Births
Happy, Texas actor Steve Zahn, 32, and wife Robyn Peterman, 34, an actress (Sour Grapes) and the daughter of catalog clothier J. Peterman of Seinfeld fame, welcomed their first child, 8-lb. 2-oz. Henry James, on April 3 in New York.

Wed

In a very private April 8 ceremony at his Piano, Texas, home, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, 33, exchanged vows with his team's former PR staffer Rhonda Worthey, 31. Cowboy Emmitt Smith and sportscaster John Madden attended the backyard reception....

That same day in Miami, 28-year-old tennis player Mary Joe Fernandez married IMG agent Anthony Godsick, 29. Among the nearly 400 guests were tennis greats Billie Jean King and Monica Seles, a bridesmaid.

Deaths

Claire Trevor, the sultry-voiced actress best known for her Academy Award-winning turn as a hard-drinking torch singer in 1948's Key Largo, died April 8 of respiratory ailments at a hospital near her home in Newport Beach, Calif. She was 90. Trevor, who starred alongside such legends as John Wayne (Stagecoach) and Humphrey Bogart (Dead End), appeared in more than 60 films....

On April 4,28 Days star Sandra Bullock's mother, German-born opera singer Helga Bullock, 63, died after a lengthy illness at her home in Arlington, Va....

Stock car pioneer Lee Petty, 86—patriarch of the racing dynasty that includes his son Richard Petty, 62, the Winston Cup legend; grandson Kyle, 39; and great-grandson Adam, 19, who made his debut at the Winston Cup this month—died on April 5 at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, N.C., weeks after undergoing surgery for a stomach aneurysm.

Suing
On April 6, Kathie Lee, 46, and husband Frank Gifford, 69, filed a libel suit against the tabloid National Examiner over its Feb. 8 article "Kathie Lee's Turning Poor Cody into a Monster," which claimed that the couple's 10-year-old son Cody behaved badly on several occasions, including on the set of an ABC movie in which he had a role.

Legal
On March 1, just six days after filing for divorce from actress Patricia Arquette, 32, his wife of nearly five years, actor Nicolas Cage, 36, asked the court to dismiss the case.

Unhitched
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 56, and his second wife, Marianne, 48, finalized their divorce on April 6. Since filing for divorce from his wife of 18 years last July, Gingrich has acknowledged his relationship with a 34-year-old clerk for the House Agriculture Committee, Callista Bisek, whom he began dating in 1993.

Engaged

Actor and comic Ben Stiller, 34, and 28-year-old actress Christine Taylor, who have been engaged since last November, are set to marry in the next month or two....

Sexy TLC siren Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, who turns 30 on April 26, and rapper Mack 10, 28, are engaged to be married in Honolulu in August.

Update
Halle Berry, 33, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge that she fled the scene of an auto accident. The prosecution alleges that Berry ran a red light and collided with another vehicle on Feb. 23 in West Hollywood. The other driver suffered wrist fractures. A pretrial hearing is set for April 21.