FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, December 14, 2003
YO-HO! After captaining one of the year's biggest flicks, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Johnny Depp has been named E!'s Entertainer of the Year. Depp will be crowned Monday as E! counts down the year's top celebs beginning at 9 p.m.
GAB FEST: Oprah Winfrey inviting David Letterman to appear on her show in an apparent effort to resolve the public feud between the two talk show hosts. Letterman has repeatedly begged Winfrey to appear on Late Night but she's declined, saying she felt uncomfortable during her previous two appearances.
FARE-WHALE: Keiko, the killer whale of Free Willy fame, died Friday afternoon of pneumonia in Norwegian coastal waters. The whale was 27--old for an orca in captivity.
WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST: The major broadcast and news networks interrupting regular programming Sunday morning to offer live coverage of Saddam Hussein's capture.
OZZY SHOCKER: Sharon Osbourne telling London's Daily Mirror that husband Ozzy stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating for more than a minute after he crashed his an all-terrain vehicle earlier this week. Luckily, a security guard who was with the rocker resuscitated him.
HER SATANIC MAJESTY: Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger officially becoming "Sir Mick" after being knighted by Prince Charles in a ceremony Friday at Buckingham Palace.
IS HE JOKING? Ashton Kutcher announcing on Friday that he's pulling out of MTV's prank show Punk'd after two seasons so he can leave fans "wanting more." His reps swear it's no trick, however MTV's Website says a new season starts in March.
WANNABE STARTIN' SOMETHIN'? Jermaine Jackson saying his brother Michael Jackson was physically mistreated when he turned himself in to the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department to face child molestation charges. A police spokesperson said the popster was treated "with courtesy and professionalism."
TWO TIMES A LOSER: Marketing executive Burton Roberts becoming the first person to be booted off Survivor twice. The final four is now set: Jon Dalton, Darrah Johnson, Lillian Morris and Sandra Diaz-Twine. The finale to Sruvivor: Pearl Islands airs Sunday on CBS.
MUSIC TO HIS HEART: Opera star Luciano Pavarotti tying the knot with longtime galpal Nicoletta Mantovani in the tenor's hometown of Modena, Italy, on Saturday. Celebrity guests included Sting, Bono and fashion designer Donatella Versace.
WHEN THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN: HBO giving the go-ahead for a second season of Carnivale. The Depression-era drama will return sometime in late 2004.





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