Ocean's Eleven star Julia Roberts has confirmed reports she is expecting her third child with husband Danny Moder. The 39-year-old actress and Moder were married in 2002 and welcomed twins Hazel and Finn (short for Phinnaeus) in November 2004. Roberts' representative Marcy Engelman confirms to American publication People that the actress is due this summer. The Erin Brockovich star recently completed filming Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks in Morocco, where she had her twins and Moder in tow. She also provides the voice of the spider Charlotte in the classic children's tale Charlotte's Web starring Dakota Fanning.

The much-anticipated fourth Indiana Jones installment will be filmed this year, writer/producer George Lucas confirms. The filmmaker promises the sequel will be the most exciting chapter to date after finalizing the script with director Steven Spielberg. He says, "It's going to be fantastic. It's going to be the best one yet." He adds the film will be a "character piece" and see Harrison Ford reprise his role as the titular hero. Ford played Indiana Jones in 1981's Raiders Of The Lost Ark, 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom and 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which also featured Sean Connery.

Thousands of fans paid their last respects to soul legend James Brown at the Apollo Theater in New York City Thursday, where he was lying in state. The star, who died on Christmas Day, was carried in a gold coffin through the streets of Harlem on a horse-drawn carriage while well-wishers danced and sang his hits in tribute to the singer. Inside the auditorium, fans marched past his casket on the stage where he made his 1956 debut. Brown wore a blue suit, white gloves and silver shoes. Brown's close friend Reverend Al Sharpton said, "This man stood for us, the common man. It was James Brown that with one song erased the word negro from our vocabulary forever and made us say it and say it loud, that we were black and we were proud. We didn't line these streets because he had hits. Plenty of people had hits but none got them on their own terms. He never bent, buckled or bowed. He never diluted his music." A private ceremony for family and friends followed in Brown's Augusta, Georgia hometown Friday before a public funeral service there on Saturday.

Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have been voted the Worst Celebrity Role Models of 2006 in a joint poll between Associated Press and AOL. The pop star has come under fire for her questionable parenting skills and her incessant partying since filing for divorce from Kevin Federline in early November and scooped 29 percent of the votes. Spears' partying pal Hilton followed in second place with 18 percent of votes, while Mel Gibson came third with 12 percent following his July arrest for drink-driving and anti-Semitic attack against the arresting officer. Other names in the top 10 Worst Celebrity Role Models include Tom Cruise, Michael Richards, Nicole Richie, Federline, Lindsay Lohan and Angelina Jolie. Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey narrowly beat Michael J. Fox to the Best Celebrity Role Model title, with 29 per cent votes to his 23 percent. President George W. Bush was voted both Bad Guy Of 2006 and Good Guy Of 2006.

Pop star Olivia Newton-John will revisit her famous role in the film Grease when she helps find a new Sandy as part of a TV reality competition. Grease: You're The One That I Want will search for a whole new Grease cast and Newton-John will guest-star on the first two episodes of the new series. The initial episodes will focus on nationwide auditions in the US and will start a process in which voters will choose the next Sandy and Danny to star in a Broadway revival of the hit musical. Newton-John will provide commentary for the show, which debuts on US network NBC on January 7. The singer recently sued record label Universal Music Group, claiming she is owed more than $1 million in royalties from sales of the soundtrack from the hit 1978 movie.

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal and his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal escaped without injury after being caught up in a fire early on Wednesday at a California inn. The two were staying at Manka's Inverness Lodge in Marin County for Christmas when a tree fell on the structure, sparking the fire. According to Marin County Fire Department Battlion Chief Mike Giannini, "From my perspective, it looks like a total loss of the main lodge and the restaurant." Neighbor Judy Prokupek, who witnessed the devastation, said guests were seen running out of the inn at around 2:43 am, adding, "They weren't dressed to come out. It was early." Chef and co-owner Daniel Delong said the Brokeback Mountain star assisted with the recovery efforts saying, "Jake was helping me pull things out of the fire." Other well-known guests at the inn were Fargo star Frances McDormand and her husband Joel Coen. No injuries were reported.

Rocker Rod Stewart has been made a Commander Of The British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in her New Year Honors list. The singer said he was "overjoyed" at the award when he received the news at his home in Palm Springs, California. He said, "It's a great honor. Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British." The 61-year-old boasts more than 200 million record sales to his name and six chart number ones including "Maggie May," "Sailing" and "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Other music stars on the royal list include deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who becomes a Dame, and blind jazz pianist George Shearing, who receives a knighthood.

Jessica Simpson and ex-husband Nick Lachey have finally resolved the splitting of their assets, which officially brings their divorce to a complete close. Simpson, 26, and Lachey, 33, were married in 2002 and starred together in the MTV reality TV series Newlyweds: Nick And Jessica. They separated in November 2005 and filed for divorce the following month. The couple were free to legally marry others in June. According to American publication People, details of the settlement are undisclosed. Simpson is currently filming Blonde Ambition in Louisiana, while Lachey has been touring the US to promote his album What's Left Of Me. He has found love again with MTV host Vanessa Minnillo, while Simpson has been romantically linked with musician John Mayer.

Sir Paul McCartney has reclaimed his art collection from the house of estranged wife Heather Mills. $19.5 million worth of pictures, including paintings by Pablo Picasso and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were removed from a lodge house at the former Beatle's Sussex, England estate amid "security fears" for the works. Mills discovered the paintings were missing when she returned to the lodge as part of her Christmas and New Year celebrations, but was shocked when access codes had been changed. According to British newspaper The Sun, McCartney informed the former model of the removal by text message Thursday. Speaking to The Sun, a friend of Mills' said, "Heather is staggered. Several pictures including Renoirs and Picassos which have been hanging on the walls for months have been taken. The police spoke to Sir Paul's security guards, who confirmed he had removed them."

Singer Mariah Carey is appealing to the Us Patent And Trademark Office to ban porn star Mary Carey trademarking her name, claiming their identical surnames could confuse fans. The hitmaker's company Automatic Princess Holdings claims Mary's bid to trademark her name to use in adult entertainment products will confuse consumers. Mariah claims the public is "likely to mistakenly associate the goods offered" by Mary with the singer's "goods and services". Mariah's firm filed an opposition to the trademark application on 27 December, according to TheSmokingGun.com. Mary - real name Mary Cook - has been performing in adult movies since 2002.