New York, NY (WFN) -- Beyonce Knowles has a new job title -- sista'-in-law. Her sister, Solange, recently married college football player Daniel Smith in the Bahamas. But Solange may not have much time for a honeymoon. She's getting ready to release a new CD; star in a UPN sit-com; and act opposite Cedric The Entertainer in the new comedy, "Johnson Family Vacation."

LONDON -- Paul McCartney has announced that his summer concert tour will take him "Back In The USSR" -- er, Russia. He'll play St. Petersburg's Palace Square on June 20. Macca made his first concert appearance in the country last May with a show in Moscow's Red Square.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Paris Hilton was all wet at the Oscars on Sunday night. According to "The New York Daily News," "The Simple Life" star stumbled into a calf-high pond at a pre-Academy Awards dinner at a film studio executive's estate. After walking into the Japanese pool, she was overheard saying "Why does he have a pool there? At least I didn't go into the big pool." Hilton's shoes were drenched and she bemoaned, "Oh, my new Vuitton shoes! Well, at least they're clean now."

HOLLYWOOD -- Loud-mouths Simon Cowell and Sharon Osbourne bury the hatchet on today's episode of "The Sharon Osbourne" over comments made by Cowell. Sharon introduces him as "a man who thinks my daughter is fat and has no talent, the "Osbournes" are over, and that my husband faked an accident to help a number one single." Cowell makes amends saying, "Anyway, I apologize, for everything -- everything I used to say, everything I will say....We're English, you know, we always say these things."

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