QUICK TAKES

Matthew McDonald, a contestant on the CBS reality show “Big Brother 9,” was indicted Tuesday on a charge of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, federal prosecutors say. The 23-year-old from Boston is the second cast member to face federal drug charges. “Big Brother 9” winner Adam Jasinski was arrested in October. Jasinski is accused of trying to sell about 2,000 oxycodone pills to a man who was working with authorities. In addition to the federal drug charge, McDonald is facing state aggravated assault and battery charges in the alleged beating of his pregnant girlfriend April 18.

‘Twilight’ film gets director

The final film in the “Twilight” series, “Breaking Dawn,” will be directed by Bill Condon, who directed “Dreamgirls” and “Kinsey” and won an Oscar for the screenplay of his 1999 film “Gods and Monsters.” The script for “Breaking Dawn” is being written now. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner will return. The third film, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” is scheduled for release June 30.

Court: Book not a copycat

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Jerry Seinfeld’s wife did not copy a cookbook author when she released a book about getting children to eat vegetables. In a written ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan sided with Jessica Seinfeld in the 3-year-old dispute. Missy Chase Lapine, who wrote “The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids’ Favorite Meals” sued Jessica Seinfeld over her cookbook titled “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food.” Seinfeld’s book was published several months after Lapine’s in 2007. The appeals court wrote that “stockpiling vegetable purees for covert use in children’s food is an idea that cannot be copyrighted.”

Compiled from wire reports by Melissa Sullivan