●<B>LOS ANGELES. Man accused of stalking Mel Gibson says God sent him. </B> A homeless man sneaked past guards at a gated Malibu community to get to Mel Gibson?s home because he believed God had sent him to pray with the maker of The Passion of the Christ, a prosecutor told a court on Wednesday. Deputy District Attorney Debra Archuleta said Zack Sinclair, a 34 year-old from Idaho, began writing letters to Gibson last July claiming he was on a mission from God.

●<B> ROME. Rapping, crooning Mike Tyson makes Italy debut. </B> Iron Mike Tyson, looking uncomfortable and mopping his head with a towel, made his singing debut on Wednesday at Italy?s most popular music festival despite critics who wanted him banned from the event. ?I?m not just a boxer. I?m a father, an uncle, a person who loves animals and it?s not fair to see me just as a fighter,? Tyson said, after announcing a June fight in Washington DC.

●<B> NEW YORK. Lil? Kim associate admits role in NY shootout. </B> An associate of rapper Lil? Kim testified at the performer?s perjury trial on Wednesday that he opened fire with a machine gun outside a Manhattan radio station during a shootout with a rival hip-hop group. Lil? Kim, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, is on trial in Manhattan federal court for lying to a federal grand jury investigating the roles of two of her associates ? Suif Jackson and Damion Butler.

●<B> CALIFORNIA. Jackson camp talked of smearing mother. </B> Michael Jackson?s advisors, reeling from the disastrous fallout from a British TV documentary about the pop star, planned to smear as a ?crack whore? the mother of a boy who has accused Jackson of sex abuse, a witness told his trial on Wednesday. Jackson is charged with molesting a then-13-year-old boy at Neverland.

●<B> LONDON. Queen dubs Bill Gates honorary knighthood. </B> Britain?s Queen Elizabeth bestowed an honorary knighthood on Bill Gates Wednesday but confessed to the Microsoft chairman and philanthropist that she wasn?t much of a computer buff. ?She said all the kids do (use computers) and they are very useful ... but typing is not as natural for her as it is for young people,? Gates told reporters from beneath a black umbrella sheltering him from the London rain.

●<B> PARIS. Lagerfeld aims for global domination with own line. </B> Karl Lagerfeld is going global again. The white-haired German designer with the ponytail and dark glasses has become the most famous man in fashion thanks to his designs for Chanel and his collaboration with Swedish high-street retailer Hennes & Mauritz on a limited edition collection.