Gossip/Celebrity News - AP

MALIBU, Calif. - Nick Nolte escaped a fire that caused an estimated $1.5 million damage to his Malibu home on Tuesday, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears may have to stand trial for driving without a valid license after all. A three-judge panel in Los Angeles on Tuesday denied a motion by Spears' attorney seeking a delay in the trial and a possible reduction in the charge.

NEW YORK - The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he is in real life — whether on a golf course or shuttling people around downtown Stockholm in a golf cart, as he did last year.

NEW YORK - An attorney for David Duchovny says the actor has checked out of a rehabilitation facility for treatment of sex addiction.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - In the year of "Sex and the City," perhaps it's no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

LOS ANGELES - Alongside a photo spread that shows her in little more than a T-shirt, Halle Berry talks about being the sexiest woman alive, a title Esquire magazine gives her in its November issue.

BEIJING - Bruce Lee is getting a belated hero's welcome in China, with the country's state broadcaster set to air a 50-part prime-time series on the late kung fu star.

MINNEAPOLIS - Former "American Idol" contestant Paris Bennett has given birth to a daughter named Egypt.

LOS ANGELES - R. Kelly has won a $3.4 million award against his former tour promoter and is asking a Los Angeles judge to help him collect.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Miley Cyrus' 16th birthday party was more boisterous than sweet.

LOS ANGELES - "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Misty May-Treanor is hurt. But will she be out of the competition?

NEW YORK - Even though he's considered one of rap's all-time greats, when Slick Rick is asked about his most significant accomplishment, he doesn't mention having a platinum-selling record, classic hits like "Children's Story" or even his most recent accolade — getting saluted as a pioneer at the "VH1 Hip-Hop Honors."

NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert was raised in South Carolina to be a Southern gentleman. But he spends his days being a jerk. It must be tough.

NEW YORK - Michael Lohan isn't the type to back down from a fight.

NEW YORK - Jimmy Kimmel is coming back to provide more laughs for the American Music Awards.

BALTIMORE - Michael Phelps was formally welcomed home Saturday with a two-pronged celebration that began with a parade and ended with a fireworks show at historic Fort McHenry.

LOS ANGELES - The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star who was shot to death outside his home.

CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico - Tenor Placido Domingo's choice of a classical program peppered with local music and help from Mexican pianist and crooner Armando Manzanero appeared to smooth the controversy surrounding his Saturday concert at the Mayan pyramids of Chichen Itza.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Janet Jackson has postponed three more shows because of an undisclosed illness.

ATLANTA - Tyler Perry unveiled a new multimillion-dollar TV and film studio Saturday on 30 acres in southwest Atlanta.

CHICAGO - Colombian superstar Shakira says Democrat Barack Obama is the best candidate for president, citing his leadership skills.

PHILADELPHIA - Bruce Springsteen called the Bush presidency "a disaster" and said many Americans have "justifiably lost faith" in the American dream.

NEW YORK - Shock jock Howard Stern has embraced tradition. The radio talk show host known for hosting porn stars married his longtime girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, on Friday.

LOS ANGELES - After weeks of anticipation, the vice presidential debate was a letdown — at least for late-night comedians.

NEW YORK - Tina Fey, already the busiest of stars thanks to her Emmy-winning role in "30 Rock" and definitive impersonation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is working on a book.

MIAMI - Race car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" winner Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service.

LOS ANGELES - A judge ordered a Texas doctor and his wife on Friday not to distribute videotaped footage of Anna Nicole Smith's breast augmentation surgery in 1994.

WRIGHT CITY, Mo. - The Elvis is Alive Museum will not live, at least not for now.