FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, July 25, 2004

MATT OVER CAT: Matt Damon's spy sequel The Bourne Supremacy dominated the weekend box office with an estimated $53.5 million. Halle Berry's Catwoman coughed up a hairball, finishing in third with $17.2 million.

STILL HOT: Meanwhile, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 finished with $5 million in seventh place to bring its total gross to $103.4 million, making it the first documentary ever to reach that lofty milestone.

REVEALED: Lucasfilm announcing the title of its final Star Wars prequel Saturday. Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith is slated for a May 2005 release.

CASE SOLVED: George Eads reaching an agreement with CBS late Friday to rejoin the cast of CSI next week. Costar Jorja Fox negotiated her return to work on Thursday. The two were reportedly hired back at their original $100,000-per-episode salaries following a scuttled bid for a salary hike.

LOVE SURRENDERS Courtney Love has surrendered to authorities in connection with a warrant for her arrest issued earlier this month after she skipped an arraignment on a felony assault charge. She's already posted $150,000 bail.

IT'S A DATE: A California judge has ordered Courtney Love to be present for a hearing on her drug possession case next Thursday and that the singer can remain free on her own recognizance until then.

INQUIRING MINDS: A media lawyer urging an appellate court Friday to "lift the veil of secrecy" surrounding Michael Jackson's molestation case and unseal court documents currently under lock and key.

SO SOON? Paris Hilton and Nick Carter calling it quits after subjecting people to seven months of extreme PDA. "The two remain friends" according to her rep, who says Hilton is busy working on an album, a jewelry line and a book.

WHAT IS "RICH," ALEX? Record-breaking Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings won the final episode of the season Friday, bringing his total winnings to $1,321,660. Jennings will defend his title on the quiz show when Jeopardy! returns Sept. 6. As host Alex Trebek so eloquently put it: "Will it never end for this young man?"

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF: Kiefer Sutherland performing an impromptu strip routine to the sounds of Tom Jones "You Can Leave Your Hat On" in New Zealand, per local reports.

STORK WATCH: Laura Dern expecting her second child with rocker Ben Harper, per People. The baby is due by the end of the year. The couple already have a three-year-old, Ellery Walker Harper.

CHICKLET DELIVERED: Natalie Maines giving birth to a baby boy July 14 with husband Adrian Pasdar, according to an announcement on the Dixie Chicks' official Website. Beckett Finn Pasdar weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and "Mother and baby are doing fine," the Website said.

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: DreamWorks overseeing a live-action Transformers movie scheduled for a summer 2006 release.

TO THE DOGS: Reese Witherspoon producing and possibly starring in The Dog Walker, per the trades. The film's about a New York publishing exec who loses her job and starts walking pooches for a living.

GUESS THIS MEANS SHE'S NOT PREGNANT: Jennifer Aniston signing on to star in the thriller Derailed, which follows a man whose life is turned upside down after he misses his train to work. Shooting is scheduled for September.

BUT SHE IS: Harry Potter mastermind J.K. Rowling announcing on her Website that she is pregnant with her third child, but says the pregnancy won't keep her from finishing the next book in the series, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.