His couch-jumping antics and a few other risky businesses might have turned a lot of female admirers off, but with 25 years in the business, can anyone really doubt Tom Cruise's showbiz powers?

You'd seen him singing and dancing in his dress shirt and briefs in "Risky Business" or hanging on a cord while on an impossible mission. He even got you at hello in "Jerry Maguire." Admit it, you can recall at least one memorable scene or dialogue from most of his movies. So how, in a sudden turnaround, did he manage to turn his own fans against him?

Actor Jason Lee, star of "My Name is Earl," let the sex of his unborn baby slip while being interviewed on Thursday morning's "Today" show. Lee told the talk show hosts that his baby was due in August and that it was a girl.

Lee made the announcement outside in the Rockefeller Plaza on the rainy morning, and seemed to surprise "Today" hosts Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer, Al Roker and Ann Curry. Lee's girlfriend, and mother of the baby, is Ceren Alkac.