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By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published July 26, 2006

Brinkley's husband: I'm sorry

Christie Brinkley's estranged husband has been silent about recent reports that he had an affair with an 18-year-old employee while married to the supermodel. Now he's apologizing. Or his lawyer is apologizing for him.

In a column by Cindy Adams published Tuesday in the New York Post, Peter Cook is reported to have said, "This is an aberration. I'm sorry. I'm contrite. I'm stupid. Foolish. No excuse."

Adams wrote that Cook's words were provided by his attorney, Norman Sheresky. Sheresky himself told Adams that Cook, 47, the model's fourth husband, is hoping for a reconciliation with Brinkley, 52.

Brinkley's publicist, Elliot Mintz, told the Associated Press that he didn't think she would issue a response.

The couple's separation exploded in scandal this month when Diana Bianchi, now 19, said Cook had seduced her shortly after hiring her to work at his architecture firm.

Federline to sing on award show

It's the music event of the year: Mr. Britney Spears will close the Aug. 20 Teen Choice Awards on Fox by performing his single Lose Control for the first time on network TV. Kevin Federline is expected to release his debut album, Playing With Fire, in August.

Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook will host the eighth annual show, which presents surfboard-shaped awards to celebrities in categories like Choice Sleazebag, Choice Hissy Fit and Choice Hottie.

Game show slammed by winner

Jeopardy! ace Ken Jennings, who won $2.5-million during his 74-game winning streak on the show in 2004, has a few unkind words to say about the show and dapper host Alex Trebek.

"I know, I know, the old folks love him," Jennings writes in a recent posting, titled "Dear Jeopardy!" on his Web site.

"Nobody knows he died in that fiery truck crash a few years back and was immediately replaced with the Trebektron 4000 (I see your engineers still can't get the mustache right, by the way)."

In a "correction" posted Monday on his Web site, Jennings offers an apology of sorts.

"We regret the insinuation that Mr. Alex Trebek is a robot, and has been since 2004. Mr. Trebek's robotic frame does still contain some organic parts, many harvested from patriotic Canadian schoolchildren, so this technically makes him a 'cyborg,' not a 'robot.' "

Model to undergo anger management

MIAMI - A Danish model accused of hitting a flight attendant on a plane from Amsterdam to Miami will participate in an anger management program under an agreement announced Tuesday.

May Andersen, a former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, can take the four- to five-hour course either in New York, where she has an apartment, or in her home town of Copenhagen, Denmark. If she completes the course successfully, the charges will be dropped, Assistant State Attorney Carolyn Zegeer said.

Andersen was charged with simple battery, resisting arrest without violence and disorderly intoxication after the arrest in April. She was not in court Tuesday.

Andersen is currently in Copenhagen and has visited the United States since the arrest, Rosenblatt said. The charge has not affected her immigration status.

Had Andersen been convicted of all counts, she could have faced up to two years in prison.

[Last modified July 26, 2006, 01:28:16]