Kid Rock's Comedy Central roast gets canceled

1. George Clooney on the market again

After two years of dating, George Clooney , 50, and Elisabetta Canalis , 32, have broken up, people.com reports. Meanwhile, Clooney's political drama "Ides of March," which filmed in Michigan, will open the 2011 Venice Film Festival on Aug. 31.

2. Randy Jackson readying talk show?

"American Idol" big dawg Randy Jackson has been pitching a new daytime talk show, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Katie Couric and Anderson Cooper are among the names heading to daytime talk in the wake of Oprah Winfrey 's departure.

3. Aniston, J.Lo join Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame Selection Committee announced Jennifer Aniston , left, Jennifer Lopez , Kate Winslet and original "Batman" star Adam West are among the entertainers who will be honored with stars on the famous sidewalk in 2012.

Kid Rock 's previously announced Aug. 14 taping of a roast for Comedy Central has been canceled, a representative from the cable channel told Names & Faces on Wednesday.

The Comedy Central spokesman said no date has been set to reshoot the special, but noted that there's an open invitation to Rock to participate in a zinger-filled show in the future.

Rock, who has two Comerica Park shows scheduled for Aug. 13-14, talked about the comedy roast during a June 3 news conference to announce the Comerica shows.

"I'm not going to go to L.A. or Las Vegas to get teased," Rock said. "If they come to Detroit, the roast will be on."

Former Detroiter Jack White put himself on the hot seat with comedian Stephen Colbert for a three-part interview airing this week on "The Colbert Report."

Tuesday's opening segment, which featured an improvised version of "Seven Nation Army," included a lengthy musical discussion about White's fellow Detroit rocker Bob Seger .

White revealed his favorite Seger song: the 1968 antiwar anthem "2 + 2 = ?"

The second part of "2011: A Rock Odyssey Featuring Jack White" was scheduled to air Wednesday; the conclusion is set for tonight.

The company that handles merchandising for pop singer Katy Perry filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against an unidentified company and 200 unidentified employees to prevent counterfeiters from selling unauthorized T-shirts, sweatshirts and other gear at Perry's Tuesday night concert at the Palace at Auburn Hills.

'Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff' Recap

Joan Rivers, William Shatner, Bob Saget, Larry the Cable Guy - Comedy Central has taken aim at some of the easiest targets in show business with its recent roasts. But roasting David Hasselhoff is like leveling a cannon at a beached whale. Kind of hard to miss, especially when your dais includes the modern roastmaster general, Jeffrey Ross, and easy target connoisseur, official Roast Master Seth MacFarlane. A sampling of the Hasselhoff resume: star of 'Baywatch' (not to mention 'Baywatch Nights') and 'Knight Rider,' a music career that has made him the toast of Germany, two stints on the soap 'The Young and the Restless' as Doctor William "Snapper" Foster, Jr. (was Bill, Sr. also a "Snapper?"), and a highly publicized drunken burger slurping meltdown. It's a long list, almost too much for just an hour and a half of Roast to cover. The opening montage, which included clips not only from his own projects but also from 'South Park,' 'The Simpsons,' and 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' barely scratched the surface. As Ross said during one of the commercial outros, "This is what you call a field day in the roast business." The dais was a particularly motley crew. There were the usual suspects from stand-up, including Ross, Lampanelli. Greg Giraldo, Gilbert Gottfried, and Whitney Cummings. Anderson, who endured her own roast a few years ago, was a fit, having co-starred on 'Baywatch.' And you can make an argument for Jerry Springer, with whom Hasselhoff worked on 'America's Got Talent.

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