09:23 AM EDT on Friday, August 12, 2005

The Rhode Island connection to Survivor never seems to end.

CBS announced yesterday that Rafe Judkins, a 2005 Brown University graduate, is a contestant on the upcoming edition of the hit reality show. This one is called Survivor: Guatemala; it premieres Thursday, Sept. 15.

Judkins, 22, was born in Salt Lake City into a Mormon family that includes more than 60 first cousins, and moved to Pittsburgh when he was 5.

At Brown, he studied biology and anthropology. He also managed Brown's Outdoor Leadership Training program, which is designed to foster leadership skills, partly through a "shared wilderness experience" with other students.

This should come in handy, since, according to CBS, the participants in Survivor: Guatemala experienced triple-digit heat, crocodile-infested waters, relentless mosquitos and the terrifying sounds of howler monkeys.

The show was shot in June and July.

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Oliver Stone has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor possession of marijuana while driving charge stemming from a police checkpoint stop, officials said. His lawyer entered the plea for Stone on July 29 in Beverly Hills Superior Court, Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, said Wednesday.

He was arrested at a drunk driving checkpoint on May 27. Stone, 58, paid a $100 fine and court assessments, a court representative said.

In 1999, Stone who won best-director Oscars for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge and driving under the influence.

His next project is a film about a pair of police officers rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in the production.

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Pharrell Williams, 32, of the Grammy-winning production duo The Neptunes tops Esquire's second annual list of the "Best Dressed Men in the World."

Esquire credits Williams with "injecting dressed-up luxury into hip-hop style and thereby influencing a new generation of guys to consider more than just a pair of baggy jeans a reflection of their youthful vitality."

Andre 3000, ranked No. 1 last year, dropped to No. 5.

Other best-dressed men include Jake Gyllenhaal, Kanye West, Jude Law, George Clooney, Matt Lauer, Josh Lucas, Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, Jay-Z, pro quarterback Tom Brady, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Southern rock band My Morning Jacket, Luke Wilson, pro running back Curtis Martin, Paul Bettany, former President Clinton, Chris Martin, pro golfer Adam Scott and Donald Trump.

The list, compiled by a panel of fashion experts and Esquire editors, will be in the magazine's September issue.

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Robert Evans has married for the seventh time.

The 75-year-old former Paramount production chief wed Lady Victoria White in Mexico last weekend, Evans' spokesman, Michael Levine, said Wednesday.

It was the third marriage for the 42-year-old White, who has three children. She and Evans had been dating for about three months, Levine said.

Evans divorced his sixth wife, former Versace model Leslie Ann Woodward, last July, after seven months of marriage. His ex-wives also include Love Story star Ali MacGraw, former Miss America Phyllis George and Dynasty actress Catherine Oxenberg.

Compiled by Lifebeat editor Alexis Magner Miller from staff and wire reports.