– “Desperate Housewives” star Marcia Cross is expecting her first child with husband Tom Mahoney. The baby is due in April. Cross, 44, and Mahoney, 48, a stockbroker, were married in June.
– Michael Jackson must pay $60,000 in attorney fees for his ex-wife as she pursues a custody case against the pop superstar, a judge ordered Wednesday. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge gave the entertainer until Sept. 28 to meet the order. He did not rule on whether to grant Deborah Rowe visitation rights to the couple’s children, Prince Michael and Paris.
– After an eight-year absence from the airwaves, Comic Relief will return to HBO this fall to lend a hand in the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.
– Bebe Neuwirth, who originated the role of Velma Kelly in the Broadway revival of “Chicago”–and won a Tony Award for her performance–is switching roles. She will portray Roxie Hart in the long-running production at the Ambassador Theatre, beginning New Year’s Eve.
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The Personals page was compiled by Emily Rosenbaum from Tribune news services and staff reports.
