Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show "Deadliest Catch," has died after suffering a stroke, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night.  He was 53.

Top British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who dressed stars from Sarah Jessica Parker to Rihanna to Nicole Kidman in bold shapes and colors, was found dead in his home here Thursday, a spokesman for his company said.

Actor Charlie Sheen was charged Monday with three crimes including felony and menacing stemming from an assault on his wife Brooke Mueller in a heated Christmas Day argument.  Sheen, 44, the star of the CBS hit comedy “Two and a Half Men,” was also charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief, Aspen prosecutors said.

Jillian Michaels, a star on NBC’s popular reality show, "The Biggest Loser," is being sued by Christie Christensen, who claims she didn’t lose weight with the supplements endorsed by the celebrity trainer, according to the Associated Press.

Levi Johnston, the father to former Gov. Sarah Palin's grandchild, is asking a judge to grant flexibility in the child support he must pay to Palin's daughter.  The Anchorage Daily News reports that Johnston, 19, contends he earned more than $100,000 in 2009 because of his national celebrity.  But he says in court documents that there's no guarantee that fame, or that amount of income, will continue.  Bristol Palin, the 19-year-old daughter of the former Republican vice presidential candidate, is seeking $22,750…$1,750 a month…from her ex-fiancé to cover the 13 months since the birth of their son, Tripp.  Johnston has paid $4,400 so far.

Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan said Thursday that she and her family plan to help her brother fight a state medical examiner's finding that her father's death last month, following a fight, was a homicide.  Daniel Kerrigan, 70, died Jan. 24 after what authorities said was a struggle with his son, Mark, 45, who was charged with assault.

The fifth season of “Friday Night Lights” will be the show's last, TVGuide.com has confirmed.  A source close to the show says the actors and crew were informed that they could pursue other work after production on Season 5 wraps this summer.

Controversial former Miss USA finalist Carrie Prejean has become engaged to Rams quarterback Kyle Boller this weekend in San Diego.  Carrie and Kyle have been dating since last summer.

Jamie Lynn Spears and boyfriend Casey Aldridge have split, according to sources close to the couple.  The former Nickelodeon star is now moving on in a new relationship with Hammond, Louisiana, businessman James Watson.

“E! News” has confirmed that Nadya Suleman, a.k.a. Octomom, met with execs from the Game Show Network to discuss various formats for a TV project.

"American Chopper," the popular TLC series based on the feuding Teutul family and their custom-built motorcycle business, is going off the air after six seasons.  TLC said Wednesday that the final episode would air Thursday.

Brooklyn Decker has made the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.  The 22-year-old model and wife of tennis star Andy Roddick was revealed as the 2010 cover girl on Monday's “Late Show with David Letterman” when a sheet was removed to unveil a billboard version of the cover in Times Square.

“Real Housewives of New York City” star Kelly Killoren Bensimon is on the March cover of Playboy magazine, shot by her ex-husband Gilles Bensimon.

"The Jay Leno Show" came to an end with surprise guests Donald Trump and Kurt Warner joining Ashton Kutcher and others to close out Leno's prime-time experiment.