FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, January 5, 2006
HOST WITH THE MOST: Jon Stewart picked to host the 78th Academy Awards on March 5, the Los Angeles Times reports. Stewart previously hosted the Grammy Awards in 2001 and 2002.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBING: Brokeback Mountain leading the field in nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards with a total of four, including Best Actor for Heath Ledger and Best Ensemble Performance. Capote and Crash receiving three nominations apiece.
KUDOS: The Directors Guild of America announcing its five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2005: George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck; Paul Haggis, Crash; Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain; Bennett Miller, Capote; Steven Spielberg, Munich.
REMEMBERED: The body of Cowsills singer Barry Cowsill discovered on a New Orleans wharf Dec. 28, four months after Hurricane Katrina. His death was attributed to the hurricane. He was 51.
ON THE MEND: Lindsay Lohan released from a Miami hospital three days after suffering an asthma attack and returning to her family's home in New York to recuperate.
WEDDING BELLS: Creed frontman Scott Stapp and former Miss NY USA Jaclyn Nesheiwat planning to marry on Feb. 10.
BACK IN ACTION: Jessica Simpson opening the 32nd annual People's Choice Awards with a performance on Jan. 10.
DISMISSED: A judge tossing out Michael Jackson's $10 million lawsuit against a New Jersey man over memorabilia Jackson claimed had been stolen.
MAKING IT OFFICIAL: Tracey Edmonds filing for divorce from Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, her husband of 13 years. The couple announced their separation in October.
DECENT PROPOSAL: Fred Durst engaged to girlfriend Leyla Bearman after popping the question on Dec. 30, Us Weekly reports.
BAD MOUTH BACKLASH: Paris Hilton named in a pair of lawsuits set for court this month; one accusing her of planting "vicious lies" in the press about diamond heiress Zeta Graff, and another alleging that she harassed a business promoter. Per the New York Post, Hilton has admitted to making up information about Graff and feeding it to her publicist.
HELL, NO: NBC affiliates in Arkansas and Indiana refusing to air NBC's new series The Book of Daniel, which features Jesus Christ as a supporting character, citing viewer complaints.
COP COMEDY: The creators of Comedy Central's Reno 911! adapting the police spoof to the big screen, per the Hollywood Reporter. Reno 911! Miami is slated to begin shooting Jan. 23.
MODEL BEHAVIOR: British police urging Kate Moss to return to the U.K. to answer questions about her alleged cocaine use, but the supermodel indicating she plans to permanently settle in Los Angeles.
TRADING SPACES: Bee Gee Barry Gibb buying the home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where Johnny Cash lived for 35 years with his wife, June Carter Cash.
STARRY DAY: Queen Latifah becoming the first hip-hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday.
JOB WELL DONE: A judge ruling Wednesday that Nick Nolte had successfully completed probation following his 2002 no contest plea to a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of drugs.






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