LAS VEGAS Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.

LOS ANGELES Butterfly, freestyle, relay - monologue? Michael Phelps is trading the pool for the "Saturday Night Live" stage.

LAS VEGAS Police say rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is in a Las Vegas jail on drug and assault charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife.

VENICE, Italy It wasn't as easy as it looked. Tilda Swinton's first attempt at making clay impressions of her hands - part of a fundraising effort to help restore Venice's St. Mark's Square - barely left a print.

LOS ANGELES Former teen star Mackenzie Phillips has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance after she allegedly was found carrying drugs at Los Angeles International Airport.

VENICE, Italy George Clooney and Brad Pitt: Bachelor and family man.

SYDNEY, Australia The immigration department said Wednesday it was conducting a character assessment of Snoop Dogg, including his criminal history, as Australia considers whether to grant the rapper a visa for a concert tour later this year.

VENICE, Italy George Clooney hosted a charity event Tuesday night to raise money for victims in Darfur.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Marty Stuart thinks there's room on TV for the style of country music he remembers from "The Porter Wagoner Show," "Flatt & Scruggs" and, of course, "Hee Haw." So Stuart decided to create his own show.

LOS ANGELES Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton have ended their engagement.

LOS ANGELES Britney Spears won't perform on this year's MTV Video Music Awards, according to her manager.

LOS ANGELES A federal prosecutor claimed Tuesday that taped phone calls between Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and a high-powered lawyer showed they were conducting illegal wiretaps, even though the alleged wiretapped recordings have never been found.

LOS ANGELES Dr. Dre's 20-year-old son has died, the rapper's publicist said Tuesday.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Kenny Rogers is proud of his 50-year career, but he can't help but hope that the best is yet to come.

DENVER Wolf Blitzer is a John Legend fan.

LOS ANGELES Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47.

FRANKFURT, Germany As the annual Bayreuth Festival moves toward its conclusion later this week, the real drama is unfolding behind the scenes over a successor to 89-year-old director Wolfgang Wagner.

LAS VEGAS A judge on Monday rejected a request by a co-defendant of O.J. Simpson to delay their upcoming trial on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping.

LOS ANGELES A sheriff's deputy pulled a gun on members of Diddy's entourage during a routine traffic stop over the weekend, but the situation was quickly resolved and a spokesman for the entertainer said the deputy was professional and respectful.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Vince Gill didn't need coaxing to record tracks for a new CD featuring classics by influential '70s group Little Feat.

LOS ANGELES Make that "Two and a Half Men," three daughters and a baby on the way for Charlie Sheen.

PHILADELPHIA Classical pianist Van Cliburn will perform next month during the 2008 Liberty Medal ceremony in Philadelphia honoring former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

ATLANTA Fred Crane, the one-time actor whose Southern accent won him a slot as one of Scarlett O'Hara's beaux and the opening line in "Gone With the Wind," has died.

TORONTO The lead singer of the Canadian pop band Barenaked Ladies and three other people survived a plane crash in rural southeastern Ontario, authorities said Monday.

LOS ANGELES Prosecutors say they won't charge Andy Dick with sexual battery stemming from his arrest last month.

DENVER Never mind those stinging "celebrity" ads, or the rebuttal by Paris Hilton. Musicians, artists and Hollywood types are descending on Denver - and so what if Barack Obama doesn't need their star power?

NEW YORK Back in 2004, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons was in Boston for John Kerry's coronation as the Democratic nominee, staging a big hip-hop summit to draw new voters. This year, though he's a Barack Obama supporter, he plans to sit out the Denver convention.

MALIBU, Calif. Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth and the cast of the CW's "90210" toasted the teen drama's return to television Saturday night at a lavish invitation-only beachside premiere party.

LOS ANGELES Chris Kattan's marriage to his model wife lasted almost as long as a "Saturday Night Live" skit.

DECATUR, Ga. Da Brat was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban Atlanta nightclub last fall.