Parker, Broderick file image suit

Los Angeles — Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have filed a $15 million lawsuit against the Sephora USA cosmetics chain for allegedly using their images in an advertising campaign without their consent.

The lawsuit, filed Jan. 10 in Los Angeles Superior Court, follows a similar claim filed against the company in September by divorced couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Both pairs were pictured in advertisements for the “L’eau down on celebrity sweethearts,” which was used to promote Valentine’s Day gifts at Sephora stores.

Columbia mulls Giuliani program

New York — Columbia University is in preliminary talks with former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to create the Giuliani Program in Urban Leadership and to house his administration’s papers, according to a published report.

Saul Cohen, president of the Rudolph W. Giuliani Center for Urban Affairs, which was formed in part to raise funds for a Giuliani library, said a program in urban leadership would encourage students to work for city government, the Daily News reported in Thursday editions.

Cohen noted, however, that the Giuliani center would have to raise $5 million before Columbia approves the program.

Sajak gets a nice-guy talk show

Fox News Channel has hired “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak to anchor an hourlong celebrity-newsmaker talk show, “Pat Sajak Weekend,” which will run at 8 p.m. Sundays. It’ll start in the spring, no date yet, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Sajak, known for his low-key manner, was host of an unsuccessful late-night CBS talk show in the 1980s. He has been host of “Wheel,” the top-rated syndicated show in the United States, for more than 20 years.

Springer considers Senate bid

Columbus, Ohio — Talk show host Jerry Springer has a secret of his own to share: He’s considering running for the U.S. Senate next year.

Springer, a Democrat, said he’ll decide by summer whether to challenge George Voinovich, a Republican who has said he’ll run for a second term in 2004.

He acknowledged that his nationally syndicated “Jerry Springer Show” could work against him.

“There are pluses and minuses,” Springer said. “The plus is that I’m known by everybody. The minus is that I’m known by everybody.”

Springer is a former Cincinnati mayor and councilman.