WEDDING BELLS! 'N Syncer Joey Fatone set to swap vows this Thursday with longtime gal-pal Kelly Baldwin, a band publicist confirms. The couple have a three-year-old daughter, Brianna.
HITTING THE BOOKS: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen starting New York University's Indivualized Study program this week. The twins will be able to choose their own courses without any requirements.
SICK BAY: Gospel singer CeCe Winans recently admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles for emergency surgery. No word what the operation was for, but doctors expect a long recovery, according to her publicist.
THE BIG ONE: Michael Moore announcing he will not enter Fahrenheit 9/11 for Oscar consideration in the Best Documentary category so other filmmakers have a shot at the award. Instead, the gadfly filmmaker plans to submit his controversial polemic for the biggest prize of all--Best Picture.
TRAVELING WITHOUT MOVING: Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay having his driving privileges revoked for six months after getting caught speeding in Scotland. It was the latest in a string of moving violations.
JAMMIN' JENNINGS: Ken Jennings returned to his winning ways on Jeopardy! Tuesday, winning $21,800 in his 40th straight win. The Salt Lake City whiz has broken many records on the quiz show since his debut June 2. The reigning champion's total winnings now stand at $1,353,461.
BUNNY HOP: Hugh Hefner and comic book legend Stan Lee teaming up for an MTV animated pilot called Hef's Superbunnies, according to the Hollwyood Reporter. The 'toon features a pajama-clad Hef and his group of specially trained Playboy Bunnies fighting crime.
SPOOKY SLATE: According to Variety, the Sci Fi Channel tapping Ridley Scott to oversee a four-hour miniseries based on the 1971 thriller The Andromeda Strain and Frank Darabont producing a four-hour remake of The Thing.
TALK ABOUT A HIT: Sopranos star James Gandolfini hit by a drunk driver who ran a red light in New Brunswick, New Jersey over the weekend. The actor wasn't hurt; and the driver was issued a summons and released.
PAY UP! A Santa Monica judge setting an Oct. 14 deadline for rocker Courtney Love to pay attorney fees to a law film that used to represent her.
HOSPITALIZED: Rapper Twista injured when a van carrying him and five other men rolled off a Pennsylvania highway and flipped over. One of his security staff was killed, while Twista was treated at a hospital and released.
STOP THE GENOCIDE: Jill Scott, Yoko Ono, Kinky, Gorillaz, DJ Spooky, Thievery Corporation, Jurassic 5, Danger Mouse and Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra among those contributing tracks to Genocide in Sudan. All benefits from the sale of the album, due to drop in November, will go to the United Nations Refuge Agency and UNICEF.
HELPING JERRY'S KIDS: Jerry Lewis' Labor Day Telethon raising $59.4 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association this year thanks to performances by Elton John, Ray Romano and Oprah Winfrey. The amount fell short of last year's record $60.5 million--officials blamed bad weather.
BACKING LABOR: Danny Glover, Nancy Griffith and Willie Nelson leading "Reinvest in America; Put America Back to Work," an all-star concert in Charleston, West Virginia, backing labor unions and demanding a living wage for working people.
STILL A HERO: Hero kept a strong hold on top box-office slot for a second weekend, earning an estimated $11.5 million over a relatively slow four-day Labor Day weekend.
SINKING FAST: This year's Venice International Film Festival off to a rough start thanks to logistical problems, computer glitches, and other delays that have resulted in numerous screenings beginning an hour late, some tickets sold twice and Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein publicly scolding festival organizers.
WHAT A KNIGHT: French President Jacques Chirac making Steven Spielberg a knight in the French Legion of Honor Sunday in recognition of the filmmaker's commitment to fighting hatred and intolerance through movies such as Schindler's List.
BIRTHDAY BASH: Spielberg and Tom Hanks stopping by the Deauville Film Festival in France on Saturday to help celebrate the fest's 30th birthday party.
FREAK: John Leguizamo developing a sitcom for Fox based on his life as a performer and family man, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
GOING ALL THE WAY: The New York Post reporting that the ninth season premiere of 7th Heaven on the WB Monday will deal with premarital sex for the first time when family members catch Simon and his new girlfriend in a postcoital moment.
MEDIDATE ON THIS: Thai Buddhist leaders upset about a poster for the indie film Hollywood Buddha, which shows writer-director Philippe Caland sitting on the head of a Buddha image.
MORE CHERI: Saturday Night Live alum Cheri Oteri partnering with Alias creator JJ Abrams to develop a comedy project for ABC.
CODA: Joe Barry, the singer best known for his 1960 hit "I'm a Fool to Care," died Aug. 31 after suffering a heart attack. He was 65.