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TV host Maria Menounos has signed a multi-year deal with Telepictures to serve as host of "Extra," with on-air duties at "Dr. Drew's Lifechangers" and will develop new projects in which she'll serve as host and executive producer.

Menounos will join "Extra," as co-host with Mario Lopez, who has been with the program since 2007 and helped make the show the second longest-running entertainment magazine on television. In addition, Menounos will appear on "Dr. Drew's Lifechangers," set to debut on The CW on September 19, hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Singer Lady Gaga, who topped the Forbes Celebrity 100 List, sat down with "Extra's" Steve Santagati in the Big Apple for an exclusive chat about being on the list, her album "Born This Way"... and making an Italian meal!
On beating Oprah on the Forbes list, the singer was humbled. "That's very nice, only Oprah is infinitely more important and influential than me. I'm just grateful to have even ever met her, really. What matters most to me is how the fans feel about the work that I'm doing and the music. But it's always really, really nice to get compliments like that. I really appreciate it."
Abdicating talk queen Oprah Winfrey was wowed by the show of love and support at the "Surprise Oprah: A Farewell Spectacular" in Chicago on Thursday, and "Extra" was there to help the legendary TV host celebrate her moment.
"This is what I have to say about this night... Most people never live to see it," she told "Extra's" AJ Calloway in an exclusive one-on-one. "You know that? Most people never live to see it."
Oprah continued, "I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it. I can't even... I was talking to Jamie Foxx about that for a while and he said, 'What was that?' and I go 'What WAS that?' I don't know. I was able to really receive it in a way that I didn't think I could. All day long I was like, 'Accept the love, accept the love, accept the love...'
In her first interview since leaving rehab, actress Lindsay Lohan breaks her silence and tells "Extra's" Jerry Penacoli about her days in treatment, her fears for the future -- and offers a look inside her new life.
Watch part one of Lindsay's interview!
Lohan invited "Extra" inside her new home in Los Angeles for a deeply personal and revealing conversation.
Penacoli asked Lohan how she was feeling. "I feel great. I feel happy," the actress smiled. "There's always things, you know, bumps we have in the road and as long as I am focusing on the one thing I need to put first in my life, which is my recovery and stuff, and I'm doing good and that's most important for me."
In her first interview since leaving rehab, actress Lindsay Lohan breaks her silence and tells "Extra's" Jerry Penacoli about her days in treatment, her fears for the future -- and offers a look inside her new life.
Watch Part 1 of Lindsay's interview!
Lohan invited "Extra" inside her new home in Los Angeles for a deeply personal and revealing conversation.
Penacoli asked Lohan how she was feeling. "I feel great. I feel happy," the actress smiled. "There's always things, you know, bumps we have in the road and as long as I am focusing on the one thing I need to put first in my life, which is my recovery and stuff, and I'm doing good and that's most important for me."
"Thintervention" trainer Jackie Warner is giving a FREE workout at The Grove this Wednesday!

If you live in the Los Angeles area, put on your sneakers and comfortable clothing and meet us at The Grove's fountain! Stretching begins at 8:30 AM, and the workout begins at 9:00.
See you there!
"Extra's" Renee Bragh caught up with 2011 People's Choice Award winner Katy Perry after the show, where the singer trumpeted the winner of her "Fireworks" contest, only on "Extra." Watch to find out who won!
Salma Hayek's frantic reaction to a snake interrupting the "Grown Ups" junket stands as "Extra's" best story of 2010!
As "Extra's" Terri Seymour chatted up "Grown Ups" stars Salma, Maria Bello and Maya Rudolph last June, they got an expected guest -- a harmless but rather large snake -- which sent the girls into a tizzy, as they scrambled to get away from the reptile, especially the frantic, screaming Salma.
"It was like a python. It was thick. Its head was like this like a cobra!" Bello exclaimed afterward.
Check out the hilarious raw reactions!






















