The Jonas Brothers paid tribute to the King Of Pop Michael Jackson at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday. The pop trio revealed that ’60s-’70s sibling band The Jackson 5 were their first major musical influences just before they introduced a tribute piece to the late “Thriller” hitmaker, during which Jackson fans performed hits like “ABC,” “Bad,” and “Man in The Mirror” in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

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Newlyweds Lamar Odom, of the Los Angeles Lakers, and socialite Khloe Kardashian sat down for a knee-slapping chat on love, babies, and their quickie wedding with E!’s First Lady of Late Night, Chelsea Handler.

The couple was on to promote their Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ Wedding Special, airing this Sunday on E!.

Gossip Girl isn’t the only TV show inflamming sensibilities this week. Some suicide prevention groups aren crying foul over a scene featured in a Halloween-themed episode of The Office, in which Steve Carell’s clueless character tries to scare young children by struggling in a hangman’s noose.

The Office Halloween episode last Thursday opened with the paper company hosting a haunted house for young children. Carell in character as socially-adept Michael Scott pops out with his depiction of a hanging. …on the edge of your seat? Keep reading!

Last March, Oprah Winfrey appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to grant one of Ellen’s greatest wishes — an appearance on the cover of O Magazine. Here’s a sneak peek at the ladies’ O shoot — and don’t forget to Tune in Monday, Nov. 9th as Ellen and Portia di Rossi visit The Oprah Show!

On The Tonight Show Thursday, host Conan O’Brien offered a personal apology to the father of Sarah Palin’s grandson for “misrepresenting him in any way” in a skit that aired the previous evening. Conan and his program came under fire yesterday after featuring television legend William Shatner in a spoof spoken word segment that featured Tweets taken from Levi Johnston’s Twitter account. There’s just one problem — Levi doesn’t have a Twitter.

The move came after reps for Levi Johnston threatened legal action against The Tonight Show and the social media mecca, claiming the 19-year-old was being impersonated on the site. At the top of the show, Conan said he’d woken up to “shocking news.” “Apparently the tweets that we read were counterfeit,” he said. “They were written by a clever impostor posing as the witty Levi Johnston. And the real Levi is very angry with us now.”

He continued, “I’d like to personally apologize to Levi Johnston and his lawyer and publicist for misrepresenting him in any way.” Conan proceeded to welcome William Shatner back to recite “some real, verified quotes from Levi Johnston” as spoken-word poetry.

If you know that “C” is for cookie and a purple vampire taught you how to count, you probably know the way to Sesame Street.

Now that the PBS children’s classic is turning 40, some of this season’s guest stars, including Jake Gyllenhaal, Christina Applegate, Kobe Bryant, Nancy O’Dell, and Cedric the Entertainer celebrate Sesame Street’s 40th Season by singing “Sunny Days.”

Madonna is having a tough time securing funds and getting a cast together for her new film.

With stinkers like Shanghai Surprise and Body of Evidence to her credit, the Queen of Pop, 51, has never had much success in the film industry. Nonetheless, she decided to try her hand at scriptwriting earlier this year, but launching her project is proving to be difficult.

“I just finished writing a script and I am trying to get funding and casting for it, believe it or not,” Madge revealed to London’s Daily Express this month. “It’s called ‘We’ and it’s a love story. It is two parallel love stories told from a woman’s point of view, obviously.”

She added, “One is a historical story that took place with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. And the other is one I made up about a couple in New York.”

Paula Abdul hasrekindled her romance with former flame Arsenio Hall – 20 years after the couple first dated.

Paula and Arsenio met on the set of the 1988 Coming to America and began dating a short time later. The then-pop star even featured Arsenio in the music video for her ’80s single “Straight Up.” The singer has been single since splitting from restaurant owner J.T. Torregiani last year, but after quitting her job as a judge on American Idol in August, the former late night host reached out to Paula to offer words of support, a reconciliation soon followed.

“Arsenio reached out to Paula because he thought she needed a friend to talk to, someone she could relate to. Arsenio knows what it’s like to leave a hit TV show. One phone call led to another, and the next thing you know, they were making a date,” a tipster tattles in the Nov. 16 issue of The National Enquirer.

“This could be the perfect situation for the two of them. Paula and Arsenio know each other inside and out and if anyone knows what Paula is going through, it’s Arsenio.”

And the Grammy for Best New Artist goes to: Anyone except Kim Zolciak! Earplugs, puhleeze! The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Kim Zolciak performed her controversial single “Tardy for the Party” for the first time ever on Part II of the show’s reunion special on Bravo Thursday night. Please remove pets, small children, and the elderly from earshot before playing at full volume.

We blame Kandi for encouraging this foolishness…friends don’t let talentless friends perform on TV…..

Sidebar: Did this heifer just refer to her backup dancers as “bitches?” They should have pushed her off the stage!

Carrie wishes she was a bit more Dolly. Country starlet Carrie Underwood says legendary singer Dolly Parton is her style icon.

The American Idol winner – who had the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history with 2005’s Some Hearts - credits the busty blonde with often inspiring her country style.

Carrie, 26, reveals on the pages of the December issue of Lucky Magazine: “I like pairing cowboy boots with unexpected things, like cute dresses. You can be ‘country’ and still be stylish – I would wear them regardless of what kind of music I sang.”

However, Carrie isn’t quite brave enough to take on many of Dolly’s glittery outfits.

“I would never attempt to pull off Dolly’s wardrobe, but her confidence is enviable. She always makes it work!”