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‘Castle’ alert: Beckett, Castle share 1st kiss

LOS ANGELES

A stakeout leads to a smooch on ABC’s crime drama “Castle,” with Rick Castle and Kate Beckett finally sharing their first kiss.

Played by series stars Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic, the pair locked lips in a scene filmed outside a downtown warehouse late Thursday for a January episode.

As “Castle” fans know, the show’s weekly whodunits share equal weight with the will-they-or-won’t-they romance conundrum for the lead characters.

Castle is a best-selling mystery writer and single dad who is an eager consultant with the New York Police Department. Beckett is the no-nonsense detective ordered to work with him. Their growing sexual tension — and banter — is reminiscent of the 1980s “Moonlighting” mystery series with Sybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis.

Polanski wins best European film award

TALLINN, Estonia

Roman Polanski’s political thriller “The Ghost Writer” has won the prize for best film at the European Film Awards.

Polanski’s movie also is the winner in five other key European Film Academy categories, including best director and best actor for Ewan McGregor. Sylvie Testud from France won best actress in “Lourdes.”

At a ceremony in the Estonian capital late Saturday, the academy also bestowed a lifetime honor on Swiss actor Bruno Ganz.

‘Suge’ Knight arrested on traffic warrant

LOS ANGELES

Authorities say rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant as he left a restaurant near Universal Studios outside Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sgt. Shawn Ruda says Knight was released about an hour after his arrest early Saturday.

Ruda tells the Los Angeles Times that Knight was stopped by deputies, who ran his name through computers and discovered he was wanted on a minor traffic warrant issued recently in Beverly Hills.

Couple who stole from Dane Cook owe $12M

BOSTON

The Massachusetts attorney general’s office has ordered comedian Dane Cook’s half brother and sister-in-law to pay $12 million in restitution after they pleaded guilty to stealing from him.

Darryl and Erika McCauley were accused of embezzling millions from Cook while Darryl McCauley was working as Cook’s business manager.

Darryl McCauley was sentenced in October to five to six years in prison on charges including 27 counts of larceny. His wife was sentenced to 21/2 to three years on charges including two counts of larceny.

Associated Press