Former mayor poses for Playboy magazine

GEORGETOWN, Colo. -- Former mayor Koleen Brooks, who was recalled from office last week, posed for Playboy magazine the day before she was scheduled to appear in court on false reporting charges.

Brooks traveled to Chicago for the Wednesday shoot, and an article and photos will appear on the magazine's Web site today. Subscribers of the Playboy Cyber Club will have access to more revealing photos. The two sites average a combined 100,000 hits a month, Playboy spokeswoman Laura Sigman said.

Playboy refused to say how much Brooks, a former stripper who runs a hair salon, was paid for the session.

The 37-year-old was elected mayor of the old mining town 45 miles west of Denver last April. Zoning changes were the official reason for the recall, but people were angry about Brooks' actions. She was investigated for allegedly ordering a hit on a police officer, but the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said there was insufficient evidence. Brooks also was accused of baring her breasts in a bar last October, a charge she denies.

She faces criminal charges for fabricating a story about being attacked. She was scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Matt Damon to make London stage debut

LONDON -- Matt Damon will make his London stage debut in Kenneth Lonergan's "This Is Our Youth."

Damon will take over the lead role from Hayden Christensen on April 25, the Garrick Theater said Wednesday.

Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker in the upcoming "Star Wars" film, stars with Anna Paquin and Jake Gyllenhaal in Lonergan's barbed comedy about a trio of rich and wayward youths in 1980s New York.

Damon will appear alongside his "Ocean's 11" co-star Casey Affleck -- brother of Damon's longtime collaborator, Ben Affleck -- and Summer Phoenix.

Actress Geena Davis gives birth to baby girl

LOS ANGELES -- It's a girl for Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis.

The 45-year-old gave birth Wednesday at a Los Angeles area hospital, publicist Paul Bloch said Thursday. The baby's name and weight weren't disclosed.

"Everybody is very healthy and I hear the little girl is as beautiful looking as her mom," Bloch said.

Davis married Reza Jarrahy, a 30-year-old doctor, in September. Jarrahy is her fourth husband. This is the couple's first child.

-- From wire reports