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AP - The question of who will inherit Anna Nicole Smith's estate was thrown into further confusion Friday with the release of a 2001 will in which the former Playboy centerfold said her fortune should be held in trust for her son — who died last year.

AP - A celebrity stylist has sued Jamie Foxx, claiming the actor failed to pay for work she did in dressing him for an awards show and press junkets for his film "Miami Vice." More Info...  

AP - Kim Mathers blasted ex-husband Eminem during a radio interview Friday, saying she has come to despise the man she twice married and divorced. Mathers described the superstar rapper, 34, as unfaithful and uncaring — and went as far as to disparage his sexual prowess. "I vomit in my mouth whenever I'm around him," she said during the interview on WKQI-FM in Detroit.

AP - Britney Spears was the subject of intense media scrutiny Friday: Had the 25-year-old pop star checked in — and quickly out of — rehab? Larry Rudolph, Spears' manager, couldn't be reached for comment late Friday.

AP - Nicole Richie was charged Friday with misdemeanor driving under the influence. In addition to the single count, the case contains an allegation that Richie had a prior misdemeanor DUI conviction in June 2003, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.

AdWeek.com - General Electric's history is firmly rooted in Americana, with the likes of Thomas Edison and Ronald Reagan mingling with the utility giant. Reagan hosted the TV show General Electric Theater from 1954 to 1962, a weekly half-hour program sponsored by the company that Edison founded in 1892. More Info...  

Playbill - Tony Award winner John Glover, who played twin brothers in Broadway's Love! Valour! Compassion!, will be the new Man in Chair in Broadway's award-winning The Drowsy Chaperone at the Marquis Theatre. More Info...  

AP - Loren Grey, son of popular Western author Zane Grey who oversaw his father's legacy and was a longtime professor of psychology at Cal State Northridge, has died. More Info...  

Reuters - Three months after the death of Robert Altman at age 81, several tributes have been announced for the maverick director. More Info...  

AP - Ian Astbury has moved on from playing in a band with members of the Doors to relaunch his `80s hard rock group The Cult, the singer said Thursday. More Info...  

AP - Not quite the Oscar, but Scarlett Johansson still was all smiles Thursday about being crowned the Harvard Hasty Pudding woman of the year. And happy to participate in the rambunctious roasting that goes along with the honor.

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AP - Kenny Chesney explains why the word "fraud" was used on the document filed by Renee Zellweger to annul their marriage and denies the gay rumors it sparked, in an interview to air Sunday on CBS' "60 Minutes."

AP - Much to Bill O'Reilly's annoyance, Keith Olbermann will be a two-term news host on MSNBC. At least. NBC News announced Thursday that Olbermann had agreed to four more years at the MSNBC prime-time show "Countdown." He began the show in 2003, and his contract was due to expire in March.

AP - Historian Douglas L. Wilson has won his second Lincoln Prize for outstanding scholarship about the late president. More Info...  

AP - "Lost" crashed in the ratings this week, hitting an all-time low for a new episode. ABC's drama about plane crash survivors stranded on a mysterious island drew an estimated 12.8 million viewers Wednesday, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Media Research. That's well off the peak of more than 20 million for the drama that became an instant sensation when it debuted in September 2004.

AP - Beaten up and strapped to a chair, once again it looks like the end for Jack Bauer, the hero of Fox Network's hit show "24.

AP - Keri Russell, who starred in TV's "Felicity," married contractor Shane Deary in Manhattan on Valentine's Day, her spokeswoman said Thursday.

Playbill - The British stage director Steven Pimlott, whose busy career included stays at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Chichester Festival Theatre and Opera North, and who had just begun rehearsals on a new production of The Rose Tattoo at the Royal National Theatre, died Feb. 14 at his home near Colchester, according to British news reports. He was 52 and had been battling lung cancer. More Info...  

Reuters - Size zero went pear-shaped at London Fashion Week on Thursday as models strutted down the catwalk munching crisps and downing red wine.

AP - Robyn Troup went from Grammy Awards star to "American Idol" reject in three TV days. More Info...