Back for Tonys
Rosie O'Donnell will return as host for the Tony Awards show this year after missing last year's show because of scheduling conflicts. She was host in 1997 and 1998. The program will be telecast live on June 4.
Minnesota may get 'Peanuts' gang look
Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy and the rest of the "Peanuts" gang could soon be popping up around Minnesota's state Capitol.
St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman enthusiastically previewed a proposal this week that envisions a series of large "Peanuts" character sculptures, designed as a tribute to hometown cartoonist Charles Schulz.
Schulz, 77, was diagnosed with colon cancer in November and recently retired after nearly 50 years of drawing his beloved comic strip.
The Fiberglas sculptures would be patterned after Chicago's "Cows on Parade" promotion last year.
Miss America to become a Mrs.
Miss America plans to become a Mrs. this fall.
Heather French and Kentucky Lt. Gov. Steve Henry are engaged and will marry in October, soon after her reign ends, the Miss America Pageant said Friday.
Henry is 46 and has never been married. French is 25. They will be wed at a church in Louisville, said her father, Ron French. He said the age difference doesn't matter to him.
"Actually, Heather is really mature," he said. "If she was marrying somebody her age, she would drive him crazy, because she's just so much more mature than an average 25-year-old."
Henry, an orthopedic surgeon, plans to run for governor in 2003.
Actor to welcome girl just after 80th
"Star Trek" actor James Doohan is getting ready to beam up a baby girl just weeks after his 80th birthday.
Doohan and his wife, Wende, are expecting their first daughter April 1, Doohan's agent Steven Stevens said Friday. Doohan, who played Scotty the engineer on the original series, turns 80 on March 3.
Doohan and his 44-year-old wife have two sons, 21 and 23. The couple were not trying to get pregnant, Stevens said. They live near Seattle.
British Awards hails Potter author
The writer of the "Harry Potter" books has been named author of the year at the British Book Awards.
J. K. Rowling, whose books about a child wizard enrolled in a witchcraft school have been the focus of controversy in the United States, beat five other contenders Thursday, including horror writer Stephen King.
"I'm so terrified," she said in her acceptance speech in London. "If you were all 9 years old, I'd feel so much more comfortable."