KCTS chair elected to PBS national board

Bob Flowers, chair of the KCTS-TV board of directors, has been elected to the PBS national board.

The 27-member national board governs and sets policies for PBS. Flowers will serve three years with no pay.

Flowers, a former Washington Mutual senior vice president who has worked on behalf of several regional community and public affairs organizations, first served on the KCTS-TV board in 1989. He has served as chair since February 2005.

Dickens reading

tonight at St. Mark's

The 13th annual reading from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" will go on without the late John Gilbert, who died last month. Todd Jefferson Moore, a local actor, activist and friend of Gilbert, will read with Ishbel Dickens.

The event is a fundraiser for the Seattle Displacement Coalition and takes place tonight at the historical St. Mark's Carriage House, 1551 10th Ave. E., Capitol Hill, Seattle. A 7 p.m. social hour precedes the 8 p.m. reading (206-632-0668).

Lohan says she's been in AA for a year

NEW YORK — Lindsay Lohan says she's been going to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings for a year, but hasn't talked about it because "it's no one's business."

"I just left an AA meeting," the 20-year-old actress tells People magazine in a story posted Tuesday on its Web site.

"I haven't had a drink in seven days. Or anything," she says. "I'm not even legal to, so why would I? I don't drink when I go to clubs. I drink with my friends at home, but there's no need to. I feel better not drinking."

"I've been going to AA for a year by the way," Lohan adds.

Jolie, Pitt began as "good friends"

NEW YORK — Angelina Jolie says she wasn't looking for a relationship when she began working with Brad Pitt on "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," adding that the couple "remained very, very good friends" after shooting the movie.

Jolie didn't know where Pitt — then married to Jennifer Aniston — was in his personal life, the 31-year-old actress tells Vogue magazine in its January issue. "But it was clear he was with his best friend, someone he loves and respects."

"I think we were both the last two people who were looking for a relationship. I certainly wasn't. I was quite content to be a single mom," Jolie says.

It's Knievel v. Kanye in suit over video

TAMPA, Fla. — Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West, taking issue with a video in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and jumps a motorcycle over a canyon.

Knievel (real name: Robert Craig Knievel) filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday claiming infringement on his trademark name and likeness. The 68-year-old daredevil claims the "vulgar and offensive" images depicted in the video damage his reputation.

A spokesman for West said the rapper no comment.

ALSO: Former Doors drummer John Densmore has filed for divorce from his wife of 16 years. Densmore, 62, cited irreconcilable differences for ending his marriage to filmmaker Leslie Frances Neal, according to papers filed in L.A. Superior Court.

Quincy Jones has been named "Mentor of the Year," by Harvard University's School of Public Health.

Jones, 73, is the inaugural recipient of the honor, which will be presented in January.

The Associated Press