This evening "Piers Morgan Tonight" welcomes actor and comedian Steve Carell for an engaging and entertaining interview. The star of such films as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Crazy, Stupid, Love," the 49-year-old likely found his greatest fame playing Michael Scott in "The Office."

Tonight Carell tells Piers Morgan why he felt his character had to be more likable than the David Brent role portrayed by Ricky Gervais in the original BBC series of the same name:

"People are – I know it sounds like a cliche – but they are inviting them into your homes, every week. They are inviting these characters into their living rooms," explains Carell. "So they don't want complete jerks in their living rooms. FULL POST

On Tuesday, "Piers Morgan Tonight" welcomes New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for a candid and revealing interview, during which the Republican discusses his views on same-sex marriage.

Reiterating his personal position that "marriage should be between one man and one woman," Christie has vetoed a bill allowing same-sex marriage in New Jersey. But he's encouraging the Legislature to allow his constituents to have the final say:

"Let's put it on the ballot, and let's let people decide," Christie tells Piers Morgan. FULL POST

The latest edition of Piers Morgan's weekly diary as published in the U.K.'s "Daily Mail" is out. Titled "It was 2am when Simon Cowell called in to my show. He was choking up: 'Whitney Houston was one of the greatest'," Morgan takes us through the course of events that transpired on the evening Whitney Houston died:

The one sure-fire way you know when a big story breaks in Los Angeles is by the sound of helicopters buzzing around the skies. I was driving through Beverly Hills late in the afternoon when I looked up to see three choppers circling the Beverly Hilton Hotel, venue for Clive Davis’s big party. It was too early for the red carpet to have started, so something big must have happened. Then the first text message arrived: ‘Whitney Houston’s dead.’ Wow. I raced straight to the CNN bureau in West Hollywood, to co-anchor what turned out to be four hours of rolling news coverage of this shocking event.

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President and CEO of Montgomery Sports Group Roger Montgomery sat down with Piers Morgan Friday and talked about the craziness surrounding "Linsanity" and the sustainability of his client, Jeremy Lin. "He's legitimate and people are trying to, were trying to speculate as to whether or not he'd be able to keep it up," Montgomery said. "But you don't do what he's been able to do and not be a legitimate player. It was just opportunity."

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also sat down with Piers for an interview to air Tuesday at 9pm ET/PT. Christie defended his decision to lower flags to half-staff for Whitney Houston in tribute FULL POST

Each day, we here at "Piers Morgan Tonight" put together the news you need to know – from what happened last night to what will happen today.

For February 20, 2012 – U.N. nuclear watchdog agency in Iran for talks, Whitney Houston's journey 'home' ends and 'Colbert Report' to resume production... FULL POST