Fans of actor Christopher Meloni who still miss their weekly TV time with the former “Law & Order: SVU” leading man might soon have a chance to see him on the boob tube again in “True Blood.”

According to TV Line’s Michael Ausiello, the actor is currently being considered for a major role in the drama. That begs one obvious question: would that be a major human role or something from the “other” category? After all, Bon Temps is crawling with vampires, werewolves, werepanthers, shapeshifters and more.

LOS ANGELES — CBS News correspondent Robert C. Pierpoint — who covered six presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis in a career that spanned more than four decades — died Saturday in California, his daughter said. He was 86.

Pierpoint, who retired in 1990, died of complications from surgery at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Marta Pierpoint told The Associated Press. He had broken his hip Oct. 12 at the Santa Barbara Retirement Community where he lived with his wife Patricia.

With the cancellation of “Kate Plus 8″ and no immediate deals to continue to appear on television, Kate Gosselin is reportedly considering a return to nursing. Life & Style this week quotes a Gosselin friend who said, “She just completed more courses to renew her license,” and she is “terrified” about how she’ll continue to put the kids through private school and meet living expenses.

Johnny Depp’s rock ‘n’ roll past is well known in the entertainment world. Sunday night in London he revisited those roots by joining Alice Cooper on stage at the 100 Club in London.

The 48-year-old actor, who famously channels Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards while playing Capt. Jack Sparrow in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies, wielded a yellow guitar and joined Cooper and his band for “18.” The Sun reports that Depp kept playing through a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” which morphed into Cooper’s “School’s Out.”

Oprah Winfrey is at the center of attention today for being what seems to be the shoulder to cry on for her friend Maria Shriver.

Maria, who has been at the center of a firestorm due to her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger’s infidelity, flew to Chicago Tuesday night and right into the arms of Oprah.

Maria shared the stage with Oprah for the taping of “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular,” and “Showbiz Tonight” was right there.

Oprah Winfrey’s on her way out, but talk show vet Ricki Lake is making the move back to daytime.

According to Broadcasting & Cable, Lake is officially developing an hour-long talk program with Twentieth Television.

While her old show, which was distributed by Sony Entertainment and aired from 1993-2004, was aimed at younger women, Lake is now thinking more broadly. B&C reports that the 42-year-old single mom will cover topics like family, marriage, parenting, divorce, weight-loss, health and nutrition.

(PEOPLE) — Wynonna and Naomi Judd have been at the top of the country charts but they’ve also been down a long and bumpy road worthy of a somber country song. And it tested their relationship.

But with the help of a counselor they’ve been seeing for five years, the five-time Grammy Award-winning mother-daughter duo — who star in the new documentary series “The Judds,” debuting on OWN April 10 — are stronger than ever.

PEOPLE.com: How Wynonna Judd lost 55 lbs.

As the hot doctor in the new Shonda Rhimes drama “Off the Map’’ (premieres Jan. 12 on ABC) removes his shirt, his trainees at the jungle hospital where they work sneak a peek before questioning if there’s something wrong in objectifying a man considered one of the greatest humanitarians of their time.

Video: McDreamy who? New medical drama features super hot doctors

Nope. Nothing wrong with admiring someone who has both brains and the perfect physique.

 Talk about a fashion don’t!

Madonna is being sued over the rights to use the “Material Girl” name for the trendy juniors clothing line that she designed with daughter Lourdes. Apparel manufacturer LA Triumph slapped the superstar with a lawsuit Thursday, claiming that it had been marketing clothes under the “Material Girl” brand since 1997.

(CNN) — Before she uttered the N-word, before her remarks on cheated-on wives, before the controversies over homosexuality and religion and morality, Laura Schlessinger was considered a breath of fresh air.

“Despite the fact that many consider Laura Schlessinger the dragon lady of talk radio, some of us can’t help but admire her,” noted a decidedly mixed 1999 consideration of her in Salon. “She is snippish, overbearing and often insulting — but anybody who has the temerity to call in to her program knows what they are going to get, especially if they plead ignorance or innocence.”