O'Neal released

June 3, 2008

Tatum O'Neal, who has publicly battled drug addiction, was released without bail yesterday after a cocaine-possession arrest in Manhattan. The Oscar-winning actress looked tired but said nothing as she was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge. Police found two bags of cocaine in her pants pocket when she was arrested Sunday night on the Lower East Side, according to a court complaint. Officers saw O'Neal accept the drug from a man during a routine drug sweep, police said. The 44-year-old former child star struggled for years with drug abuse and publicly feuded with both her father and her former husband, John McEnroe. (AP)

A spokesman for Kelsey Grammer said the "Frasier" star is recovering in a Hawaii hospital after a mild heart attack this past weekend. Stan Rosenfield said the 53-year-old actor is "resting comfortably" in an undisclosed hospital after being stricken Saturday. Rosenfield said Grammer was paddle-boarding with his wife, Camille, when he experienced symptoms. (AP)

A former mental patient convicted of stalking Uma Thurman was sentenced yesterday to three years probation and warned to stay away from the actress. State Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro said Jack Jordan may serve his probation in Gaithersburg, Md., where he will live with his parents. A condition of the probation is that Jordan, 37, enter and stick with an outpatient psychiatric program. The judge rejected the prosecutor's request for a year in jail. (AP)

Yoko Ono lost her legal bid yesterday to stop the playing of a 15-second excerpt of John Lennon's song "Imagine" in a film challenging the theory of evolution. Lennon's widow had sued the makers of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," saying they used the ex-Beatle's anthem without her permission. Ono, who had sought a preliminary injunction before the movie gets a wider release, said she would appeal. The other plaintiffs were Lennon's sons, Sean and Julian. US District Judge Sidney Stein ruled that if the case went to court, the filmmakers would probably win under the fair use doctrine. (AP)

Lisa Van Allen, the last witness before prosecutors rested their case against R. Kelly yesterday in Chicago, told jurors in more than three hours of testimony that Kelly last year offered her $250,000 to recover a videotape of one of her trysts with the R&B superstar and a girl who prosecutors say was 14 at the time. (AP)

'I wish him another 90 years. There is a lot of work to be done still.' Comedian Chris Rock, who plans to pay a courtesy call on Nelson Mandela, who turns 90 next month.