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Man: Lohan’s car grazed knee

LOS ANGELES

Lindsay Lohan’s black Porsche was surrounded by paparazzi when her sports car grazed the knee of a man outside a Hollywood club early Wednesday, police said.

Lohan drove off and a police report wasn’t taken because the Hookah Lounge employee wasn’t hurt, Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Ro said.

The 25-year-old actress was trying to make a U-turn outside the Wilcox Avenue club at about 12:30 a.m.

“Space was tight,” the sergeant said, adding that Lohan may have nudged the lounge employee’s parked car, believed to be a Corvette.

The lounge employee, whose name hasn’t been released, told officers that Lohan’s Porsche grazed his knee. There was no injury and the man’s car wasn’t damaged.

Oscars to return to theater

LOS ANGELES

The 85th Academy Awards have been set for Feb. 24, 2013, and they’ll take place once again at the Hollywood & Highland Center.

The venue, formerly known as the Kodak Theatre, opened in 2001 to be the permanent home of Hollywood’s biggest awards ceremony. Eastman Kodak Co. filed for bankruptcy protection and dropped its name from the event before this year’s Oscars were handed out.

A representative of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says the academy has a contract with the Hollywood & Highland Center through the 2013 show.

Theron adopts a baby boy

NEW YORK

Actress Charlize Theron is a mother: The actress has adopted a child.

In a statement to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Theron’s publicist said the actress is a “proud mom of a healthy baby boy named Jackson.” No more details were provided.

Theron is from South Africa. This is her first child.

No more ‘Luck’ for HBO

los angeles

HBO canceled its horse racing series “Luck” on Wednesday, a day after a third horse died during the production of the series that starred Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte.

The decision was made along with executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann, HBO said in a statement. It followed a call made Tuesday by the American Humane Association to halt filming with horses until a comprehensive investigation into this week’s accident could be completed.