White could face up to a year in prison if convicted."It seems that far too often celebrities think that the law does not apply to them," Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan said at a news conference.
Uh, that's because it doesn't.
Tattbits
* Elvis Presley is the all-time singles king in Britain, according to a new list published yesterday.
The Top 10: Elvis, Cliff Richard, the Shadows, Elton John, Madonna, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, the Beatles and David Bowie.
* Michelle McManus, who'd been told she was too large to be Britain's "Pop Idol," won the majority of viewer votes on the final night Saturday.
The British Press Association reported that one of the three judges, music producer Pete Waterman, stormed off the London set when the vote was announced. Waterman had argued against letting McManus proceed to the public vote section because of her size. His exit was not shown to TV viewers.
What a fathead.
* Ex-televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner will headline a drag bingo benefit for AIDS in Durham, N.C., next month.
The problem: If Tammy Faye is surrounded by men in make-up, no one will recognize her.
* Former baseball star Darryl Strawberry ministered to pop singer Michael Jackson this weekend, , says Randy White, head pastor of Strawberry's church, Without Walls International Church.
The two attended a gathering titled "You Are Not Alone," after a Jackson song. The event drew about 600 people, including tennis star Serena Williams, rapper MC Hammer and comedian Eddie Griffin.
With the troubles he's had lately, Jackson can use a prayer, or two, from his friends.
* "American Idol" Ruben Studdard has settled his lawsuit against the makers of hip-hop clothing line 205 Flava Inc.
All that's known is that the parent company of "American Idol," 19-Entertainment, will begin marketing 205 Flava products.
* The New York Post's Page Six reports future People Paper intern Paris Hilton spent $600 on hair products at the Beverly Hills Frederic Fekkai salon last time she had her blonde locks color-corrected.
Page Six also hears that when Paris recently appeared on "Saturday Night Live," she had no idea who that night's host, Al Sharpton, was.
That clinches it, Paris. When you start your internship, we can't let you cover politics. *
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