Naomi Campbell released from community service

New York – Naomi Campbell has cleaned up her act – by getting down and dirty.

The catwalker was released Friday from a garbage truck garage after completing five days of community service for assaulting her maid.

The British supermodel sauntered out of the Department of Sanitation facility in Manhattan just after 4 p.m., making her exit seconds after a garbage truck rolled through the area.

The pavement and chain-linked fence might as well have been a catwalk: She strutted through in a bare-shouldered, ankle-length shimmering gown and stiletto sandals, then stepped into her silver Rolls Royce and sped away as neighborhood residents and paparazzi ogled.

Her boss for the week, department deputy chief Albert Durrell, said she successfully completed her service.

The 36-year-old supermodel had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault for throwing the phone at her maid about a year ago in Campbell’s Park Avenue apartment over a missing pair of jeans.

Her maid, Ana Scolavino, required four stitches to her head, because the phone apparently was crystal-encrusted.

Regis Philbin calls daytime talk show, says he’s well

New York – Regis Philbin called “Live With Regis and Kelly” on Friday to report that he’s in pain, but doing well, after his recent heart bypass surgery.

“Well, you know, I think I’m through the worst of it,” Philbin told co-host Kelly Ripa. “I guess I was a little unprepared for, you know, the first week and what they actually do to make this thing happen – and so, some of it came as quite a shock.”

Philbin, 75, said he’s in pain around his heart, back and leg where doctors took some arteries for the bypass. He said it especially hurts when he sneezes.

“Other than that, I’m dancing, I’m having fun,” said Philbin, who is expected to return to the syndicated daytime talk show in about a month.

Philbin says painkillers have kept him up at night, causing him to “wander around the house” and say some strange things.

“Last night I was yelling – I’m a little embarrassed to tell you this – but I was yelling, ‘I haven’t had sex in 3 1/2 months!'” he said.

Harvard dropout Gates to give commencement address

Cambridge, Mass. – Bill Gates is finally getting his Harvard degree – 32 years after he walked away from the university on the path to becoming the world’s wealthiest person.

Gates, billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp., philanthropist and college dropout, will receive an honorary degree June 7 when he delivers Harvard University’s 356th commencement address.

“His contributions to the world of business and technology, and the great example he has set through his far-reaching philanthropy, will rightfully put him on center stage in Harvard Yard,” Harvard Alumni Association President Paul Finnegan said in a statement.

Gates is considered a member of Harvard’s Class of 1977, which celebrates its 30th reunion this year. He first came to the university in 1973 but left in 1975 to devote his time to developing Microsoft, which he founded that year with childhood friend Paul Allen.

Gabor’s husband provides DNA in Smith paternity case

Los Angeles – Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband provided a DNA sample Friday in the ongoing dispute about the paternity of Anna Nicole Smith’s infant daughter and said he wanted to raise the child if he was the father.

Frederic von Anhalt said he’s “almost sure” the test will prove he’s the father of 6-month-old Dannielynn. He says he carried on a decades-long affair with the former Playboy Playmate of the Year.

“I’m almost sure the baby’s mine, almost sure,” von Anhalt, 59, said after having a cotton swab brushed along the inside of his mouth. He added he hopes to gain custody as soon as possible.

“Oh yeah, if it’s my baby, it belongs in my home,” von Anhalt said. “I’m going to take good care of it. I will be a good father.”

A judge in the Bahamas on Tuesday ordered a DNA test on the girl at the request of Smith’s ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, who has also claimed paternity. Howard K. Stern, Smith’s companion, is listed as the father on the baby’s birth certificate.