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No tips from John Malkovich

Lincoln, Neb. � Being John Malkovich apparently means kindness to fans, but not necessarily generosity toward the help.

The versatile actor, who has appeared in such movies as "Dangerous Liaisons" and "Being John Malkovich," was in Nebraska's capital city this weekend visiting his sister, Melissa Malkovich.

After dining at a downtown restaurant Friday night, he and a friend went to the Marz Intergalactic Shrimp and Martini Bar.

Cocktail waiter Brett Liddington said not only did Malkovich sit at the bar's worst table, he spent the rest of the evening placating fans.

The combination must have left Malkovich in a less-than-generous mood � Liddington said the actor did not leave a tip.

'NYPD Blue' actress arrested

Malibu, Calif. � Actress Kim Delaney has been arrested for investigation of drunken driving, police said.

Delaney, 40, was arrested Saturday night and later released after being served with a notice to appear in court, said Sgt. Craig Barnes of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies pulled Delaney over after witnesses called the sheriff's station to report a vehicle driving erratically, Barnes said.

Delaney played detective Diane Russell on "NYPD Blue" and in 1997 won the Emmy for supporting actress in a drama series. She left "NYPD Blue" last year to in star in "Philly."

Playmate makes high school date

Tustin, Calif. � A high school senior turned heads this weekend with his winter formal date: Playboy Playmate Petra Verkiak.

The 35-year-old pinup, who was Miss December 1989, offered to accompany Toby Hocking after she read his college entrance essay.

Hocking, a straight-A clarinet player, wrote about how he felt like an outcast before deciding it was up to him to seek out friends and make the most of his years at Foothill High School.

Verkiak offered to go with Hocking to the girl-asks-guy winter formal if no one asked him out. "At first I thought, 'Go to the dance with a 35-year-old?' Hocking said. "But then I realized, she's really hot."

Silverman talks to youngest fans

Bradenton, Fla. � Even though the elementary school audience wasn't born when "Weekend at Bernie's" came out in 1989, actor Jonathan Silverman found it had a following among fourth- and fifth-graders.

Children at Rowlett Elementary School watched a clip from the movie on Friday, then had a chance to talk to one of the stars.

"Are you going to make a third 'Weekend at Bernie's'?" Brandi Lindsay, 9, asked Silverman.

"I was surprised we made one," Silverman said, laughing.

Silverman, in town for the Sarasota Film Festival screening of his movie "The Medicine Show," came to Rowlett as part of the festival's outreach into the schools to promote the arts.