Sideshow | 'Lost' actress has been found out

Sexy tough-gal extraordinaire

Michelle Rodriguez

, 29, must report to an L.A. County jail by Christmas Eve to begin serving 180 days for violating probation on an '04 DUI and hit-and-run convictions.

The former Lost actress, who had been fitted with an alcohol-monitoring anklet, failed to remain sober for 90 days, as ordered. She also admitted that she previously lied about completing her required community service. Rodriguez served 20 minutes of a 60-day parole-violation sentence in May '06 (The jails were overcrowded). In his ruling, L.A. Superior Court Judge Daviann L. Mitchell told the thesp that this time she will have to serve her full sentence.

Rodriguez has yet to comment.

Anita Brikman

, 6ABC's medical reporter since 1994, is leaving at the end of December for an anchor's job at WUSA, a CBS station in Washington.

Localites Denny Somach and Cyndy Drue are behind a two-hour radio show, Eric Clapton: The Autobiography, airing at 7 p.m. tomorrow on WMGK (102.9). Somach hosts. The show was produced in connection with the release of the book, Clapton: The Autobiography, and a career-spanning CD titled Complete Clapton.

- Michael Klein

Latter-day Joan of Arc

Britney Spears

, whose ex,

Kevin Federline

, has been granted custody of their two boys, wants to see more of the li'l tykes. She has filed an emergency court motion to expand the limited visitation rights she was granted Oct. 1 to see 2-year-old

Sean Preston

and 1-year-old

Jayden James

.

The status of the motion remains uncertain. A court rep told the AP that neither Spears nor K-Fed was scheduled to be in court yesterday.

The Police

, who reunited for a tour this summer, have taken in $91.3 mil for their troubles, becoming the highest-earning act of the season, which runs from May 1 to Labor Day, USA Today reports. Country acts did exceptionally well during the summer, too, including

Kenny Chesney

($62.5 mil),

Tim McGraw

&

Faith Hill

($38.2 mil) and

Rascal Flatts

($16.8 mil).

Has-been musician and former celeb-by-marriage

Bobby Brown

is denying an announcement by his Atlanta-based attorney,

Phaedra Parks

, that he suffered a mild heart attack in L.A. on Tuesday night.

"None of it's true," Brown said. "I went in for a checkup. The doc gave me a clean bill of health."

It's a troubling denial since, in her announcement Wednesday, Parks clearly said she had spoken to Bobby earlier that day, when the ex-Mr. Whitney Houston was released from the hospital.

. . . when it comes to the Billboard charts.

Magic, Bruce Springsteen's first collaboration with the E Street Band since The Rising in '02, has sold 335,000 copies during its opening week, becoming the eighth No. 1 album of the Boss' career.

The brandspankingnew $120 mil, 7,100-seat Nokia Theater in Lalaland - which, like those grand amphitheaters of yore scattered across the Roman Empire, is named after a multinational corporation - will be christened Oct. 18 with a concert featuring one of the greatest lame bands ever, the

Eagles

, plus the Texas country trio

Dixie Chicks

. Variety reports Nokia's master plan is to lobby hard to become home to every award show in the biz, including the Oscars.

Madonna

is poised to increase her earnings a gazillion-fold by jumping from Warner Music Group to Live Nation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Madge's $120 mil, 10-year deal with the giant concert promoter will include cash, stock options and a corporation that will make and sell her CDs, run her tours, and handle all licensing and merchandizing deals. As part of the crazy deal, the Mystical Mom will get

90 percent

of her concert grosses.

Before she leaves, Madge must produce one new CD and a greatest-hits compilation for Warner, which retains ownership of her entire song catalog.