‘Apprentice’ puts Trump on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Los Angeles – The Donald trumped Rosie when his star was unveiled Tuesday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Donald Trump, producer and host of NBC reality show “The Apprentice,” has been waging a war of words with Rosie O’Donnell, moderator of ABC’s “The View.” O’Donnell doesn’t have a star.

The unveiling of Trump’s star – the 2,327th on the Walk of Fame – took place on sun-splashed Hollywood Boulevard. The event was broadcast live.

“It really has been a special moment in my life,” Trump said. He said “The Apprentice” had been an “absolutely amazing experience.”

Trump’s baby son, Barron, almost managed to steal the show as his father held him at the podium.

“He’s strong, he’s smart, he’s tough, he’s vicious, he’s violent – all of the ingredients you need to be an entrepreneur – and most importantly, hopefully he’s smart because smart is really the ingredient,” the 60-year-old billionaire developer said.

Supermodel Campbell pleads guilty to maid’s assault

New York – Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault Tuesday for hitting her maid with a cell phone over a pair of missing jeans.

“I threw a cell phone in the apartment. The cell phone hit Ana,” Campbell told Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Robert Mandelbaum. “This was an accident because I did not intend to hit her.”

If convicted at trial, Campbell, who originally had been charged with second-degree felony assault, could have been sentenced to two to seven years in prison.

Campbell, 36, hit Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with the phone in the supermodel’s Manhattan apartment in March. Scolavino was treated for a head injury.

In exchange for her guilty plea, Campbell must pay Scolavino’s medical expenses of $363, do five days of community service and attend a two-day anger-management program.

Girl Scout gives ‘Ellen’ long-distance cookie delivery

Warren, Ohio – A northeast Ohio Girl Scout is helping comedian Ellen DeGeneres satisfy a big cookie craving.

Alexis Moyers, 10, of Geneva, delivered 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to DeGeneres on Monday during a taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” The show was scheduled to air Tuesday.

Alexis and her mother, Rachael, are fans of the talk show and sent an e-mail asking DeGeneres to buy some Girl Scout cookies to help pay for a trip to New York for Alexis’ Girl Scout troop, said Lorilyn Shandor of the Girl Scout’s Lake To River Council based in Niles. The troop, based in Ashtabula, is part of the council.

Show publicist Melissa Little said DeGeneres placed her order with Alexis during a telephone call that aired during Thursday’s show.

“She wanted an assortment,” Shandor said.

Little said DeGeneres accepted the delivery on the show and presented Alexis with a check for $3,500.

Authors appeal ‘Da Vinci Code’ copyright rejection

London – Lawyers for two authors who claim the novelist Dan Brown stole their ideas for his blockbuster novel “The Da Vinci Code” urged Britain’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday to overturn Brown’s earlier victory in the copyright infringement case.

Lawyers for Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, who face a legal bill of more than $2 million if the earlier verdict stands, said the lower court ruling “was based on a misunderstanding of the law and of the claim.”

Baigent and Leigh contend that Brown stole significant parts of their book “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail” to use in his novel. Both books are based on a theory that Jesus and Mary Magdalene married and had a child, and that the bloodline continues to this day.

In April, Justice Peter Smith ruled that Random House, publisher of “The Da Vinci Code,” had not breached the copyright. Smith said Baigent and Leigh’s claim had been based on a “selective number of facts and ideas artificially taken out of (the book) for the purpose of the litigation.”