Casey Anthony Prosecutor Book Due In November

Jeff Ashton, the lead prosecutor in the trial of Casey Anthony for the murder of her daughter Caylee has written the first insider account of the trial. Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthonyis scheduled for publication in November by William Morrow.our editor recommends10 TV Trials That Shook The World: Casey Anthony, OJ Simpson, Rodney KingCasey Anthony Book to Be Written by TV Doc Keith AblowBarbara Walters Lands First Interview With Casey Anthonys LawyerRelated Topics•Casey Anthony VIDEO: Nancy Grace on Casey Anthony Trial: What I Should Have Done Differently News of the book leaked out when a listing for it showed up on Barnes & Noble's website. Ashton then confirmed the book with the Orlando Sentinel. Beyond the title, few details were available about the contents of the book, when Ashton started writing it, or the size of his advance. But the November publication clearly seems designed to pre-empt Keith Ablow's Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony, which Ablow says will be published by St. Martins' Press "before the end of 2011." STORY: Casey Anthony, Spencer Pratt are America's Most Hated Celebrities (Poll) Ashton was a veteran Assistant State Attorney with three decades of experience when he prosecuted the Anthony case. He retired days after Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder but convicted on a lesser charge of lying to the police. STORY: Soderbergh turns Casey Anthony saga into play The trial of 25-year-old Casey Anthony captured the nation's attention in the spring and early summer of this year. On July 15, 2008, Casey reported the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, possibly the victim of a kidnapping by her nanny. Cindy Anthony, Casey's mother told police she had not seen her granddaughter in more than a month. Casey was arrested for murder in October 2008. In December 2008, Caylee's body was found in a wooded area near the Anthony home. Investigators were never able to establish a definitive cause of death or motive for the crime, which weakened their case in the eyes of several jurors. Anthony's acquittal provoked a media outcry, notably from HLN host Nancy Grace, who has long believed Casey murdered her daughter. Related Topics Casey Anthony

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Leah Remini Confirms Talk Exit

Leah Remini As expected, Leah Remini will not be returning to The Talk for its second season, she confirmed on Twitter. "It is official: I am sorry to say that I have NOT been asked back on the show. Sorry to my fans. U worked so hard! I adore u guys," she tweeted. After someone replied asking why, Remini tweeted back, "No reason was given." Kris Jenner to guest-host The Talk Remini's Twitter timeline is scattered with replies to followers saying that she is "upset," that she "will miss it" and that she is "praying for Holly Robinson Peete," her fellow Talk-er who's also reportedly on the Season 2 chopping block. Sharon Osbourne to take Talk break For Peete's part, she tweeted support for Remini, saying that she was "devastated" by the news and that Remini brought "humor, heart and authenticity" to the show. As for her own future with the show, Peete tweeted, "Still under contract but have not been picked up yet. #fingerscrossed #realtalk." Remini's costars Sharon Osbourne, Sara Gilbert and Julie Chen have yet to tweet on the subject of Remini's departure.

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ROLL CALL: Hollywood Walk Of Fame To Reality Stars: Hell To The No!

by Jesse SperoLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans Walk Of Fame Snubs Reality Stars: Snooki, Kim Kardashian and The Real Housewives might be huge in the ratings department, but theyll continue to be non-existent in the Walk of Fame star department. Ana Martinez, Vice President for Media Relations and Producer for the Hollywood Walk of Fame, addressed the reality star inclusion question on Facebook, saying, Someone asked if we give reality show characters stars? Hell to the No! Ana later told CNN, Its just not on the radar for us right now. Fear not, Snooki previously told Access Hollywood that shes looking to transition to scripted work might a star still be in her future? Kim & Kris Get Hot In Italy: Kim Kardashian might never get a star on Hollywood Blvd., but at least she has a star athlete by her side and apparently on top of her! Check out the reality TV couple enjoying each other on Italys Amalfi Coast on Wednesday, HERE! Zoe Cops A Feel!: Speaking of getting up close and personal, Zoe Saldana had an intimate moment with Chelsea Handler this week on E!s Chelsea Lately. I have to say I was watching you from that little screen [backstage], and your rack is, like, amazing. The Colombiana actress told Handler. Can I touch em? Well give you one good guess what happened next! Find out, HERE! Is NYU Getting A Star Student?: Dakota Fanning might be sitting next to you, if you happen to be attending New York University in the fall. According to multiple reports, including NYULocal.com, the star is enrolled for the fall semester and already in the schools public directory. Welcome to college Dakota, study hard! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Watch Michelle Yeoh Assume Power In Luc Besson's Teaser Trailer For The Lady

Of all the features set to premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, only one production resulted in the deportation of its lead. That film is Luc Besson’s biopic The Lady, which stars Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon actress and Burmese deportee Michelle Yeoh as Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize winner and Burmese government protester. Finally, a teaser trailer for this controversial picture has surfaced. Besson’s The Lady has been described as an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. As previously mentioned, Yeoh stars as Kyi — who was sentenced to over a decade under house arrest because of her political actions — and David Thewlis as her loyal husband Michael Aris. During production, it was reported that Kyi’s house arrest was lifted and Yeoh was able to meet the woman she was portraying onscreen. While The Lady will enjoy a world premiere at this fall’s TIFF, the biopic still does not have a release date. VERDICT: Speech! Speech! [via Yahoo!]

Top Moments: Anderson's Potty Humor, A Piers Walkoff and Royal Pains Gets Overexposed

Anderson Cooper Our top moments of the week:12. Most and Least Self-Aware: On the perplexing season finale of Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals, the estranged father and daughter have a wrap-up therapy session in which they (very speedily, thanks to a suspicious edit) appear to reconcile - just one episode after their big blowout in Washington, D.C. "It would be terrible not to have her in my life. I know, because it has been," Ryan says. "I was always holding out hope for us. ... We ain't done." Um, actually we hope you are.11. Best Pep Talk: Entourage has been criticized for its consequence-free outlook. So it's really no surprise that Vince isn't caught faking a drug test to avoid more jail time. "Things always work out for us," Eric says. Eh, it's the final season; why raise the bar now?10. Most Triumphant Return: Remember the Kinetic King? The guy whose abysmal non-performance on America's Got Talent made everyone in the audience go "aw"! Two weeks later, the kinetic artist is back for Wild Card week with a new set-up (look, soda cans!) and he's finally able to ignite a chain reaction that makes the audience go "ooo." Ultimately though, the King's special skill might work better as a YouTube oddity than as a stage spectacle (it's kind of slow and boring). But hey, he did it! And he's moving on to the semifinals!9. Worst Pep Talk: Melissa and Joe Gorga's healthy sexual appetite has been well-documented on The Real Housewives of New Jersey. But when a randy Joe interrupts Melissa's recording sessions, he hits the wrong note, big time. "I want to be turned on right now," he says. "Grab the microphone like it's me or something." Call it the Lady Gaga Method.8. Tastiest Karma: No doubt Christian's bad sportsmanship added spice to MasterChef's second season - whether he was trash-talking his rivals ("Suzy, you're gonna lose-y!") or defiantly eating his own lobster dish when the judges passed on it. But it was still sweet to see him eliminated midway through the finale after he unknowingly gives Jennifer an ingredient with which she excelled: mushrooms. At that point, it didn't matter who took home the title; everybody wins... well, except for Christian.7. Most Telling Kiss: On The Lying Game, twin sisters Sutton and Emma secretly switch places so that Sutton can search for their birth mom. Unfortunately, Sutton forgets to fill Emma in on a few important details, like her secret boyfriend Ethan, who isn't fooled by the switcheroo, especially after kissing her. "I knew it; you're not Sutton," he says. It's true: Lips don't lie. 6. Sweetest Proposals: It might as well have been Valentine's Day on The Big C's Thanksgiving episode. Andrea confesses her love for Myk and the ever-evolving Rebecca (Cynthia Nixon) proudly declares her love for Sean with a gushing speech that visibly moves the grumpypants. Then, not unlike Miranda on Sex and the City, she drops to her knees to propose - but before she can, Sean gets on his knees and beats her to it. We hope these two (really) crazy kids make it! 5. Best Overexposure: On Royal Pains, Evan is determined to enter his girlfriend Paige in a local art festival after she refuses to do it herself. He shows her work to the event coordinator, but unfortunately fails to realize that a nude sketch of him is on the back of a painting of fruit. The woman agrees to show the sketch/painting, which Evan dubs "Nature's Bounty," in reference to the produce of course, nudgenudgewinkwink.4. Best Misunderstanding: Christine O'Donnell appears on Piers Morgan Tonight to plug her new book, Troublemaker: Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again, but things quickly go off the rails when Morgan asks her about gay marriage. O'Donnell accuses the host of "being a little bit rude" and refuses to answer the question, since she says she doesn't address the topic directly in the book. "Don't you think, as a host, if I say, 'This is what I want to talk about,' that's what we should address?" she asks, before ripping off her mic and storming off the set. Hopefully, she'll be more receptive when someone sits her down to explain how journalism works. 3. For Love or Money Award: Not every contestant on Bachelor Pad is in it for the money. Ames and Jackie only had eyes for each other from the start, so when she is voted off in the second week, he has a tough time letting her go. As Jackie takes off in the slowest-moving limo ever, Ames - clearly infatuated and perhaps not so lucid after his Thai boxing match gone bad - runs after the car. "Got room for one more?" he asks. He hops in and the two kiss as they speed away. (Not-so-happy ending: They broke up a few weeks later. Shocking!) 2. Rapper's Delight Award: She acts! She sings! She... raps? Anne Hathaway channels her inner Wheezy on Conan when she performs a self-penned, anti-paparazzi rap "in the style of Lil Wayne" and with a baller's rasp, hand gestures not suitable for mixed company and some killer name-dropping (Perez Hilton! New Jersey!). One criticism: MC Natalie Portman never would have giggled at the end.1. Funniest Potty "Break": No one is immune to potty humor, not even seriously silver CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. During his "RidicuList" segment on Anderson Cooper 360, the anchorman skewers Gerard Depardieu for urinating in a plane cabin with a laundry list of puns ("they saw an actual thespian actually thes-peeing"). He manages to keep it together until reading - not for the first time, mind you - "Now all I can say, they should thank their lucky stars it wasn't Depar-two," before literally collapsing in an hysterical, adorable fit of giggles. "Sorry, this has actually never happened to me," he tries to explain. "You always see this sort of thing on YouTube, and you never think it could happen to you." We just hope he didn't wet himself laughing.What were your top moments?

It's the Earth Not the Moon (E na terra nao e na lua)

A Goncalo Tocha, Barca13 production. (International sales: Barca13, Lisbon.) Produced by Goncalo Tocha. Directed, written by Goncalo Tocha.Narrators: Goncalo Tocha, Didio Pestana. With: Ines Inez. (Portuguese, French dialogue)A poetic travelogue on the remote mid-Atlantic island of Corvo in the Azores, "It's the Earth Not the Moon" is a natural follow-up to Goncalo Tocha's previous docu, "Balaou," though here he's focused on outer rather than inner exploration. Shot in 2007, 2008 and 2011, the film initially sets out to chronicle every inhabitant and tree on the small island (approximately 4 miles by 2.5 miles), but Tocha quickly decides on a narrower focus to explore the nature of the place. Unpretentious and always engaging notwithstanding its three-hour running time, "Earth" will find global appreciation among fest aficionados. There are only 440 inhabitants in the one town, and one plane three times a week. Once a whaling outpost, the island remains an isolated place, experiencing the usual loss of traditions such as weaving and sheepherding, though Tocha cleverly structures the docu around knitter Ines Inez making him a fisherman's beret. Clearly the helmer and his composer/soundman, Didio Pestana, overcame any resistance to outsiders and got to know everyone on Corvo; the results, divided into 14 chapters, form a beautiful meditation on community, isolation and time's passing. Visuals are pleasingly unpolished.Camera (color, DV), Tocha; editors, Rui Ribeiro, Tocha, Catherine Villeret; music, Didio Pestana; art director, Rui Guilherme Lopes, Rui Ribeiro. Reviewed at Locarno Film Festival (Cinema of the Present), Aug. 11, 2011. Running time: 183 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

The Voice's Adam Levine Criticizes Idol Over Treatment of Gay Contestants

Adam Levine What's one big difference between The Voice and American Idol?If you ask Adam Levine, it's how the shows treat their gay contestants. Is The Voice on your Watchlist? Add it and your other favorites now and never miss an episode"What's always pissed me off about Idol is wanting to mask that, for that to go unspoken. C'mon," he tells Out magazine. "You can't be publicly gay? At this point? On a singing competition? Give me a break. You can't hide basic components of these people's lives."While The Voice featured four openly gay singers last season, Idol has come under fire over the years for allegedly keeping its gay contestants in the closet while they're on the show - most notably with Adam Lambert two years ago. "The fact that The Voice didn't have any qualms about being completely open about it is a great thing," Levine adds.Check out photos of Adam LevineDespite his criticism, the Maroon 5 frontman - who revealed his younger brother is gay to Out - recognizes that Idol is still the big man on campus."I can't f--- with American Idol," he says. "It's a cultural institution. On The Voice, we just care about a different list of things. It's for a different type of person, I guess."Do you agree with Levine?

'Chinglish' lands at Longacre

David Henry Hwangs Chinglish came good reviews in Chi.Incoming Broadway play "Ching-lish" has reserved the Longacre Theater because of its fall run. New work by David Henry Hwang ("Yellow Face," "M. Butterfly") lately wrapped its world premiere run at Chicago's Goodman Theater. Commercial producers introduced a Primary Stem transfer for that show recently, just like favorable local reviews started moving in. Strong box office motivated extra time that ended Sunday. Leigh Silverman ("Well") returns to helm the show, casting that has not been set. Chi staging starred James Waterston, Jennifer Lim, Ray Zhang and Stephen Pucci, amongst others, within the story of the American's efforts to grow his family's business into China. Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Roy Gottlieb, Craig and Carole Kaye and David Stoller produce the commercial transfer in colaboration with the Goodman. Show is just one of three about the slate from duo Richards and Frankel, also behind tuners "Porgy and Bess" and "Bonnie and Clyde." Newest tenant in the Longacre, "La Cage aux Folles," shuttered in May. "Chinglish" starts previews there March. 11, by having an exact opening date to become determined. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Sissy Spacek Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES (AP) Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The 61-year-old actress was honored Monday with star number 2,443 on Hollywood Boulevard.Spacek is known for her role as the troubled teen in "Carrie" and she won an Academy Award for her portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn in the 1981 movie "Coal Miner's Daughter."Her latest movie, "The Help," comes out later this month.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sissy Spacek PHOTO CREDIT Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images LOS ANGELES (AP) Oscar-winning actress Sissy Spacek has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.The 61-year-old actress was honored Monday with star number 2,443 on Hollywood Boulevard.Spacek is known for her role as the troubled teen in "Carrie" and she won an Academy Award for her portrayal of country singer Loretta Lynn in the 1981 movie "Coal Miner's Daughter."Her latest movie, "The Help," comes out later this month.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.