FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, January 25, 2006
REMEMBERED: Chris Penn, star of Reservoir Dogs and brother to Sean and Michael, found dead in his Santa Monica, California, home. He was 40. An autopsy suggests Penn died of natural or accidental causes, but an official cause of death won't be released until toxicology tests come back in about six weeks.
TRIBAL COUNCIL: After only a few hours of deliberating, jurors finding Survivor winner Richard Hatch guilty of failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize from the reality show and other earnings. Hatch faces up to 13 years in federal prison and a $600,000 fine. He was acquitted of bank, mail and wire fraud charges.
NOT AMUSED: The Reverend Al Sharpton demanding an apology from the Cartoon Network over an episode of The Boondocks that showed an animated Martin Luther King Jr. using the n-word.
OFF THE WALL: Michael Jackson spotted at a shopping mall in Bahrain dressed as a woman, with a veil over his face and a black robe and gloves, along with three children (presumably his) wrapped in scarves.
WEB WIN: A National Arbitration Forum arbitrator awarding Stevie Wonder the rights to the Internet domain name stevie-wonder.com, which had been in use by another party.
SPLITSVILLE: Melrose Place stars Josie Bissett and Rob Estes divorcing after almost 14 years of marriage. The couple have two children.
MAKING NICE: George Lopez sending Jessica Simpson flowers to apologize for wisecracks he made about her ex, Nick Lachey, at the People's Choice Awards earlier this month.
LEGAL HIT: Jamie-Lynn Sigler and her estranged husband, A.J., suing a Seventh Avenue fashion house for allegedly using their pictures in a fashion spread without permission.
IT'S A GIRL: Pregnant Brooke Shields telling People magazine that she and husband Chris Henchy are expecting another daughter. The couple are already the parents of two-year-old Rowan.
MODEL MEMOIR: Kate Moss teaming with Virgin mogul Richard Branson to pen her autobiography.
BOOK CLOSED: NBC dropping the freshman drama The Book of Daniel from its schedule, though stopping short of officially canceling the series.
BAD RAP: Rapper Cassidy convicted of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault in an apparent ambush that resulted in the death of a man he had argued with. He was sentenced to 23 months behind bars.
JOINING FORCES: CBS and Warner Bros. Entertainment announcing plans to merge UPN and the WB into a new, fifth broadcast network called the CW to launch in the fall of 2006. Both companies have a 50 percent stake in the new net, which is set to feature the best programs from the WB and UPN, including Gilmore Girls and America's Next Top Model.
DONE DEAL: The Walt Disney Co. announcing its acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios for $7.4 billion. Pixar's Steve Jobs now joins Disney's board.
SUING MAD: Donald Trump filing a $5 billion lawsuit against Warner Books and author Timothy O'Brien for allegedly making defamatory statements in the latter's book, TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.
BACK TO WORK: Meanwhile, Trump announcing plans to build a 45-story luxury condo building in Philadelphia along the Delaware River waterfront.
DO I LOOK LIKE A CLOWN TO YOU? A college student filing a police report Sunday accusing Joe Pesci of punching him in the mouth after he took a picture of the Goodfella star in a Boca Raton, Florida, shopping center parking lot.





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