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EXPECTING
Amy Poehler, 36, is really getting into her Baby Mama role: She and
husband Will Arnett (a.k.a. Alec Baldwin's smarmy rival on 30 Rock), 37,
are about to become parents.... My Name Is Earl star Jason Lee, 38, and
girlfriend Ceren Alkac will have their first child in the fall. Lee has
a 4-year-old son, Pilot Inspektor, from a previous relationship.... Eric
Mabius (Ugly Betty), 37, and wife Ivy Sherman, 36, have a second baby on
the way.
SPLITS
On April 23, former View cohost Star Jones, 46, revealed that she filed for divorce in March from Al Reynolds, 37, her husband of three and a
half years. ''Several years ago I made an error in judgment by inviting
the media into the most intimate area of my life,'' Jones said in a
statement to Entertainment Tonight.... On April 18 in L.A., Alyce
Eichelberger-Cleese, 63, filed for divorce from Monty Python funnyman
John Cleese, 68, after 16 years of marriage.
ENGAGED
Actress/model/Dennis Rodman ex Carmen Electra, 36, will tie the knot
with musician Rob Patterson, 37.
COURTS
On April 25, beehived British singer Amy Winehouse, 24, was placed under
arrest at a London police station after slapping a man in public. The
Grammy winner, who turned herself in, admitted to ''common assault'' and
was released with a formal caution. Winehouse's rep said that ''she
thanks the police for the professional handling of the matter.''... On
April 24 in L.A., Shia LaBeouf, 21, was fined $500 for cigarette
smoking. (He was arrested Feb. 18 for puffing in a public place.) The
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull star paid the
penalty, and the DA dropped the charge.... CSI's Gary Dourdan, 41, was
arrested for alleged possession of cocaine, heroin, Ecstasy, and
prescription drugs on April 28 in Palm Springs, Calif. Dourdan, who is
exiting the CBS drama this spring after eight seasons, was discovered
sleeping in his parked car. Reps for the actor, who was released on bail
later that day, did not return calls for comment.... On April 27,
country songwriter Richard Fagan (''I Miss You a Little''), 61, was
charged with criminal homicide after allegedly stabbing his roommate,
Gaetano Oteri, 69, in Nashville. The victim was the father of Saturday
Night Live alum Cheri Oteri, 45. Fagan could not be reached for
comment.... Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, 40, was sentenced
to eight days behind bars after pleading no contest to DUI on April 28
in L.A. The rocker was arrested last November after crashing his car on
an L.A. highway.... After pleading no contest to a drunk-driving charge
in Newport Beach, Calif., on April 22, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie
Sambora, 48, was sentenced to three years' probation and an
alcohol-education class. Sambora was arrested for DUI on March 25 in
nearby Laguna Beach.
DEATHS
Danny Federici, 58, who played keyboards for four decades in Bruce
Springsteen's E Street Band, of melanoma, April 17, in NYC. Eulogizing
Federici at his funeral, Springsteen described him as ''father, husband,
my brother, my friend, my mystery, my thorn, my rose, my keyboard
player, my miracle man and lifelong member in good standing of the house
rockin', pants droppin', earth shockin', hard rockin', booty shakin',
love makin', heart breakin', soul cryin'...and, yes, death defyin'
legendary E Street Band.''... Soul singer Al Wilson (''Show and Tell''),
68, of organ failure, April 21, in Fontana, Calif.... '70s singer Paul
Davis (''I Go Crazy''), 60, of a heart attack, April 22, in Meridian,
Miss.... Jazz trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, 86, after complications from
surgery, April 25, in London. On Radiohead's official website, guitarist
Jonny Greenwood — whose band invited Lyttelton to play on their 2001 song
''Life in a Glasshouse'' — called him ''an inspiring person to record
with.''... Actress-screenwriter Kate Phillips, 94, who had small roles in
pre-WWII films like Kitty Foyle and coscripted 1958's The Blob, of
undisclosed causes, April 18, in Keene, N.H. — with additional reporting by Jeff Labrecque
SNIPES SENTENCED
Prosecutors asked the judge to throw the book at Wesley Snipes, 45, after he was convicted in February of failing to file tax returns for 1999 - 2001. On April 24, an Ocala, Fla., court agreed, handing down the maximum punishment: three years in prison. (He was acquitted of more serious felony tax fraud charges.) At the hearing, the Blade star paid back $5 million — a fraction of the still-undetermined amount the government says he owes — and reportedly gave an emotional presentencing speech: ''I am an idealistic, naive...spiritually motivated artist, unschooled in the science of law and finance.'' He'll have lots of time to study now.
