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NBC is expanding the judging panel of America’s Got Talent to four judges with the addition of Project Runway host Heidi Klum for the upcoming eighth season. NBC is expected to make an official announcement soon. Klum joins returning judges Howie Mandel and Howard Stern and new judge Melanie Brown.

Sharon Osbourne says she had a double mastectomy after learning she carries a gene that increases the risk of developing breast cancer. "The Talk" co-host told Hello! magazine that "I didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me." The 60-year-old "America's Got Talent" judge, who had colon cancer a decade ago, said that without the surgery, "the odds are not in my favor."

Nicely done, America. Nicely done. The voters on "America's Got Talent" put the two best semifinalists from Tuesday night's show through to next week's finals (which, possibly just to confuse us, will take place Wednesday at 9 p.m./8 p.m. Central). They also lined up two worthy contenders for the third and final slot, with the judges making the call as to which went through.

Fox News Channel’s 10 to 11-ish p.m. coverage of Clint Eastwood’s debate with a chair — followed by Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech — was the country’s second-most-watched TV program last week. Romney, Eastwood & Chair finished the week trailing only Howard Stern & “America’s Got Talent” on NBC; the telecasts averaged 9.1 million viewers and 9.9 million viewers, respectively.

Sharon Osbourne isn't afraid to speak her mind. The 59-year-old TV personality opened up to the New York Post about her rumored exit from America's Got Talent. "I just can't be fake," she said. She's upset after her 26-year-old son Jack was allegedly fired from another NBC reality show, Stars Earn Stripes, after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. (Both E! and America's Got Talent are part of the NBCUniversal family.)

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” visited Tampa, Florida, Monday night for a round of auditions that included a brass band, an escape artist and a TV theme singer. Judges Sharon Osbourne, Howie Mandel and Howard Stern decided which acts would go home and which would advance.

The satellite radio shock jock Howard Stern says he will show a more temperate side as a judge on NBC’s competition show “America’s Got Talent.”

With the success of "The Voice," NBC recently announced that it will expand the singing competition to two nights for the live shows starting on April 2. The live performance shows will air for two hours on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST with the eliminations announced during an one-hour results show airing on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. EST.

Nick Cannon is spending the first week of the new year in the hospital, with wife Mariah Carey by his side. Carey tweeted that Cannon is suffering from "mild kidney failure." His representative confirmed Cannon's hospitalization. He is in Aspen, Colo., where he and Carey were vacationing.

When news broke that Howard Stern was joining the "America's Got Talent" panel, there was no doubt that there would be plenty of folks who would be upset by the news. After all, the man is known for some rather raunchy stunts (Fartman, anyone?) and ... umm ... adult interviews and subject matter on his radio show over the years.