Celebrity news

Kate Gosselin says her estranged husband has withdrawn $230,000 from their joint bank account, leaving just $1,000 behind, and she can't pay her bills.

The reality TV personality appeared on NBC's "Today" show and said she and her husband, Jon Gosselin, did the show "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" as a way to pay the bills after their sextuplets were born. They already had twins.

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• Rapper Method Man has been arrested in New York City on felony charges of failing to pay taxes.

• Madonna has accepted damages from a British newspaper for publishing pictures of her wedding to Guy Ritchie that she said had been stolen from her home. The amount wasn't disclosed, but her lawyer, John Kelly, told Justice Peter Smith that she will donate the money to her Raising Malawi charity.

• Police say reality-TV star Nicole Richie was in a traffic accident in Beverly Hills. Police Lt. Mike Hill says the 28-year-old Richie was driving on Wilshire Boulevard when she was rear-ended. Hill said Richie complained of pain but said she would seek her own treatment.

-- From Wire Reports