LOS ANGELES Arraignment has been postponed for "300" actor Gerard Butler, who's been charged in Los Angeles with misdemeanor battery for a scuffle with a paparazzo.

OLYMPIA, Wash. It's been a busy year for former Nirvana bassist turned politico Krist Novoselic (noh-voh-SEL'-ich).

NEW YORK James Frey (FRY) is writing for young people, and Hollywood has signed on.

BOGOTA Colombian pop star Shakira says after her latest album is born she plans to undertake a new labor: multiple children.

NEW YORK Hilary Duff is joining the cast of "Gossip Girl" - but not on a regular basis.

NEW YORK So Katie Holmes thinks she can dance - and in few weeks, she'll display her moves before a discriminating audience.

GENEVA Television host Jay Leno has won control of a Web address using the name of his new show.

GENEVA Television host Jay Leno has won control of a Web address using the name of his new show.

LOS ANGELES A high school that was the location for a racy photo shoot by Sacha Baron Cohen's character "Bruno" has broken away from the nation's second-largest school district.

ST. PAUL, Minn. Al Franken's torn over who he'd like to see turn the parody tables on him.

NEW YORK The eldest Jonas brother, Kevin, and his girlfriend Danielle Deleasa were engaged Wednesday.

NEW YORK Gwyneth Paltrow speaks almost perfect Spanish - and she does it with an Iberian accent.

SAN DIEGO A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer inside.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Country singer Josh Turner and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of a second son.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. A spokesman for Grammy winning country musician Ray Price says the singer is home in Texas recuperating after surgery to remove polyps from his colon.

ATLANTA The wife of R&B singer Usher was surprised when the entertainer filed for divorce earlier this month and claims the two were intimate less than a week before he moved to end the marriage, according to court documents.

NEW YORK When "The Bachelor" winner Melissa Rycroft got jilted for the runner-up, she returned the engagement ring - and walked off the set. That was so five months ago. Now, Rycroft has another sparkler - and a new fiance, Tye Strickland, to go with it.

LOS ANGELES George Clooney has lined up a new home for his production company.

NEW YORK Julia Stiles will make her Broadway debut in a revival of David Mamet's (MAM'-eht) "Oleanna" (OH'-lee-anna), opening Oct. 11 at the Golden Theater in New York.