Paula Abdul breaks nose while trying to avoid stepping on her dogLOS ANGELES (AP) — Paula Abdul broke her nose over the weekend after she fell while trying to avoid stepping on her Chihuahua, her publicist said.Abdul was recovering from the mishap and will appear on “American Idol” Tuesday and its season finale Wednesday, publicist David Brokaw said. “She’s a little sore, but is doing fine.”

Abdul told the syndicated entertainment TV show “Extra” she tore cartilage in her nose and fractured her toe. “I took a nasty fall ... trying not to hurt my dog. I bruised myself on my arm ... my chest, my waist all the way down to my hip. All from my little chubby Tulip,” Abdul said. The dog was not hurt, Brokaw said.David Hasselhoff gets child visitation rights restored in ongoing custody disputeLOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has restored David Hasselhoff’s right to visit his two teenage daughters after that access was suspended over a videotape showing the recovering alcoholic apparently intoxicated, an attorney for the actor said.Lawyer Melvin Goldsman made the disclosure before the start of a closed-door court hearing concerning the videotape and related issues. Hasselhoff, 54, and his former wife, Pamela Bach, 43, both attended the hearing but neither provided details after it ended.

“It went very well, the truth was told, and I can’t say any more,” Hasselhoff said outside court.

Goldsman said the suspension order had been lifted Friday after being implemented on May 7 by Superior Court Judge Mark Juhas. The two-week suspension had been set to expire Monday.