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LOS ANGELES - Kirstie Alley is going to star in a new A&E reality "docu-series" about her life as a single mom and her efforts to lose weight.

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The network has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the untitled series from "American Idol" producer FremantleMedia North America. The show will follow the actress at home with her teenage children, at work and as she launches a new weight-loss program.

The 58-year-old Alley, who starred in the sitcoms "Veronica's Closet" and "Cheers," appeared in the 2005 Showtime comedy series "Fat Actress." She played a version of herself coping with Hollywood's fixation on thinness.

The A&E series is to air next year.

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Canadian rocker Randy Bachman is involved in a court fight with his brother over the rights to their iconic 1970s rock group's name Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

Bachman's brother, Robin, and fellow band mate Blair Thornton have launched a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court claiming Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, the other member of the rock quartet, signed away their rights to the names Bachman-Turner Overdrive, BTO and any similar names.

Thornton and Robin Bachman claim Randy Bachman's company trademarked the name Bachman-Turner and Bachman-Turner Union in Canada and the United States earlier this year.

Their statement of claim asks for an injunction, saying Randy

Bachman and Turner are confusing the public and businesses into believing their other companies are connected with the business of Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

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Celebrity Birthdays:

* Director Mike Nichols is 78.

* Canadian children's entertainer Fred Penner is 63.

* Actress Sally Field is 63.

* Singer Glenn Frey is 61.

* First Lady of California Maria Shriver is 54.

* Actress Lori Singer (Fame, Footloose) is 52.

* Actor Lance Kerwin is 49.

* Actor Peter DeLuise (21 Jump Street) is 43.

* Actress Kelly Rutherford (Melrose Place) is 41.

* Actor Ethan Hawke is 39.

* Actress Thandie Newton is 37.

* Model-actress Rebecca Romijn is 37.

* Actress Emma Stone (Zombieland, Superbad) is 21.