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NAMES & FACES

He Missed His Right-Hand Man

Katie Holmes, with boyfriend Tom Cruise, has shed another member of her old posse. (By Chris Pizzello -- Reuters)

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Woody's back! Ventriloquist Willie Brown has located his lost puppet, Woody. As we reported on Aug. 26, it was lost on an Aug. 16 United flight from Dulles to Los Angeles.

"I was so relieved," said Brown. The comedian had borrowed a puppet to use in Woody's absence but said the new dummy "just wasn't the same."

Brown did a wave of media interviews to spread the word about his puppet of nearly 15 years and even hired an attorney. The lawyer wrote a letter to the airline and a day later, Woody turned up at Los Angeles International Airport after being MIA for 13 days.

"Some of the employees alluded that he was still at Washington Dulles," the comedian said. "I couldn't believe it."

With his puppet back, the comedian says "good things" are on the horizon. "Woody and I have a relationship," he said. "I don't know what I'd do without him."

End Note

· Singer Boy George was arrested yesterday on suspicion of possessing drugs and making a false police report after he called authorities at 3:14 a.m. and said his home in New York had been robbed. Police said they found a small amount of cocaine near his computer.

-- Compiled by Korin Miller from staff and wire reports

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