*Eddie Murphy has taken a DNA test to determine whether he’s the father of Melanie Brown’s 10-week-old daughter, the former Spice Girl’s spokeswoman said last week. The 46-year-old actor “did indeed take a paternity test,” Natalie Whorms said. Brown, who was known as “Scary Spice” when she performed with the ’90s pop group Spice Girls, dated Murphy last year and has maintained that the child, Angel Iris Murphy Brown, is his.
*Martin Sheen says a drug court saved the life of a friend of his who was self-destructing from drug and alcohol abuse. The actor was in Washington last week to urge Congress to provide funding for drug courts, which provide addicts with lifesaving alternatives to prison. Sheen told George Stephanopoulos in an interview that aired Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that he used his friend, whom he did not name, as an example of someone whose addiction could have led to death.
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Personals was compiled by Alan Leo from Tribune news services and staff
