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Peter Kramer/NBC(LOS ANGELES) -- Will Ferrell is leaving his imprint on the Oscars, in more ways than one.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that Ferrell and fellow funnyman Zach Galifianakis will present at the Oscars ceremony.  They join a list of presenters that also includes Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and many more.

The Academy Awards will air live on ABC this Sunday.

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Toby Canham/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Lindsay Lohan has scored the role of a "lifetime."

According to Access Hollywood, Lohan will portray Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime movie about the legendary star's romance with Richard Burton.

However, she reportedly could be yanked from the project if she were to run afoul of the law again.

Lohan's rep declined to confirm the story.  It was reported last month that Lohan was competing with Megan Fox for the lead female role in the Lifetime movie, titled Liz and Dick.

Lohan is scheduled to host Saturday Night Live on March 3. But first things first: she must return to a Los Angeles court Wednesday morning for a progress hearing. If all goes well, she will complete her probation for previous DUI and theft convictions in late March.

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Sandra Rose/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- With Whitney Houston's death still fresh in fans' minds, her ex-husband may try to revive a memoir he worked on years ago.

An unnamed publisher tells The Huffington Post that Bobby Brown shopped a tell-all book in 2008 but didn't draw much interest at the time.

However, the publisher says, "Now is the time for a book that details an honest look into the life of Whitney."

A friend of Houston's believes Brown would want to write a memoir just so he can make some money.  However, The Huffington Post speculates that Brown might not go ahead with the project out of consideration for the ex-couple's teen daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

The report also states that he signed a confidentiality agreement when he divorced Houston.

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ABC/RICHARD CARTWRIGHT(LOS ANGELES) -- Charlie Sheen has changed his opinion of Ashton Kutcher, his replacement on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.

Speaking with TMZ.com last week, Sheen said, “I’m tired of lying and tired of pretending Ashton doesn’t suck." He also said he "feels bad" for Kutcher because he's been, "saddled with such bad writing" on Two and a Half Men.

Sheen was more complimentary of Kutcher on Tuesday, when he wrote on his website, "Dear Ashton, My bad. I was disrespectful to a man doing his best. I got excited and threw you into a crossfire."

Sheen didn't bother trying to make amends with Kutcher's colleagues on the Two and a Half Men set.

He wrote to Kutcher, "The rest of my statement I stand behind. You, however, deserve better."

Sheen signed the message as "The 'late' Charlie Harper," in reference to his Two and a Half Men character, who was killed off the show.

Sheen was fired from Two and a Half Men last year due to his erratic behavior at the time. He then filed a $100 million lawsuit against Two and a Half Men producer Warner Bros. that was later settled.

Warner Bros. recently demanded that he stop using publicity photographs from his Two and a Half Men days to promote his upcoming FX comedy, Anger Management.

According to E! News, Sheen will begin shooting his new series on March 22.  It debuts in June.

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Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) -- There's some speculation that Drew Barrymore may be pregnant.

The 37-year-old actress was spotted leaving a Beverly Hills doctor's office last week carrying what may have been sonogram results, reports TMZ. Barrymore is engaged to art consultant Will Kopleman.

Barrymore's rep refused to comment on the report.

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Eric Charbonneau/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) -- You won't see Jennifer Aniston's breasts in her new film, Wanderlust. She went topless for a scene in the comedy, opening Friday, but a source tells TheWrap.com that Aniston demanded that it be pulled from the film in deference to her co-star and boyfriend, Justin Theroux.

In the scene, Aniston reveals her chest to TV news cameras. The version that made the final cut shows Aniston topless from behind, with her bosoms censored on TV news broadcasts.

A rep for Aniston denies the actress insisted that the nude version be removed from the movie, telling TheWrap.com, "The scene is how it was always supposed to be." A spokesman for Wanderlust studio Universal says, "The scene was shot a bunch of different ways, and we have the best possible version."

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Eric Charbonneau/WireImag(LOS ANGELES) -- Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer each collected another award Friday night for their performances in The Help. At the 43rd NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles, Davis was named outstanding actress in a motion picture, and Spencer received the supporting actress prize.

The Help, the story of African-American maids working in 1960s Mississippi, also earned the title of outstanding motion picture. It had entered the ceremony with a leading eight nominations.

Davis and Spencer have won several awards for their roles in The Help, and they have a strong chance of picking up an Oscar this weekend for best actress and best supporting actress, respectively. The Help is a contender in the Oscars' best-picture category.

Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit received the NAACP honors for best TV comedy and best TV drama, respectively.

The ceremony, which celebrates outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts, also paid tribute to Whitney Houston, with a live rendition by gospel singer Yolanda Adams of "I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry." Whitney performed that hymn in the 1996 movie The Preacher's Wife.

On the red carpet, actress Alfre Woodard was among the celebrities who remembered the late singer, saying, "She is still Cissy Houston's girl and she's Bobbi Kristina's mom and, you know, I'm not thinking of her as an icon. I'm thinking about her as somebody's daughter."

The full list of winners can be found at NAACPImageAwards.net. Here are the winners in the notable movie and TV categories:

Outstanding Motion Picture
The Help

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Laz Alonso, Jumping the Broom

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Viola Davis, The Help

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Mike Epps, Jumping the Broom

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Octavia Spencer, The Help

Outstanding Comedy Series
Tyler Perry's House of Payne, TBS

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Reed Between the Lines, BET

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, Reed Between the Lines, BET

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nick Cannon, Up All Night, NBC

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Keshia Knight Pulliam, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, TBS

Outstanding Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NBC

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
L.L. Cool J, NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Regina King, SouthLAnd, TNT

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
James Pickens, Jr., Grey's Anatomy, ABC

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife, CBS

Outstanding Talk Series
Oprah's Lifeclass, Oprah Winfrey Network

Outstanding Reality Series
Dancing with the Stars, ABC

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Joey Foley/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS) -- Grammy-nominated country duo Sugarland said the lawsuit that states they are partially responsible for the tragic stage collapse last summer that killed seven is trying to "sensationalize the disaster."

In a statement to ABC News, Sugarland's manager Gail Gellman said, "Sadly when a tragedy occurs, people want to point fingers and try to sensationalize the disaster. The single most important thing to Sugarland, are their fans. Their support and love over the past 9 years has been unmatched. For anyone to think otherwise is completely devastating to them."

Moments before Sugarland -- comprised of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush -- was to perform a concert at the Indiana State Fair on Aug. 13, a powerful storm blew through the area, and a huge gust of wind ripped down the stage scaffolding. Seven people were killed and 45 were injured -- one of which was an 8-year-old girl.

Numerous victims of the stage collapse filed a massive civil lawsuit on Nov. 22 in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis, claiming Sugarland and the companies involved with the construction of the stage were negligent and contributed to the accident.

According to the lawsuit, the plaintiffs, which include the families or the estates of four people killed and dozens who were injured, allege that Sugarland, Live Nation, Mid-America Sound Corp. and other events companies failed to provide a safe stage area and ignored inclement weather concerns.

The concert should have been canceled and the crowd evacuated, the lawsuit stated.

On Feb. 16, Sugarland's lawyers responded to the claims and denied all accusations against the band, saying Sugarland had nothing to do with the stage's construction. Among their many other defenses, "some or all of the Plaintiffs' claimed injuries resulted from their own fault," because some "failed to exercise due care for their own safety" or "knowingly and voluntary assumed and/or incurred the risk of injury to themselves."

The band's lawyers also denied Sugarland was responsible for deciding whether or not to cancel the concert because of weather concerns, calling it an "Act of God."

"The incident at issue in this litigation resulted from a gust of wind of unprecedented intensity, which caused a structure that may have been improperly designed, maintained and/or inspected to fail. As such, this was a true accident or Act of God," the response reads.

The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted a six-month investigation after the incident. Their report, released on Feb. 8, found that the heavy equipment supporting the stage was not properly built and that Mid-America Sound Corp., an events production company that constructed the roof and rigging used to hold the lights and sound equipment, had not taken appropriate measures to inspect the stage area.

IOSHA determined that Sugarland did not employ the workers who built the stage and therefore was not responsible for the incident, but fined Mid-America $63,000 for three serious violations of industry standards.

A spokeswoman for Mid-America told ABC News that the company had not yet paid the fine, and is meeting with IOSHA next week to discuss the report.

Sugarland's attorneys are now seeking a jury trial, but declined to comment to ABC News about the allegations.

Lead vocalist Jennifer Nettles told Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts in a November interview that while she did not feel a sense of responsibility for what happened, she wept after hearing some fans were killed in the stage collapse.

Prior to the moment when the stage fell, the band was waiting underneath it, and was uninjured in the accident.

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