FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, January 11, 2006

BABY MAKES FIVE! Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt expecting a baby together, Pitt's publicist tells E! News. The child will be the first biological offspring for Jolie, who previously adopted Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 1, and for Pitt, who has been taking steps to legally adopt the Jolie children and change their names to Jolie-Pitt.

GET REAL: BET announcing a new reality show focusing on Lil' Kim in the two weeks before she headed to prison to begin serving her 366-day sentence for perjury. Lil' Kim: Countdown to Lockdown is scheduled to debut later this year.

CRUZIN': Penélope Cruz proclaimed a knight in Order of Arts and Letters on Wednesday by France's culture minister. She was praised as a "great European actress" for taking on roles in French, English, Italian and her native Spanish.

KUDOS, FINALLY: Robert Altman, one of five directors who hold the record for most Academy Award nominations without winning, selected to receive an honorary Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards on Mar. 5.

READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL: Snoop Dogg and 3 Doors Down performing at two Super Bowl parties in February as part of Anheuser-Busch's Bud Bowl.

STOCK JOCK: Howard Stern now able to sell the roughly $200 million in Sirius Satellite Radio stock he received as part of his five-year deal with the company after meeting certain targets for subscriber growth.

THE MAN SHOW: Spike TV adapting the Blade trilogy into a two-hour original drama that will premiere in June.

CHART ATTACK: Jamie Foxx's sophomore album Unpredictable topping the Billboard charts with another 131,000 copies sold in the week ended Sunday, per Nielsen SoundScan data.

CINEMATASTIC: Batman Begins, Good Night, and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain, King Kong and Memoirs of a Geisha nominated in the feature film category of the 20th Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievements Awards, which will be awarded Feb. 26.

SHADY VOWS: Kim Mathers applying for a license to remarry Marshall Bruce Mathers III, aka Eminem. The couple first married in 1999 and split in 2001, following a bitter divorce battle.

I'LL BE BACK...TO THE DMV: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vowing to update his driver's license with the proper endorsements after police determined he was driving his motorcycle illegally when he got into a minor accident over the weekend.

WHITE NOISE: The White Stripes canceling tour dates in Japan after Jack White was instructed by his doctors not to speak or sing for two weeks in order to rest his ailing vocal chords. The band apologized to fans via its official Website and vowed to reschedule the dates.

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL: Former Disney boss Michael Eisner signing on to host a CNBC talk show. Conversations with Michael Eisner will air every other month on the cable news channel.

PEOPLE CHOOSE: Johnny Depp scoring Favorite Male Movie Star and Sandra Bullock taking home Favorite Female Movie Star at the 32nd annual People's Choice Awards Tuesday night. Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith winning Favorite Movie and Favorite Movie Drama.

ON THE BLOCK: The tricked-out Aston Martin spy car from the James Bond movies Goldfinger and Thunderball going up for auction on Jan. 20 and expected to fetch in the neighborhood of $2.5 million.

CUT OFF: The Website dirtycolin.com, which claimed to be selling Colin Farrell's sex tape with former girlfriend Nicole Narain for $14.95, was shut down by the actor's lawyers Tuesday after about two and a half hours of operation.