No More "Light"

Here's how you KNOW things are wrong in this country. After 72 years, CBS' Guiding Light is going dark. The soap, which started the careers of actors like Taye Diggs and James Earl Jones, will air its final episodes on Friday, September 18th.

Guiding Light started as a 15-minute drama on NBC Radio on January 25th, 1937. It debuted on CBS TV in 1952. The drama -- set in the fictional town of Springfield and focusing on the Spaulding, Lewis, and Cooper families -- is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama.

Baby Notes

Congratulations are in order for Taye Diggs. According to Us Magazine, the Private Practice star and his wife, Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, are expecting their first child later this year. The two -- who met when they were in the original Broadway production of Rent in 1996 -- have been together 13 years and married for six.

In other baby news, former American Idol finalist LaKisha Jones and her husband, financial advisor Larry Davis, are expecting their first child. The new baby, due in August, will be the 29-year-old's second child. Her oldest, six-year-old Brionne, was the one who encouraged her to audition for the sixth season of the reality show. LaKisha's other production, her debut album entitled So Glad I'm Me will hit stores on May 19th