Los Angeles -- British actor Robert Pattinson booed and yelled at a comedian who poked fun of Australian actor Heath Ledger's death, a source told Usmagazine.com.

Ledger died in January of an accidental prescription drug overdose at the age of 28.

Usmagazine.com said Pattinson, the star of the vampire blockbuster "Twilight," was in the audience of a show at The ­Improv in Hollywood Dec. 16, when a performer reportedly said, "Here's my impression of Heath Ledger," then collapsed into pretend convulsions.

"Robert and his friend went nuts yelling at him," a source told the magazine, adding that Pattinson screamed: "(Expletive) you! You suck!"

"The comic didn't know who it was, but I'm sure he found out later!" the insider said.

The magazine did not offer the name of the performer.

New York -- Hip-hop icon Sean "Diddy" Combs says he is helping arrange free taxi rides home for New Year's Eve revelers in New York City.

In partnership with the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission and E! Entertainment, Combs and the makers of CIROC Ultra Premium Vodka will distribute thousands of debit cards, valued up to $15, in high-traffic New York City locations for use in one of the city's 13,000-plus taxicabs on New Year's Eve, so adult revelers can get home safely.

CIROC and E! Entertainment are further supporting the initiative with a message from Combs currently running on taxicab televisions in New York City through Jan. 1.

"As the 'Official Vodka of New Year's Eve,' we have a responsibility to remind everyone to get home safely on this most celebratory of nights,"

Sioux Falls, S.D. -- British actor and former professional soccer player Vinnie Jones has pleaded not guilty to assault charges stemming from a bar brawl in South Dakota, TMZ said.

Jones is accused of assaulting a fellow patron at Wiley's Tavern in Sioux Falls Dec. 5, reportedly after he was hit in the face with a beer mug.

The "Snatch" and "X-Men: The Last Stand" star could face up to a year in jail if convicted, TMZ said Tuesday.

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Chicago -- William Balfour was formally indicted Tuesday for the slayings of three members of singer-actress Jennifer Hudson's family in Chicago.

Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew were shot and killed in October.

E! News said Balfour, the estranged husband of Hudson's sister, Julia, was indicted Tuesday on murder and home invasion charges following a brief court hearing.

Balfour and his attorney have insisted Balfour did not commit the triple homicide.

The suspect is being held without bond on a parole violation at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Center.

Hudson is best known for her Oscar-winning performance in the big-screen musical "Dreamgirls." Her other screen credits include the movies "Sex and the City" and "The Secret Life of Bees."

London -- Trustees of Britain's HBOS bank's pension fund said they are considering a legal challenge to the bank's merger with Lloyds TSB to protect their pension plan.

"We want some underpinning comfort for the scheme's members that they will get their pensions," the trustee's chairman Roger Boyes said, the Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.

Under the current arrangement, the pension fund remains a liability of HBOS, although Lloyds is ultimately providing backing for its subsidiary.

HBOS and Lloyds stockholders have both approved the merger, which was arranged with $17.1 billion in government assistance.

But, the Lloyds Banking Group has kept the two banks' pension funds separate in case it decides to sell all or part of HBOS in the future, the newspaper said.

London -- The copyright on the iconic character Popeye the Sailor is set to expire in Europe this week, 70 years after the death of its U.S. creator, Elzie Segar.

The Times of London said that, as of Thursday, the character will fall into the public domain under European Union law, meaning anyone in Europe can use it without paying royalties or seeking permission. Although Europe honors a copyright for 70 years after an artist's death, U.S. law protects one for 95 years after the initial copyright, so the Popeye character is to be protected in America until 2024.

Popeye has appeared in comic books, cartoons, games and movies, and on merchandise since he was first introduced in 1929 and generates about $2.2 billion in annual sales, The Times said.

Washington -- "Deliverance," "The Invisible Man," "Sergeant York" and "The Terminator" have been added to the U.S. National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.

Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, the Librarian of Congress each year names 25 movies to the national registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant, to be preserved for all time.

In addition to the aforementioned films, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington Tuesday also named to the registry "A Face in the Crowd," "The Asphalt Jungle," "Disneyland Dream," "Flower Drum Song," "Foolish Wives," "Free Radicals," "Hallelujah," "In Cold Blood," "Johnny Guitar," "The Killers," "The March," "No Lies," "On the Bowery," "One Week," "The Pawnbroker," "The Perils of Pauline," "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad," "So's Your Old Man," "George Stevens WW2 Footage," "Water and Power" and "White Fawn's Devotion."

Brookville, New York, December 30: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will reportedly announce their impending divorce on the day, which people across the world await to express their love. According to the report in a city tabloid, the couple will announce their divorce - live and on stage, right in front of the audience at Anthony's concert, to be held on Feb. 14 at the Madison Square Garden.

Los Angeles, California, December 30: Freddie Hubbard, the Grammy-winning Jazz trumpeter, who played on some of the most distinguished records of the 1960s and '70s, died at the Sherman Oaks Hospital, after he suffered a heart attack, on Monday. He was 70.

London -- British teen actress Emma Watson says she has no "use for" the millions of dollars she has earned for co-starring in the "Harry Potter" movies.

"Why would someone my age need this much money? Let's face it, I don't really have any use for it," the 18-year-old actress, who plays Hermione Granger in the blockbusters, told the Daily Mail.

Watson also said that, coming from a family of attorneys and academics, she is unsure if acting is something she wants to do for the rest of her life, the British newspaper reported Monday.

"I was 9 years old when I was given the part without even going to acting school. Just because this has happened to me doesn't necessarily mean it's the right thing," she said. "I didn't know I wanted to be an actress, they just found me out of nowhere. So it's taken me a little while to work out that this was what I wanted to do -- well, for now."