People talk 6/19

TV doc adds helps in vaccination campaign

MACHAKOS, Kenya -- She couldn't actually administer the vaccinations, but Jane Seymour, who starred in the CBS drama "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," lent her celebrity to a campaign aimed at eliminating measles in Africa on Tuesday.

Seymour, with eight Los Angeles schoolchildren and a documentary film crew in tow, toured vaccination centers set up as part of The Measles Initiative -- a five-year, continentwide American Red Cross campaign.

"This is an initiative that can actually be accomplished," said the 51-year-old actress, who's been working with the Red Cross since February. "In a world where nothing seems to ever be accomplished, this is gratifying."

Measles, a highly contagious disease that can be fatal, was once common in North America and Europe and still kills more than 450,000 children a year in Africa.

A weeklong drive to vaccinate 14 million Kenyan children began Monday, with help from the government and the Kenya Red Cross.

Stars to get own trees in London's Hyde Park

LONDON -- Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey and Ronan Keating are branching out in London.

The singers will get their own commemorative trees in London's Hyde Park after performing at a charity concert there on June 29, park officials announced Tuesday.

The only performer to have received a tree before is tenor Luciano Pavarotti, for his celebrated performance in the park a decade ago.

"I've had many interesting and unusual things given to me over the years, but this is a first," the 65-year-old Bassey said.

"I realize I'm putting down my roots with the best of company and can grow to a ripe old age amongst friends."

Keating, formerly of the Irish pop group Boyzone, joked, "I hope that over the years people will enjoy its shade, birds its shelter and dogs its convenience."

Park officials are deciding which species to give the stars and where to plant the trees.

The concert is expected to raise $750,000 for the Prince's Trust, a charity Prince Charles established.

Ex-'Baywatch' babe to become columnist

NEW YORK -- She's gone from "Baywatch" babe to "V.I.P." vixen. Now, Pamela Anderson has a new gig as a magazine columnist.

Anderson will write a monthly feature for Jane magazine starting in September called "Pam Honestly." She'll focus on issues including domestic abuse, women's health and parenthood.

The mother of two young boys with her ex-husband, former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, Anderson disclosed in March that she has hepatitis C. She also announced recently that she's engaged to rap-rocker Kid Rock.

The idea for Anderson's column came when the 34-year-old said she was dissatisfied with a recent cover story that was written about her. After several e-mail exchanges, Pratt asked her to contribute to the magazine's new celebrity-written column, "This Celeb Trusts Us," for the August issue.

Anderson was so chock full of ideas, Pratt said, the magazine asked her to be a monthly contributor.

Reminders of ex-beau follow singer Spears

NEW YORK -- No matter where Britney Spears goes, she can't escape the reminders of her recent breakup with 'N Sync's Justin Timberlake.

"You go out to a club, and people say, 'Are you fine? Are you fine?' And it's like, 'I'm here, aren't I?"' the 20-year-old pop singer says in the July issue of InStyle magazine. "What if I was some weakling and I was like, 'Whaaa!' Crying!"

Spears says she and Timberlake, 21, split amicably: "We're climbing two different mountains. His priorities are different from mine right now."

After being friends since their Mickey Mouse Club days as kids, and three years as a high-profile couple, she says they still talk frequently. But she admits it wasn't easy seeing him photographed at a Hollywood club with a brunette.

'X-Files' star, wife tell arrival of second baby

LOS ANGELES -- It's a boy for actress Tea Leoni and former "X-Files" star David Duchovny.

The 7-pound, 10-ounce boy, the couple's second child, was born Saturday at a Los Angeles area hospital, publicist Annett Wolf said Monday. The newborn's name wasn't disclosed.

Leoni, 36, and Duchovny, 41, were married in 1997. They have a 3-year-old daughter, Madelaine West Duchovny.-- From wire reports