Actually a pretty nice tribute.

A faded American favorite is getting a second chance, from the famous giver of second chances. Also today: bad news about Charlie Sheen, good news about a ghost story, and Breaking Bad breaks out.

The ravenous MTV network, always hungry for sweet teen blood, has found its next victims. Also today: Fox rules and other networks drool, Matthew Modine is rescued from oblivion, and Kevin Costner is headed into it.

The brainiac renegade from Southern royalty is back in a big(ish) leading role. Also today: lots of TV pilot casting news, as it is the season for that, plus a rumor about the upcoming Superman movie that will have you banging a tin cup on the table in excitement.

When he's not busy shooting whales with a crossbow, chilling with his bro Silvio Berlusconi, or riding horseback with no shirt, Vladimir Putin regales the likes of Kevin Costner and Sharon Stone with creepily bloodless renditions of Fats Domino hits.

The American League Championship Series kicks off tonight, we're in the mood for baseball and there's no better baseball flick than Bull Durham. But, just because it's great doesn't mean it's perfect. A collection of its most obvious mistakes inside.

Bubbly blond TV personality Ryan Seacrest is selling the mansion he bought from Kevin Costner in 2006. His redecorating efforts even landed the "Casa di Pace" a spread in Architectural Digest! Wanna live in Mr. Infotainment's crib? Photos below.

Here's a trailer for The Company Men, John "ER" Wells' drama feature about the working men of the rat race and what happens when they get laid off. Very timely! The teaser was intriguing. How does the full-length trailer look?

BP executives had a press conference yesterday with their celebrity savior Kevin Costner to heap praise on his miraculous oil-cleaning machine. Too bad the device hasn't even been put in the water yet. Remember about chickens and hatching, BP.

Inspired by his role in "Waterworld" and 1989's Exxon Valdez disaster, Kevin Costner's company Costner Industries has developed a machine that separates the water from the oil at high speeds. Though initial tests proved unsuccessful, Costner Industries remain optimistic.

These days we use celebrities for everything, so why not get one to clean up one of our greatest natural disasters? Kevin Costner's gizmo that separates oil from water might be just what BP needs to save Louisiana's shores.

While going over the headlines this morning on Fox & Friends, Steve Doocy reacted to Kevin Costner's involvement in the gulf oil spill in the same way that many have reacted to Mr. Costner's films for the past ten years.

[Kevin Costner testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology today. He talked about his Ocean Therapy Solutions water purifiers could possibly clean up the BP oil spill. Really. Image via Getty]

BP have tried everything from hats to golf balls to try and stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Know what they didn't think of? Kevin Costner. Who may actually save the ocean like a real-life action hero.

One is a Cambridge-educated starlet. The other is an "ink-stained hellcat" who kissed and told. Tabloid coincidence and famous actresses' husbands bring them together. Alec Baldwin gets in a homophobic/homoerotic war of words. Thursday gossip is full of surprises.

Kate Winslet will play a single mother. Taylor Lautner is causing fights. Twilight gets sliced in two. Kevin Costner? He's just chillin', starring in a new WWII pick. The Roundup just won $5 on a scratch ticket. It's buying another!

Astronomers have found a planet around six-and-a-half times the size of Earth, which they believe has abundant liquid water. It's one of the most Earth-like planets discovered yet, and it's a mere 40 light-years away. Road trip! [MSNBC]

Here's a prediction of how land is going to change as oceans rise over the years. A tipster helpfully points out a submerged Greenpoint, thus relegating serious contingencies of Brooklyn's hipsters to a Waterworld-like existence. The big difference: water. [BoingBoing]

• An autopsy is scheduled to be performed on Michael Jackson this morning; just when the results will be back isn't clear. Meanwhile, attention is being focused on the drugs Jackson may have been taking just before he went into cardiac arrest yesterday, a "cocktail" that may have included the powerful narcotic Demerol. [AP, NYP, Sun, TMZ]
• Naturally, Jackson's death has led just about every living celebrity to issue a statement, extend condolences, and/or use otherwise clog up Twitter with some sort of thought on Jackson's passing. [People, Mirror, NYP]
• Jackson was reportedly $500 million in debt when he died. [NYP]
• As for how Jackson's kids are coping with the news, they're supposedly "very upset" but "fine," whatever that means. But no one knows who will take custody of them or if Jackson left behind and instructions. [Sun]
• In the meantime, Jackson's fans have been holding vigils outside the hospital where his body is located, outside the Neverland Ranch, and in front of his childhood home in Gary, Indiana, among other places. [TMZ, TMZ]

Hipster movies are made, as are ones about the depraved world of small town Texas. Which are sorta hipster in their own right. Bad news for David E. Kelley, which is good news for us.