Anderson getting married again

Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock plan to tie the knot. The couple, now vacationing in St. Tropez, France, will marry July 29 on a yacht near the glamorous hotspot, Us Weekly magazine reported yesterday on its website. Anderson confirmed the good news in an entry in her online diary: ``It's been a whirlwind . . . spontaneous but well thought through." When contacted by the Associated Press, Marleah Leslie, Anderson's spokeswoman, declined to comment on the report. Photographs posted on the Internet show Anderson, 39, and Kid Rock, 35, embracing and enjoying the sun on the coastline of France. The actress and the rock star, whose real name is Bob Ritchie , became engaged in the Las Vegas desert in April 2002 but never set a wedding date. They broke up the following year.

The National Enquirer has apologized to Britney Spears in its British edition for reporting that she was ready to divorce Kevin Federline . The articles were published June 5 and June 12 under the headlines, ``Britney marriage is over!" and ``Britney and Kevin: And now their divorce!" Both stories were vaguely sourced to unidentified friends of the couple. The retraction and apology said that National Enquirer officials ``now accept that their marriage is not over and they are not getting divorced. These allegations are untrue and we now accept Britney's position that the statements are without foundation. We apologize for any distress caused." A London lawyer representing American Media Inc., the Boca Raton, Fla.-based publisher of the National Enquirer, signed a settlement agreement with Paul Tweed, the Belfast lawyer representing Spears in Britain and Ireland. The settlement requires a published apology but no cash damages. Spears pursued a libel action on that side of the Atlantic, rather than in the United States, because British and Irish laws are much more plaintiff-friendly.

A 19-year-old former employee of Christie Brinkley's husband, Peter Cook (above with Brinkley), says he hired her and seduced her, then attempted to woo her back with repeated notes and phone calls after she broke off the affair. Diana Bianchi told the New York Post for yesterday's editions that Cook, 47, made advances on her shortly after she took a job at his architecture firm. The interview appeared less than a week after Brinkley, the 52-year-old supermodel, announced through publicist Elliot Mintz that she and Cook, her fourth husband, had separated. They married in 1996 and have a daughter. Bianchi said she first met Cook when she was a 17-year-old toy store clerk, but he made his intentions clear when she was a year older and his employee, typing in a computer document as she stood by his desk, ``How would you feel if I told you I was attracted to you?" ``And I was like, `Uh, I dunno,' " Bianchi said. ``I didn't really answer him. I was kind of thinking, `Are you serious? Are you kidding?' I really didn't know what to do at that point." Bianchi's attorney, Joseph Tacopina, told the Post the pair had a sexual relationship that spanned about one year.

A British Court of Appeal judge has ordered a trial to settle a dispute between distributors of ``The Jerry Springer Show" and a company claiming the program became too strong for local tastes. In effect, the Court of Appeal ordered a Commercial Court judge to watch samples of the show. Flextech Television, which provides programming for British cable operator NTL Inc., contends it was entitled to cancel its ``Springer" deal with Universal Studios International because it became impossible to air some episodes without violating British broadcasting rules.

Fox announced yesterday that it will launch an hourlong morning news program in January. Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy, currently daytime anchors on Fox News Channel, will be the hosts of the program. It will air at 9 a.m. in most markets and lean toward light, entertainment-driven news unless there is a major story. Fox News Channel reporters will be used for story coverage. The program, which doesn't have a name yet, will follow four hours of local news programming on many Fox stations.

'I toy with it . . . When I'm rested, I look pretty darn OK. [But] when I'm feeling weary, then I think, maybe I better make that appointment.' Actress Michelle Pfeiffer, 48, when asked if she's had a face lift.

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