AFP - Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman is in Rwanda shooting a clip to promote a Jewish-funded youth village for children orphaned by the 1994 genocide, officials said.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc trumpeted a series of new advertising deals on Wednesday in a bid to alleviate shareholder pressure, even as the company continues "engaged" discussions over a deal with Microsoft Corp.

AP - A Chicago Sun-Times reporter isn't going to answer questions at R. Kelly's child pornography trial.

AP - Ed McMahon, who for decades appeared as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show," is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills home, according to published reports.

AP - "Master of the Delta" (Harcourt, 367 pages, $24), by Thomas H. Cook: "A man doesn't need to know everything," the genteel old Southerner tells his grown son.

AP - Daredevil prankster Steve-O has pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine.

Reuters - Paramount Pictures has downsized the art-house division that helped produce the Oscar-winning movies "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood."

AP - The judge in R. Kelly's child pornography trial warned a newspaper reporter who failed to appear in court Tuesday that he must show up Wednesday or face contempt charges.