'Scrubs' alumn Sarah Chalke has landed the lead in an ABC multi-camera sitcom pilot called "How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life."

This week's "Castle" is going totally film noir. In "The Blue Butterfly," Castle and Beckett discover that the murder case they're investigating is linked to a homicide from 1947 involving a lot of mystery and a very tough private detective. They soon realize that they have to crack the old case to solve the new one, and we get to see them acting out the parts in some very cool flashbacks.

Yes, it's another chance to see Castle and Beckett hooking up onscreen, without them actually hooking up (oh, those smart "Castle" writers!), but if Castle's private eye guy is really the cream in Beckett's femme fatale character's coffee as she says, why is he kissing another woman?

Check out our fun first look at this stylishly cinematic episode.

INDIANAPOLIS — Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.

Athletes and celebrities had different strategies as they prepared to play in the sixth annual DirectTV Celebrity Beach Bowl. The event teams up stars with former and current professional athletes for a flag football game on the sand.

Assistant coach Neil Patrick Harris admitted he didn't know much about the game, so he was going to rely on his teammates to make the calls.

"I really am not competitive at all. I quite frankly don't know what is going to happen or what we are playing," the actor said with a smile. "I know it is football of some sort, but it might be flag football, touch, two-handed touch. I don't know."

Lucky for him, legend Joe Montana was on his team.

"I hate to lose," Montana said ahead of the game. "I am not very good at losing. You try to go into this as it's going to be a fun game, but as soon as you get involved ... if they score, you go, `OK.' You have got to at least keep it competitive. I can't just go through the motions. I want to win."

Sparks arrived with her dad, Phillippi Sparks, a former New York Giant. The former "American Idol" champ says she wasn't expecting intense action.

"I know it is not tackle. They are just grabbing the flag, but who knows, we could get tripped up and stuff, so I am glad there is sand," she said. "I am nervous about it getting in my eyes if I fall but other than that, it is going to be a lot of fun. I am excited. "

As for the other big game in Indianapolis, Sanders said he would not pick the New England Patriots or the New York Giants to win on Sunday.

"I am a former player. I am not rooting for anybody. I just want a good quality game. I just want the fans to be entertained for three and a half hours. I want Madonna to come out and do the doggone thing like she can do it," he said of her halftime performance.

Other big names at the event included Peyton Manning, Chace Crawford, Cam Newton, Terrell Owens and David Arquette, who said he's been having a great time in Indianapolis.

"What I really like about Super Bowl in general is that it introduces you to another city," he said. "Indianapolis is a beautiful city a lot of people might not know about or have not visited. To come here and to meet the people and see the city, that is my favorite part actually."

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Alicia Quarles is the AP's Global Entertainment and Lifestyles Editor. Follow her online at http://www.twitter.com/aliciaquarles

Every year, millions of people tune in to watch the most anticipated football game of the season: the Super Bowl.

Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow said he could one day explore politics "if it's something I care about."

Tebow said he wouldn't rule out a potential future run for office during an interview with Dave Feherty -- host of the Golf Channel's "Feherty Live" -- that's set to air 10 p.m. Saturday.

"I don't know -- it could be something in my future," Tebow said, according to Politico. "If it's something I care about, possibly."

Though Tebow has sparked controversy over his strong religious views, the 2012 Republican presidential candidates have worked to associate themselves with the famous quarterback. Texas governor Rick Perry -- who dropped out of the GOP primary race ahead of the South Carolina primary -- even once compared himself to the athlete during a debate, saying "I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses."

Despite the fact that several GOP hopefuls have reached out to the NFL star hoping to win his backing, Tebow has yet to endorse a presidential candidate.

SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego judge has sentenced the son of actor Ryan O'Neal to 16 months in prison for his involvement in a drug-fueled, head-on car crash last year that left another driver injured.

Griffin O'Neal had faced up to four years in state prison at his sentencing Friday.

O'Neal pleaded guilty to two felony charges of driving under the influence and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was on probation for a 2007 when the crash occurred in August. Prosecutors say he tested positive for several drugs at the time.

O'Neal missed his sentencing hearing last month. His lawyer Heather Boxeth has said O'Neal relapsed by drinking alcohol after five years of sobriety and was in rehab.

Ron Paul claimed he didn't get the endorsement of Donald Trump because he was the only Republican presidential "candidate that didn't kiss his ring."

Paul hit at his GOP rivals for meeting with the billionaire real estate mogul in 2011, the State Column reports. Mitt Romney, who met with Trump in late September but denied media access to the encounter, received Trump's endorsement Feb. 2, just days ahead of the 2012 Nevada Caucuses.

In an interview with Fox 13 News, Paul downplayed the value of Trump's endorsement, saying he "can't imagine why anybody talks about him."

"I don't think he has that much credibility," Paul said. "I never went up to see him. I don't understand why people pay any attention to him."

This isn't the first time Paul has jabbed Trump. He released an earlier statement asking "why anyone would care" about Trump's endorsement of Romney.

Paul also refused to participate in a Trump-moderated debate in early December, calling it "wildly inappropriate." Trump's debate appearance was eventually canceled.

Trump caused confusion this week when reports initially surfaced that he would endorse Newt Gingrich in the Republican presidential race. Trump's eventual endorsement of Romney carried an element of surprise considering Trump's history of bashing Romney.

Looks like the "X Factor" bloodbath is over ... according to a source, L.A. Reid has signed a deal to return for Season 2 of the Fox singing competition series, making him the last man standing with Simon Cowell.

INDIANAPOLIS — "Twlight" star Kellan Lutz sympathizes with Gisele Bundchen.

Earlier in the week, some criticized the supermodel and wife of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after an email she reportedly sent to friends and family encouraging them to pray for her husband's success in the Super Bowl game against the New York Giants was leaked.

"I found that very endearing," Lutz said about the email. "Very sweet to have a wife do that for her husband and give that positive energy. I think we all need that in the world. To listen to the news broadcasters ... be negative towards that, I think it is really (bad)."

The die-hard football fan, who just attended the Pro Bowl, kicked off Super Bowl weekend by attending a Friday night party hosted by Audi. Lutz, who has been to Super Bowl weekend before, said he wants the Patriots to win Sunday.

"They have a great team. Solid team," he said. "I fell in love with Tom Brady. Met him once. Really great guy and they have a really solid team. Even if Tom isn't playing, their team is solid."

The actor may be known for his rock solid body, but says it dwarfs in comparison to the NFL players.

"All of these guys are definitely big guys," Lutz said with a smile. "I feel small. It is a weird feeling because in Hollywood you work with actors who are small. I love sports. I love football."

Other attendees at the Audi party included director Spike Lee, football great Jim Brown, Sherri Shepherd of ABC's "The View," and "Glee" star Matthew Morrison.

Morrison said he's rooting for a Giants win: "I lived in New York for 13 years." He also said he was enjoying the energy in the city: "They're real die-hard football fans here."

Audi wasn't the only party in Indianapolis on Friday night. There were several celebrity soirees, including one thrown by Playboy, where Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers hung out in the VIP area as lingerie-clad acrobats dangled from ropes from the ceiling.

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AP Music Editor Nekesa Mumbi Moody contributed to this report.

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In 1990, I had no idea who Madonna was. I was 43 years-old and the last time I had taken an interest in pop music was when I used to watch Dick Clark's American Bandstand and learn the latest songs such as "Earth Angel" and dance crazes like the Slop and the Frug from the Philadelphia bobby soxers. Oh, and I did have a healthy backlog of '60s songs to sing in the shower. "If I Had a Hammer" was perfect for when the water pipes began to make their knocking sounds. But I was a lyrics fiend and I couldn't understand the words to the new music delivered by rock stars that suckled the microphone.

But then, at my daughter's confirmation when she turned 16, the rabbi delivered a sermon railing against Madonna, her wantonness, the terrible influence she was having on teenage girls, instructing them to be Material Girls instead of Girl Scouts, exhorting them to be "Like a Virgin," instead of a real virgin. The language in her songs he couldn't bring himself repeat neither in nor out of temple. And her clothes! "Madonna," the rabbi said, "was promoting cleavage on the bima," meaning that the girls who followed her fashion wore low-cut dresses when they gave their bat mitzvah speeches.

Like the teens themselves, just tell me that I "shouldn't" listen to or watch something and I have to. I just do!

When my daughter wasn't home, I began to surreptitiously watch music videos on MTV, and everything my rabbi said was confirmed for me when I saw Madonna in a scanty black leather costume, a studded iron collar clamped around her neck as she writhed in chains while singing a sultry song. But the more Madonna videos I watched, the more astonished I was with her talent. No matter what color she dyed her hair: black, blonde, brown, however short or long she wore it, she was an iconic beauty that I was sure would be emblazoned on the world's consciousness forever like Marilyn Monroe or Marlene Dietrich. She has a slide trombone voice that can move you in any register. She can sound throaty, nasal, or clipped and tinny as a plucked electric guitar string. Her voice throbs through audiences, working them up to a frenzy. And she can deliver her lyrics with the passion of a Holy Roller speaking in tongues, yet you can understand each word and carry the song away with you.

Although I had to hand it to her as an entertainer, like my rabbi, I didn't want my daughter to dance like Madonna whose choreographer might have used the Kama Sutra for inspiration. I didn't want my daughter flipping through the pages of Madonna's Sex book where Madonna looked like a Richard Lindner painting -- hard-edged, veering on the abstract, but aggressively and assertively erotic. But would I tell my daughter not to listen to Madonna? Absolutely not, unless I wanted her to be Madonna's greatest fan.

Hedging, I asked her, "So, what do you think of Madonna?"

"I like Guns N' Roses better," she said.

Phew, I thought.

And then, two years later when my daughter was on break from college, we were in the Museum of Modern Art looking at a show of Cindy Sherman's photographs of herself as different characters such as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Sophia Loren in Two Women, challenging the traditional role of artist and model and how women were viewed in society, I started to think of all those Madonna videos I'd watched, how she'd entered a character so completely and left indelible images in a viewer's mind. Who could forget her lying in the coffin in "Like a Prayer" or dancing before a backdrop of burning crosses? Who could forget her in the man-tailored suit and short, combed-back, short hair singing, "Express Yourself"? At the end of the exhibit, I read on a placard that Madonna had sponsored Cindy Sherman's show. I stopped, live in my tracks, and reread it. I asked one of the docents about it. She told me that Madonna had not only backed Cindy Sherman's show, but that she was a great supporter of other women artists.

I began to chat Madonna up to my daughter. "Did you hear that?" I said. "Madonna is not only bringing herself forward, but all her sisters, too. She's a real feminist!"

My daughter, who had lived through the consciousness-raising groups I held in my basement, yawned a jaw-clicking yawn. Sure, she yawned. She was never forced to wear a panty girdle or go to a commuter college because "girls should always live at home before they're married." My daughter kayaked rapids, climbed mountains, and went off to college where her dorm bathroom was coed. How liberated can you get?

I dropped the subject. But I never dropped my admiration or interest in Madonna. She continues to inspire me. She has never stopped touring or innovating or broadening her interests. She's constantly breaking new ground. She is a philanthropist, raising awareness of the orphans in Malawi. She's published children's books and launched a clothing line with her daughter and who knows what she'll do next? Whenever I fall into the trap of I'm too old to do this ore that, I think of her still going strong in a youth culture, and I'm renewed.

I'm now confirmed in my belief that Madonna is a great example for my daughter and all our daughters. And to think I have my rabbi to thank for this revelation!