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• CBS Pulls "Mike & Molly" Tornado-Themed Finale
  

  George Doyle/Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- In light of the real-life devastation that tornados are causing in the Midwest, CBS has decided to postpone the finale of the sitcom Mike & Molly, which dealt with a tornado hitting Chicago.
  
  “Due to the tragic events this afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight’s season finale of Mike & Molly, which has a related storyline,” a CBS spokesperson tells ABC News in a statement. “A repeat broadcast of Mike & Molly will run in the time period.”
  
  On Monday, a huge tornado ripped through Oklahoma City, delivering a “direct hit” on an elementary school. The twister is just one of more than 50 devastating storms that have ravaged the Midwest since Sunday, leaving dozens of people dead and injured.
  
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• The Doors' Ray Manzarek Dead at Age 74 After Battle with Cancer
  

  The Doors in 1968. Ray Manzarek (far right) died May 20, 2013 (Express/Express/Getty Images)(ROSENHEIM, Germany) -- Ray Manzarek, founding keyboardist of The Doors, died Monday at age 74 at a medical clinic in Rosenheim, Germany, after a long battle with bile duct cancer.  At his side was his wife of 45 years, Dorothy, as well as his brothers Rick and James Manczarek.
  
  Ray co-founded The Doors in Venice Beach, California, in 1965 with singer and fellow UCLA film student Jim Morrison, along with guitarist Robby Krieger and drummer John Densmore.  Driven by Morrison's charismatic stage presence, powerful voice and poetic lyrics, as well as Manzarek's hypnotic, jazzy keyboards, the band soon shot to stardom on the strength of such classic hits as the chart-topping "Light My Fire" and "Hello, I Love You."  The group continued to release popular albums and singles until Morrison's death from heart failure at age 27 in July 1971.  On the strength of The Doors' enduring body of work, the band has gone on to influence and inspire countless other artists, while selling more than 100 million albums worldwide.
  
  After The Doors broke up in 1973, Manzarek continued his music career, releasing a number of solo albums and collaborative albums.  From 2001 until his death, Manzarek performed Doors music in a popular touring group with Krieger that most recently was called the Manzarek-Krieger Band.  Manzarek also has recorded albums with blues guitarist Roy Rogers and poet Michael McClure, has produced music by such bands as Echo and the Bunnymen and X, and has written a memoir and two novels.
  
  Commenting on Manzarek's death, Krieger said in a statement, "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today.  I'm just glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade.  Ray was a huge part of my life and I will always miss him."
  
  Besides his wife and brothers, Manzarek is survived by a son, Pablo Manzarek, as well as three grandchildren -- Noah, Apollo and Camille.  No official funeral plans have been confirmed.  The family is suggesting that rather than sending flowers, fans can make a donation in honor of Ray to StandUp2Cancer.org.
  
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• "Dancing with the Stars" Finals Begin Monday Night
  

  ABC/Adam Taylor(LOS ANGELES) -- This week, a new Dancing with the Stars champion will be crowned. 

  The finals begin Monday night with the four remaining couples -- Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff, Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough, Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas, and Zendaya and Val Chmerkovskiy -- stepping onto the dance floor to perform three times.
  
  First, the duos will have to repeat a dance style as chosen by the judges.  Next, the couples will take part in a "cha cha relay," in which they each dance to a different section of the same song.  Finally, the pairs will participate in a "supersized freestyle."
  
  Zendaya isn't lacking in confidence; she says she knew from the get-go that she would advance this far into the competition.

  The Disney star tells ABC News Radio, "I've always kind of thought I'm here to the end.  I'm going to work hard, and it's always been in my thought process."
  
  Olympic gold-medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman suggests she's just happy to be in the finals.

  She comments, "I just really, really wanted to make it to the finals.  You know, this competition is so tough. It's going to be a very, very tough final."
  
  Super Bowl-winning football player Jacoby Jones isn't satisfied with his performance yet.  He has his eyes on the prize: "I want the trophy.  It is a competition at the end of the day, and I am competitive."
  
  Kellie Pickler undoubtedly wants the Mirror Ball trophy, too, but if she does take it, it will have come at a price.

  The country singer laments, "My legs are sore.  My calf is, we have to do the quickstep this week.  That dance is exhausting.  My legs, they're like overcooked noodles where they're just like, they're going to collapse at any minute."
  
  The performance show airs Monday on ABC at 8 p.m. Eastern time.  The Mirror Ball trophy will be awarded Tuesday night, at the end of a two-hour results show.

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• "30 Rock" Actress Katrina Bowden Weds
  

  Ali Goldstein/NBC(NEW YORK) -- Katrina Bowden, who played Cerie, the ditzy secretary of Tina Fey's Liz Lemon, on 30 Rock, is a newlywed.
  
  She and musician Ben Jorgensen married in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sunday, according to People magazine.

  The actress tweeted, "I married y'all!!! I'm now Mrs. @benjorg!!!!"
  
  The 24-year-old Bowden got engaged to Jorgensen in January 2012.
  
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• Antonio Banderas to Play 'Super Mario' in Chilean Miners Drama
  

  Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI(LOS ANGELES) -- Antonio Banderas has signed on to play one of the stranded miners in the reality-based drama The 33.
  
  The film tracks the plight and ultimate rescue of 33 Chilean miners who were stranded underground for 69 days back in 2010.
  
  Variety reports Banderas will play Mario Sepulveda, the charismatic miner who became known as "Super Mario" by the media that covered the trapped men around the clock.
  
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