NEW YORK A-Rod and the Material Girl? That's a lot of hits. Reports that Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and Madonna have become close just as their marriages are disintegrating have both the celebrity gossip industry and the sporting world - each a chatty bunch - buzzing with questions about the two "friends."

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. A tearful Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that she was devastated by her husband's affair with a teenager and his attempts to find other paramours through pornographic Web sites.

NICE, France Partially eclipsed by the glitterati of Cannes and the royal glare of Monaco, Nice is a place where even the brightest stars - like Brangelina - are greeted by little more than indifference.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Brad Paisley says he got to mark a biggie off his wish list when Andy Griffith agreed to be in the video for his new single, "Waitin' On a Woman."

PHILADELPHIA A foundation created by Steven Spielberg is giving $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History.

NEW YORK Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez and his wife have split less than three months after the birth of the couple's second daughter, according to a report in the New York Daily News.

WASHINGTON Donna Summer says she approached her summer tour like a chocolate-chip cookie.

LONDON Britain has honored Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her services to music.

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that the day she learned her husband was having an affair with a teenager was the day her world was "completely shattered."

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PHOENIX DMX has been arrested at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on outstanding warrants.

OCALA, Fla. Wesley Snipes will be allowed to leave the United States to work on two movies while his lawyers appeal his tax convictions.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sheryl Crow is urging people to get involved in saving America's wild horses.

LOS ANGELES The woman in a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer - best known for his role in the "Austin Powers" movies - says she allowed celebrity Web site TMZ to broadcast snippets of the tape.

LOS ANGELES The father of a 13-year-old girl who may be Lindsay Lohan's half-sister said the family went public with the story after Lohan's father, Michael, repeatedly refused to provide support.

NICE, France Are the Brangelina twins boys or girls? Will they be delivered naturally or by Caesarean?

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. Christie Brinkley's estranged husband spent about $3,000 a month on pornographic Web sites, the model's lawyer said at the start of the couple's nasty divorce trial.

NEW YORK Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.