CROWNED: Marissa Whitley of Missouri, 18, was named Miss Teen USA on Wednesday night. The first runner-up was Miss New York, Gloria Almonte. The second runner-up was Miss Massachusetts, Marianne Zaslavsky . . . SENTENCED: Rapper Nate Dogg (real name: Nathaniel Dawayne Hale), 32, was given three years probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of possessing an unmarked firearm. The judge also ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine. The rapper was arrested June 18, 2000, for allegedly kidnapping his girlfriend from her mother's house, holding her against her will, assaulting her and setting a car on fire. Those charges were dismissed at a preliminary hearing in March . . . FILED: Celine Dion, 34, and husband Rene Angelil, 59, launched a lawsuit Monday against Quebec magazine Allo-Vedette for alleging that the couple rented a Las Vegas hotel swimming pool so she could sunbathe topless and he could skinny-dip, reports USA Today . . . CONTRACTED: Artemis Records has signed Russell Crowe's band, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, to its label, reports Billboard.com. Their album, "Bastard Life of Clarity," will be released Sept. 11 in the U.S. The group, whose North American tour kicked off Aug. 11 in Austin, will be on the road through Aug. 30 . . . ILL: Severe bronchitis has forced throaty-voiced rock singer Stevie Nicks, 53, to postpone concerts on Tuesday and Wednesday at L.A.'s Universal Amphitheatre, reports Billboard.com. The former Fleetwood Mac singer experienced some respiratory problems last month as she embarked on the tour in conjunction with her latest album "Trouble in Shangri-La," said her spokesperson . . . RELEASED: French film star Jean-Paul Belmondo, 68, was discharged from a Paris hospital Wednesday after making a "remarkable" recovery from a stroke he suffered two weeks ago, the hospital said in a brief statement. No word on his condition or of any possible effects of the stroke . . . CHARGED: Michael Willis, 36, a Canadian man claiming to be engaged to actress Katie Holmes ("The Ice Storm," "Wonder Boys") is in legal trouble for allegedly hounding her father, Martin Holmes, reports New York's Daily News. Willis, a one-time Rhodes scholar, has been charged with criminal harassment, mischief and making harassing phone calls about his supposed "engagement" to Katie. He pleaded not guilty last week.