NAMES & FACES

Richardson's Family Gathers for Wake

Family and friends of actress Natasha Richardson -- who died Wednesday after injuring her brain in a skiing accident -- gathered yesterday for a private viewing in New York City.

Richardson's husband, Liam Neeson, and their two sons attended the wake at the American Irish Historical Society, the Associated Press reports. Also present were Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave, sister Joely Richardson and actress Uma Thurman, among others.

Richardson, 45, fell during a ski lesson at the Mont Tremblant resort in Quebec on Monday. On Thursday the New York City medical examiner's office ruled her death accidental, caused by bleeding in her skull after the fall.

Hager's Protective Vehicle Is Towed

White House perks might follow you outside the Beltway, but not everyone will be impressed: A vehicle in former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager's "protective detail" has been towed for several unpaid parking tickets, WBAL News reports.

Baltimore officials wouldn't say if the vehicle -- towed from outside the South Baltimore home Bush shares with husband Henry Hager -- belonged to the Secret Service, but did say the agent in charge of Bush's protective detail is taking responsibility and working to recover the vehicle from impoundment.

The former first daughter and Hager, an employee at Constellation Energy, moved to Baltimore after getting married last spring.

Rourke vs. Jericho?

Ploy for publicity or not, WWE wrestler Chris Jericho won't back down from his feud -- if one can call it that -- with "The Wrestler" star Mickey Rourke.

In an interview with the New York Daily News this week, Jericho said he "will get out of the ring, walk over to Mickey, and slap him in the face" at this year's Wrestlemania event, happening April 5 at Houston's Reliant Stadium. (Rourke has said he plans to attend to support wrestler friends, not to fight -- backing down from his initial claim that WWE asked him to get in the ring.)

Jericho also poked fun at Rourke's professed love of dogs: "I'm going to buy Mickey a ringside seat. Hell, I'll even buy one for his dog! . . . This is a promise. Those seats are $2,500 each, and Mickey Rourke is invited to bring as many dogs, cats, gerbils as he wants."

Why the fighting words? Seems that Rourke started it, when on the red carpet at the SAG Awards he said Jericho "better get in shape . . . because I'm coming after your [butt]." On "Larry King Live" in January, Jericho formally challenged Rourke, a former boxer, to grapple. But Rourke backed off: "Would I box him in a boxing ring or a bare knuckle match? Yeah. Wrestling? That's his world. That's what this man does."

No word yet if Rourke has had a change of heart.

End Note

Spotted: Al Sharpton dining at Hook in Georgetown on Thursday. Sharpton (business attire, lots of phone calls) had the bass, green salad and coffee.

Quoted

"A Nintendo. I would play Super Mario Brothers. We weren't supposed to play it after 9 o'clock, and I would sneak and play all night. I loved it."

-- Beyoncé Knowles to Entertainment Weekly, reminiscing about the first video game system she played as a kid.

-- Marissa Newhall, from staff, wire and Web reports