Several British papers are reporting that George Michael was photographed last Tuesday as he emerged from the bushes of a London park following an alleged sexual tryst with another man by the name of Norman Kirtland

Depp's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest remained the top movie for the third straight weekend, hauling in $35-million (U.S.) and lifting its total to $321.7-million after just 17 days, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Disney sequel passed the $305-million domestic total that its predecessor, 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, rang up during its entire six-month run

"Spider-Man 3" isn't due until next summer, but fans got an early look at the film over the weekend at Comic-Con in San Diego. Cast members Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard and Thomas Haden Church--plus director Sam Raimi--all were at Comic-Con, the country's largest comic book convention. The brief, unfinished footage they brought blended live-action scenes with animation and computer graphics

Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza, the youngest of the five finalists, was crowned Miss Universe 2006 on Sunday night. Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza shared a nervous emotional hug with the first runner-up, Kurara Chibana of Japan, moments before the winner was announced, then clasped her hands to her mouth as she heard her name called. She beamed as the crown was placed on her head. Miss USA Tara Conner was the contest's fourth runner-up

Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were still without power Friday, the fifth day of an electrical problem blamed for subway delays, flight cancellations and dead air conditioners during the hottest week of the year. Consolidated Edison initially said fewer than 2,000 customers were affected, but the company raised that number to 25,000 Friday morning

Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85. Warden, who lived in Manhattan, died Wednesday at a hospital in New York, his longtime business manager said in Los Angeles yesterday. Warden was nominated twice for Oscars as Best Supporting Actor in two Warren Beatty movies, 1975's "Shampoo" and 1978's "Heaven Can Wait

Irish actor Colin Farrell immediately obtained a restraining order on Friday against a Dessarae Bradford, 31, who brazenly walked onto the set of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, confronting Farrell during live taping. "She said something to Colin Farrell that no one heard and then he took her by the elbow, led her off stage, asked the cameramen to turn off their cameras and asked for security," 16-year-old audience member Molly Mattaini told the Associated Press

Julia Roberts is a spokesperson for Earth Biofuels in Dallas, the Associated Press reports. Roberts will be the alternative energy company's spokesperson in promoting alternative fuel, and will chair the company's advisory board. "It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it," Roberts said in a statement. "Biodiesel and ethanol are better for the environment and for the air we breathe

Matthew McConaughey is leading a drive to raise money for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by auctioning off his blue convertible 1971 Corvette Stingray on eBay. Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, forcing several hundred thousand Louisiana evacuees to flee to Texas. Rita slammed southeast Texas on Sept. 24. McConaughey, who was born in Uvalde and grew up in Longview, says he bought the Mediterranean blue sports car in the late 1990s at a California car show

Kate Hudson has won a massive payout from the British edition of the National Enquirer after the publication falsely accused the actress of having an eating disorder. The British edition of the National Enquirer has agreed to pay undisclosed damages and print an apology for an October, 2005, article that claimed Hudson was "way too thin" and looked "like skin and bones," said Simon Smith, a lawyer for the 27-year-old actress