Sit down, please, spray-tanned fist pumpers: MTV made it official Thursday and announced that it's pulling the plug on "Jersey Shore" after airing the show's upcoming sixth season, which begins Oct. 4.
Since the beachside booze-fest began in December 2009, ambitious New Jersey natives like Michael (the Situation) Sorrentino, Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi and Jennifer (JWoww) Farley have become sensations.
Five million viewers were tuning in to the show by the end of the first season, and at its peak, "Shore" was drawing an audience of more than 8 million. The show even spawned a couple of spin-offs: "The Pauly D Project" and "Snooki & JWoww." But with the Situation running into trouble earlier this year and landing in rehab and Snooki giving birth to her baby Sunday, "Jersey Shore" is losing steam.
Fans can start saying so long as early as next week. MTV will air a series retrospective titled "Gym, Tan, Look Back," at 6 p.m. Thursday before the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.
Rimes seeking treatment
Country singer LeAnn Rimes has checked into a treatment center in search of emotional help.
"LeAnn has voluntarily entered a 30-day in-patient treatment facility to cope with anxiety and stress," her representative told www.people.com.
Rimes, who checked in on Wednesday, the day after her 30th birthday, says she hopes to emerge from her stay with better tools to deal with life.
"This is just a time for me to emotionally check out for a second and take care of myself and come back in 30 days as the best 30-year-old woman I can be," she said in a statement.
"All the things in my life will be there when I get out, but you know what? I'm hoping they're not going to affect me as much. I'll have the tools to know how to deal with them."
Rimes, who was previously married to Michigan native Dean Sheremet, is currently married to former "Playboy Club" star Eddie Cibrian.
Trouble in Holly's world?
Uh oh. On Thursday, just 24 hours or so after Pasquale Rotella announced how much he loves girlfriend Holly Madison, news arrived via www.people.com that Rotella could be looking at 13 years in the slammer.
Rotella, the founder and CEO of event-production company Insomniac, is due in court Sept. 25. He was one of six individuals indicted in L.A. in April on 29 counts of bribery, embezzlement, conspiracy and conflict of interest. He has maintained his innocence on all charges during a 13-month-long investigation, People reports.
Earlier this week, Rotella said that he and Madison, the former star of "Holly's World" and "Girls Next Door," were "counting down the days" until Madison gives birth to their first child.
Briefly
• New York City police say Chris Lighty, 44, a hip-hop mogul who managed Sean (Diddy) Combs, 50 Cent and others, was found dead Thursday at his home in the Bronx of an apparent suicide. No note was found. The medical examiner's office will determine an official cause of death, but authorities say a gunshot wound appeared to be self-inflicted.
• Palace Sports and Entertainment and the American Red Cross Southeastern Michigan Blood Services Region will host their 11th annual Palace Blood Drive from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The drive was launched in 2002 as a way for individuals to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. To make an appointment for the blood drive, call 800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code "palace."
COMPILED BY B.J. HAMMERSTEIN, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER. CONTACT HIM AT 313-223-4528 OR BJHAMMERSTEIN@FREEPRESS.COM.
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1. Keaton cast in ‘RoboCop’
Original big-screen Batman Michael Keaton has been cast in “RoboCop,†MGM and Columbia Pictures’ remake of the set-in-Detroit 1987 sci-fi hit, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Keaton joins Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman (“The Killingâ€), who will suit up as the title hero.
2. Thomas voted off ‘Dance’
Will Thomas, 19, the contemporary dancer who graduated from Auburn Hills Avondale High School in 2011, was eliminated Wednesday from Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.†Next week’s show will air during its regular Wednesday time slot. The finals are scheduled for 8 p.m. Sept. 11, a Tuesday.
3. Bill, Giuliana welcome boy
E! host Giuliana Rancic, left, and her husband, Bill, welcomed their first child, Edward Duke Rancic, on Wednesday. The stars of the Style Network’s “Giuliana & Bill,†who are the child’s genetic parents, had the baby in Denver, Colo., via a gestational surrogate, www.eonline.com reports.
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