Washington cheers Penn at son's basketball opener

Denzel Washington was playing proud father as he cheered on his son Malcolm's first game with the University of Pennsylvania

basketball team.

Washington sat three rows behind Penn's bench Friday night in State College, Pa., during the Quakers' season opener at Penn

State.

Wearing a black sweatshirt and black cap pulled down low over his forehead, the Hollywood star went virtually unnoticed in

the Jordan Center crowd.

He declined to answer a reporter's question before the game, waving his arms and nodding in the direction of the Penn bench.

The 5-foot-9 Malcolm Washington is a walk-on guard at Penn.

He did not play in Penn's 70-55 loss.

Penn's visit to Penn State to start the new season was perfect timing for Washington, who is in central Pennsylvania filming

the movie "Unstoppable."

DJ Am"s estate sues
for wrongful death

Court documents say the estate of Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein is suing several defendants for wrongful death.
Goldstein sustained serious injuries in a plane crash in September 2008 in South Carolina and later died of an accidental

overdose of prescription drugs and cocaine in August in New York.
Before his death, Goldstein filed a negligence and breach of contract lawsuit.
The amended complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court names several defendants, including Clay Lacy Aviation
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and Learjet Inc.
Attorneys for Clay Lacy Aviation did not respond to a request for comment. A message left with a lawyer for Learjet was not

immediately returned.

Zsa Zsa Gabor"s tax bill is Madoff"s fault, lawyer says

Zsa Zsa Gabor"s lawyer blames convicted swindler Bernard Madoff for a hefty tax bill owed by his client.
According to documents obtained by the AP on Friday, the Internal Revenue Service filed a lien of more than $118,000 for the

years 2001 and 2002 against the 92-year-old actress on Oct. 5.
Gabor lawyer Chris Fields estimates that Gabor lost about $7 million in Madoff"s Ponzi scheme and the tax bill is part of the

fallout. Fields says third-party money managers invested Gabor"s money with Madoff.


The Academy Awards won"t be presented until March, but the first Oscar statuettes of the season are set to be handed out

Saturday night at a private, black-tie dinner in Hollywood.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is breaking with tradition and presenting its honorary Oscars away from the

televised ceremony. Actress Lauren Bacall (pictured), producer-director Roger Corman and cinematographer Gordon Willis will

each receive Oscar statuettes at the inaugural Governors Awards event.
The winner of this year"s Irving J. Thalberg Memorial Award, producer John Calley, will also receive his trophy at the

star-studded dinner. Each of the four recipients were chosen by the academy"s Board of Governors.
Annette Bening, Tom Hanks, Kirk Douglas, Anjelica Huston and Quentin Tarantino have signed on as presenters for the evening,

which will include 600 invited guests celebrating at the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theatre.
Other guests expected Saturday include Jeff Bridges, James Cameron, Dennis Hopper, Ron Howard and Julie Taymor.
Excerpts will be shown during the 82nd annual Academy Awards on March 7.