*Drew Barrymore has been named an ambassador against hunger for the World Food Program. “Feeding a child at school is such a simple thing, but it works miracles. I’ve seen it with my own eyes,” she said in a statement this week.
*A California judge praised Mel Gibson on Friday for maintaining his court-ordered treatment for alcoholism following his drunken-driving arrest last July. “I truly believe the rehabilitation that is being effected in this case is effective,” said Judge Lawrence Mira.
*Jaime Pressly of NBC’s “My Name Is Earl” has given birth to a baby boy, People magazine reports.
*Dr. Jack Kevorkian is returning to “60 Minutes” for an interview that is to be broadcast two days after the assisted suicide advocate’s June 1 release from prison. The airing comes nearly a decade after the CBS show’s broadcast of a videotape of Kevorkian, now 78, giving a fatal injection to a chronically ill man contributed to his 10- to 25-year prison sentence.
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The Personals page was compiled by Kim Profant from Tribune news services and staff reports.
