PASSAGES: Jane Pauley to Leave NBC

By Stephen M. Silverman

Thursday February 20, 2003 10:57 AM EST

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ANNOUNCED: "Dateline NBC" anchor Jane Pauley, 52, said Wednesday she will leave the network in May, after being in its employ for 27 years, including her stint as "Today" host, which ended in 1989. Her next move is not clear -- even to herself. "I keep walking by bookstores and seeing titles about second acts in life," she tells The New York Times, adding that she found herself asking, "What's next, or even, what is it I really want to do?"

SUED: Jon Bon Jovi's former housekeeper, Maria Sliwinska, 55, has filed a legal complaint against him in Trenton, New Jersey's small claims court, claiming the musician, 40, failed to reimburse her for $430 in travel expenses from her home to his mansion, according to TheSmokingGun.com. Further details about the suit were not immediately available, and a Bon Jovi spokeswoman tells the Associated Press she was unaware of the lawsuit.

RUSHED: "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" star Kate Hudson has about that long to prepare for hosting duties at the March 1 presentation of the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards, to be held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. (The main Oscar ceremony will be March 23 at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.) Besides hosting the March 1 event, Hudson, 23, will appear during the main Oscar telecast to introduce a rundown of the sci-tech honorees.

CHARGED: Adam Rich, 34, once the mop-headed star of the '70s sitcom "Eight is Enough," was charged Tuesday with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence during a Dec. 18 California Interstate Highway incident outside of Los Angeles, when officers say he nearly hit a patrol car, reports AP. He was freed on $2,500 bail and will be arraigned Thursday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said.

DIED: Country singer Johnny Paycheck (real name: Donald Eugene Lytle), 64, best known for his 1977 hit, "Take This Job and Shove It," died Tuesday after having been bedridden for some time in a Nashville nursing home with emphysema and asthma, said a Grand Ole Opry spokeswoman. His other hits included "Don't Take Her, She's All I Got" (revived 25 years later, in 1996, by Tracy Byrd), "I'm the Only Hell Mama Ever Raised" and "Slide Off Your Satin Sheets."