*Billy Ray Cyrus, who said appearing on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was “the scariest thing I could possibly think of to do,” has bid farewell to the ballroom. Cyrus and partner Karina Smirnoff were cut Tuesday.
*Actor Tom Sizemore, on probation for a drug rap, was arrested Tuesday for investigation of possessing methamphetamine as he sat in a car outside a Bakersfield, Calif., hotel.
* Michael Chow, whose designer restaurants attract the celebrity set, used “degradation as a management technique” at his two Manhattan locations, according to a federal lawsuit. The $5 million suit, filed Monday by three ex-waiters, accuses Chow of deducting waiters’ tips for not listening attentively to him or speaking out of turn.
* HBO Chairman Chris Albrecht announced Tuesday he is taking a leave of absence after being charged with assaulting a girlfriend in a Las Vegas parking lot early Sunday.
* The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts. “I didn’t want to serve him because of my convictions of what he’s done to those families,” Jeff Ruby said in a phone interview Tuesday.
* Singer George Michael pleaded guilty Tuesday in London to a charge of driving while unfit through drugs. Sentencing was deferred until May 30, pending more blood tests.
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Personals was compiled by Kim Profant from Tribune news services and staff reports.
