AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday named major league baseball all-star Ken Griffey Jr as a new public diplomacy envoy.

E! Online - At first glance, today's dueling birthday boys Mickey Mouse and Owen Wilson, 80 and 40 years young respectively, may not seem to have too much in common.

AP - The Clark County district attorney's office is seeking charges against Marion "Suge" Knight in the alleged beating of his girlfriend in August.

AP - Sean "Diddy" Combs is becoming a prosecutor — at least on television.

Reuters - John Travolta has played a sympathetic hit man, a teenage rebel, a middle-aged biker, a presidential candidate, a disco king and an overweight housewife.

E! Online - After taking the raunch to the big screen, Seth Rogen is bringing porno back where it rightfully belongs…in a late-night time slot on a pay cable channel.

E! Online - About 1,000 people packed it in last night at the Hammer Museum in L.A. for an afterparty following the world premiere of Twilight.

AP - Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday.

E! Online - Nicole Kidman may be following in the footsteps of Joaquin Phoenix—minus the directionally challenged, indecipherable hand scrawls, that is.

E! Online - The makers of 3121 are none too happy with Prince's performance.