Jon Voight joins cast of '24'

Jon Voight will play the villain on the seventh season of Fox's '24.' His first appearance will be on a November two-hour prequel, said Chris Alexander.

His character will be seen next in the second half of the regular season, which begins in January, Alexander added.

"I am thrilled and excited about being invited to be part of my favorite show '24,'" the 69-year-old actor said in a statement Friday. "I'm hoping to bring my very best to it."

Voight has only had one other TV experience, when he appeared in several episodes of the Western series "Gunsmoke" during the 1960s.

The Oscar-winning actor, also Angelina Jolie's father, is best known for his roles in films including "Coming Home," "Midnight Cowboy," "Runaway Train," "Ali" and "Deliverance."

Gwen Stefani's pregnancy confirmed

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are expecting baby number two, Rossdale's father confirmed.

"They and the whole family are delighted," Douglas Rossdale told People.

Britain's The Sun claims Stefani is 13 weeks pregnant, although her representatives were not available for comment.

Stefani and Rossdale's son, Kingston, turns 2 on May 26.

"He is a great lad," Douglas Rossdale said about Kingston. "And we are very much looking forward to another grandchild."

24's Mary Lynn Rajskub is also pregnant; the baby is due at the end of the summer. It will be the first child for the thirty-six year old actress and boyfriend Matthew Rolph.

"With the strike going on, I had to keep busy!" Rajskub joked to People. "We are thrilled and couldn't be more excited."

Ethan Hawke and girlfriend Ryan Shawhughes are also expecting their first child together.

"I can confirm and they are thrilled," Hawke’s publicist, Mara Buxbaum, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The "Dead Poets Society" actor has two children with ex-wife Uma Thurman.

'24' star faces DUI-related jail time

Kiefer Sutherland is the latest celebrity to have a run-in with the law.

Sutherland faces jail time after being charged Friday with misdemeanor DUI. The '24' star had a blood alcohol level of .08 or above, and he was already on probation following an arrest for drunken driving in 2004. He also was arrested in 1993 for alcohol-related reckless driving.

Los Angeles attorney spokesman Nick Velasquez said Sutherland faces between four days and a year in jail if convicted of the DUI. He may also be found guilty of violating his probation from the 2004 charge, which would tack an additional six months on to his sentence.

Los Angeles police said they stopped Sutherland after he made an illegal U-turn when leaving a party at Area nightclub. He failed a field sobriety test and was arrested and then released on $25,000 bail.

Sutherland's arraignment is October 16, although he is not required to attend.