NAMES & FACES

Fans of Kylie Minogue are swamping the 36-year-old pop singer's Web site with comments, concerns and questions about her just-announced battle with breast cancer.

Overwhelmed, Kylie.com had to shift to "reduced service" Wednesday, a day after the Australian revealed her illness. The site morphed to feature up-to-the-minute official news from her camp to help concerned fans stay informed. Among the well-wishers posting on the site's message board was Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

In a statement released yesterday, Minogue said, "My heartfelt thanks to the incredible number of people who have sent messages of love and support over the last two days." She is undergoing tests in preparation for surgery later this week. So far, tests show the cancer is contained.

The Fat's in the Fire

The company that helped fund "Super Size Me" is suing director Morgan Spurlock, saying he's hogging its portion of proceeds from the 2004 hit documentary, in which Spurlock eats only McDonald's food for a month.

According to attorney Bill Kelly , his client, Cast Iron Partners, gave office space to the filmmaker in exchange for stock in Spurlock's company. But, Kelly claims, his client is still hungry for its share of the profits. "We bet on this long shot and they're basically trying to keep all the money," he says.

Spurlock's attorney, John Sloss , calls the claim "baseless and without merit." Although the film reportedly grossed $30 million globally, Spurlock maintains he has received only a small portion of that pie. "I haven't even made a million dollars," he asserts. The director is continuing his mission to unwrap the food industry with his latest attack, a just-published novel titled "Don't Eat This Book."

No Jackson Trial for One King

Larry King came and went at the Michael Jackson molestation trial yesterday but never took the stand.

Santa Barbara County (Calif.) Superior Court Judge Rodney S. Melville refused to allow the defense to present testimony by the CNN talk-show host that attorney Larry Feldman , who once represented the accuser's mother, had told him the mother was "wacko" and out for money.

The judge ruled out testimony by King and another man present at the conversation on grounds they were not able to say the lawyer directly quoted the accuser's mother.

Noted . . .

· Police in Manhattan say they nailed "Desperate Housewives" actor Cody Kasch (who plays troubled teen Zack Young) for smoking pot. The 17-year-old actor was slapped with a ticket charging him with misdemeanor marijuana possession and released.

· Li ndsay Lohan tells People magazine in its upcoming issue that her latest weight loss is simply due to "old-school working out." Earlier this week, the actress told Access Hollywood that there is a lot of pressure in Tinseltown to keep off the pounds.

· Country singer Kenny Chesney claims his proposal to actress wife Renee Zellweger never actually happened. "She wouldn't let me, really," he clarified. "She just told me to name a town and a place and she'd be there." Chesney and Zellweger were married May 9 on the island of St. John.

. . . and Quoted

"The unemployment thing is quite a drop. I have four kids. I need a job."

-- Ray Romano, referring to the end of his TV series, "Everybody Loves Raymond," during an interview with Fox News Channel's Alan Colmes.

-- Compiled by Korin Miller from staff and wire reports

. . . and Quoted

"The unemployment thing is quite a drop. I have four kids. I need a job."

-- Ray Romano, referring to the end of his TV series, "Everybody Loves Raymond," during an interview with Fox News Channel's Alan Colmes.

-- Compiled by Korin Miller from staff and wire reports