Here are today’s top entertainment headlines:

• Sopranos actor Vincent Pastore has announced that he is backing out of the new season of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.  Speculation centered on Pastore, 60, being unable to keep up physically with the demanding training sessions, but when asked as to why he was forgoing a stint on the successful show, Pastore responded that he’d “hate to have to bust Heather Mills one good knee if it looked like she was gonna beat me.  And besides, I don’t think the show can handle two ‘Big Pussys.’ Know what I’m sayin’?”

• Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, co-executive producers for the hit TV show Lost, have signed a new deal with ABC Television that will keep them with the station till 2010.  The deal will elevate the pair to Executive Producers and give them a chance to develop new shows for the network.  The first new show, Missing, will debut in 2008 with other shows, such as Misplaced and Lost 2: Electric Boogaloo, premiering shortly thereafter.

• Jeff Goldblum has won a permanent restraining order against a woman he claims has been stalking him for years.  After hearing testimony from both sides, a Superior court judge ruled that the woman, Linda Ransom, must stay at least 100 yards away from the aging actor.  When asked if the punishment was too harsh, the judge reportedly pointed out that “the general public stays at least 50 yards away from anything Glodblum touches.”

• And finally today, a new book on the life of Bob Dylan will be released later this year. The book, titled Bob Dylan: Intimate Insights From Friends And Fellow Musicians, will feature stories from friends and fellow musicians such as The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty, among others. Dylan’s voice coach will not be featured in the book.

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(Compiled by J. Allen)

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