FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, February 6, 2006

SATISFYING THE CENSORS: The NFL and Super Bowl producers editing sexually explicit lyrics from two Rolling Stones songs during the band's halftime performance Sunday. ABC also airing the Super Bowl on a five-second delay--the first network ever to do so.

PRETTY SUPER: More than 90 million people tuning in Sunday to watch the Super Bowl, per overnight ratings.

OFF THE WALL: An Italian priest who runs a record label specializing in religious music stating Monday that Michael Jackson might be one of several artists to sing on a CD of Pope John Paul II's prayers, but said the project had not yet been cleared by the Vatican.

TRIAL FILE: Celebrity PI Anthony Pellicano pleading innocent Monday to a federal racketeering and conspiracy indictment stemming from a probe of wiretaps he allegedly used to obtain information for his high-profile clients.

THE DOG IS GONE: B.B. King offering a reward of a signed guitar for the return of his missing dog, Lucille, named after his signature guitar. The dog, a 2-year-old Maltese, disappeared Jan. 27 in West Hollywood.

DEATH OF A PAPARAZZO: Todd Wallace, who was charged with assault in September after he became aggressive while trying to photograph Reese Witherspoon, found dead in his apartment, according to his friends. Police confirmed a body was found, but said it could not be identified as Wallace.

THEY DID: Glenn Close marrying boyfriend David Shaw in a small ceremony in Maine on Friday, People reports. It's the Fatal Attraction star's third marriage.

THEY WILL: Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox announcing they are engaged and plan to marry next winter.

THEY WON'T: Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow calling off their engagement and breaking up after two years together. "After much thought and consideration, we have made a very tough decision to split up," the couple said in a joint statement.

'TOONTASTIC: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit sweeping the 33rd Annual Annie Awards Saturday with 10 wins, including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Writing.

IN THE WEB: James Cromwell joining the cast of Spider-Man 3 as Captain Stacy, the father of Bryce Dallas Howard's character, per the Hollywood Reporter.

VIDEO VIOLENCE: Busta Rhymes' bodyguard shot and killed Sunday in Brooklyn when violence erupted during a star-studded shoot for the rapper's upcoming video.

STRANGER AT THE BOX OFFICE: Horror remake When a Stranger Calls topping the Super Bowl box office wit $21.6 million in its debut weekend. Meanwhile, boosted by its eight Oscar noms, Brokeback Mountain jumping to a new high of fourth place with $6 million in its ninth week in theaters.

CAN'T STOP BROKEBACK! Brokeback Mountain's writers winning best adapted screenplay Saturday night at the Writers Guild Awards and the Crash scribes winning Best Original Screenplay. Grey's Anatomy took the writing award for a new TV series and Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David won Best Writing in a Comedy Series.

FLAT BROKE: Robert Blake filing for bankruptcy two months after a civil court jury found he "intentionally caused" his wife's death and awarded her children $30 million in damages.

MOURNED: Al Lewis, known to television audiences as "Grandpa" on the hit sitcom The Munsters, died Friday after years of failing health. He was 95.

FEEL THE LOVE: A Los Angeles judge on Friday ending Courtney Love's house arrest for drug-related probation violations. The judge says Love has put her "gnarly drug problem" behind her.