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Today Jason Segel announced he'd be leaving "How I Met Your Mother" at the end of the upcoming season, Ibtimes reports. While the show could wrap up entirely after season eight, season nine rumors are strong. If the show does continue without Segel, here are five ways Marshall Eriksen could leave Ted Mosby's group for good.

Actor Burr Steers, the nephew of writer Gore Vidal, was in the news Wednesday when he confirmed to reporters that his father had passed away of pneumonia.

Macaulay Culkin, who has been seen in photos this year looking completely gaunt, may have a heroin addiction, according to a friend who called the "Home Alone" actor's drug habit fueled by "junkies and lowlifes" a "tragedy."

More than thirty-five years after Franco?s death, the generalissimo remains a divisive figure.

Numerous reports falsely claimed earlier this week that Robert Pattinson will be cancelling his first public appearance due to girlfriend Kristen Stewart's cheating scandal, according to the "Twilight" actor's rep.

Comedy Central?s Stephen Colbert will host his second annual Rocktaugustfest on the USS Intrepid in the New York City Harbor. StePhestColbchella ?012 is scheduled for August 10 and will be featuring the likes of The Flaming Lips, Santigold, Grizzly Bear, Grandmaster Flash, and fun.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday offered a gloomier view of the economy as the labor market showed no sign of improvement since its last meeting. However, despite mounting signs of a sharp slowdown in the U.S. economy, central bank officials decided to take more time to make up their mind and refrained from enacting another monetary stimulus.

If you crave a night of theater or dance, head to New York, but for live music, you might want to try Paris. If it?s history you?re after, Istanbul?s your spot, but if you?d rather relax in nature, try Singapore. And if you want to dance the night away, look no further than Sao Paulo.

Moira Johnston had enough when other people at her yoga studio complained that she took her shirt off, even though the male yogis were doing the same. Since May she's been walking around lower Manhattan with her breasts exposed to raise awareness that women can go topless.

One can imagine how stressful competing in the London Games can be for Olympic athletes. But all too often, it seems the parents of athletes are the ones at the center of attention during the fierce competition, watching overanxiously in the stands as their sons and daughters go for the gold. Extreme parent reactions came into full spotlight on Sunday when the parents of Aly Raisman "stole the show," as some media reports said during NBC's coverage of her battle with Jordyn Wieber.

Zynga is planning a dramatic internal restructuring following last week's poor financial performance that includes stripping the current COO of his product oversight responsibilities, according to sources within the company. But will this actually help the company recoup some of its losses?

Women are not the only ones faking orgasms anymore. While you may think your man loves your sex life, he could be lying to you.

Katie Couric has reportedly found a new love in her life, financial bigwig John Molner. The couple attended the Ellen Hermanson Breast Cancer Benefit together on Saturday. Though the two were not photographed together, sources said they were definitely canoodling at the event. But who is the 49-year-old financial honcho?

Set in her home country of Trinidad, rapper Nicki Minaj shows major skin in her latest music video, "Pound the Alarm" which premiered on Tuesday.

After a ton of tumultuous, high-profile relationships in the past, Derek Jeter may be dating a new girlfriend named Hannah Davis after the Ralph Lauren model was spotted with the New York Yankees shortstop on Monday night.

The Turkish army rolled out about two dozen tanks Wednesday in Nusaybin, a town of about 80,000 residents on the border with Syria and about 100 miles west of Iraq.

Move over Jim Toth! After Robert Pattinson's highly publicized fall out with cheating girlfriend of three years, Kristen Stewart, the "Twilight" heartthrob has turned to a friend for some help (and shelter). According to reports, Pattinson is staying at former co-star Reese Witherspoon's vacation home in Ojai, California.

In the wake of multiple reports claiming that Apple would make its sixth generation iPhone, unofficially called the "iPhone 5," public at a special event in September, another report from Asia hit the web Tuesday, suggesting that the delivery schedule and the early shipment of the flagship smartphone might be disrupted due to low yield rates of in-cell touch panels the device is rumored to feature.

A female judo fighter from Saudi Arabia was cleared on Tuesday to compete in the London Olympics after Saudis threatened to pull the contestant out if she was not allowed to cover her head during her event.

Google's Nexus Q, the spherical black media device that played a big role in the Google I/O keynote in June, is apparently off to a shaky start. The company announced Tuesday that the launch of the Nexus Q had definitely been delayed as it was still working on the device for further improvements.

Celebrated author, playwright, politician and commentator Gore Vidal breathed his last Tuesday and left behind a repository of published works and remarks that were famous for their unconventional wit and wisdom.