More Than 80 Million See Haiti Aid Telethon

More than 80 million people tuned in for last week’s all-star “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon.

The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 83 million people saw at least a brief part of the fundraiser carried Friday on 33 TV networks. The audience watching the two-hour event at any given time averaged 24 million viewers.

Organizers for the telethon said it’s raised $57 million, with more donations still to come in.

The event, which also streamed live online, featured Brad Pitt, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and other stars who encouraged donations for Haiti, hit by a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people.

Money was also being raised by the sale of telethon performances via iTunes.

John Travolta To Pilot Plane Filled With Relief Supplies To Haiti

John Travolta is soaring to Haiti with earthquake relief.

The 55-year-old actor and avid pilot plans to fly one of his private jets from Florida to Haiti on Monday night, according to Travolta’s spokesman, Paul Bloch.

The “Grease” star will be joined by his actress-wife Kelly Preston, several doctors and Church of Scientology ministers, as well as relief supplies. Travolta and Preston will then return to the U.S.

The “From Paris with Love” star took his first flying lesson when he was 15

2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards Winners

A complete list of winners at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in LA on January 23, 2010.

Tina Fey, for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, for “30 Rock”

Alec Baldwin, for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, for “30 Rock”

“Glee,” for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy

Christoph Waltz, for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Julianna Margulies, for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, for “The Good Wife”

Michael C. Hall, for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, for “Dexter”

“Mad Men,” for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama

Betty White, for Lifetime Achivement

Drew Barrymore, for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, for “Grey Gardens”

Kevin Bacon, for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, for “Taking Chance”

Mo’Nique, for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, for “Precious”

Jeff Bridges, for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, for “Crazy Heart”

Sandra Bullock, for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, for “The Blind Side,”

“Inglourious Basterds” for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PIcture

SAG Awards 2010 Fashion Trend: Red On The Red Carpet

Hollywood was seeing red at the 2010 SAG Awards.

“An Education” star Carey Mulligan, who was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, turned heads with a strapless red gown with a sparkling brooch as she walked the red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium in LA on Saturday night.

Rutina Wesley from the HBO hit series “True Blood” showed off her body with a bright, lipstick-red dress, while “Nurse Jackie’s” Edie Falco hit the red carpet in a vermillion strapless gown.

Mariah Carey, who caught eyes with her revealing black gown at last weekend’s Golden Globes, wore a form-fitting asymmetrical red gown at the SAG Awards.

Other stars that stood out in red included Sofia Vergara from “Modern Family” who sparkled in a red Carolina Herrera gown, “True Blood’s” Mariana Klaveno, who dazzled in an off-the-shoulder scarlet dress, and actress Joan Allen, who wore a boho-chic tie-dyed crimson dress.

Heidi Montag Changes Tune On Mom’s Plastic Surgery Support

Days after telling Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush that her mother, Darlene Eglehoff, loved her new post-plastic surgery look, Heidi Montag is now claiming her mom is upset over what she’s done to herself.

Heidi told People magagazine, in an article published online on Thursday, that she is fearful to return home to Colorado, something which will apparently be done on camera for an upcoming episode of MTV’s “The Hills.”

“I still can’t believe I’m 23 and Mom is reacting this way,” she told the mag. “I’m nervous to go home and face her – especially with cameras rolling.”

A source close to the family also told People that Darlene “is horrified and having a total breakdown. She can’t wait to confront Heidi when she goes home.”

In Monday’s interview with Billy, however, Heidi said she showed her mom her People cover from last week, and her mother was supportive.

“I spoke to my mom the other day and she said the cover looked beautiful,” Heidi told Billy. “She said, obviously she loved me the way I was and she would never tell me to do anything, but that she always supports whatever my decision is.”

And Heidi’s plastic surgeon, Dr. Frank Ryan, told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson on Tuesday, that it was his understanding that Darlene too wanted to go under the knife.

“Her mother on the other hand, saw the pictures and called Heidi right away and said, ‘Heidi, I want him to do a mommy makeover for me… Can you arrange that?’” he told Shaun.

And he claimed that her mother wanted the surgery soon.

“For Valentine’s Day,” Dr. Ryan claimed. “Heidi may buy it for her for Valentine’s Day.”

When contacted by Access Hollywood on Thursday, Darlene said she hasn’t spoken with People, nor has she read her daughter’s “Addicted To Plastic Surgery” cover story from last week.

Darlene added anything between mom and daughter is “strictly between them” and she does not give interviews to the media.

Dr. Drew Pinsky Talks Heidi Montag’s Plastic Surgery: ‘It’s Really Female-Female Cross Dressing’

Dr. Drew Pinsky is known the world over for helping people with problems of addiction, but he isn’t convinced Heidi Montag is addicted to plastic surgery.

“The addiction thing would be having so much plastic surgery in order to get the pain medication, which people do. I see a lot of that,” Dr. Drew told AccessHollywood.com as he stepped out for “The Pee-Wee Herman Show” at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. “I don’t think that’s what’s going on here.”

Last week it was revealed that Heidi had undergone 10 procedures in the fall, and while Dr. Drew doesn’t believe the headlines – that “The Hills” star is addicted to plastic surgery — he does find her decisions troubling.

“Clearly there are body image issues, self-worth issues,” Dr. Drew said. “I’m sort of disturbed that no one referred her for those kinds of counseling before they put her under the knife.”

Heidi previously revealed that on November 20, she went under the knife for 10 procedures in one day, which included a mini brow lift, Botox in the forehead, nose job revision, fat injections in cheeks and lips, chin reduction, neck liposuction, ears pinned back, breast augmentation revision, liposuction on her waist and thighs and a buttocks augmentation.

Dr. Drew said Heidi’s decision to undergo so many procedures has a drag-like quality to it.

“I also, by the way, call that — the kind of extreme accentuation of her feminine features — it’s really female-female cross dressing,” Dr. Drew said. “It’s like she’s taking on an excessively feminizing characteristic, fetish-izing her entire body, it’s a little troubling, a little problematic.”

Jay Leno Defends Conan O’Brien, Calls Him ‘A Gentleman,’ Confirms He Could Be Back On ‘Tonight Show’

Jay Leno has confirmed reports he could be heading back to “The Tonight Show.”

The funnyman addressed NBC’s late night shake up during Monday’s “The Jay Leno Show,” and he revealed that if Conan O’Brien leaves his job as “Tonight Show” host, NBC executives have offered Jay his old job back.

“They [said to me], ‘If he decides to walk and doesn’t want to do it, do you want the show back?’” Jay recounted to his “Jay Leno Show” audience on Monday night about his conversations with the NBC execs. “I go, ‘Yeah, I’ll take the show back… if that’s what he wants to do… This way, we keep our people working… So that’s pretty much where we are. It looks like we might be back at 11:30, I’m not sure.”

Jay added, however, that through the situation with NBC, which he went into great detail about on his Monday show, Conan has been courteous.

“Through all of this, Conan O’Brien has been a gentleman. He’s a good guy,” Jay told his audience. “I have no animosity towards him. This is all business. If you don’t get the ratings, they take you off the air.”

Jay also explained how it came about that Conan was promised “The Tonight Show” years ago, while Jay was still on top.

”[In] 2004, I’m sitting in my office, an NBC executive comes in and says to me, ‘Listen, Conan O’Brien has gotten offers from other networks. We don’t want him to go, so we’re going to give him ‘The Tonight Show,’” Jay recounted. “I said, ‘Well, I’ve been number one for 12 years.’ They said, ‘We know that, but we don’t think you can sustain that.’”

The host went on to explain that he asked NBC to wait until he slipped to No. 2 in the ratings and then fire him, but he said the NBC exec told him the decision had already been made.

“Don’t blame Conan O’Brien,” Jay continued on Monday’s show. “Nice guy, good family guy, great guy. He and I have talked and not a problem since then. That’s what managers and people do, they try to get something for their clients. I said, ‘I’ll retire just to avoid what happened the last time.’”

Jay said that when it came time for Conan to take over “The Tonight Show,” he still had 6-8 months left on his own contract with NBC.

Jay said he asked the network to release him from his contract, but they said, “We want to keep you here,” he explained.

He went on to say that his primetime show was NBC’s idea and they told him, “We have done focus groups. People will love you at 10:00.”

For Jay personally, he said it “didn’t seem like a good idea at the time,” but they allowed him to keep his staff of 175 people and promised him two years on the air.

As for the latest shake up, which NBC announced last Sunday – a move of “The Jay Leno Show” to 11:35 PM and a plea to Conan to move “The Tonight Show” to 12:05 AM – Jay said NBC asked him if he would do the move and they assured him Conan would be OK with that.

“I said, ‘OK, I’m not crazy about doing a half hour, but OK. What do you want to do with Conan?’ ‘We’ll put him on at midnight, or 12:05, keeps ‘The Tonight Show’ does all that, he gets the whole hour.’ I said, ‘OK, you think Conan will go for that?’ ‘Yes, yes.’… I said ‘OK,’ shake hands. That’s it. I don’t have a manager, I don’t have an agent, that’s my handshake deal,” Jay said.