People: Levi Johnston Upset Over Shatner Performance

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BIZARRE
WE JUST CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!
Levi Johnston is upset about a "Tonight Show" sketch in which William Shatner read what were thought to be tweets by Johnston, beat poet-style. The tweets weren't his, though, manager Tank Jones told Usmagazine.com. "We are demanding a retraction," Jones said.

JUDGEMENT
COLD SHADOW OF OPRAH'S DISAPPROVAL CAST ON SINNER
Oprah Winfrey says she's keeping singer BeBe Winans off her show until domestic violence charges against him are resolved. The gospel singer had taped appearances on Winfrey's "karaoke challenge" and was on last Friday. Winans was charged with misdemeanor domestic assault last winter.

CLOSINGS
FIRST, CELINE DION GOES, AND NOW THIS!
Bette Midler will perform her Las Vegas show "The Showgirl Must Go On" for the last time on Jan. 31. Midler's show has had a home for nearly two years at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Her stint began on Feb. 20, 2008.

LAWSUITS
MONEY THROWN AT PROBLEM; PROBLEM SOLVED
Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released. Demaris Meyer filed a federal lawsuit against the actor in February, claiming Freeman had been drinking the night of the accident last summer and was negligent when the car ran off the side of a rural highway near his Mississippi Delta home. Freeman's attorney, Jack Hayes Jr., would not discuss the terms of the deal, but said, "We're all glad it's over with."

TYPECASTING
LANSBURY BECOMES D.C.'S FAIRY GODMOTHER
Angela Lansbury will be the first recipient of the Stephen Sondheim Award from a D.C.-area theater that has produced more of the composer's works than any other U.S. theater. Signature Theatre said Thursday that it will honor Lansbury, 84, in April at a gala celebration and fundraising event for the Arlington theater.
» Pictured at right: Dear younger generation: This is the teapot from "Beauty and the Beast."

THANK HEAVENS!
U.S. WILL NOT BE EXPOSED TO KLUM'S OUNCE OF BODY FAT
Heidi Klum won't model in this year's Victoria's Secret fashion show, citing her shape after the very recent birth of her fourth child. She will, however, be hosting the show, which airs on CBS Dec. 1.

With contributions from The Associated Press
Photos by Matt Sayles/AP; Peter Kramer/AP