TV icon Betty White is as popular today as she ever has been and NBC is throwing her a birthday party. According to TV Guide, the peacock network is planning to film the event by the end of the year and will air the celebration near White’s 90th birthday on January 17, 2012. 

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At least one celebrity won’t be able to attend the Marine Corps Ball in November. Hot on the heels of two Marine's invitations, accepted by Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake, Sgt. Ray Lewis asked Betty White on YouTube to be his date. According to the Los Angeles Times, the third celebrity invite wasn't the charm for Sgt. Lewis. Betty White’s publicist issued her statement, declining the invitation, because of filming conflicts with Hot in Cleveland.

"I am deeply flattered and truly appreciate the invitation," White said in a statement released by her publicist. "As everyone knows, I love a man in uniform ... but unfortunately I cannot accept, as I will be taping an episode of 'Hot in Cleveland.'"

 

Watch all three Marine's invitations after the jump!

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Is there anything this woman can't do? Betty White re-captured the zeitgeist late in her career with a Facebook-approved appearance on Saturday Night Live, and a hit comedy series on TV Land, and now she's landed her own reality show! TV Line reports the legendary actress will produce and host a new NBC reality series that follows a group of seniors playing pranks on young people. The show is based on the European franchise Benidorm Bastards.

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Betty White’s golden run continues! TV Land has renewed Hot in Cleveland for a third season of 22 episodes, according to The Live Feed. Hot in Cleveland, which stars White, Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick, has been a ratings success for TV Land.

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Soap fans are in for a treat tonight on CBS. In the Hallmark Hall of Fame flick The Lost Valentine, Jennifer Love Hewiit portrays Susan Allison a journalist profiling Caroline Thomas (Betty White), an elderly woman, whose husband was declared MIA during World War II.

America's Grammy isn't the only star with soap cred to appear in the film. That's As The World Turns' Billy Magnussen (ex-Casey) playing White's husband Neil in flashbacks, while a young Caroline is played by none other than recent One Life to Live psycho teen Meghann Fahy (ex-Hannah). CBS should really put Magnussen and Fahy on a holding deal until they find the perfect, weekly project for these two amazing, young stars. I can't wait to check out The Lost Valentine tonight at 9/8c. Watch the trailer after the jump! READ MORE

TV Land threw a birthday bash for Betty White, at New York's Le Cirque on January 18. White celebrated her 89th birthday. Guests included White’s Hot in Cleveland co-stars Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves (pictured above with White), Today’s Hoda Kotb, The View’s Sherri Shepherd, The Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington and the stars of TV Land’s new comedy Retired at 35, among others.

The always busy White also stopped by the Late Show With David Letterman to chat with Letterman about her birthday and drinking vodka as a hobby. Watch the clip from White’s Late Show visit after the jump and check out pictures from her TV Land birthday bash.

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