Rap star Combs to pay child support for son

NEW YORK -- Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and model Kim Porter, the mother of his youngest child, have reached a child support settlement that ends a year of litigation in Manhattan Family Court.

The support agreement for 3-year-old Christian Casey Combs was sealed, but the rap impresario's lawyer, Eleanor Grosz, said it runs until the child turns 21 and provides for his education, medical care and other needs.

The parents have joint legal custody, but Christian's primary residence will be with his mother in Columbus, Ga., Grosz said. The agreement "allows for full involvement by both parents" in his upbringing, she said.

Combs, 32, runs the Bad Boy Entertainment music publishing and recording company and has his own fashion line, Sean John, and several restaurants. He reportedly earns several million dollars a year.

While the financial details of Tuesday's agreement were not divulged, Combs reportedly pays $5,000 a month to hip-hop fashion stylist Misa Hylton-Brim, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., for the support of their 6-year-old son, Justin Combs.

Former Dodger Garvey in court for false claims

LOS ANGELES -- Former baseball star Steve Garvey made flagrantly false and deceptive claims for a weight-loss product when he said people could eat "forbidden foods," a federal attorney said.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing the former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres first baseman for the $1.1 million he received for endorsing the Enforma weight-loss system in infomercials in 1999 and 2000.

Garvey was not in court Tuesday, the opening day of the non-jury trial before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess.

FTC lawyer David P. Frankel quoted Garvey as telling viewers:

"Look at all these delicious supposedly forbidden foods -- barbecued chicken and ribs, buttered biscuits. Foods you can eat when you crave them, without guilt, without worry, and it's all because of a few little capsules."

Actor divorces wife, 'Sopranos' co-star

LOS ANGELES -- Edward James Olmos has filed for divorce from "The Sopranos" co-star Lorraine Bracco.

The actors married in 1994 and have been separated since 1997, according to forms filed in court Friday and made public Tuesday. They have no underage children, according to the documents.

The marriage, the second for both, was marred by a custody battle between Bracco and ex-husband Harvey Keitel over their daughter in which they traded bitter allegations.

Olmos, who gained fame playing a dour police lieutenant in the TV series "Miami Vice," is starring in the PBS drama "American Family." His films include "Stand and Deliver" and "Selena."

Bracco, who plays Dr. Jennifer Melfi, Tony Soprano's psychiatrist on HBO's "The Sopranos," has appeared in films including "Riding in Cars with Boys" and "GoodFellas."

Funny man Hope gives donation of $1 million

LOS ANGELES -- Bob Hope donated $1 million to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to help build an archive of comedy performances.

Linda Hope, the comedian's daughter, presented the check Tuesday in the name of her father and mother, Dolores Hope.

Bob Hope will turn 99 on May 29 and has been in poor health in recent years.

The money is set aside for the Academy's Archive Comedy Collection, which includes comedy performances and interviews with Steve Allen, Bea Arthur, Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, Barbara Eden and others.

Academy officials hope someday to make the entire collection available over the Internet.

Thomas W. Sarnoff, president of the Academy's foundation arm, said the Hope donation will help immortalize the comedian's work by sustaining efforts to preserve aging comedy footage.

Roseanne files divorce against third husband

LOS ANGELES -- Roseanne has filed for divorce from her third husband, Ben Thomas, citing irreconcilable differences.

Roseanne and Thomas, her former bodyguard, have been married since Valentine's Day 1995. The 49-year-old comedian-actress has asked for full custody of their 6-year-old son, Buck, with visitation rights for the 35-year-old Thomas, court papers showed Monday.

It was the second time Roseanne filed for divorce from Thomas. She filed papers after a New Year's Day 1998 event in which Thomas allegedly broke a lamp and window at the couple's Bel-Air home. The city attorney's domestic violence unit decided not to file charges.

The couple had a prenuptial agreement. A message left for Roseanne's attorney Robert Kaufman was not returned.

--From wire reports