FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, June 11, 2002

LOVE ME DO: Paul McCartney and fiancée Heather Mills tying the knot this afternoon at historic 17th century Castle Leslie in Ireland. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, guitarist Eric Clapton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton reportedly among the 300 guests attending the lavish ceremony.

IN OTHER ROCK WEDDING NEWS... Peter Gabriel has married his Irish girlfriend, Meah Flynn, on the island of Sardinia, the BBC reports. Gabriel's former Genesis pal Phil Collins served as best man.

BACK TO MIDDLE-EARTH: FoxNews.com reporting that Peter Jackson has recalled the cast and crew of Lord of the Rings to New Zealand to shoot additional footage, including battle scenes, for the second installment, The Two Towers, due this fall.

OOPS! Two Philadelphia musicians suing Britney Spears, claiming the popster ripped off one of their songs on her Oops!...I Did It Again album.

DAILY R. KELLY UPDATE: The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigating whether the parents of the girl who allegedly had sex with R. Kelly on a videotape allowed their daughter to be with the singer, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The parents and girl have not cooperated with authorities.

IS THAT THEIR FINAL ANSWER? ABC announcing Who Wants to Be a Millionaire will end its prime-time run as a regular network series on June 27 in a 90-minute edition. After that, the game show will only return as an occasional series of specials, but not until November, in order to avoid competing with the show's syndicated launch this fall.

MUGGLE ALERT: Warner Bros. planning to roll out the first trailer for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on Friday in front of Scooby-Doo.

BACK TO WORK: Production resuming Monday on the second season of TNT's sci-fi series Witchblade after star Yancy Butler returned to the set following a monthlong stint in rehab for alcohol abuse.

MEET THE BABY! MTV planning to air a documentary miniseries next week following pregnant R&B star Brandy. Diary Presents: Brandy--Special Delivery will premiere June 18 at 10:30 p.m. and run at least four or five episodes culminating with the birth of her first child.

LIVIN' LA VIDA LOCA: MTV choosing Miami Beach as the site for its inaugural MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica. Set for October 24 at the Jackie Gleason Performing Arts, the show will air on MTV's Latin American channel.

KNOCKOUT: The Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson bout drew 1.8 million pay-per-view buys--the most for a heavyweight fight since 1997.

WHAT'S UP, DOC? Warner Bros. announcing it will make Looney Tunes: Back in Action, a feature mixing live-action and animation starring Brendan Fraser as a man who encounters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird and the Tasmanian Devil in Las Vegas while searching for his father and an ancient treasure. Gremlins director Joe Dante is slated to direct.

STORK TIME: Internet pinup Cindy Margolis giving birth to her first baby, a boy named Nicholas Issac, Sunday in Los Angeles. The baby weighed in at a healthy 6-pounds, 14-ounces.

NO LOVE LOST: Lawyers for rocker Courtney Love and Universal Music meeting with a court-appointed mediator on Monday, one day before Love's breach of contract countersuit was set to go to trial against the music conglomerate. The singer's attorney said he did not expect the two sides to reach an out-of-court settlement.

KUDOS: The screenwriters of A Beautiful Mind, I Am Sam and Iris tapped as finalists for this year's Humanitas Prize, laurels given out to "encourage, stimulate and sustain writers in their humanizing task and to give them the recognition they deserve."

KUDOS ADD: Warner Bros.' A.I. Artificial Intelligence scoring five awards, including Best Sci-Fi Film, at the 28th Annual Saturn Awards, honoring the best in sci-fi, horror and fantasy. New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings was second with three awards.

TRIMMING THE BRANCHES? Screen Actors Guild CEO Bob Pisano said to be considering shutting down SAG's smaller regional offices in various cities as part of a "top-to-bottom" reorganization of the union.