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KATIE COURIC: U.S. broadcast journalist Katie Couric is expected to announce this week her departure from the "CBS Evening News" after five years, sources told EW.com.

Couric's contract with the network is to expire in June.

The 54-year-old anchor is leaving the broadcast to develop a new daytime talk show that may involve Matt Lauer, her former co-anchor at NBC's "Today" show, EW.com said Monday.

NBC has denied Lauer plans to leave "Today."

LEVI JOHNSTON: Levi Johnston, who became a celebrity after fathering a child with the daughter of U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, is writing a book.

Palin, a former governor of Alaska, ran on the 2008 presidential ticket with Republican nominee John McCain.

Bristol's pregnancy came to light when her mother was on the campaign trail. At the time, Bristol and Johnston were both 18.

The Los Angeles Times said Johnston will tell the story from his point of view in a book called "Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs."

Touchstone Publishing is to release it this fall.

"I want to tell the truth about my close relationship with the Palins, my sense of Sarah and my perplexing fall from grace -- how I feel and what I've learned," the Times quoted Johnston as saying in a statement released by his publisher.

EMINEM: Detroit rapper Eminem and his former collaborator Royce da 5'9" have reunited to record a new CD, Interscope Records announced.

"A decade after they last recorded together, Eminem and Royce da 5'9" have revived their Bad Meets Evil project, today officially announcing that an EP on Shady/Interscope Records will be released June 14," the label said.

"Royce and I started hanging out again and inevitably that led us back into the studio," Eminem said in a statement. "At first, we were just seeing where it went without any real goal in mind, but the songs started to come together crazy, so here we are."

"I'm excited to see this project come to fruition considering the long lapse in time between when we worked before and now," added Royce. "We had a blast doing it and we just hope everyone enjoys it while we're working on the monster that will be the 'Slaughterhouse' album."

KEVIN JAMES: Kevin James' wife, Steffiana, has given birth in Boston to their first son, the actor's publicist said.

James is best known for his work on the TV sitcom "The King of Queens," as well as in the films "Hitch," "Mall Cop" and "Grown Ups."

He and his wife are the parents of daughters Sienna-Marie, 5, and Shea, 3.

People.com said the couple's son, Kannon Valentine James, was born Sunday.

No other details about the baby's birth were immediately reported.