errified" Tyra Banks Takes Stand Against Alleged Stalker

Tyra Banks had her own moment in the hot seat this morning.

The supermodel-TV host took the stand in Manhattan Criminal Court to testify against her accused stalker, 39-year-old Brady Green, who's on trial for charges of stalking, harassment and criminal trespassing.

According to the New York Daily News, the star was calm as she told the court how terrified she and her staff were in March 2008 when Green attempted to get past security at the Tyra Banks Show studio show. The staff wouldn't allow Banks to exit her dressing room.

"'Stop! No! You can't leave,' " she claimed they said. "I know I have fans, but I've never in my entire career had my staff act in this way."

The incident has left her shaken to this day.

"I fear for my safety," she said. "I feel extremely vulnerable."

Prosecutors claim Green even threatened to slash a Banks employee's throat when the person refused to give up the studio address, per the New York Post.

"I don't fear for my life, I fear the safety of my staffers," Banks explained. "I fear the safety of my family. I fear the safety of people in my vicinity."

She admitted that since Green's phone calls, love notes and the appearance at the studio, she has heightened her security, even having them tail her when she goes for a run.

"I don't live that kind of sheltered, protective life," she said. "I like to walk around my neighborhood."

Banks also described Green as "more aggressive" than a typical fan, despite the defendant's lawyer, Jeffrey Berman, pointing to the talk show's website urging viewers to write to the model. Berman also pointed out that his client also watches Oprah Winfrey and Montel Williams' shows.

If convicted, Green faces a maximum of 90 days in prison.

American Idol Without Simon Cowell?

How close is Simon Cowell to exiting American Idol? What's the difference between Jimmy Fallon and Conan O'Brien? And what would make Tyra Banks' head explode (with happiness)?

The answers—and more questions—in the latest TV ratings pop quiz:

1. If Cowell has said he doesn't want to do Idol when it slips from No. 1—and he has—then how more much time should we give him and his T-shirt collection? Quite a few more wash cycles, probably. Right now, Idol is about as dominant as it's been since the Tuesday edition became TV's most-watched show in 2005. Last season, the franchise's average audience lead over the next-biggest show was 29 percent; this season, it's 27 percent. In adults 18-49, Tuesday's and Wednesday's Idol is in its own league entirely.

2. Did Cowell already miss his best exit opportunity? Perhaps. To go out on the toppest of tops, Cowell arguably should have left after the 2006-07 season, when Idol's Sanjaya-swayed audience led the next-biggest show by more than 9 million viewers, or a whopping 45 percent.

3. Where did Idol finish last week? No. 1, of course, Tuesday's disco Idol scored the biggest audience (24 million), per the latest Nielsen rankings. It was followed by Wednesday's Idol (23.9 million), natch, Monday's Dancing With the Stars (20.5 million), Tuesday's DWTS (14.7 million) and CSI (14.6 million). In the demo, Wednesday's Idol took the top spot over Tuesday's Idol, Grey's Anatomy, Monday's DWTS and Desperate Housewives.

4. How can you tell Fallon and O'Brien apart? Fallon's the one who is a smidgen more popular as a talk host. With Fallon at the desk, Late Night has widened its lead over Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show, and averaged 2.2 million weekly viewers versus the 2 million O'Brien's Late Night was drawing earlier this season. (The two's ratings among adults 18-49 are virtually identical, although Fallon has the slight edge there, too.) O'Brien, who departed Late Night on Feb. 20, takes over The Tonight Show on June 1, at which point he and his ratings will be interminably compared to Jay Leno's.

5. How can you tell CBS and the CW apart? On the CW, a 41st-place finish would make Tyra Banks' head explode, in a good way. On CBS, a 41st-place finish, and another time-slot loss to Southland, gets Harper's Island exiled to Saturday night, pronto.

6. Why should Banks' head be pretty big, as is? Because her America's Next Top Model is the one CW show consistently doing what the CW wants its shows to do: Score chicks. Last week, Model finished 13th among women 18-34, ahead of Fringe (14th) and Tuesday's DWTS (15th), and way ahead of One Tree Hill (27th) and Gossip Girl (33rd).

7. What's the new SpongeBob SquarePants? Nick's Penguins of Madagascar continues to try to wear the short pants in the cable family. Last week, the new toon placed five daytime and prime-time broadcasts in cable's Top 60. Not to be outdone yet, SpongeBob placed 13.

8. What's more entertaining than watching young men with thick necks take phone calls, and thank their agents? Oh, not much. Saturday's ESPN coverage of the NFL draft was cable's third biggest overall show, with 5.1 million enthralled viewers. WWE Raw (5.3 million for back-to-back episodes), Sunday Night Baseball (4.6 million), iCarly (4.5 million) and the season finale of For the Love of Ray J (4.2 million) were the top prime-time shows.

9. How did Patrick Swayze's The Beast close out its first season? Not at all like it began it: from 2.4 million for January's premiere, to 849,000 for last week's finale.

Cupcake Boy’s duet with Tyra

YouTube sensation Cupcake Boy sang with Tyra Banks on her show the other day.

Watch the video:

He looks like he’s gonna explode anytime.

‘America’s Next Top Model’ audition ends in chaos (Video)

Chaos erupted at the auditions for America’s Next Top Model, which led to six injuries and three arrests Saturday, according to the New York Daily News.

An overheating car triggered a stampede and hundreds of model wannabes toppled over barricades along W. 55th St. after several people in the crowd started yelling, “There’s a bomb!”

Three people were reportedly arrested for disorderly conduct, and two of the six injured were transported to the hospital.

“The girls were running like it was 9/11 part two,” Jennifer Brown, 27, told the newspaper. “I feared for my life.”

Scores of catwalk-craving cuties slept overnight outside the Park Central Hotel, for a chance to try out for Tyra Banks‘ reality show.

“I had to pee in a cup and change my clothes in the street,” said Mona Knight, 18, who arrived at 11:30 p.m. Friday night. “There was no organization whatsoever.”

No more women were allowed to audition after the stampede, leaving many ladies distressed that they missed out on an opportunity to make it big.

Watch the video of the stampede below:

Going once, going twice… virginity sold!

A 22-year-old student from San Diego, California, has put her virginity up for sale.

Natalie Dylan is offering herself and her virginity to the highest bidder and she is reportedly getting a lot of million-dollar bids.

The young student first hoped she will sell her purity for at least a million dollars and is now thrilled with the price it has fetched.

She revealed: “I am shocked by how far this has gone.

“I didn’t expect so many people to bid for me or for the amounts to be so high. It’s shocking that men will pay so much for someone’s virginity, which isn’t even prized so highly any more.”

One bid for her virginity at the Bunny Ranch brothel in Carson City, Nevada, came from a man who offered $3.8 million with the condition that he be allowed to videotape the sex, the New York Post reported Tuesday.

“I’m still getting offers, but I’m not necessarily taking the highest bidder,” she said.

Miss Dylan said her offer of a one-night stand could help her gain a master’s degree in family therapy and marriage counseling.

She was inspired by her sister Avia, 23, who paid for her own degree course by making thousands of dollars as a prostitute in three weeks at the Bunny Ranch.

According to her, she’s already taken a polygraph test to prove her virginal status, and is also willing to undergo a medical analysis.

Watch this November 2008 interview, where Natalie talked to Tyra Banks about why she’s auctioning her virginity.