Q: Is it true that actress Lindsay Lohan is in rehab? — A.S. A: By the time you read this, anything could happen, but at this writing, Lohan, pictured above, has been attending a few Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and making some weighty decisions about changing her life. her family — including members who often don’t set a sterling example of behaviour themselves — is urging her to adopt a more home-based life, instead of partying every night. We’ll see.Q: What is actor Dan Aykroyd currently doing? I always thought he was so funny Saturday Night Live.— M.W.

A: He’s currently shooting a comedy calI Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, with a later-generation SNL star, Adam Sandler. He’s also going into the wine business, producing a line of moderately priced wines from various countries around the world and Califoa.

Q: I think Christian Bale is so great. What is he doing next? — N.H.

A:<$> The actor, currently on view in The Prige<$>, stars next in the Vietnam War drama Rescue Dawn, due out in March; is one of the actors, including Cate Blanchett and Adrien Brody, portraying Bob Dylan in a film about his life, led I’m Not There; and is currently filming a Western with Russell Crowe called 3:10 Yuma<$>. Next up: another installment of Batman<$>, called The Dark Knight, in which he co-stars with Heath Ledger, who plays The Joker, as well as Gary Oldman and Mich Caine.

Q: I just heard that director Sofia Coppola had a baby. Who is the father? — M.K.

A: French singer Thomas Mars; Coppola, who recently directed the film Marietoinette<$>, has been spending a lot of time in France. The baby girl was named Romy.

Q: Whatever happened to Phil Donahue? I used to watch him on TV. — R.M.

A: The talk-show host has been on MSNBC, but that show ended just after the Iraq war started. He has continued to be active as a guest on other talk shows, and is working on an anti-Iraq war documeny called Body of War.

Q: What is actress Debra Messing doing? Iss her on Will & Grace. — J.S.

A: She co-stars with Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore in an upcomingama called Lucky You <$>and with Edward Burns in the upcoming rple Violets<$>, which he also wrote and directed, and is about to start filming a mini-series for the USA Network called Starter Wife<$>, based on the novel by Gigi Levangie, about life following divorce from a Hollywood powerhouse — in her case, producer Brian Grazer.

Q: What will actor John Cusack do next? I haven’t seen him in anything in a while. — K.D.

A: He’s attached to a drug-smuggling comedy, yet to go into prction, called Cosmic Banditos; co-stars with Morgan Freeman in an upcoming thriller called The Contract and with his sister Joan and Amanda Peet ine sci-fi drama The Martian Child; acts as the uncredited narrator in an upcoming teen comedy called Summerhood and as a father taking care of his two young daughters after his wife is killed inaq in the drama Grace is Gone; and co-stars with Samuel L. Jackson in the upcom thriller 1408<$>. He’s currently filming a comedy, again with his sister Joan, plus Ben Kingsley, called Brand Her: Stuff Happens <$>in Bulgaria.

Q: What happened to actor Danny DeVito? I watched him on The View, and he looked like he was drunk. — M.H.

A: He was, and he has subsequently apologised for his slurring, sometimes incoherent and profane appearances, which clearly embarrassed host Barbara Walters. Apparently, DeVito, pictured right, had been out the night before with pal George Clooney, hadn’t yet been to bed and was showing the effects of thel-night partying.

Q: Rob Riggln The Daily Show looks very familiar. Was she ever oI>Saturday Night Live? — P.K.

A:<$> Yes, Riggle, a former Marine who served in Afghanistan, also did a year (2005) in the trenches of SNL. But he was booted off the show after a year. he;s now one of the new Daily Show correspondents.

Q: Is it true thatather Mills is joining Desperate Housewives? — N.P.

A: It’s true that Mills has said that she’s a fan of the show, that it helps distract her from her ongoing battle with estranged husband Paul McCartney, and that she would love to come on to do a segment or two. Producers haven’t said no just that if she can act, they’d love to have her on. So, depending upon her acting talents, it could happen.