CAP D'ANTIBES, France — Janet Jackson may have joined the ranks of diet plan celebrity spokeswomen Jennifer Hudson and Mariah Carrey, but she insists there's absolutely no competition among the slimmed-down singers.Lindsay Lohan drew praise Wednesday from a judge who said the actress was one court hearing away from putting a long-running drunken driving case behind her.
“Ms. Lohan, you’re in the home stretch,” Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner told the actress. “The probation officer is pleased with your progress.”
Lohan, 25, now has to work 14 days at the morgue and attend five therapy sessions before the judge ends her probation on a 2007 drunken driving case that has dogged Lohan for years.
She is due back in court on March 29.
Lohan would remain on informal probation for a case filed after she took a necklace without permission in January 2011 but would no longer have to report to a probation officer or appear in court.
Dove nominations
Singer Jason Crabb has earned eight nominations for the Dove Awards, the gospel and Christian music show that will be held in Atlanta for the second year in a row.
Laura Story drew the second-most with six nominations for the 43rd annual show, which will take place on April 19.
Crabb, who is up for best male vocalist, will also compete for artist of the year against Casting Crowns, Laura Story, LaCrae and the Issacs.
Music, TV deal
Rachel Crow was a tearful runner-up on “The X Factor,” but she’s a winner now.
The 14-year-old singer has signed a series deal with the Nickelodeon channel and a recording contract with Sony’s Columbia Records-Syco.
Nickelodeon said Wednesday its agreement with Crow includes development of a comedy series for the teenager.
Summer camps
The Journal Gazette is compiling its annual summer camp guide, a free listing of regional day and sleepover camps that will be published March 11.
Email details of your camp’s programs – description, dates, location, fees, ages and registration information – by Friday to Terri Richardson at trich@jg.net or fax to 461-8893.
Happy birthday
Among celebrity birthdays today: Actor-director Peter Fonda is 72. Actress Patricia Richardson is 61. Guitarist Brad Whitford is 60. Actress Kristin Davis is 47. Actress Niecy Nash is 42. Actor Aziz Ansari is 29. Actress Emily Blunt is 29. Actress Dakota Fanning is 18.
