Taking Names

Thou shalt buy

A pair of faux granite tablets that Charlton Heston cradled in the 1956 biblical epic “The Ten Commandments” is expected to fetch as much as $60,000, said Marc Kruskol, a publicist for the auction Profiles in History. It is the fourth set of tablets that remain from the film, which featured Mr. Heston as Moses, Associated Press reports.

The five-piece costume Mr. Heston wore in 1959’s “Ben-Hur” — the film that won him a best-actor Oscar — is also among the 1,000-plus pieces of Hollywood memorabilia to be auctioned off this summer.

Mr. Heston, 84, died April 5 at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home.

The auction runs July 31 through Aug. 1.

Jess, Romo done?

Singer Jessica Simpson and her beau, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, have punted their romance, says the New York Daily News.

Sources also told TMZ.com that the couple, who have dated since November, quietly called things quits. Miss Simpson’s publicist, however, told the newspaper that the twosome are still an item.

Earlier this year, Miss Simpson was blamed for her boyfriend’s poor performance during a Cowboys playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Fans later taunted Mr. Romo with pictures of the pop singer during a New York Giants game, which the Cowboys lost.

Mr. Star Jones vents

It’s not easy being Al Reynolds these days.

The soon-to-be ex-husband of Star Jones says he’s “been called a gigolo, a freeloader, unemployed, a sham and many other things that don’t bear repeating” since Miss Jones filed for divorce in March, Associated Press reports. The couple wed in an elaborate ceremony in 2004.

On Tuesday, Mr. Reynolds posted a 485-word rant on MySpace and Facebook, using the social-networking Web sites to air his frustrations with media coverage.

“If you think you are having a tough day, may I propose you walk in my shoes for a few hours,” reads the opening line. “In my mind, it feels like ’Dump on Al Month.’ ”

He also discusses his current pursuits — “follow[ing] my entrepreneurial spirit in the world of business and investment while completing my doctorate in Organizational Leadership” — and notes that “a guy is entitled to a little fun, after all.”

“I am complex, contradictory and capable of great intelligence but also remarkable stupidity. In other words, I am a human being,” Mr. Reynolds writes.

Oops, she did it again

Another Britney Spears fender-bender, another instant online video.

Paparazzi had cameras rolling when the pop star’s white Mercedes-Benz coupe rear-ended a red Ford Explorer on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Associated Press reports. The video, posted on TMZ.com, shows Miss Spears, 26, in the driver’s seat. Wearing a ponytail and aviator shades, she covers her mouth with her hand after realizing she hit the car in front of her.

No one was injured, and police were not involved, AP says.

Miss Spears’ bodyguard, who was riding in the passenger seat, gave the singer’s information to the female driver of the sport utility vehicle, People.com and TMZ reported.

Miss Spears was involved in a separate fender-bender on April 12. No one was injured or cited in that accident.

Sequel in the works

Michael Moore is taking America’s temperature again.

The filmmaker, winner of the top honor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival with “Fahrenheit 9/11,” plans a follow-up to resume his examination of the nation’s status in the world in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks, Associated Press reports.

“Fahrenheit 9/11,” the only documentary to top $100 million domestically at the box office, was a harsh, hilarious critique of President Bush and his administration in wake of the attacks. The as-yet-untitled follow-up will have a longer-term approach, film executives overseeing the project said yesterday.

Danny Rosset, chief operating officer at Overture Films — which is co-financing the sequel with Paramount Vantage — said the movie will be scheduled for release domestically in spring 2009, soon after Mr. Bush leaves office.

Compiled by Robyn-Denise Yourse from Web and wire reports