Duchess Catherine Leaves Hospital; Weight Watchers `Pleased` with Jessica Simpson; John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John in New Music Video; Countdown: Top Ten Shockers of the Year
A.J. HAMMER, HOST: Tonight on the SHOWBIZ Countdown, was Kristen Stewart cheating on Robert Pattinson the year`s biggest shocker? Or was it Prince Harry, caught on camera buck naked? SHOWBIZ TONIGHT counting down the "Top Ten Shockers of 2012". Wait until you see what`s No. 1. Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer. And our No. 1 shocker on the SHOWBIZ Countdown is coming up. But we begin with our first SHOWBIZ Countdown of the night. It`s today`s "Top Five Buzz Makers". Let`s get right to it. At No. 5, Kate`s brave exit from the hospital. Duchess Catherine did not sneak out the back door of the London hospital today. After several days of treatment for acute morning sickness and revealing the pregnancy heard around the world, the duchess bravely walked out with Prince William and showing the world that she`s doing just fine, thank you. CNN`s Matthew Chance is in London tonight for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. So Matt, tell us how this all played out today.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, the duchess left this hospital in central London where she`s been treated for acute morning sickness escorted by her husband, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, clutching the bouquet of roses and with a big smile on her face. It`s been a very difficult few days for her. A royal statement says she`s now resting at home in Kensington Palace and that the duke and duchess thanked the staff of the hospital for all the attention and care that they gave. Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has also commented for the first time, saying how excited he is at the prospect of becoming a granddad.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Your royal highness, what`s your reaction to the news about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?</s>PRINCE CHARLES, UNITED KINGDOM: How do you know I`m not a radio station? I`m thrilled. A really nice thought to be a grandfather at my old age, if I may say so. So that`s splendid. And I`m very glad my daughter-in-law is getting better. Thank goodness.</s>CHANCE: As Prince Charles referred to there, there has been controversy over the privacy of the duchess at the hospital, when it emerged that an Australian radio show made a prank call, impersonating Prince Charles and the Queen, and managed to get personal information about the duchess` condition from a nurse on the ward. The station has since apologized, saying it was all meant as a light- hearted thing. The hospital, of course, has been forced now to seriously review its telephone security procedures in order to protect other high- profile patients like the royals in the future.</s>HAMMER: Yes. No question about that. The hospital has some serious issues to handle. It`s CNN`s Matthew Chance for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Certainly great seeing Prince Charles can take a joke, right? Maybe we`re going to be seeing the softer side of the royals with this pregnancy. With me in New York, Jenny Hutt, who`s the host of "Just Jenny" on Sirius XM. Look at that, it`s Queen Jenny Hutt or is that a princess?</s>JENNY HUTT, HOST, SIRIUS XM`S "JUST JENNY": I`m a princess,</s>A.J.  HAMMER: In Hollywood tonight, a prince of a man, Hyla, the host of "The Daily Buzz" on CelebBuzz.com. And I`m afraid you don`t have any headgear, do you, Hyla? All right. Listen, I`m personally giving the duchess a lot of credit here. She didn`t have to do this, but she was very brave and faced the cameras. They didn`t sneak her out the back door or anything like that. And of course, Prince William right there by her side, Jenny. Do you think they did this intentionally to send a message?</s>HUTT: Well, I adore this princess, and I think, yes, she is brave, and she`s walked into this whole "being a princess thing" eyes wide open. I mean, really how could she not? So I think they did the right thing by just coming out and going. She is pregnant. She has been feeling ill, and she`s moving forward. It`s all good.</s>HAMMER: And she was glowing. I mean, I thought she looked spectacular.</s>HUTT: She`s gorgeous. She`s amazing.</s>HAMMER: I`m also intrigued. Look at this picture. Look at the way she walked out of the hospital carrying this bouquet of flowers, strategically placed at her midsection there. Hyla, you think she knows that all the camera lenses were trained on that spot? That`s why she held the bouquet there?</s>HYLA: Yes, 100 percent. I mean, poor girl, she`s having morning sickness and she has to do it in front of 2 billion people. I mean, that`s got to be a lot of pressure for her. And she is dealing with it the best that someone can deal with it. And I think this is why everybody loves her, obviously.</s>HAMMER: Yes. Very, very classy. Well, somebody else who I think is quite classy and knows all about being the focus of baby bumps, Jessica Simpson, especially with reports that she`s pregnant again. Today there`s actually a new report that her multimillion dollar deal as the face of Weight Watchers could fall apart if she is expecting. Jessica`s No. 4 on our "SHOWBIZ Buzz Makers" countdown, after "Us Weekly" reported that Weight Watchers is just furious about Jessica`s reported pregnancy. "Us Weekly" reports that Jessica`s first ad had to be shot from the waist up because she didn`t lose enough weight in time. And they fear releasing the second ad because of the rumored pregnancy, basically saying who`s going to want to hear about a pregnant woman on a diet? Well, today Weight Watchers told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT the whole report is hogwash. Let me read what they said to us: "There have been no changes to our contract with Jessica, and we have a great relationship with her. We are thrilled with the ads we shot with her in November. And we can`t wait to launch our winter campaign later this month." All right, Jenny, how do you decipher this? Do you think it means that Jessica`s not pregnant? Do you think it means, if she is pregnant, it doesn`t matter to them?</s>HUTT: Right. I think if, in fact, what they`re saying now is true, then I think it doesn`t matter to them that she`s pregnant from a business standpoint. I don`t know what their emotional reactions are. And I think if she did lose the weight prior to becoming pregnant again, even if it`s only seven months after baby Maxwell is born, then she got skinny enough for these ads, and she`s going to look great in the ads. I think that`s all that matters. She`s not exactly a dieting pregnant person. She`s someone who dieted and got back to her pre-pregnancy weight and now is going to be pregnant.</s>HAMMER: Hyla, what do you think? Weight Watchers, they`re OK with whatever the heck is going on with Jessica Simpson?</s>HYLA: Yes, they`re between, you know, a rock and a hard place. Right? They want what they paid for. They want a woman to have lost weight, because that`s the campaign. At the same time, they can`t, like, hold a woman at fault because she`s having another kid. So they kind of just have to go with the flow. And also, oh, wow, Jessica`s a normal woman. So maybe she didn`t lose all the weight right away like everybody else does. I mean, it`s not an easy thing to lose the weight. So I think Jessica`s sitting pretty here. Weight Watchers, they just have to go along for the ride.</s>HAMMER: Yes. Don`t make Jenny Hutt put her lawyer tiara on. Because she might start telling us, well, we don`t really know what`s in Jessica`s contract.</s>HUTT: Yes.</s>HAMMER: But I guess with that statement, the contract is good with whatever`s going on. But from buzzy baby news now to a brand-new buzz making, and quite frankly, what a lot of people today called a very cheesy music video for a holiday album. It features the great couple, John Travolta and his former "Grease" co-star, Olivia Newton-John. So good to have them back together and at No. 3 on our countdown. The song is called, "I Think I Like It." But is the cheese factor just too much? Well, please decide for yourself.</s>JOHN TRAVOLTA, ACTOR (singing): I`m coming home tonight. Here comes that magic, the spell of Christmas Eve. There`s nothing you can do but wear your heart upon your sleeve.</s>OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, ACTRESS/SINGER (singing): My mind is going a little crazy knowing.</s>HAMMER: I like it, but at the same time it makes me want to go out to the parking lot and throw up all over my pickup truck there, Hyla. You know? Do we deny the cheese factor? Do we accept it? Is it what were they going for? What`s happening? Please make me understand.</s>HYLA: Yes. Speaking of a smell, when you walk into a room and someone smells that, and they make that face, like that`s when I`m watching that video. Maybe joke`s on us, because the last time I checked, it was right at, you know, half a million views. We`re talking about John Travolta. He`s an A- list celebrity. He can`t get, like, just good production? Forget about the song. He just can`t find a good production team to put something that some college kid can do? This is embarrassing.</s>HAMMER: No, I mean, Jenny, "You`re the One That I Want." We love it, but cheesy.</s>HUTT: Yes, it`s cheesy, but it was better production than this was. I mean, this really -- I could make a better video. And watching this, I kind of had to avert my gaze, kind of had to close my ears. It`s horrible.</s>HAMMER: Oh, no. You loved it. Come on, it`s a little holiday treat for all of us.</s>HUTT: OK.</s>HAMMER: And that`s your point, the music video is for a good cause. Any money made from the album is going to the foundation setup in memory of Travolta`s last (sic) son. So we`re going to stop making fun of it.</s>HUTT: OK.</s>HAMMER: Our SHOWBIZ Countdown continues. We`re down to the top two of our "Top Five Buzz Makers". Simon Cowell`s incredible new feud and face-off with his fellow "X Factor" judge, Demi Lovato. And the brand-new war of words between LeAnn Rimes and her husband`s ex-wife, Brandi Glanville, over -- are you ready for this? -- laxatives. The big No. 1 reveal is coming up. Well, you`ve got to catch our other big SHOWBIZ Countdown tonight. I`m getting ready for it, the "Top Ten SHOWBIZ Shockers of the Year". First, Brad and Angelina swore off marriage until gay marriage was legal. Well, that all changed this year when Brad popped the big question and Angelina said yes. Kim Kardashian took marriage mania to a whole different level last year. This year, it was a revelation that she`s in love with the pop star Kanye West. That`s left a lot of people stunned. What will the No. 1 shocker of the year be? This is SBT, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, on HLN SHOWBIZ TONIGHT traveled to Nashville for the huge Grammy awards nomination show last night. This year, it`s all about the new school artists that are shaking things up, like Fun. I love this band. And they spoke with us about their staggering six nominations.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s been an incredible year in music. It feels like alternative music is back. But there`s a -- there`s a change that`s coming in music. And it feels like a big year for that. So we`re just excited to be a part of it.