Television News: Chris Noth, Luke Perry And American Idol

Chris Noth will not be returning for the eighth season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a rep for USA confirms to Usmagazine.com. Chris has played Detective Mike Logan on two of the Law and Order shows. Chris first played Mike Logan on the original show on NBC from 1990 to 1995. He then brought back the character on Criminal Intent in 2005. He also is well known for his role Mr. Big on Sex and the City. He played that character on the HBO series and in the big screen movie that is still in theaters. Meanwhile, Jeff Goldblum is joining the cast of Criminal Intent starting this fall.

Don't expect Luke Perry to join Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth on the CW's 90210 spin-off. “I can’t re-imagine it currently,” Luke told The Billy Bush Show Thursday. “It’s just not something that I’ve thought about to be quite honest,” Luke, who played brooding rebel Dylan McKay revealed. “I don’t see it happening.” As for his former castmates Tori and Jennie, “I wish them a lot of luck. I hope they have a lot of success with it,” Luke said.

Auditions for the eighth season of Fox's American Idol are underway. They kick off July 17 in San Francisco and will head to seven additional cities.
The locations are:
San Francisco, CA: July 17
Louisville, KY: July 21
Phoenix, AZ: July 25
Salt Lake City, UT: July 29
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Aug. 2
Kansas City, MO: Aug. 8
Jacksonville, FL: Aug. 13
East Rutherford, NJ: Aug. 19

Source: www.usmagazine.com