NAMES & FACES

Brit-ney

Britney Spears is at it again: The pop princess has been videotaped "numerous times" in the last few weeks using a British accent, reports People.com. She sounds like a Brit even when angry; on a shopping trip earlier this month, the star used the accent while screaming at paparazzi.

"She could simply be behaving this way for attention, for sympathy, or any other reason," said psychologist Renee A. Cohen, who is not treating Spears. Without a formal evaluation, a diagnosis would be "foolish," but the psychologist did wonder: "When Britney uses the British accent, or appears to take on another identity, does she know she's Britney Spears?"

High-Hat Hash

It would seem that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have similar taste: Each candidate's camp ordered from the same swank steakhouse in Las Vegas on Friday. Their delivery orders to the N9NE Steakhouse at the Palms came in "minutes apart," the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Obama's totaled about $200 and included two Kobe burgers, two organic chicken sandwiches and one order of Dover sole, sent to a conference room at the Las Vegas Signature Terminal. N9NE Steakhouse head chef Barry Dakake said he thought Obama was taking a quick break between campaign stops: "I don't know where he was going, but I know he was hungry," Dakake said.

Clinton, on the other hand, spent $1,530 on nine steaks, chicken, salmon, scallops, lobster, salads, shrimp, sashimi and "various side dishes."

PETA Pushes POTUS

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrote to President Bush last week, urging him to donate to PETA the black fur-lined robe he received from Saudi King Abdullah.

"It's too late to help the animals who suffered and died to make your robe, but PETA's fur-donation program allows people who've had a change of heart . . . [to help] those in need," the letter read. PETA got personal for a minute, too: "Just like your beloved dogs Barney and Miss Beazley, animals who are killed for their fur feel pain and fear. . . . Your fur robe could very well have been made from one of Barney's cousins."

Farrow Makes a Point

Cambodian police blocked Mia Farrow from holding a genocide memorial ceremony yesterday at a former Khmer Rouge prison, at one point forcefully pushing her group away from a barricade.

The Cambodian government had barred the ceremony several days ago. The American actress and fellow human-rights activists arrived at one of the barricades and refused to go away, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. Police started pushing the group, which eventually returned to a waiting car and drove off.

End Notes

Celebrating: Chris Noth, better known as "Sex and the City's" Mr. Big, and girlfriend Tara Wilson have announced the birth of Orion Christopher Noth, a 7-pound 10-ounce boy. "Chris and Tara are thrilled and all are doing well," a rep for the actor reported.

Spending big: Late-night TV host Conan O'Brien has purchased a new home in Brentwood, Calif., for $10.5 million, the Los Angeles Times reports. The six-bedroom house includes a pool, spa, outside kitchen, library with bar and a 1,500-bottle wine room.

Spotted: Former "Crossfire" co-host Tucker Carlson, at the Palm on Friday talking with a valet. A tipster called his hair "quite fluffy." Yesterday, ABC correspondent George Stephanopoulos and his wife, Alexandra Wentworth, visited the same restaurant to celebrate her birthday, according to a Palm employee.

-- Rachel Kaufman, from staff and wire reports