Larry King’s wife Shawn Southwick reportedly overdosed on prescription drugs in what investigators are considering a suicide bid. Fortunately, Shawn failed.

It all went down May 28 when Shawn’s dad called 911 from the Kings’ home in Provo, Utah, telling the dispatcher Shawn was breathing but not responsive.

Shawn King left a handwritten note stating she OD’d on purpose and indicated where she wanted to be buried, according to police, who found a lot meds.

Larry King says their marriage is still intact, despite both of them filing for divorce in April. Later, they called it off and decided to make the marriage work.

Apparently things went south between then and May 28, though.

Shawn King with Larry and their two sons.

Among the medications found at the home, Subutex is used to treat narcotic addiction, while Cymbalta is an anti-depressant and Lyrica a seizure treatment.

Klonopin and Clonazepam are anti-anxiety meds. Bottles of those two, along with Ambien, were empty and had been filled within 10 days of the incident.

Sources close to Shawn Southwick say she battles depression, which started, continued and never stopped over Larry King’s alleged affair with her sister.

Shawn has been “extremely depressed” for more than five years, and the trigger is believed to be Larry’s long-term involvement with Shannon Engemann.

If you’ve been following this story, you may recall that several years ago, this all blew up in Larry’s face, and he made a peace offering to Shawn King.

At that point, Larry transferred title to all three of the couple’s homes to Shawn’s name alone. Yet for years, she still believed that he was doing Shannon.

She has denied an affair with King, so it’s not clear what went on. But a source says, “She fought like crazy to remain sane, just to take care of her kids.”

Married since 1996, they have two boys under the age of 10. Their baseball coach, Hector Penate, says he had an affair with Shawn … often. Anyway …

Shawn remains depressed even after reconciling with Larry, says a source: “Shawn’s not a pill popper, but feels it’s her only way to deal with depression.”

We hope she finds a better one, and soon.

Larry King with Shawn Southwick (left) and her sister Shannon Engemann.

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“I am the luckiest girl in the world,” says Whitney Port, star of MTV’s The City. “In my wildest dreams, I never could have imagined that at 25, I’d be living in New York City!” Whitney has been loving life ever since she moved into this two-floor, über-trendy downtown apartment nearly a year ago. “It’s wonderful here. There are even trees outside of my window!” she tells In Touch. Whitney furnished her home using pieces she scored at local flea markets and antique shops – some as far away as Missouri, where the up-and-coming clothing designer vacations with her family each summer. “It’s amazing what you can find at these places,” she says. “I love to mix and match styles, textures and designs.” The reality-TV star tells In Touch that every piece of art, furniture and flooring in her home was handpicked by her for the space, but adds that the entire condo was designed around one element – her cushy living room couch. “I loved it from the moment I saw it,” she says of the curvaceous teal sofa that dominates her den. “I knew it was a little impractical, but I also knew it would be a great statement piece. I just went with it.”

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Ali Fedotowsky wants to “crash diet” after gaining a staggering 15 pounds during and after filming The Bachelorette, according to the new issue of Us Weekly.

Either it’s a really slow week at Us Weekly, or Ali has an eating disorder and/or severely low self-esteem, because … well, have you seen her? She’s so cute!

Still, “They’d retape scenes, so all she did was eat and drink,” a show insider explains. After the show wrapped, “she binged while unwinding with her family.”

We’re not sure what’s more shocking, that Ali Fedotowsky thinks she needs to lose weight, or that they re-tape scenes on The Bachelorette … no effing way.

We feel like we’ve been kicked in the stomach, then again in the groin.

Ali Fedotowsky on The Bachelorette, left, and two weeks ago. Do you think she really filled out that much? If anything, those supposed 15 pounds may look good on her.

According to the celebrity gossip tabloid, after she saw her fuller figure on the ABC series’ premiere, the 25-year-old was inspired to get back into shape.

“It’s been stressful watching herself,” a source says of the Facebook ad rep. “She’s a size 6 and not meant to be super tiny, but she wants to lose weight.”

Her plan – Bachelorette spoilers alert! – a high protein diet of egg whites, calorie counting and daily runs. Not exactly anorexic/bulimic behavior, at least.

Still, is it necessary? Could the rumors that she’s still single and picks no one on the season finale be playing a role in this somehow? We’re quite curious.

“I’m not sure if she’s lost anything yet,” says the pal. “But she’s trying!”

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Shirtless werewolves are coming to Eclipse.

This shouldn’t come as shocking news to anyone familiar with the Twilight Saga, but fans of the Wolf Pack should still be excited for to sink their teeth into a newly-released clip from the movie.

It may not feature Robert Pattinson in all his brooding hotness, but it makes up for that with a scene based around Bella, Jacob and the frequency with which the latter discusses the former. His topless pals mock him for it.

See what we mean now:

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At some point, Kate Middleton and Prince William will likely get married.

Here’s to hoping the ceremony takes place in a town hall civil ceremony!

That would show these annoying supermarket tabloids, who continue to cash in on the mere presumptions of what this royal wedding will look like.

In the latest example of anonymous sources citing unspecified facts regarding the couple’s plans, OK! Weekly reports that William and Kate will attempt to duplicate the nuptials of the former’s late mother, Princess Diana.

“Princess Diana talked about what she wanted her sons’ weddings to be like even when she was pregnant with them,” said a source.

Ironically, Princess Diana was also killed because the paparazzi were chasing her limo. So it’s nice to see celebrity gossip reporters have learned from their mistakes and are giving William and Kate room to breathe.

Sigh.

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It’s been a year since Jon and Kate Gosselin‘s very public split, but Kate can’t seem to let go of her bitter feelings toward Jon, whom she also condescendingly referred to as her “helper” on a recent episode of her new TLC show Kate Plus 8. A family friend believes that Kate is actually jealous of Jon, who is already talking marriage with his new girlfriend, Ellen Ross. Kate may also be jealous of Jon’s close relationship with their eight children. When the kids are with him – which is supposed to be every other weekend and some nights for dinner – they see his family and longtime friends, but when they’re with Kate they are often left with the help. “She has so many nannies and sitters, it’s ridiculous,” says the family friend. “Who knows what she’s off doing all the time – gallivanting and having people babysit the kids.” And while Jon isn’t part of the new reality show at all, Kate seems to revel in rubbing that in and excluding him. “She doesn’t even tell him the shooting schedule,” says the family friend, who notes that violates their custody agreement.

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Jesse James is said to be pondering a relocation to Texas to be closer to estranged wife Sandra Bullock, who he still hopes will take him back (wishful thinking).

But is he reverting to his sleazy ways at the same time?

“He told me that if he doesn’t get back together with Sandra, he’s got a backup plan with another girl in Austin,” says his porn star ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder.

According to In Touch (yeah, we know) Sandra Bullock looks all sorts of radiant and happy now, but there “may be another bomb lurking, ready to detonate.”

LOL. The only source of this information is Lindemulder, who says Jesse James hasn’t changed his stripes at all, but who is an even bigger mess than he is.

BETRAYED AGAIN? Doubtful, as it implies she’s even giving him a shot.

While a friend of Jesse’s insists he wants to reconcile with Sandra – and is seeing no other women as a result – Janine says a secret lover in Austin fits his M.O.

“Every city, even if he didn’t have a girl that lived there, he would fly a girl in,” she says. “I think Jesse gets off on that, the thrill of doing it under her nose.”

Reckless as it seems, this behavior is all too familiar for Jesse, whose two-timing ways came to light starting in March thanks to Michelle “Bombshell” McGee.

“Imagine him saying he is moving to Austin to be a dad to 5-month-old Louis and to be there for Sandra, and uprooting Sunny,” Lindemulder opines.

“But it’s really because he might be pursuing mistresses. He could be off his rocker.”

Of course, it could also be to get away from his crazy ex-wife, Janine, who can’t leave California under the conditions of her PAROLE. Just throwing that out there.

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If you never saw Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder, his hilarious, off-the-wall antics at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday served as your introduction to Les Grossman.

Now the cutthroat movie producer is getting his own film.

In a press release, Paramount Pictures and MTV Films announced that the development of a comedy focused on the foul-mouthed Grossman was in the works.

Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfield are producing the project.

The press release from MTV phrases the movie’s development as if Cruise’s character, with Les himself announcing the new film in typically humble fashion:

“To quote my great friend Kirk Lazarus, ‘I don’t read the script, the script reads me.’”

Tom Cruise/Les Grossman is ready to spank the competition.

Stiller, one of Cruise’s Grossman’s Tropic Thunder co-stars, says “He has assured me he plans to, quote, ‘F—ing kill the sh– out of this movie and make “Citizen f—ing Kane” look like a piece-of-crap home movie by the time we are done.’”

That pretty much sums it up right there.

Paramount President Adam Goodman added: “Everything I learned in this business, I’ve learned from Les. I started out as his assistant, and from the first day he threw his desk at me when I got his lunch order wrong, I have loved him like a father.”

Like Get Him to the Greek, in which Russell Brand reprises his Forgetting Sarah Marshall character Aldous Snow in a starring role, this sounds like a potential hit.

At the very least, it’ll help Cruise’s image a bit. His popularity has dipped as more people view him as kind of a crazy individual, but he’s still a talented, fun guy.

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Dion Mial, the former manager of Gary Coleman, is willing to flat out say what many people are secretly thinking – his death was not the result of an accident.

“I wholeheartedly believe there was foul play here,” Mial told Radar Online.

The 42-year-old died in May after falling and suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was hospitalized and eventually pulled off life support by his ex-wife Shannon Price.

Price has come under fire from many of the actor’s friends and associates and friends for her behavior during and after his hospitalization and tragic passing.

Selling that Gary Coleman death photo was the final straw.

Gary Coleman and Dion Mial many years ago.

Mial is the executor of Coleman’s 1999 will, which may or may not be valid (another, more recent will has surfaced in recent days but has not been made public).

Executor or not, Dion has no qualms about sharing his thoughts on Price: “The picture that Shannon took in the hospital is much worse than people can see.”

“There is nothing covert about her behavior and how she handled this. There are criminal intentions relative to Gary’s death,” Dion added but did not elaborate.

Price, whose odd behavior began with her nonchalant 911 call after Coleman’s fall, has blamed Mial for her inability to afford the house she shared with Gary.

She has continued to shop around interviews, asking up to $50,000, and in the interviews, has adamantly denied responsibility for Coleman’s fall and death.

This is strange, as no one accused Shannon Price of anything, other than being a terrible person (before Mial’s quotes). All of this begs a disturbing question:

Did she want Coleman dead, and somehow engineer it?

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As one of the breakout hits of the 2009-2010 TV season, The Vampire Diaries featured murder, intrigue and sex.

But just because her character got it on with Paul Wesley’s Stefan Salvatore, Nina Dobrev has an unfortunate message for male fans of her show: you won’t see me naked!

“I’m very content with not being nude on national television – I enjoy True Blood myself and I watch the show, but I’m happy that bra and underwear is as stripped down as I can get for [The Vampire Diaries].”

Dobrev uttered these words at the Monte Carlo Television Festival, where she was also asked to compare The Vampire Diaries with similar programming available to viewers: True Blood and Twilight. She said:

“I don’t think that we’re necessarily competitors. We’re all kind of in the same genre… but they are all very different. It’s like apples and oranges. I have friends in all three of the shows that are vampire related, so I’m very happy for all of our successes.”

While Nina will be keeping her shirt on, there’s good news for female viewers of the show: Wesley and Ian Somerhalder (pictured below with their co-star in Monte Carlo) will NOT be. New episodes suddenly can’t come fast enough, can they?

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