Tony Shalhoub is one of the nicest men in Hollywood.  He’s always been good to me and my Who’s News readers; saying yes to my many interview requests over the years. We talked for this week's column about his leaving Monk, his USA Network series. "I don’t know if the fans know how much we appreciate them," he says, and he explains that it wasn’t easy to decide it was time to go. "So much is about timing," he tells me. So true.

Rocky Carroll is the only actor on two top hit shows — NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles — but do you think he and the family watch them at home?  No. They watch Dancing With The Stars. That's OK, Carroll tells us,"enough other people are watching." No kidding. Like 20 million of them.

Gladys Knight amazes me. The first time I met her was a million years ago in a studio where she was  rehearsing for a Super Bowl half-time appearance. This time we talk music, retirement and great grandkids – she has 3 greats, 17 grands (as she calls them), and she keeps track of  'em all.

Also this week, Paul Walker, of Fast and Furious fame, swims with sharks. Well, OK, maybe not swims, but he does tag and lift and do everything any deckhand does in the National Geographic Channel's new documentary Great White Expedition airing Monday. Walker tells us he studied marine biology and "I hoped and prayed one day there would be a crossroads." So, some prayers DO get answered.