Jill Biden to Appear on Army Wives

Vice President Joe Biden's wife will make a cameo in Season 4 of Army Wives, Lifetime announced on Tuesday.

Dr. Jill Biden will play herself in an episode aimed at raising awareness of the efforts of military families. Some real Army wives will be featured

It will air Sunday, Aug. 15 at 10/9c.

"We are honored to have Dr. Biden make a special appearance on Army Wives," said Nancy Dubuc, president of Lifetime Networks. "Dr. Biden's inspiring commitment to military families should be commended."

Biden, 59, will also film a PSA in support of military families that will air during the episode.

Elena and Katherine To Face Off on Vampire Diaries

Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie and The Patty Duke Show all did it way back in the '60s, and next season on The Vampire Diaries, Nina Dobrev's Elena will make her onscreen debut on the same screen with Nina Dobrev's Katherine, who made her dramatic return to Mystic Falls posing as Elena in May's season finale.

"I can't talk much about it yet," says executive producer Julie Plec, "but one of the big surprises is that Katherine comes face to face with Elena."

How does Nina feel about playing both Elena and her 19th century doppelgänger in the same scenes? "I will have to ask for a second pay check," kids the 21-year-old, who as a child marveled over Lindsay Lohan's dual performance in The Parent Trap. While special effects have advanced a thousandfold since Elizabeth Montgomery's Samantha/Serena face-offs on Bewitched, Nina is still worried about emoting opposite a stand-in tennis ball when the series resumes production in July. "It will be difficult because a lot of acting is reacting to the other person, but it'll be fun to step out of my comfort zone."

Nina's not the only one who'll be given a tough acting assignment. Having the look-alike ladies in the same town will also force Ian Somerhalder to play two different sides of Damon. "It's going to be an emotional rollercoaster for me," Ian predicts. "Damon, with Katherine, is this youthful wide-eyed fun guy who is so intrigued by her — so different from the maniacal, more mature Damon you see with Elena."

AP timeline details Michael Jackson's last day

That is the hero we remember forever. A year ago, the world watched as Michael Jackson balanced on the edge of a precipice. Behind the once-proclaimed King of Pop was a bleak stretch of pain and artistic decline. Ahead lay a series of 50 London concerts — a high-rolling bid to reassert his musical brilliance and re-establish control of his life.Harsher critics cast him as a man who used wealth and celebrity to elude justice on child molestation charges.Jackson was poised for a great leap of faith, one testing himself and those who believed in him. It was a chance to silence detractors who had mocked his increasingly clownish, artificial appearance and what appeared to be an equally artificial and veiled version of family life with the three children he was raising alone.He was ready. The audience was ready. Then he was gone. Less than three weeks before his new life may have started on a stage filled with special effects and song, the old one ended in a cloud of drugs and unfulfilled dreams.The elaborately staged shows set to begin last July 13 at London's famed O2 Arena represented winner take all, or lose all, for an entertainer who'd been famous for most of his 50 years.Outwardly, Jackson had seemed fit as he prepared for the London shows, and his autopsy found he was in relatively strong physical condition for a man his age.That is still a sad story for us.

AP timeline details Michael Jackson's last day

That is the hero we remember forever. A year ago, the world watched as Michael Jackson balanced on the edge of a precipice. Behind the once-proclaimed King of Pop was a bleak stretch of pain and artistic decline. Ahead lay a series of 50 London concerts — a high-rolling bid to reassert his musical brilliance and re-establish control of his life.Harsher critics cast him as a man who used wealth and celebrity to elude justice on child molestation charges.Jackson was poised for a great leap of faith, one testing himself and those who believed in him. It was a chance to silence detractors who had mocked his increasingly clownish, artificial appearance and what appeared to be an equally artificial and veiled version of family life with the three children he was raising alone.He was ready. The audience was ready. Then he was gone. Less than three weeks before his new life may have started on a stage filled with special effects and song, the old one ended in a cloud of drugs and unfulfilled dreams.The elaborately staged shows set to begin last July 13 at London's famed O2 Arena represented winner take all, or lose all, for an entertainer who'd been famous for most of his 50 years.Outwardly, Jackson had seemed fit as he prepared for the London shows, and his autopsy found he was in relatively strong physical condition for a man his age.That is still a sad story for us.

Lie to Me Taps New Showrunner

Lie to Me has tapped a new showrunner for Season 3, Zap2it reports.

Alexander Cary, who joined the procedural as a writer in 2009, will replace Shawn Ryan, who is leaving the Fox drama to focus on other projects. The Fox network recently picked up his cop drama Ride-Along (set to premiere at midseason). Ryan also is working on a detective comedy, Terriers, for sister network FX.

A Comic Genius at Work: How Larry David Creates Curb

Curb Your Enthusiasm, David's semiautobiographical sitcom, brilliantly blends spontaneity, social commentary, and intricate plotlines that resolve with the precision of a typical Seinfeld episode. The comparison makes sense, since David co-created that show too.

"I think [Curb] has a spontaneity to it, because it's improvised, that's really refreshing," David says. "I think it deals with a lot of subjects that a lot of people think about but