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NELSON MANDELA'S 90th birthday will be celebrated during an event in Midlothian.

AP - MIAMI (AP) ? The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down new york's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the Internet.

AP - WASHINGTON (AP) ? Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.

Will Smith's family is cool with his antihero character in Hancock, the Philly-born screen star says. Unlike the characters he has played in other summer blockbusters, Hancock is not a 100 percent squeaky-clean role model for the youth of America, or anywhere else. He drinks, swears, mouths off - and goes to prison.

AP - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ? Gov. Charlie Crist won't be sleeping alone in the governor's mansion much longer ? he is engaged to a woman he met in new york City last September who quickly captured his heart.

E! Online - It remains to be seen whether New Edition and New Kids on the Block teaming up will be a super group or more of a stupor group. But whatever happens, it's all gravy to a suddenly philosophical Bobby Brown, who now sees getting kicked out of New Edition years ago as a good thing when viewed in the rearview mirror:

E! Online - Before there was Krusty, there was Larry.

E! Online - Forget buns! Looks like Angelina's cooking up a couple Niçois in her oven.