Brooke Shields has been known for her striking beauty for decades but her sun worshipping ways caught up with her recently when doctors found a pre-cancerous spot on her face.

Shields says she’s doing fine after having the spot removed but it served as a wake-up call to the actress who “used to think it was the best thing in the world to be baking in the sun” and who, as a teen, would indulge in hot-weather rituals like “baby oil and tinfoil and lemon in your hair.”

“All my girlfriends and I would go up on the roof in New York; we didn’t have to be at the beach,” though Brooke says she gave up active tanning over a decade ago she realizes now alot of the damage has already been done: “You think that because you’re not in the sun anymore, it’s all in the past. And then something like that crops up and you’re made aware of how dangerous it really can be.”

Brooke is now the new face of Coppertone Nutrashield which claims to protect from sun damage while promoting skin repair.

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Rumor has it that the CW network is developing a reality tv show based on Shonda Rhimes’ medical drama hit Grey’s Anatomy.

According to E!, who got their hands on a casting notice, this is what the producers are looking for:

“Reveille and the CW would like to document the extraordinary experience of Emergency Medicine residents at a world-class hospital,”

“Residents are at an incredible personal crossroads as they complete their medical education. Those training in the Emergency Department face exceptional professional pressures as they work on the frontlines of the medical system. We would like to present a portrait of these hard-working physicians during this incredible period in their lives.”

The notice also promises major publicity for the hospital that chooses to get involved with the show:

“Our hospital partner on this project will have the opportunity to highlight their medical facilities, their world-class training program, and their service to the community on primetime network television,”

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Well, it seems another celebrefeud is on the horizon.

“For the record…I couldn’t be happier about the way AI ended this year. I only turn the show on once a season, and only to see what the set looks like each year.”

“This year, I happened to turn it during the minute that Adam Lambert was singing ‘Ring of Fire’ and, at that moment, thought my ears would bleed. Contrived, awful and slightly frightening!”

He managed to finish with a very diplomatic “Just not my cup of tea at all. To each his own.”

If you can’t say something nice….

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Zach Braff is set to star, rewrite and direct ‘Swingles’

The Scrubs star is in talks to star alongside Cameron Diaz in the new romantic comedy about a sharp-tongued woman (Diaz) and her male love rival, expected to be played by Braff.

The unsuspecting couple are thrown together after their friends meet and fall in love, leading the enemies to join forces to help one another find romance – despite hating each other.

If Braff accepts, it will be his first full length directoral role since 2004′s indie hit ‘Garden State’

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Despite Nine Inch Nails aggressive sound, front man Trent Reznor is a softie deep down. He has managed to raise more than $200,000 to help fund a dying man’s heart transplant.

He began offering fans special incentives in exchange for donations to the fund on his website earlier this week (may 18) after seeing a the plight of 27 year old Eric De La Cruz on a news program.

De La Cruz needs to undergo the surgery to survive, but has not been able to secure insurance coverage for the procedure which will cost approximately $780,000. In less than two days Reznor and his fans have been able to contribute $260,000 to De La Cruz’s fund.

Wealthy fans with $1,000 to spare can donate the amount to the good cause and land themselves an invitation from the band to “hang out with us before the NIN /JA (Jane’s Addiction) show of your choice.”

Those less financially well-off can make a smaller donation of $300 to gain access to a soundcheck session and meet-and-greet with Nine Inch Nails.

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Salma Hayek was hard at work on the set of “Grown Up” Thursday afternoon in Southern Berkshire, Massachusetts. Salma brought daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault to the set and she looked to be explaining the meaning of Memorial day and grave stones to her inquisitive little daughter.

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Mischa Barton is hard to miss in lemon yellow fringe as she heads to Bardot in Los Angeles on Thursday night