Judge quashes arrest warrant for Lohan

Beverly Hills, Calif. — Lindsay Lohan’s next appearance won’t be in jail garb.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Monday quashed an arrest warrant that was issued Friday for the 22-year-old “Mean Girls” star.

Judge Marsha N. Revel determined that the actress has been complying with the terms of her probation but needs to show her treatment program better documentation to avoid future court problems. The judge also noted that Lohan has not failed any drug or alcohol tests.

Bristol Palin’s ex-fiance hopes to reunite

Anchorage, Alaska — The former fiance of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter says he hopes they can reconcile at some point.

Levi Johnston told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin ended their engagement after deciding it would be better if they separated for a while.

The two are the parents of an infant son, Tripp, born on Dec. 27. Johnston says the couple needed time to grow up before following through on marriage plans.

Says 19-year-old Johnston, “I’d like to get back together with her. I don’t know what she’s thinking.”

Don Imus says he has prostate cancer

New York — Don Imus has prostate cancer — and confidence in a full recovery.

The 68-year-old radio personality made the announcement Monday on his morning show from New York, which airs on ABC Radio Networks and cable’s RFD-TV. He said he wrestled with the idea of making it public, but figured he should because he might have to miss some work due to treatment.

Imus, who has a charity to help children with cancer, said he has early stage cancer, which means it hasn’t spread outside the prostate.

A one-time shock jock who now does a show heavy on the media and politics, Imus was fired by CBS Radio and MSNBC in spring 2007 for a racial slur of the Rutgers women’s basketball team. He later apologized. He’s built his radio network back to the level it was before the incident, although his influence has waned.

Nathan Fillion proud of soap opera roots

New York — Nathan Fillion is proud of his roots, and that includes the sometimes melodramatic, unrealistic and underrated world of soap operas.

Fillion played Joey Buchanan on ABC’s “One Life to Live” from 1994 to 1997. He’s since moved on to such shows as “Firefly,” “Desperate Housewives” and now stars in ABC’s detective comedy “Castle,” airing Mondays at 10 p.m. EDT.

But the 37-year-old says his soap opera work was the most challenging.

“I logged more on camera hours in my first three years of my career on ‘One Life to Live’ than I have in the rest of my career put together. That is the most intense, the absolute fastest, working experience for an actor you can possibly imagine … it trained me how to be technically proficient. The training I received prepared me for everything I’ve done since.”

Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist posts bail

Los Angeles — Psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich surrendered Monday to face charges of excessively prescribing drugs to Anna Nicole Smith before the former model’s overdose death at 39.

Eroshevich turned herself in at the Van Nuys police station, said police spokeswoman Rosario Herrera.

She was released several hours later after posting $20,000 bail, according to a statement from her attorney Adam Braun’s office.

After a lengthy investigation by the attorney general and other state and federal agencies, Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Eroshevich last week with conspiring with another doctor, Sandeep Kapoor, and Smith’s lawyer-turned-boyfriend Howard K. Stern to provide Smith with thousands of prescription pills.

Actor Ron Silver dies at age 62 of cancer

Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62.

“Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning” in New York City, said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found. “He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years.”

Silver, an Emmy nominee for a recurring role as a slick strategist for liberal President Jed Bartlet on “The West Wing,” had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.

But after the 2001 terrorist attacks, longtime Democrat Silver turned heads in Hollywood with outspoken support of President George W. Bush over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

His switch to a more conservative image threatened to overshadow an esteemed career on stage, television and film, along with his long history of activism, which included co-founding the nonpartisan Creative Coalition, an advocacy group for entertainers.

His big-screen credits included “Ali,” “Reversal of Fortune,” “Enemies: A Love Story,” “Silkwood” and “Semi-Tough.”