Alba expecting

Jessica Alba and her boyfriend, producer Cash Warren, are expecting a baby. The couple met on the set of "The Fantastic Four." Alba costarred in the 2005 film, and Warren was a director's assistant, according to People magazine, which first reported Alba's pregnancy on its website. (AP)

A federal jury yesterday was told that "Sopranos" creator David Chase got help developing HBO's mob drama and owes a former judge for that assistance. A lawyer for Chase countered that when compensation was discussed, Robert Baer, a former municipal court judge, declined. At the end of the first day of trial, Chase showed the wit that made him famous for dialogue in "The Sopranos." Asked how he would write the ending to this story, he replied, "It's the writers' guild strike. I can't tell you that now." (AP)

Britney Spears was apparently too under the weather to go under oath. The pop star was a no-show at a court-ordered deposition yesterday in her child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline. His attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, said he had been informed that Spears didn't feel well. (AP)

Shia LaBeouf no longer faces criminal charges for refusing to leave a drugstore last month. The 21-year-old "Transformers" star was in a Chicago courtroom for only minutes yesterday before prosecutors said they had received a letter from Walgreen Co. and a security company saying they didn't want to continue the case. Police said a security guard told LaBeouf to leave the Walgreens store Nov. 4 because he appeared to be drunk. (AP)

Singer Scott Weiland was charged yesterday with driving under the influence of drugs in a car crash last month, Los Angeles prosecutors said. The 40-year-old rocker was arrested Nov. 21 after crashing his car on a highway. He refused to take a blood or urine test as required by law, city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said. The Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver singer, who had a DUI conviction in 2004, could face eight days to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted, Mateljan said. (AP)

A lock of John Lennon's hair sold for $48,000 yesterday in an auction of Beatles' memorabilia collected by the band's hairdresser. The hair - inside an autographed copy of Lennon's book "A Spaniard in the Works" - sold to an unnamed telephone bidder. Gorringes auction house had estimated the hair would sell for $4,000 to $6,000. Lennon gave the book and the lock of hair to Betty Glasow, the Fab Four's hairdresser during their heyday. (AP)

"I changed all the light bulbs to energy-safe light bulbs, and I'm buying a hybrid car right now." - Paris Hilton, doing her part to protect the environment