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Shakira and model-actress Christie Brinkley will appear in an upcoming episode of Ugly Betty, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.The women will appear in an episode that primarily takes place in the Bahamas, where Betty & Co. travel to complete a photo shoot.Shakira will play herself. Executive producer Silvio Horta says the Colombian pop star happens to be in the Bahamas at the same time as the Mode crew and plays a pivotal role in helping save the day after things go awry. Will little Justin, Betty's nephew, be there too? "Justin's the one who knows [Shakira's] alias," Horta reveals.Brinkley, once a very successful swimsuit model herself, will play Penelope Graybridge, the editor of a competing fashion mag. Alas, she will not feel the sands of Nassau between her toes, as her character's story will be based solely in New York. Other than her appearances in the Chevy Chase Vacation movies, Brinkley is relatively new to acting.

The former child star became a sex symbol in the 1970s after portraying Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy.At 52, Fisher is now appearing on Broadway, in her one-woman play Wishful Drinking.But the show's success has been marred for the star, who admits she can't stand to watch replays of herself onstage.She explains, 'I invite people to my show not to look at my house (body) but to listen to my furniture (performance), because I'm a little on the mansion (heavy) side right now and struggling with it.But Fisher admits she's trying desperately to put her self-consciousness into perspective.

The United States and other nations should take a diplomatic approach toward Iran in negotiations over that nation's nuclear program, President Carter said Thursday.Iran's nuclear chief and representatives from the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, as well as Germany, started talks Thursday in Switzerland over a recently revealed nuclear facility in Iran. The existence of the second uranium enrichment facility prompted President Obama and the leaders of Britain and France to publicly chide the Islamic republic and threaten further sanctions last week at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

ATLANTA – The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum reopened Thursday on the former president's 85th birthday after an overhaul that devotes more space than any other presidential library to a commander-in-chief's work after the White House.About a third of the Atlanta museum explores the Georgia Democrat's life after he was defeated by Ronald Reagan. It includes dozens of photos and videos detailing his efforts to eradicate disease, resolve conflicts and monitor elections.The first is an interactive exhibit with six towering high-resolution video screens giving visitors a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of a president.The second comes later, in the section on Carter's work beyond Washington. It's a smooth touch-screen video table dotted with interactives that take visitors to countries where Carter and staff at the nonprofit Carter Center have worked.The museum tour starts with exhibits on Carter's childhood in segregated southwest Georgia and a model of a nuclear submarine where the president once worked as a young naval officer. It then tracks his political career, first as a state senator, then as governor and finally as president. The exhibit ends with a display of the Nobel Peace Prize and other humanitarian awards Carter has received.

Dennis Hopper, in town to publicize his TV series "Crash," was taken to a hospital after developing flulike symptoms.Sheila Feren said that the 73-year-old star of "Easy Rider" and "Blue Velvet" was being examined at an unidentified New York hospital Wednesday afternoon after complaining of stomach ailments usually associated with the flu.Hopper was forced to cancel a number of interviews and TV appearances, including The Associated Press, "Today" and "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," where he was replaced by Jack McBrayer of "30 Rock."His current project is "Crash," a TV version of the Oscar-winning 2004 film. Hopper plays maniacal music producer Ben Cendars on the drama, which airs on the Starz network.