Randy Quaid freed on bail after arrest

Dallas — Randy Quaid was given a ride from a small West Texas jail to get bail money from a bank after the actor and his wife were arrested for allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 California hotel bill, according to the sheriff who drove him.

Quaid and his wife, Evi, each posted $20,000 Thursday night after spending several hours in the jail in Marfa, Presidio County Sheriff Danny Dominguez said.

Dominguez said he drove the actor to a bank to obtain the bail money. Quaid, 58, remained in his custody during the trip but was not handcuffed. The sheriff said the actor received no special treatment.

“I like to help everybody out,” Dominguez said. “It’s a small town.”

The couple face felony charges of burglary, defrauding an innkeeper and conspiracy in Santa Barbara, Calif. Authorities received a complaint in early September that the Quaids had not paid a bill of more than $10,000 due to a local hotel, according to a release from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department.

Bijou Phillips knew sister had sex with dad

Chicago — Actress Bijou Phillips says she knew her half-sister Mackenzie Phillips had consensual sex with their father, Mamas and the Papas leader John Phillips.

In a statement read by Oprah Winfrey on her talk show Friday, Bijou Phillips says she was 13 years old when Mackenzie Phillips told her about the sexual relationship.

Bijou Phillips is now 29 and says the news was confusing and scary. She says it was “heartbreaking” to think her family would leave her alone with her father.

Appearing as a guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Friday, Mackenzie Phillips said their father “had changed his ways as much as he was able to” and she felt Bijou Phillips was safe.

Mackenzie Phillips says she did go get her sister when she “felt like she wasn’t being watched properly.”

Chen, Moonves welcome a baby boy

Los Angeles — It’s a boy for CBS chief Leslie Moonves and his wife, “The Early Show” host Julie Chen.

CBS Corporation says Charlie Moonves was born Thursday morning and “mother and child are doing well.”

Chen announced her pregnancy on the “The Early Show” in April. She also hosts “Big Brother.”

Moonves and Chen were married in 2004. He has three children from a previous marriage.

(The real) J.K. Rowling joins Twitter

New York — J.K. Rowling has come to Twitter.

Wanting to counter numerous fake Rowlings on Twitter, the “Harry Potter” author has set up her own account. But she warned that she didn’t plan many tweets.

“I should flag up now that although I could twitter endlessly, I’m afraid you won’t be hearing from me very often as pen and paper is my priority at the moment,” she wrote in a Tweet dated Sept. 17.

The account, http://twitter.com/jk_rowling, was first reported Friday by the fan site www.the-leaky-cauldron.org, then confirmed by Potter publisher Scholastic Inc.

Tupac’s mother donates his writing for research

Atlanta — Tupac Shakur’s mother has donated a collection of the rapper’s writing to the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Atlanta University Center.

Afeni Shakur has handed over more than 150 of her son’s items, ranging from rough drafts of lyrics and poems to a photocopy of his contract with Suge Knight and Death Row Records.

The rapper’s collection will be part of the archives at the library on the campus of the Atlanta University Center, which comprises the historically black universities of Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and the Morehouse School of Medicine.

The library also houses The Martin Luther King Jr. Collection. Shakur’s records are expected to be available for research in the fall of 2010.

“We need to read history from the source,” Afeni Shakur said. “It gives people the opportunity to judge him objectively. What we want to do is educate.”

Changes afoot at ‘Law & Order: C.I.’

Los Angeles — Changes are afoot at “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” with charter cast member Vincent D’Onofrio exiting the USA Network series and recent recruit Jeff Goldblum taking over full-time.

D’Onofrio’s character, Detective Robert Goren, will say goodbye in a two-hour hand-off episode to open the ninth season early next year, “Criminal Intent” creator and executive producer Dick Wolf said Friday.

Goldblum, who joined the series last season, will continue as Detective Zack Nichols in the NYPD Major Case Squad.

USA became the series’ primary outlet two years ago.

In another possible cast change next season, Goldblum could be joined by Saffron Burrows, replacing Julianne Nicholson, according to a person close to the production who spoke on condition of anonymity.