FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, July 5, 2004
WEB MASTER: Spider-Man 2 grossed an estimated $115.8 million over the four-day July 4 holiday weekend, the best ever opening for Independence Day and a record six-day gross since opening Wednesday. Last week's number one movie, Michael Moore's Bush-bashing documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, was in second place with $21 million.
DONNA'S ALL GROWN UP: Beverly Hills, 90210 alum Tori Spelling tying the knot with writer-actor beau Charlie Shanian at her father's mansion in Beverly Hills Saturday.
THREE'S A CHARM: Actor Dennis Quaid, 50, swapping vows with 32-year-old Texas real estate agent Kimberly Buffington on Sunday. This is Quaid's third marriage.
TO THE BOARDS! David Hasselhoff set to play scheming lawyer Billy Flynn in the London stage production of Chicago. He'll appear in about 60 performances starting July 16.
PRIMETIME VOLLEY: Tennis great John McEnroe getting his own primetime slot when McEnroe debuts on CNBC Wednesday at 10 p.m. The show will feature an eclectic mix of guests from the worlds of music, art, sports and comedy.
BEULLER? Jeffrey Jones, best known for playing high school principal Ed Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, arrested on Thursday and charged with failing to register as a sex offender. The 57-year-old actor pleaded no contest last July to a felony charge of employing a minor to pose for sexually explicit photos.
PAINT THIS: Elizabeth Taylor battling a German family who demands she return a Vincent Van Gogh painting titled "View of the Asylum of Saint-Remy," valued at $10 million to $15 million, that they claim was taken from them by the Nazis. The screen legend has filed a pre-emptive court declaration stating that she's the rightful owner.
LET'S GO CRAZY: Prince reuniting with Sheila E., guitarist Wendy Melvoin and Morris Day and the Time for a five-hour concert at Friday's Essence Music Festival show at the Superdome in New Orleans, attended by 50,000 people. The funkmeister closed out the show with an emotional rendition of his classic "Purple Rain."
TEMPERS RISING: The president of Fridley Theaters, a Des Moines, Iowa-based movie chain, refusing to screen Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, believing the film aids terrorists. The film has grossed an amazing $50 million in its first two weeks of release.
AGE NOT A FACTOR: Paul Newman forced to quit the American GT Challenge feature car race on Saturday in Salisbury, Connecticut, after suffering mechanical problems. The 79-year-old actor was running in the top three for about two-thirds of the race.
BIG WIN: Atom Egoyan's Ararat, his two-year-old flick about the plight of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, snaring the top prize at the Golden Apricot Film Festival, honoring works by ethnic Armenian directors.






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