I’ll be bring some other cast members too.”

Cast members like…Robert Pattinson? “It would be a great surprise for everyone,” Lutz said, laughing. “Although I would have to take video of Rob trying to hammer a nail, he might hurt himself.”

A friend of Paris Hilton’s claims that she is notorious for stashing cocaine in her vagina!

A source reveals:

“That’s why the first thing she asked the cops in Vegas was to use the bathroom. She knew it would be her only chance to hide the cocaine and avoid arrest. Paris is not as dumb as she seems.

“She’s one of the most clever and manipulative people one can ever meet. And she thinks quick, just like she did in Vegas. She has cat like reflexes.”

The source adds that Paris smuggles drugs in a lubricated condom before hiding it in her vagina when she has to go through airport security:

“That’s what I’ve heard from a very good source, she’s a pro at it. Paris travels all over the world and parties like a rockstar. I love her but she definitely needs professional help. It’s time she looks at herself in the mirror and realizes she’s not 21 anymore.”

Anne Hathaway was spotted out on the set of “One Day” in Paris, France. Ditching her longer brunette locks for a cute cropped hairdo, Hathaway fooled even the keenest of observers with her well-placed wig.

As for Anne’s new movie, the film is being directed by Lone Scherfig with Patricia Clarkson and Jim Sturgess co-starring.

According to IMDB, “One Day” is “a romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to reunite one day each year for the next 20 years.”

Lindsay Lohan wants your respect.

In the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, the 24-year-old actress admits making mistakes in the past and “dabbling in certain things.”

But in a July interview with the magazine before she served 14 days in jail followed by 23 days of inpatient rehab, she defended her actions, saying she was young and curious and was associating with the wrong people.

“So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons,” Lohan said. “A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving. I had a lot of people that were there for me for, you know, the party.”

Lohan says she used to get her news from tabloids, which she now calls “scary and sad.”

“I would look up to those girls … the Britneys and whatever,” she said. “And I would be like, I want to be like that.”

Despite everything, Lohan is confident in her acting abilities and future: “I don’t care what anyone says. I know that I’m a damn good actress.”

She says she’ll do whatever it takes to fix her party-girl image.

“I want my career back,” she said. “I want the respect that I had when I was doing great movies. And if that takes not going out to a club at night, then so be it. It’s not fun anyway.”

She also addresses issues with her father, Michael Lohan, saying, “I think my biggest focus for myself is learning how to continue to get through the trauma that my father has caused in my life.”

Lohan talks about the mixed signals of seeing her father in court crying over her but then speaking to the media afterward.

Nancy Jo Sales, who wrote the article, says Lohan got emotional when talking about her younger sister Ali’s presence in the courtroom. Lohan described seeing her sister cry as heartbreaking.

Lohan has a busy schedule ahead of her. She’s required to comply with outpatient rehab, which includes two psychotherapy, two behavior therapy and five 12-step sessions a week.

Her next movie, “Machete,” directed by Robert Rodriguez, hits theaters on Sept. 3.

She also has an apparel line, 6126, for which she designs clothes and signs off on decisions.

The October issue of “Vanity Fair” hits newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on Thursday and nationwide on Sept. 7.

Last Thursday, Mariah Carey, 41, finally addressed rumors of her pregnancy with her own short statement, thanking fans for “well wishes” but noting she is “very superstitious.”

“I think ’superstitious’ might be the wrong word,” her husband Nick Cannon said at Sunday’s Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day tennis event in Flushing, New York.

“I think it’s more of a spiritual thing,” Cannon, 29, explained. “Like trying to stay true and stay private for as long as you possibly can. She wants to keep as much privacy as she possibly can.”

(“When the time is right, everyone will know,” Carey’s Thursday statement also noted. The latest baby-talk revved up again last week when the singer stepped out in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in a $140 Pea in the Pod Spaghetti Strap Halter Maternity Maxi Dress.)

Cannon continued to be mum about any baby-to-be. “She’ll talk when she’s ready to talk,” the America’s Got Talent host said of Carey.

But Carey is “working” on an album in L.A. and feeling “good,” Cannon assured reporters.

Cannon would love to be a dad. “I love kids,” he said. “I’m all about kids. I’m a big kid!”

Would Cannon welcome twins? “Yeah! Octomom. Nine kids at once,” he joked. “Whatever happens, whatever life God blesses you with, you have to take it and appreciate it.”

The mother of “The Brady Bunch,” a former NFL quarterback, one of the self-proclaimed “guidos” from “Jersey Shore” and the daughter of Sarah Palin are among the celebrities who will cha-cha-cha on the 11th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”

Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke, hosts of the ABC ballroom competition, announced the cast Monday.

“The Brady Bunch” matriarch Florence Henderson, retired Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, “Jersey Shore” co-star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Bristol Palin are among the 12 celebrities who will be paired with professional dance partners and train before their prime-time premiere Sept. 20. How does Palin’s mother feel about her dancing gig?

“She’s excited for me,” said Bristol. “She knows that this is going to be hard work, but she’s excited.”

Also competing for the mirrorball trophy will be: “When a Man Loves a Woman” singer Michael Bolton, comedian-actress Margaret Cho, former Los Angeles Lakers forward Rick Fox, “Dirty Dancing” actress Jennifer Grey, “Baywatch” actor David Hasselhoff, Disney Channel star Kyle Massey, singer-actress Brandy Norwood and “The Hills” co-star Audrina Patridge.

“I’m happy to be here,” said Hasselhoff. “My two daughters love this show, and they convinced me.”

The names of most of the celebrity contestants, save for 19-year-old “That’s So Raven” and “Cory in the House” star Kyle Massey, had been widely rumored as competitors in the weeks leading up to Monday’s official announcement, which was broadcast live during “Bachelor Pad.” The first celebrity and their professional partner will be eliminated Sept. 21.

Jesse James and new love Kat von D were photographed hand-in-hand Sunday in Fredericksburg, Tex.. (James and his three kids recently moved to nearby Austin, where his ex-wife Sandra Bullock keeps a home.)

It’s the first PDA shot of the tattooed twosome — who were seen sharing a “passionate kiss” at a museum exhibit in Las Vegas August 15.

L.A. Ink star von D (real name: Katherine von Drachenberg) confirmed the relationship via Twitter two weeks ago, writing “Yes, Jesse and I are dating” — and then deleted the post.

In a subsequent radio appearance on the Kevin and Bean radio show on L.A.’s KROQ-FM Thursday, she explained that she and James met when she was 22. “He had his show on Discovery; that’s how we met. I was looking for some advice when I first started on Miami Ink,” the star, now 28, said.

The tattoo artist added that she has forgiven James’ widely publicized infidelity during his marriage to Bullock. “I am a believer that we’re all human and we’re all capable of making mistakes,” she said. “I think if I were to be crucified for my drug addiction three years ago now, it would be hard to live with that. I’m sober now, and it’s awesome. But I have made mistakes, too.”

“I’ve got a lot of respect for Jesse and how he handled it,” she added of James’ conduct during the scandal.

Bullock, 46, has also moved on — as a single mom to adopted son Louis, seven months. “Everything works out the way the universe wants it to work out,” she says in a new TV interview with the Today Show’s Matt Lauer, airing Tuesday.

Baby Louis is “my little Cajun cookie,” she gushed.

Here is the full list of winners for the 2010 Emmy awards:

Drama Series: “Mad Men,” AMC.
Comedy Series: “Modern Family,” ABC.
Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad,” AMC.
Actress, Drama Series: Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer,” TNT.
Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS.
Actress, Comedy Series: Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie,” Showtime.
Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad,” AMC.
Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Archie Panjabi, “The Good Wife,” CBS.
Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family,” ABC.
Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, “Glee,” Fox.
Miniseries: “The Pacific,” HBO.
Made-for-TV Movie: “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, “You Don’t Know Jack,” HBO.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: David Strathairn, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Julia Ormond, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
Directing for a Comedy Series: Ryan Murphy, “Glee,” Fox.
Directing, Drama Series: Steve Shill, “Dexter,” Showtime.
Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Mick Jackson, “Temple Grandin,” HBO.
Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: Bucky Gunts, “Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremony,” NBC.
Variety, Music or Comedy Series: “The Daily Show,” Comedy Central.
Reality Competition Program: “Top Chef,” Bravo.
Writing for Comedy Series: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, “Modern Family,” ABC.
Writing, Drama Series: Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, “Mad Men,” AMC.
Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Adam Mazer, “You Don’t Know Jack,” HBO.
Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: 63rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS.

Jenna Fischer, 36, was spotted at the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards.

The “Office” babe was more than happy to pose for the paparazzi and was joined by her new husband Lee Kirk. The couple married on July 3.

Jenna wasn’t shy about showing off her fabulous wedding ring; it was the first time she’s displayed the bling in public.

Of the Fischer-Kirk nuptials, Jenna’s costar Rainn Wilson said, “It was the most beautiful wedding I’ve ever experienced.”