NEW YORK (AP) – Molly Ringwald will portray Charity Hope Valentine, the dance-hall hostess with the heart of gold, when “Sweet Charity” goes out on the road this fall.

It will be a touring production of the recent Broadway revival of the Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields musical that starred Christina Applegate. It ended an eight-month New York engagement on New Year’s Eve.

The tour, directed by Walter Bobbie, will open in San Diego. Exact dates and further casting will be announced.

Ringwald, who has appeared in films such as “Pretty in Pink,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles,” has starred on Broadway in “Enchanted April” and as Sally Bowles in the long-running Roundabout Theatre Company revival of “Cabaret.”

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LONDON (AP) – George Michael said his arrest for suspected drug possession in London this weekend was “my own stupid fault, as usual.”

The 42-year-old pop singer was arrested Saturday after he was found slumped at the wheel of his car at Hyde Park Corner in central London.

He was bailed out and is to return to a police station next month.

“I was in possession of class C drugs which is an offense and I have no complaints about the police who were professional throughout,” Michael – who rose to fame as half of the 1980s pop duo Wham! – said Monday in a statement.

Class C drugs, the lowest category of illegal drugs, include marijuana, anabolic steroids and some amphetamines.

“I have been through enough in 24 years of dealing with the media to know what I am in for from them this week,” Michael’s statement said. “Much of it will be inaccurate or simply untrue. I can handle that, it is my own stupid fault, as usual.”

Michael was arrested in 1998 for lewd conduct at a public restroom in Beverly Hills, Calif. Soon after, he said publicly for the first time that he’s gay.

Later, he released the single and video “Outside,” which poked fun at his arrest.

In his statement, Michael promised: “I won’t make a record out of this one – even though it is tempting.”

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lance Armstrong will have something to keep his mind off a certain cycling competition in July: He’ll be hosting the 14th annual ESPY Awards

Armstrong, who retired from Tour de France after his record seventh consecutive win last year, is the first athlete to host the ceremony that recognizes leading sports performances and athletes, officials said Monday.

He has already had his share of ESPY honors. He was named best comeback athlete in 2000, best male athlete the last three years, and is a likely nominee this year for his final Tour de France victory.

The awards show, scheduled for July 16, supports The V Foundation for Cancer Research and also will benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation this year, an ESPN spokeswoman said.

Armstrong, 34, recovered from testicular cancer to dominate one of sport’s most grueling events.