HE'LL BE BACK: Schwarzenegger's accident occurred just days after snagging a record $30 million to reprise his role as the leather-clad cyborg from the future in Terminator 3. Helmer Jonathan Mostow (U-571) will succeed James Cameron as director on the sequel.
RELEASED: After giving him a written warning, police in London releasing from custody a 32-year-old man they had arrested for allegedly stalking Elizabeth Hurley.
BIG SWELL: Ocean's Eleven heisting a whopping $38.1 million at the nation's box office this weekend--the best ever December opening.
WEDDING BELLS: Ashley Judd and Scottish racing driver Dario Franchitti planning to tie the knot Wednesday in Dornoch, Scotland, according to the local registrar. The two will reportedly wed in Skibo Castle--the same place where Madonna and Guy Ritchie were married last year.
THE KID IS OUT THERE: David Duchovny and Téa Leoni expecting their second child in the spring, her publicist says. The couple, who have been married for four years, already have a two-year-old daughter.
ANOTHER DVD, ANOTHER RECORD: Disney's Pearl Harbor selling over 7 million units on both VHS and DVD making it the best DVD debut week ever in the format's short history and netting the studio $130 million in retail sales.
CHANGE OF HEART: Christopher Tolkien, the son of The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, issuing a statement Friday saying he still believes that his father's classic is not suitable for the big screen, but those feelings were personal opinions. He added that he's in no way critical of the Hollywood version due out next week.
"RING"-ING ENDORSEMENT: Actress Liv Tyler, who plays the elf princess Arwen, telling reporters in London Sunday that the stars of the The Lord of the Rings were unanimous in their praise of director Peter Jackson. "When I finally saw the film, I was floored because it was more than I even expected it would be, and I already had very high expectations," said Tyler.
8 MILE ISLAND: Eminem's semi-autobiographical film, The Untitled Detroit Project, finally getting a title. Producer Brian Grazer tells TV Guide Online that the rapper's big-screen debut is now known as 8 Mile--based on Detroit's 8 Mile Road, which is seen as a dividing line between whites and blacks in the area.
NOT ANOTHER KIM? Grazer also denying rumors that things got steamy off-screen between Eminem and costar Kim Basinger, who plays his mom in the Curtis Hanson-directed film.
REMEMBERANCE: President Bush asking all radio stations across the country to play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at exactly 8:46 a.m. ET Tuesday--the exact time the first jet slammed into the World Trade Center-- to mark the three-month anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
HOMELESS: Tom Hanks signing on to star in DreamWorks' Terminal, about a Balkan immigrant in the United States who is forced to make an international transit lounge his permanent home after learning his passport's been voided due to the war in his country.
FULL CIRCLE: HBO bringing Paul Newman back to the small screen for the first time since the 1950s as the actor has signed to star in Empire Falls, a tragic comedy about blue-collar life in a small town. It starts shooting in late 2002.
ON THE TUBE: Actress Bonnie Hunt signing with ABC to create and star in a comedy pilot playing a small-town TV host/working mom. The sitcom's expected to air in fall 2002.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: Nevada's Lieutenant Governor announcing that December 12 (which would have been Frank Sinatra's 86th birthday) will be celebrated as "Sinatra Day." Las Vegas Strip hotel-casinos will display "Happy Birthday Frank" on their marquees as well as play musical tributes.
CODA: Hollywood actress Pauline Moore, Charlie Chan's sidekick and Roy Rogers' leading lady who starred in more than 25 films, including 1937's Heidi and 1939's The Three Musketeers, has died of Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 87.
DO HIM LIKE THAT: The University of Florida nominating 51-year-old rock star alum Tom Petty for its Distinguished Achievement Award, "given to individuals for exceptional achievements in a chosen profession, for demonstrated leadership," among other accomplishments. Petty is juggling his schedule so he can accept the award at this year's graduation.
SPECIAL MENTION: Country "retiree" Garth Brooks named the 29th winner of the American Music Awards' special Award of Merit, presented to an artist for outstanding contributions to musical entertainment. The awards will air January 9 on ABC.
GETTING HER BOOTY ON: Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez boosting the morale of U.S. troops at Germany's Ramstein Air Force Base when she gave a rousing performance that had soldiers dancing atop tanks and aircraft. The two-and-a-half hour show, sponsored by MTV, also included performances by Kid Rock and Ja Rule.
THE MAN IN ACTION: AOL Time Warner announcing it will lay off more than 23 employees at TNT and more than 30 at CNN--including three of its high-profile news correspondents, Joie Chen, Roger Cossack and longtime show-biz reporter Bill Tush. The job cuts are being blamed on an organizational and program restructuring.
EXPANDING: Universal Studios considering construction of a theme park in the southern border city of Shenzhen, China, that would compete with a Disneyland that's opening in Hong Kong in 2005.