For her, the Knight nightmare will never end
A WOMAN WHO pleaded no contest to stalking and threatening actress Catherine Zeta-Jones was sentenced Friday to three years in state prison. Dawnette Knight, 35, cried silently as the sentence was read. With credit for time served, she could be behind bars for less than a year.
The judge also approved a 10-year restraining order barring Knight from contact with Zeta-Jones and her family.
In a letter read in court, Oscar winner Zeta-Jones called Knight “evil” and told her: “Your actions will be with me the rest of my life – how I will be constantly observing, looking over my shoulder, as I continue to bring up my children in the best possible way I can.”
Knight was accused of sending more than two dozen threatening letters to acquaintances of the actress, including her agent and her husband, actor Michael Douglas.
One said: “We are going to slice her up like meat on a bone and feed her to the dogs.”
From Rat to Nobel man?
Live 8 organizer Bob Geldof may get a shot at the Nobel Peace Prize.
Jan Simonsen, a Norwegian lawmaker who has nominating rights for the coveted award, says Geldof should be honored for his efforts to bring attention to world poverty through rock music.
Geldof, the former leader of Irish punk group the Boomtown Rats, organized last weekend’s Live 8 concerts to draw attention to poverty in Africa. He also organized the 1985 Live Aid concerts for famine relief.
No peace prizes here
Madonna was overheard telling an underling at last weekend’s London Live 8 concert that she wanted to be kept as far away from Mariah Carey as possible.
“Just let me know when she leaves her trailer, because that’s when I’m outta here,” Madonna reportedly said.
Meanwhile, Rod Stewart‘s daughter, Kimberly, refused an invitation to relax in Sting‘s trailer, saying he and her father didn’t get along. Daddy Rod famously mocked Sting in 2003 as “Mr. Serious who helps the Indians,” a reference to his Rainforest Foundation.
Demi getting more maxi
Demi Moore‘s reps swear she isn’t pregnant, but her burgeoning belly begs to differ.
One observer who spotted Moore and beau Ashton Kutcher catching a flick at a Sunset Boulevard theater said: “She sat there watching the movie, with her legs spread, hand rubbing her belly with Ashton’s arm around her the whole time.”
C’mon, Katie, get with the programmed
The future Mrs. Tom Cruise has already tried on at least one wedding gown.
Katie Holmes appears in the August issue of W magazine posing in a Commes des Garcons wedding dress and continuing to gush about her fiancé, calling him “the most incredible man in the world.”
Holmes has gone so far as to embrace Cruise’s controversial religion, Scientology.
At one point during the interview, when she was at a loss for words to describe her love, her accompanying “Scientologist chaperone” prompted: “You adore him.”
The birthday bunch
Actor Brian Dennehy is 67. Actor Richard Roundtree is 63. Actor Chris Cooper is 54. TV personality-turned-musician John Tesh is 53. Actor Jimmy Smits is 50. Actor Tom Hanks is 49. Actress Kelly McGillis is 48. Singer Courtney Love is 41. Actor Scott Grimes is 34. Actor Fred Savage is 29. Singer Dan Estrin (Hoobastank) is 29. Singer Kiely Williams of 3LW is 19.