Michelle Obama to be a guest host on "The View"

NEW YORK — Michelle Obama will be a guest host on "The View" on June 18.

The popular ABC daytime talk show had invited her to be a guest this month, but she sent back word that she would like to be a host like Cindy McCain did in April, said Bill Geddie, the show's executive producer.

"Equal time — that's hard to argue with," he said Wednesday.

Being a guest host will allow Michelle Obama to help interview guests and participate in the opening "hot topics," or banter about what's in the news that day. It offers the chance for someone to show a more complete personality than just sitting for an interview and talking about themselves, Geddie said.

Michelle Obama was injected into the campaign when the Tennessee Republican Party posted an online video questioning her patriotism. That prompted her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, to say political opponents should lay off his wife.

When Cindy McCain was guest host in April, comic Craig Ferguson was the lead guest. No guests have been booked for Michelle Obama's show yet.

Barack Obama has appeared twice on "The View," once before his candidacy for president. Republican John McCain has been on several times. Geddie said he expected the candidates to seek out a chance to reach "The View" audience during the campaign and be questioned about what is going on.

"We treat the wives differently than the candidates," Geddie said. "We're tougher on the candidates than we are on the wives. We're trying to get to know them."

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Lost actress released from jail early

'Lost' actress Michelle Rodriguez has been released from jail after serving 17 days of a six-month sentence for probation violation.
The 29-year-old actress was freed from prison on Wednesday night, according to a statement released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department yseterday.
Last October a judge sentenced Rodriguez for violating her probation on previous drunken-driving and hit-and-run offences, saying that she should not be granted work furlough, early release or home confinement.
However, a Sheriff's official claimed that her early release was not unusual, saying that factors such as overcrowding and the severity of the crime are taken into consideration.
Rodriguez was previously sentenced to 60 days in jail for a probation violation in May 2006, but was released from prison after just four hours and 20 minutes.

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz to marry this Saturday

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are set to get married at a “top secret” location Saturday, according to a report.

The pair, who announced their engagement in April, have not sent out proper invites, “but instead guests have been given a save the date notice,” a source tells Us Weekly magazine.

The rehearsal dinner, which will take place Friday, is to be “an intimate affair” for “family and close friends only”.

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