The widow of comedian Rodney Dangerfield has hit her late husband's former business partner with a $2 million lawsuit. Joan Dangerfield alleges Anthony (Babe) Bevacqua's claims to full ownership of the Manhattan comedy club he operated with her late husband are false.

The king of the one liners gets all the respect he deserves when Comedy Central honors the life of a genuine pioneer of comedy himself, Rodney Dangerfield. "Legends: Rodney Dangerfield" premieres Sunday, September 10, at 9:00 p.m.

Summer and fall 2006 will be chock full of brand spanking new comedy on Comedy Central. Viewers have a large plate to choose from: new series ("Dog Bites Man," "Freak Show") to new specials (Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road, "Jamie Kennedy: Unwashed") to returning series (Chappelle's Show, RENO 911!) and acquisitions (Scrubs).

Adam Sandler has become a dad. The baby girl is the first child for the Happy Gilmore star and his wife, Jackie. A statement on the comic actor's website reads: "Kid is healthy!! Wife is healthy!! He's still a moron, and that's all that counts!!!"

Happy Birthday to The Island's Scarlett Johansson (1984), Canadian figure skater David Pelletier (1974), actor Mark Ruffalo (1967), German tennis champ Boris Becker (1967), actress Mariel Hemingway (1961), actress Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Talking Head Tina Weymouth (1950), E Street native and Soprano "Little" Steven Van Zandt (1950), Bob Marley's bass man Aston "Familyman" Barrett (1946), tennis star Billie Jean King (1943), Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam (1940), actor Robert Vaughn (1932), actress Geraldine Page (1924), and the comedian who got the least amount of respect, Rodney Dangerfield (1921; d. 2004).