Buzz News Roundup, 12/21

• Fox has announced the schedule for the first weeks of American Idol, with the auditions starting Jan. 15 and the first live show airing Feb. 21; details are at The Futon Critic.
• Rainn Wilson will host the Independent Spirit Awards in February, Variety reports.
• According to Zap2It, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (formerly Eko on Lost) has been cast in the live-action G.I. Joe movie.
• Lou Reed will be the keynote speaker for the South by Southwest in 2008, writes Billboard.
• Stephen Colbert is the AP Celebrity of the Year, the Associated Press reports.
• A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila is getting a spinoff called That's Amore, writes the New York Daily News.
• MTV is making an original musical called The American Mall from the High School Musical producers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
• A Gossip Girl-inspired reality show appears to be in the works, TV Guide reports.
• The season finale of Dexter became Showtime's most watched broadcast ever on Sunday, according to Zap2it.
• Variety reports that Shirley MacLaine will play CoCo Chanel in a Lifetime miniseries.

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