* Jim Belushi improvised at Second City on Saturday night with former Cubs great Ryne Sandberg in the audience. And on Sunday, Homer Simpson showed up at the legendary Chicago comedy theater in that night’s episode of “The Simpsons.” “See great comedians before they get fat,” read the “Simpsons” version of the Second City marquee.
* Marilyn Manson’s ex, burlesque queen Dita Von Teese, will be the next celeb to strut her stuff in a PETA ad. Von Teese will play a sexy educator who teaches the ABCs — or Animal Birth Control.
* Miley Cyrus may hide her secret identity on “Hannah Montana,” but she’s not hiding a pregnancy, despite the rumors. The Disney Channel star, 14, denies she’s carrying a baby, a story that began when the Web site for teen zine J-14 posted a false quote attributed to the actress. J-14 said someone doctored the article.
* Special administrators appointed to look into the handling of James Brown’s estate told a judge Monday that a former trustee may have misappropriated up to $7 million of the late soul singer’s money. The judge agreed that Brown’s heirs could pursue those claims and ordered David Cannon to pay $370,000 back to the estate, on top of $350,000 the man repaid last month.
* Ex-“Celebrity Fit Club” winner and “Family Ties” actress Tina Yothers and husband Robert Kaiser had a baby boy Monday, People.com reports.
* A federal judge sentenced “Predator” and “Die Hard,” director John McTiernan to 4 months in prison Monday after refusing to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of lying to the FBI about his association with disgraced private eye Anthony Pellicano. After making his statement to the FBI, McTiernan later admitted he hired Pellicano to wiretap Charles Roven, a producer who had worked with him on the 2002 box-office flop “Rollerball,” according to authorities.
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Personals was compiled by Kim Profant from Tribune news services and staff reports.
