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Woody produces producer lawsuit

Woody Allen, the Oscar-winning comic and filmmaker, has sued former friend and producer Jean Doumanian, charging that she cheated him out of profits from the last eight movies they made together. Allen says in papers filed Wednesday in Manhattan's State Supreme Court that Doumanian and her production company have refused to give him regular and accurate financial information about his films' earnings.

The movies are: "Bullets Over Broadway," 1994; "Mighty Aphrodite;" 1995; "Everyone Says I Love You," 1996; "Deconstructing Harry," 1997; "Wild Man Blues," 1997; "Celebrity," 1998; "Sweet and Lowdown," 1999; and "Small Time Crooks," 2000.

Love or money

When Debbie Reynolds won the Miss Burbank contest in 1948, all she wanted was the silk scarf, blouse and free lunch she would get for entering. She not only won the contest, but Warner Bros. offered her a screen test the next day. The 69-year-old actress still works 50 weeks a year. She'll appear Thursday night at the Fargodome during Life's Options, a lifestyle exposition for senior citizens.

"I love my work and I have things that I want to accomplish and when you do that, you have to earn lots of money," Reynolds told The Forum of Fargo, N.D. "You need revenue. I have married poorly and they have received a lot of money, my ex-husbands � not always given to them, but they have taken their little hands into my pockets."

Gandolfini leaving the family?

Making hits for a living isn't pretty, but whattya gonna do? Well, James Gandolfini, who plays Mafia godfather Tony Soprano on HBO's popular series "The Sopranos," says he may just walk away. In an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph, he said the violence on the show appalls him so much he may quit after next season.

"I want to get away from the violence a little bit, because it is starting to bother me personally." Gandolfini, 39, also said "it boggles my mind" that some people consider Tony a role model. "I can't believe it when people ask me to come and talk to their kindergarten class."

Cocaine found in Downey drug test

Actor Robert Downey Jr., who has acknowledged a longtime drug addiction, had traces of cocaine in his system when he was arrested last month, authorities said Thursday. The urine test that the 36-year-old actor voluntarily took revealed no other drugs in his system, said Lt. Dave Tankenson of the Culver City Police Department.

Downey was arrested in a suburban Culver City, Calif., alley last month and was released to his parole office and ordered to return to court May 15. Downey, who was already facing drug charges stemming from a November arrest at a Palm Springs hotel, could face up to a year in jail for his most recent arrest.