Robin Williams is suing an impersonator who's been passing himself off as the Oscar-winning funnyman.

Williams filed suit in a Minnesota federal court against lookalike Michael Clayton and his agent, Michael Pool, claiming the shady duo has been scamming charities around the country by pretending to be the real deal.

"Celebrity Justice" reports the tricky twosome recently duped organizers of a fire department benefit in a small Missouri town and netted $45,000 in the hoax. The real "Mrs. Doubtfire" star is seeking an injunction against the pair to prevent them from further tarnishing his good name.

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It seems former "Beverly Hills, 90210" heartthrob Jason Priestley (aka Brandon Walsh) is a soon-to-be-married man.

Sources told ET that he and his fiancée, makeup artist Naomi Lowde, are set to tie the knot within the next few days. The two lovebirds were recently spotted jetting off to the Bahamas, where the nuptials are expected to take place. Priestley was briefly married once before to makeup artist Ashlee Petersen, before dating Lowde for several years. He proposed to Lowde last spring.

--Anyone see a trend here?

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Following the success of its collaboration with Matthew Williamson, Coca-Cola has turned to a crop of new designers to design a series of limited-edition bottles benefiting the Terence Higgins Trust, EnglandÂ’s leading HIV/AIDS charity.

Such illustrious fashion players as Manolo Blahnik, Damon Dash, Jonathan Saunders, and Bay Garnett, as well as sports stars and television personalities like the Scissor Sisters and Trevor Nelson, are some of the participants who have flexed their creative muscle, each designing a bottle to be sold in Harvey Nichols stores beginning in June.

Coca-Cola asked each designer to create “what brings them sunshine.” Blahnik said he was inspired by the joy of “designing something that made him smile,” while the London-based fashion duo Gharani Strok conjured up “seeing their children smile.”

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Christina Ricci has been named as the new face of sportswear giant Reebok.

The actress will join her male counterpart John Leguizamo on billboard advertisements across America, which will also feature a host of the nation's top sporting heroes.

--Does anyone else think both of these people seem like random choices?

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Lauren Bush, the covergirl niece of President Bush, was allegedly stalked by a Boston man who sent her threatening e-mails and flew to Princeton, N.J., before he was arrested last Friday by the Secret Service as he was closing in on her.

Police sources say Lucas M. Schloming, who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 with a B.S. in economics, was apprehended on the Princeton campus after asking people where he could find Lauren, who is a junior at the university.

"Someone was smart enough to wonder what he was up to and alerted Princeton security, who called the police," said a friend of Bush's. It allegedly started with e-mails. "He was obsessed," said the friend. "He said he loved her and wanted to be with her. But the e-mails were getting more and more strange, and one was threatening."

Bush showed the threatening e-mail to the Secret Service, which dispatched agents to pay a visit to Schloming in Boston, where he lives with his parents.

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Sienna Miller has been ditched from upcoming movie Factory Girl in which she had been set to play 1960s wild child Edie Sedgwick.

The shock decision is a devastating blow to Jude Law's 23-year-old girlfriend - who couldn't wait to begin work on what would have been her first leading role. But movie bosses decided they needed a "bigger name" to portray the drug- addled society darling - who was a muse of legendary pop artist Andy Warhol and rocker Bob Dylan.

A source tells British tabloid the Daily Mirror, "Of course she's bitterly disappointed. Who wouldn't be? It's set to be a really shocking film but she was up for it, even the possibility of graphic sex scenes. She wanted to prove to people she's not just a boho fashion icon but a credible actress. Sienna's in rehearsals for As You Like It - she'll bounce back. She is the woman of the moment so she's not short of offers."

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Teen pop idol Aaron Carter is following in the footsteps of J.Lo and Britney Spears, by embarking on a romance with one of his back-up dancers.

The "I Love Candy" singer, who has dated Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan in the past, has been with brunette Britney for several months, and he admits he's deeply in love.

He says, "(I tell her I love her) every day."

--How does this clown date cute girls?

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Sharon Stone, 47, has adopted a baby boy, born to "unknown and unrelated parents in Texas" on Saturday and named Laird Vonne Stone by the actress, Stone's publicist, Cindi Berger, said in a statement, adding "Mommy and her boys are over the moon." The Basic Instinct actress has a 4-year-old son, Roan.

--Can't say I'm sold on the name.

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Introducing The Cut, a 1-hour reality drama hosted by Tommy Hilfiger, and no doubt influenced by the success of BravoÂ’s Project Runway.

As with PR, The Cut searches for AmericaÂ’s next great designer through a series of fashion and business challenges. Like the Project Runway cast, the Cutters will live together in a Manhattan residence and mug for camera crews for the next 16 weeks.

But while Project Runway offered a cash prize and an apprenticeship with Banana Republic, The Cut looks to aim higher. Its grand prize reward? The chance to design a whole collection under the Tommy Hilfiger label.

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Much thanks to Iceman for guest blogging for me. Nice job!

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Holla! Iceman here, back at ya. Keeping in line with the guest blogging trend of awkward Hollywood couples, I figured we should toss this one out there as well . . . though it just makes their marriage official. I think the actual shock effect of this couple is gone, though it still makes me raise an eyebrow.

Singer Seal and supermodel Heidi Klum were married Tuesday on a beach in Mexico, Klum's representative confirmed to The Associated Press. There were no details Wednesday.

In January, Klum said on her Web site that she and Seal were engaged. Two months later, the couple announced that Klum was pregnant. "There is nothing that gives us greater happiness than the realization of our dream," the statement said.

Klum, 31, and Seal, 42, began dating last year, shortly after her breakup with Renault Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore, who is the father of her daughter, Leni, born last May. Klum, who is a Victoria's Secret model and has appeared in Sports Illustrated magazine's swimsuit issue, separated from her husband of five years, celebrity hairstylist Ric Pipino, in November 2002.

Iceman's Inklings: At least this one gives hope to all the less attractive guys out there . . . that . . . are . . . rich and can sing.

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1 Kind of a Julia/Lyle thing, isn't it?

Posted by: Nanc' at May 11, 2005 03:53 PM (Ailrt)

2 Is it time for me to resort to posting something about either Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson, or makeup products? Just let me know, folks.

Posted by: Iceman at May 11, 2005 04:45 PM (Xx4xo)

3 Or Paris...don't forget Paris. Thanks for keeping the lights on for me while I'm busy, Ice.

Posted by: Lawren at May 11, 2005 11:30 PM (M4rws)

4 I kinda find Seal....attractive in an off beat way.

Posted by: bobo at May 12, 2005 03:43 AM (CQuZn)

5 I'm rather enjoying not seeing Paris, Britney or Jessica.

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Greetings, faithful followers of MP&S! It's the Iceman here, serving as guest blogger while your fearless leader is off serenading the suits on Capitol Hill, hopefully not becoming the next Monica . . . Since I know Miss Mills is just dying for this story to hit the printer on her beloved site, here goes nothing:

Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger and country music star Kenny Chesney were married Monday in a small ceremony on the island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The ceremony took place in front of close friends and family, Los Angeles-based publicist Nanci Ryder said in a statement. The bride wore a Carolina Herrera dress, she added.

The couple met at the Concert of Hope tsunami relief benefit Jan. 15, where Chesney was singing and Zellweger was answering telephones, the syndicated TV show "The Insider" reported.

Zellweger appeared at a recent Chesney concert in Jacksonsville, Fla., presenting him with a margarita and a kiss on stage, Country Weekly magazine reported.

Iceman's Inklings: So much for her scary rocker phase. So they met in mid-January. It's now early May. Umm . . . I give it 8-10 months, tops. This is just an awkward pairing that doesn't make sense to me. Am I the only one that continually asks what happened to the cute blonde aspiring actress that nobody's really heard of from "Jerry MaGuire"?? She needs to at least go back to the blonde hair and eat something!

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1 YOu had me at "WTH?" Didn't see this one coming.

Posted by: Ranto at May 10, 2005 07:32 PM (ywZa8)

2 It's Julia Roberts disease.

Posted by: ensie at May 10, 2005 08:35 PM (4k5pf)

3 Agreed. And has anyone seen this guy with his hat off? Yikes! Becoming the next Monica? Come ON, Ice. A democrat?

Posted by: Lawren at May 11, 2005 06:11 AM (M4rws)

4 Oh wait! You forgot to add the part where he's had a crush on her for ages. Scary. The marriage and Renee. Ok, mostly Renee. Can I toss her a cheeseburger?

Posted by: Andrea at May 11, 2005 06:52 AM (gtYc+)

5 If someone wrote a song for me without ever having met me and told people I was his favorite actress, I would be a little creeped out. But if he has a house in St. John or wherever, the creepiness would subside quickly.

Posted by: Mel at May 11, 2005 07:16 AM (NPCms)

6 I just do not get what is so beautiful about her. She is way too skinny, and her face is so-so at best.

Posted by: The Wandering Mind at May 11, 2005 07:57 AM (gpRNz)

7 I'm with you, a year tops. Renee, eat a sandwich.

Posted by: Sheryl at May 11, 2005 08:17 AM (UbcIx)

8 Sadly, the picture posted is from awhile ago. She's even skinnier these days . . .

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Hi gang:

I'm going to be taking a few days off from blogging. I'll be back Friday.

Don't fret: there will be some guest blogging while I'm off.

Lawren

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Not that there was any doubt, but E! is officially reporting that Jennifer Garner is preggers.

Despite having a baby on board, Garner is still keeping to her schedule this summer. Her next big-screen project, Columbia Pictures' romantic drama Catch and Release, begins its two-month shoot next week in Vancouver. The film costars Kevin Smith, Juliette Lewis and Timothy Olyphant and marks the directorial debut of Erin Brockovich screenwriter Susannah Grant.

But Garner's November due date could prove tricky for the Alias brain trust. While ABC's spy thriller is wrapped for the season (the finale airs May 25), the show has been picked up for the fall and is slated to resume production in July. Now, producers must decide how to deal with Garner's pregnancy, either by incorporating it into the show (remember, Sydney's eggs were harvested last season) or just try to hide it. Then again, considering the show's sky-high slinky outfit-to-episode ratio, a burgeoning belly would be hard to conceal. Further complicating matters, Garner performs most of her own stunts.

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Briitney Spears' ex-husband Jason Alexander has expressed his hurt at the pop beauty's marriage to Kevin Federline.

Alexander, a childhood friend of Spears, walked down the aisle with the singer in an impromptu Las Vegas ceremony in January 2004 - only for the star to file for an annulment just 55 hours later. But Alexander admits he was particularly hurt when he learned that Spears has walked down the aisle with Federline in September, just months after his own brief union with her ended.

He tells In Touch Weekly, "People break up and you go on your own way but you don't go, 'I love you, baby, and I can't wait to see you,' and then one day you call and the phone's cut off and then she's dating and married to someone else." "Why is it so right with him and not me? Everybody thinks it's a joke - it's been hard."

"Her life went back to normal and mine didn't. It got all messed up. I've thought about her. I loved her and from what she told me, I thought she felt the same way. Then all of a sudden, this person just disappears. It's hard when I see her face on Tv."

"I'm bitter and I'm mad, but I don't hold it against her. She's Britney."

--You gotta feel sorry for the dude, but he needs to quit whining.

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Martha Stewart did not garner one single vote in an online poll by Child magazine on "Who is your No. 1 female hero?"

Just in time for Mother's Day, "your mom" scored a whopping 53.7 percent of the vote, while Hillary Rodham Clinton nabbed 9.9 percent; Kelly Ripa, 8 percent; Angelina Jolie, 6.2 percent; and Madonna, 1.2 percent. When asked to write in their favorite female hero, Laura Bush, Oprah, the Virgin Mary, Mother Teresa, Condoleezza Rice and Gloria Steinem were mentioned.

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Christina Aguilera is refusing to invite Britney Spears to her wedding - in retaliation for being snubbed when her pop rival married Kevin Federline.

The singer doesn't want one-time pal Spears to be present when she marries fiance Jordan Bratman because she is still angry after being left off the guest list for the singer's nuptials last September.

Aguilera says, "There's no way she's getting an invite to my wedding. She snubbed me so I'm going to snub her too."

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David Beckham will reveal all about his alleged affair with former assistant Rebecca Loos in an upcoming British TV interview.

Bosses at the BBC are hoping the show will have a similar impact to Martin Bashir's revealing insight into late British royal Princess Diana in 1995 -when she confessed to having an affair.

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Victoria Gotti lavished her spiky-haired son John Agnello with $30,000 worth of diamonds for his prom/18th birthday the other day.

The star of "Growing Up Gotti" went to Avianne & Company's showroom and picked up an "iced-out" watch with three rows of diamonds, diamond cufflinks and a diamond sapphire stickpin. Of course, being Victoria Gotti, she didn't pay full retail. An Avianne rep says she spent "about $20,000" for the baubles.

Agnello wore them with a custom-made three-piece suit fashioned by rapper/designer Damon Dash.

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1 Just to be sure....they're from Joisey, right?

Posted by: Kevvy the Unnamed Source at May 09, 2005 08:32 AM (0SvTK)

2 How does the money keep rolling in for this family? I mean, seriously, the "waste management" industry only pays so much.

Posted by: Iceman at May 09, 2005 08:50 AM (Xx4xo)

3 AND most of the bread winners are dead or in jail. I know she doesn't make that much working for a tabloid but I've seen enough Sopranos to shut the hell up now.

Posted by: Nanc' at May 09, 2005 03:05 PM (Zin1T)

4 Honestly guys, She IS getting money from somewhere else...all the money daddy had hidden away before he went to prison!!

Posted by: Jess at July 31, 2005 05:52 AM (SiOEC)

5 Seriously im sure Vics dad left her money when he died an she has how many jobs so she does WORK for her MONEY to!

Posted by: Allyson at August 18, 2005 11:31 PM (pdLOp)

6 of course she works for her money, she's an honest woman. she has a good job and everything. she wouldnt be buyin those diamonds for my boy john if she didnt have the bucks for it!!

Posted by: Jen at September 06, 2005 12:29 AM (dQ/I3)

7 I wonder where she gets all the money. I know she works but you have got to be realistic theres no way she can make all that money from what she does. Oh yeah I love her show!

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Jake Gyllenhaal has been romantically linked to Oscar-nominated actress Catalina Sandino Moreno.

The Day After Tomorrow star, 24, was spotted "full-on making out" with the Colombian Maria Full Of Grace beauty, 24, at trendy New York night club Bungalow 8. Gyllenhaal officially split from long-term love Kirsten Dunst in June, even though the handsome pair have been spotted together on various occasions since.

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