AP - A skin-deep brush with fame is now just a spritz away.

AP - Heavy metal singer Chris Barnes didn't know what people would think of "Amerika the Brutal," an anti-war song he wrote after his cousin deployed to Iraq in 2003.

AP - A dozen striking TV workers are demanding their bosses face reality.

AP - 1. "Judge & Jury" by James Patterson, Andrew Gross (Little, Brown)

AP - Twenty-five years ago, Mother Mary Angelica had a vision for Eternal Word Television Network, a channel offering nothing but Roman Catholic programming. She had little more than faith, $200 and a garage to use as a studio.

AP - Richard Hatch, who won the $1 million prize on the debut season of "Survivor," says he's finding it difficult to adjust to life in prison.

Ray Davies, co-founder, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Kinks, will be presented with a lifetime achievement award from the American performing rights organization BMI. BMI said it bestows its Icon honor on songwriters and artists who have had "a unique and indelible influence on...

AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

AP - Alan Baer has a special hobby: It involves a motorcycle. And a tuba. And buns of steel.

Oscar-winning actor and Robin Williams is in rehab for alcoholism, his publicist has said. The statement released by the comedian's publicist Mara Buxbaum said Williams had been sober for 20 years, but had "found himself drinking again"....

AP - Prince Albert II of Monaco will attend the opening-night concert of the Newport Jazz Festival on Friday, part of an anniversary celebration of the 1956 film "High Society," which starred his mother, Grace Kelly.

During his impending world tour, rapper Jay-Z will use his influence on the young people as a tool to educate them about the water crisis in poor countries. The 36-year-old singer has launched the tour in collaboration with the United Nations....

AP - Forget what you think you know about Ryan Gosling, the pretty star of the weepy romance "The Notebook."

AP - "We're in the presence of the new," the menacingly eloquent Al Swearengen of "Deadwood" says during one recent outburst. He is talking about the interloper George Hearst, but he might as well be referring to just about everything around him.

Justin Timberlake will soon be releasing his sophomore solo album following up his debut album Justified. The album which sold nine million copies worldwide and earned him both Grammy and Brit awards. His latest venture, Futuresex/Lovesounds has been four years in the making....

In the wake of Mel Gibson's drunken anti-Semitic tirade, it has been reported that Disney will not release the actor's latest movie, set for release later this year.

AP - Dustin Diamond, who played geeky Screech Powers on the '90s teen comedy "Saved by the Bell," says he scuffled with a woman at an Omaha hotel earlier this week.

AP - The winning bid for Matthew McConaughey's 1971 Corvette Stingray convertible, auctioned for hurricane relief, was $61,600, according to the eBay Web site.

AP - The MTV2 network said it had not decided whether it will ever again air a cartoon criticized as offensive for depicting women being led around on leashes.

AP - Tickets to a fundraiser for Bennett College featuring Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou sold fast in the first day of public sale.