• Judy Collins (folk singer-songwriter) (73)
• Rita Coolidge (singer-songwriter) (67)
• Tim McGraw (country singer/actor) (45)
• Wes Anderson (writer and director of acclaimed cult films Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited) (43)
• Ray Parker, Jr. (musician, songwriter, producer, “Ghostbusters”) (58)
• Jerry Weiss (trumpeter, Blood, Sweat & Tears) (66)
• Marilyn Milian (judge, The People’s Court) (51)
• Paul Teutul, Sr. (American Chopper) (63)
• Joanna Lumley (actress, Absolutely Fabulous‘s Patsy, Standing Room Only, Eurotrip, Ella Enchanted) (66)
• Julie Benz (actress, No Ordinary Family, Dexter, A Gifted Man) (40)

1852, Samuel Clemens — more famously known as Mark Twain — made his writing debut in the humorous Boston weekly, The Carpet Bag.
1918 Former Tonight Show host Jack Paar is born. He dies in 2004.
1920, the longest baseball game ever played ended after 26 innings in 1-1 tie between the Brooklyn Robins and the Boston Braves.
1923 Author Joseph Heller (Catch-22) is born. He dies in 1999.
1926, Satchel Paige made his pitching debut in the Negro Southern League.
1931, New York City’s 102-story Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world up to that time, was dedicated.
1939 Batman makes his comic book debut in Detective Comics Number 27, in a six-page story called “The Case Of The Chemical Syndicate.”
1940, the 1940 Olympics were canceled because of World War II.
1941, Cheerios cereal was introduced by General Mills.
1941 The movie Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles, opens.
1945, one day after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, it was announced that Admiral Karl Doenitz had succeeded him as leader of the Third Reich. Seven days later, on May 8th, Doenitz announced Germany’s unconditional surrender to the Allies.
1948, the People’s Democratic Republic Of Korea — Communist North Korea — was proclaimed.
1954, the Unification Church, whose followers are sometimes called “Moonies,” was established.
1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U2 spy plane and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
1963, James W. Whittaker of Redmond, Washington, became the first American to conquer Mount Everest as he and a Sherpa guide reached the summit.
1967, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Ann Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. They divorced in 1973.
1969, Leonard Tose, a trucking executive from Philadelphia, bought the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League for $16,155,000. It was the largest price paid to date for a pro football franchise.
1971, Amtrak, which combined 18 passenger railroads, went into service.
1981, tennis star Billie Jean King disclosed that she had a lesbian affair.
1991, Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A’s broke Lou Brock‘s all-time stolen base record with his 939th steal.
1992, on the third day of the L.A. riots, beaten motorist Rodney King publicly appealed for calm, asking, “Can’t we all just get along?”
1997, John & Patsy Ramsey, the parents of slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, declared their innocence in the case, and asked for the public’s help in finding the killer of their six-year-old daughter.
1999, Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic agreed to hand over three captured U.S. soldiers during the Kosovo conflict to the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
2000, About three-and-a-half million Time Warner cable subscribers temporarily lost access to seven Disney-owned ABC stations in a quarrel over transmission rights.
2003, President Bush, on the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, declared that, quote, “major combat operations” had ended in Iraq. Bush delivered the speech with a banner behind him that read “Mission Accomplished,” after arriving on the carrier dressed in a flight suit on a Navy jet.

CBS

• NCIS – An investigation into a fire on a Navy vessel leads to a discovery that elevates security at Navy facilities.
• NCIS: LOS ANGELES – Callen, Hanna, Danny Williams (Scott Caan) and Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim) travel from Hawaii to Los Angeles in pursuit of a suspect harboring a deadly virus.
• UNFORGETTABLE – Carrie must investigate the murder of her ultimate nemesis.

NBC

• THE BIGGEST LOSER – (season finale) Former contestants reunite and reveal how much weight they lost; one of three finalists wins the grand prize.
• THE VOICE – The contestants face elimination.
• FASHION STAR – The mentors try to help the designers understand what makes a successful imaging campaign; a contestant is eliminated.

FOX

• GLEE – Kurt and Rachel audition for the New York Academy of the Dramatic Arts.
• NEW GIRL – The gang worries that Jess and Nick may take a step backward when they run into their exes; Schimdt faces a delicate medical issue.
• NEW GIRL (repeat)

ABC

• LAST MAN STANDING – Mike tries to smooth things over after upstaging Vanessa’s nomination for top volunteer school parent.
• COUGAR TOWN – Jules finds out that Holly and Travis made out.
• DANCING WIT THE STARS – The couples face elimination; Gavin DeGraw performs.
• PRIVATE PRACTICE – An illegal immigrant facing deportation tries to induce her pregnancy by herself so her child will be a US citizen; Violet wants to keep going to therapy with Pete.

CW

• 90210 – Navid decides to confront Liam on the red carpet; Caleb and Annie give in to temptation.
• THE L.A. COMPLEX – Abby is given an opportunity to make a lot of money; Alicia goes to a party with a D-list actor.

BRAVO

• THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY – Gretchen performs; Vicki takes Briana and Ryan out to dinner.

DAY TIME TALK SHOW

THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW – Jessica Alba, Scott Caan, Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio
THE VIEW – Ryan O’Neal, Lady Antebellum

LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS

THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (CBS) – Seth Meyers, Father John Misty
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO (NBC) – Cameron Diaz, William Shatner, Lee Brice
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE (ABC) – The latest Dancing with the Stars castoff, Civil Twilight
THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON (CBS) – Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lennon Parham
LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON (NBC) – Mark Ruffalo, Mario Batali, Steve & JoAnn Ward, Santigold
LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY (NBC) – Jim Gaffigan, LP, Ed Sheeran
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (COMEDY CENTRAL) – David Barton
THE COLBERT REPORT (COMEDY CENTRAL) – Carne Ross
CONAN – (repeat)

RYAN O’NEAL was reportedly scheduled to appear on Today yesterday (April 30) to promote his new memoir, Both of Us, My Life With Farrah — but reportedly bolted from the set when producers told him that he was going to be asked about his children’s unhappiness with the book. According to RadarOnline.com, O’Neal cancelled at the last minute saying that he didn’t feel well.

Ryan reportedly had his hair and makeup completed and was very upset when the producers told him about the subject matter. O’Neal reportedly said that he wasn’t feeling well and left.

• O’Neal’s two children, Tatum and Redmond are reportedly saying that the memoir is not an honest account of their relationship with their father and is only a way for their father to try and get the public on his side.
• Both of Us, My Life With Farrah goes on sale today (May 1).

KIM KARDASHIAN hopes to become a comedy actress. She has appeared on 30 Rock and has reportedly booked a recurring role on Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva plus, she will be playing a character in The Marriage Character from Tyler Perry. According to thehollywoodgossip.com, Kim wants to challenge herself with comedy.

The source said, “She really wants to be the next Sofia Vergara. Acting is something she wants to do just for her. Kim wants to do something that wouldn’t involve her sisters.”

JASON SEGEL has starred alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood, but there is one star he just can’t seem to land an acting gig with — Hilary Clinton. Segel told Jimmy Fallon that he actually got a rejection letter from the Secretary of State.

• He said, “Every time I’m on the red carpet and they ask,’Who’s the mother going to be?’ I always say Hillary Clinton as a joke. I got a letter in the mail that said, ‘I appreciate your request, but I must say I’m very busy doing politics. But if the opportunity ever arises, I would be happy to do something together. Signed Hillary Clinton.'”

RYAN SEACREST has joined the Today Show as a special correspondent. According toTheWrap.com, Seacrest will continue his duties at E! and will now contribute to NBC primetime news and NBC entertainment programming — starting with this summer’s London Olympics coverage. Seacrest said he is eager and excited to take on a larger role.

He said, “I am humbled to have the confidence of NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke, Ted Harbert, Bonnie Hammer and many others within the NBCUniversal family, to strategically extend my relationship to encompass NBC programming.”

• Meanwhile, Ryan has reportedly just put his six bedroom, six and a half bathroom Mediterranean mansion for sale for a little less that $12 million. The 10,000 square foot main house in California, also includes a guest house, pool, tennis court, wine cellar and screening room. No word on where Ryan is planning on moving to.

AMY POEHLER’S LITTLE MAN: Amy Poehler and Will Arnett have two children together, Archie, 3, and Abel, 20 months. Amy told David Letterman that Archie is wise beyond his years. She said, “He knows when I’m going out if I’m dressed up or if I have shoes on. Like today, when I was dressed up to come here, he said, ‘Where ya going?’ I said, ‘I’m going out,’ and he said, ‘With who?’ I said, ‘I’m going to see some friends.’ I didn’t want to tell him about you. I didn’t want to confuse him. Archie then said, ‘Put on a coat,’ ‘Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.’ I was like, ‘What? Read? You’re three!'”

COURTNEY WAGNER ARRESTED: Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner’s daughter, Courtney was involved in a heated altercation inside of her Malibu home that reportedly ended with a gunshot. According toTMZ, authorities found both cocaine and heroin in the home. Courtney is reportedly charged with suspicion of felony drug possession and is currently out on bail.

GUY FIERI’S STOLEN CAR FOUND: Cops have reportedly recovered Guy Fieri’s missing yellow Lamborghini after it was stolen last year. The car is worth roughly $200,000 and was stolen in March 2011 after the crook broken into the British Motor Car Distributors dealership in San Francisco and stole the car through a window. According to TMZ, the cops found the car after they arrested a 17-year-old boy on a gun charge and decided to search his storage unit. Fieri said, “I would like to thank the Marin County Sheriff’s office and the Mill Valley Police Department for their hard work and effort in the recovery of my car. I’m glad we can put this behind us, and feel better knowing that justice is being served.”

TEEN MOM FORCED TO PAY FOR HOUSE FRAUD: MTV’s Teen Mom Amber Portwood is being forced by the court to pay $673 to the rental home company she formerly lived in. Reportedly, Portwood committed fraud by claiming she qualified for government assistance claimed she qualified due to her low income of only $30,000. In actuality, she reportedly made $280,000 for that year. When the company discovered the fraud they evicted her. She now lives with her grandparents.

MAGGIE GYLLENHALL GIVES BIRTH: Maggie Gyllenhall and Peter Sarsgaard welcomed their second daughter on April 19. Gloria Ray will be the little sister to the couple’s first daughter, Ramona — who was born in 2006.