LOS ANGELES - PAULA Abdul says the Fox network and 'American Idol' producers knew Paula Goodspeed had stalked her, and allowed the woman to audition for the show anyway.

'I said this girl is a stalker of mine and please do not let her in,' Abdul said on Monday during an interview with Barbara Walters on her Sirius XM radio show.

CHICAGO - AN EMBARRASSED Oprah Winfrey says she's 'fallen off the wagon' of healthy living and has ballooned to 90kg.

In January's 'O' magazine, Winfrey, 54, details her recent struggles with an out-of-balance thyroid and how the condition made her develop 'a fear of working out.' She says she's gained 40 pounds (18kg) since 2006, when she weighed 160 pounds (72kg).

Hong Kong - Singer Vivian Chow's 19-year romance is on the rocks, after her beau's drunken kiss with a young woman made the front page of a tabloid on Monday, reported newspapers.

Joe Ni, the 44-year-old writer and son of sci-fi author Ni Kuang, was photographed making out with the woman in a bar in the Lan Kwai Fong district on Sunday, according to a report in the Oriental Sunday tabloid.