• Guess who's coming to dinner: Shilpa Shetty, the Bollywood actress humiliated on UK's Big Brother by racist Brits, will dine with members of England's House of Commons.

• Kids these days...: A Viennese youth (formerly Tim, now Kim) became the world's youngest transsexual, having undergone a nip/tuck at 12.

• Brandy management: The California Highway Patrol may charge Pop singer Brandy with vehicular manslaughter, which carries a maximum of one year in county jail and a $1,000 fine, for her fatal accident on December 30.