Paula Abdul Hired as ‘X Factor’ Judge; Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones to Co-host  —  The ‘X Factor’ judging panel is complete, with the final chair to be filled by Paula Abdul, who just closed the deal in last-minute negotiations, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Vieira will step down after nearly 5 years, but will continue in a new role at NBC News  —  Below:  —  TODAY.com  —  After nearly five years as co-anchor of TODAY, Meredith Vieira has decided to leave the show in June.  Ann Curry will take her place as co-anchor of America's No. 1 morning show alongside Matt Lauer.

Justin Bieber was ‘a brat’ during ‘CSI’ guest appearance, punched a cake, says Marg Helgenberger  —  Has fame gone to Justin Bieber's head?  —  The 17-year-old singer played a troubled teen in a multi-episode guest appearance on “CSI” this past winter and he must have been doing method acting …

Victoria Beckham Posts Picture From Baby Shower  —  Hosted by Eva Longoria and hairstylist Ken Paves, the baby shower over the weekend was all-pink in celebration of Victoria's first baby girl.  —  Victoria Adams was kind enough to let her fans have a sneak peek inside her private baby shower held on Saturday, May 7.

Jersey Shore Delayed After Florence Revokes Shooting Permits  —  Picture this:  —  The Situation and DJ Pauly D are packing up their shake-weights, barrels of hair gel and grenade whistles for the trip of their lifetime - an all expenses paid vacay to Florence, Italy.

GaGa Unveils The Edge Of Glory Artwork!  Single Drops TOMORROW!  —  Lady GaGa has released the artwork for The Edge Of Glory, a track to be released on Monday ahead of her upcoming album Born This Way, for all of her devoted little monsters to enjoy!  —  Along with revealing the artwork on Facebook …

Tom, Are You Friends With Levi Johnston???  —  We so didn't expecto this!  —  On Friday night, Tom Felton was on hand at Levi Johnston's 21st Birthday at Chateau Nightclub and Gardens in Las Vegas.  —  And we're all like: what...why?  Where would you have even met Levi?  This is...so weird!!!

Andrew Garfield re-boots Peter Parker on the New York set of Spider-Man  —  These pictures from the set of the new Spider-Man movie should be enough to get any Spidey fan's senses tingling.  —  They're the first glimpses of British-raised actor Andrew Garfield, 27, really getting his teeth …

Pippa Middleton — $5 Mil Porn Offer from the States  —  Time for a little porn math — Pippa Middleton = 5 Octomoms ... because TMZ has learned a major company is offering Kate's little sister a whopping $5,000,000 ... for JUST ONE SCENE.  —  Vivid Entertainment honcho Steven Hirsch sent Pippa the letter …