Clintons’ daughter engaged to be married

New York — Turns out those discredited rumors of a possible Chelsea Clinton wedding last summer were mostly just premature: The 29-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, 31-year old investment banker Marc Mezvinsky.

The couple sent an e-mail to friends Friday announcing the news, saying they were looking at a possible wedding next summer. Matt McKenna, a spokesman for the former president, confirmed the engagement Monday.

Mezvinsky is a son of former Pennsylvania Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky and former Iowa Rep. Ed Mezvinsky, longtime friends of the Clintons. Ed Mezvinsky was released from federal prison last year after serving a nearly five-year sentence for wire and bank fraud.

Margolies-Mezvinsky served just one term in Congress before losing her seat in 1994 after voting in favor of President Clinton’s 1993 budget, which was controversial at the time.

The former first daughter and her fiance became friends as teenagers in Washington, and both attended Stanford University. They now live in New York, where Mezvinsky works at G3 Capital, a Manhattan hedge fund, and Clinton is pursuing a graduate degree at Columbia University’s School of Public Health.

Polanski stuck in jail; must pay full $4.5M

Gstaad, Switzerland — Roman Polanski remained in jail Monday, despite visits from his lawyer and a French diplomat, and it was unclear whether the director had met Switzerland’s demand of a full bail payment of $4.5 million to be released.

The Swiss Justice Ministry declined to say what guarantees Polanski needed to give to be transferred from the jail near Zurich to house arrest at his chalet in the luxury resort of Gstaad.

In addition to bail, the 76-year-old filmmaker must surrender his identity papers and be fitted with an electronic monitoring bracelet. He would not be allowed to leave his property as he awaits a decision on whether he will be extradited to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

The full bail payment is standard practice in Switzerland, an official said.

That is different from other countries such as the United States, where bail bondsmen often post a percentage of the total payment required by a court.

Polanski has been in Swiss custody since being arrested Sept. 26 on a U.S. warrant as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival. Authorities in Los Angeles want him returned to be sentenced after 31 years as a fugitive.

Actor Tom Arnold marries for 4th time

Los Angeles — Tom Arnold is married again.

Arnold’s spokeswoman, Staci Wolfe, said the “True Lies” and “Happy Endings” actor-comedian wed Ashley Groussman on Saturday in Maui.

It is Arnold’s fourth marriage. He was first married to actress-comedian Roseanne Barr from 1990 to 1994. He was married to second wife Julie Lynne Champnella from 1995 to 1999 and third wife Shelby Roos from 2002 to 2008.

Arnold currently hosts the weekly “Laughing With The Stars” comedy show at The Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.

Grammer is set for Broadway’s ‘La Cage’

New York — From television’s favorite psychiatrist to the owner of a French Riviera nightclub: Kelsey Grammer is set to star on Broadway in “La Cage aux Folles” next spring.

Producer Sonia Friedman says a revival of the 1983 Jerry Herman-Harvey Fierstein musical will open April 18 at the Longacre Theatre. It’s based on the current hit London production and will feature that show’s British star, Douglas Hodge. The director is Terry Johnson.

“La Cage” concerns the relationship between the club owner, portrayed by Grammer, and its drag star, the role played by Hodge.

Grammer, 54, played Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC comedy series “Frasier” for 11 seasons.

Walken has role in new comedy on Broadway

New York — How’s this for an intriguing role?

Christopher Walken will play a man searching for his missing hand in “A Behanding in Spokane,” Martin McDonagh’s black comedy opening March 4 on Broadway.

Producer Robert Fox says Walken will be joined by Anthony Mackie, Sam Rockwell and Zoe Kazan in the play, which begins previews Feb. 15 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. John Crowley directs.

Walken won an Oscar for his role in “The Deer Hunter.” The 66-year-old actor has also appeared in the films “Annie Hall,” and “Wedding Crashers.”

McDonagh is the author of the Tony-nominated plays “The Beauty Queen of Leenane,” “The Lonesome West” and “The Pillowman.”