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I’m not sure which is more surprising: that it’s 2012 and there will be a sixth movie in “The Fast and the Furious” series, or that Gina Carano is in talks to join the cast of the new film.

The Hollywood Reporter says Carano, an MMA fighter turned actress, will likely be a member of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s team in the movie, though the details of the plot are under wraps.

Carano starred in the 2011 action movie “Haywire,” and her performance helped her land a starring role in “In the Blood,” which is currently in pre-production. She’ll apparently begin filming that movie after she’s done with Fast 6, which is set for a May 24, 2013 release.

With her acting career blossoming, there’s no reason to expect Carano back in the cage. Unless she truly loves it, why would she want to get beat up for a living when she doesn’t have to? Thanks to Ronda Rousey’s emergence, women’s MMA is still doing fine even without Gina.

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Terrell Owens will appear in an upcoming episode of the TV show “Dr. Phil” with three of the four mothers of his children to discuss some of their issues, his publicist confirmed to Larry Brown Sports.

Owens, a former NFL star now playing in the Indoor Football League, has been in the news several times over the past year because of family issues. One of the mothers of his children filed a petition after he missed child support payments. Owens was only doing that in an attempt to lower the amount he owed to make it more affordable given his decreased income. He ultimately was successful in getting his payment amounts reduced.

The episode, which we’re told will air on May 8, will allow the receiver to discuss several matters with the mothers of his children. We’re also told three of the four mothers will appear on the show.

A separate report says one of the mothers claims Owens has only seen his child 12 times. We were unable to verify any specifics concerning the show.

So the same week we learn Antonio Cromartie won’t do a reality show about his family, we find out that T.O. is going on TV to talk about his. This should be exciting. As T.O. would say, getcha popcorn ready.

Justin Bieber attended the Lakers-Spurs game on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, but he didn’t just sit in his expensive seats and watch the game. Oh no. Bieber got in a little work as a broadcaster on Lakers radio.

The singer and entertainer joined John Ireland and Mychal Thompson on the 710 ESPN Radio broadcast. At first he started off in an analyst role, but he was so eager to call the game he took over play-by-play duties after a few seconds.

Bieber struggled through his first minute of action and said “this is harder than it looks.” He spent about three minutes calling the action and worked in a few catch phrases.

On a basket by Stephen Jackson, he said “boom goes the dynamite,” and he used the phrase two more times during his call. When Pau Gasol recorded a block, Bieber said “get out of his face.”

After he was done with his brief stint as a play-by-play broadcaster, Bieber returned to his second-row seat where he was featured on the kiss cam along with girlfriend Selena Gomez:

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Former “Sopranos” star Jamie-Lynn Sigler has traded in a turtle for a cutter. The New York Post reports actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler is dating Cutter Dykstra, the son of disgraced ex-MLB All-Star Lenny Dykstra.

The Post says the two have been dating for a few months and that things are going really well. They say the couple met through mutual friends Yankees OF Nick Swisher and his wife, actress Joanna Garcia.

One look at either person’s Twitter feed shows they certainly interact frequently. They tweet with each other regularly and appear to discuss social plans often. It also looks like Sigler’s father has a baseball background.

Cutter is a former 2008 2nd-round pick by the Brewers. He struggled batting just .212 at high-A Potomac in the Nationals’ organization last season. He’s a career .258 minor league hitter.

You may remember Paige Duke, the woman who was fired as a Miss Sprint Cup girl because of a nude picture scandal. You may have been wondering what she’s been up to since then, and apparently she’s doing just fine.

Duke was in Season 2 of the reality dating show “Sweet Home Alabama” on CMT and became the focus of the show in Season 3. “Sweet Home Alabama” is a spin off the movie of the same name where a Southern girl chooses between the city and country beaus. The season ended last week with Duke choosing a Minnesota farmer as her love.

Apparently the scandal was still on her mind when she was getting prepare to meet the farmer’s family.

“I don’t want them to go home and Google me and that change their opinion of me or what they think I am,” she said.

At last check Duke’s lawyers were working to scrub the nude photos — which were taken for a boyfriend when she was in college — from the internet. Unfortunately for Duke, they haven’t had much success. At least she hasn’t let the scandal kill her career.

Tim Tebow may not be interested in starring on “The Bachelor,” but the show’s host believes another athlete would be great on it: Kris Humphries.

Chris Harrison apologized last week for causing a frenzy about “approaching” Tebow to be on the show, which he admits was more of a friendly joke than a formal offer. But Harrison told reporters that Kim Kardashian’s soon-to-be ex-husband would be great for the show.

“Yeah and, you know, an athlete that would definitely draw in ratings would be Kris Humphries with the whole Kardashian fall out,” Harrison said, per wetpaint. “I know exactly that would — he would be good and obviously he’s ready to get married. It’s just, could we make it longer than 72 days that would be the big question.”

You know what’s sad? Even a staged marriage for a TV show could last longer than the Humphries-Kardashian marriage. Wait, isn’t that what they were, too?

H/T Hollywood Life
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Hit television show “Dancing With the Stars” has featured two of the best female tennis players in history as contestants, but don’t expect Maria Sharapova to become the third. Speaking from Indian Wells, Ca. where the BNP Paribas Open is taking place, Sharapova says she would turn down the show if they asked her to compete.

“Even though I like to dance and all, there’s something about dancing in prom costumes in front of national television that is just not very appealing to me,” she said.

She also seems to wonder how much is based on talent vs. popularity, asking “Is it a lot of practice or is it personality?”

Monica Seles was a past competitor and Martina Navratilova is a contestant on the current season. Both participated in retirement. Sharapova is hoping her answer will be the same 10 years from now, but you never know if things could change when someone is offering you a fat pay check and plenty of publicity during retirement.

I’m sure those of you who are fans of her glorious styles are probably disappointed.

Donald Trump couldn’t resist taking a shot at Alex Rodriguez during his “Celebrity Apprentice” show Sunday.

The Donald was praising ’80s singer Debbie Gibson for saying she didn’t care who got the credit on her team when he invoked a Yankees reference.

“That’s all about winning,” he said in response to Gibson’s team-first attitude. “That’s cool. That’s a Derek Jeter-type statement, right? We love Derek. That’s not an A-Rod statement — that’s a Derek statement.”

A-Rod was asked about Donald’s swipe and wouldn’t respond, saying he’s only talking about baseball issues.

Trump also took a shot at the Yankees third baseman after A-Rod made the final out in the ALDS loss to the Tigers, calling him “a less than average baseball player now that he is unable to use drugs,” so clearly he has it out for the former MVP. Though boring, it’s probably wise that A-Rod didn’t respond.

You can watch Donald’s jab at the 4:25 mark in the video below:

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Tim Tebow recently signed with a Hollywood agency, so does that mean his next step is appearing on a TV show? According to the host of “The Bachelor,” that’s a possibility.

“The Bachelor” host Chris Harrison said on Access Hollywood Live Monday he’s talked with the Broncos quarterback about being featured on the show.

“I’ve actually met Tim Tebow,” Harrison said. “I met him about becoming our next ‘Bachelor.’ I think he’d be a great Bachelor.”

Asked if Tebow was likely to accept the offer, Harrison was pessimistic.

“Well, they always say yes, but it never happens,” Harrison explained. “He’s a really good guy. He did say yes … but he would never do it. He has a little job called quarterback at least for another year.”

Tebow has been in Los Angeles working on his throwing mechanics and found time to hang out with Fred Durst, dine with Taylor Swift, and attend Oscars parties the past few weeks. But going out a few nights a week during the offseason is much different than committing to starring on a reality TV show.

Given how devoted Tebow is to improving as a quarterback, it would be extremely surprising to see him accept the offer.

UPDATE: As expected, Tebow has respectfully declined the invite with the following Tweet: “Haha rumors can be crazy! Even though I’ve watched the show before, I’m definitely not gonna be on the Bachelor. #JessePalmer.

Hip hop artist Nicki Minaj took a shot at Chris Bosh in her latest song. Minaj’s track “Roman Reloaded” featuring Lil’ Wayne has a line that makes fun of Chris Bosh for infamously crying after the Heat lost in the NBA Finals to the Mavericks last year.

“All you **** crying, Christopher Bosh,” she says in the song.

In addition to crying during the Finals, Bosh looked teary-eyed after the Heat blew a regular-season loss to the Magic. Coach Erik Spoelstra didn’t help matters when he told the media a bunch of the Heat’s players were crying after a loss to the Bulls.

We normally believe that crying after a loss shows how much an athlete cares about the game, but it also leaves them open to plenty of ridicule — which is exactly what Bosh has received. He probably is used to it, especially considering he’s an extra-sensitive ballplayer.

You can head over to I am a GM to hear the song (lyrics are NSFW).