FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, June 30 2004

CATCHING THIEVES, JUST LIKE FLIES: A 16-year-old boy arrested Wednesday in a Los Angeles suburb for illegally videotaping Spider-Man 2 in a theater. According to the MPAA, the boy was caught by a projectionist using night-vision goggles.

SPIDEY SENSE: Imax in talks with Sony Pictures to remaster Spider-Man 2 for release in its large-format theaters, Reuters reports.

SPINNING THEIR OWN WEB: Fox snapping up broadcast rights to Spider-Man 2. The network will reportedly pay Sony Pictures $50 million for three exclusive runs of the movie over three years, beginning in December 2006.

HELLO TO YOU: Michelle Branch marrying her bass player, Teddy Landau, just before her 21st birthday, confirmed her publicist.

ALREADY? After just four albums, Britney Spears to release a greatest-hits album in November. The disc will also include a new single.

NO SHOTGUN REQUIRED: Britney Spears' rep denying her client is pregnant, as suggested by Britain's tabloid News of the World.

BACK TO THE BIG HOUSE: Eminem's ex-wife, Kim Mathers sentenced to at least four months in jail for skipping out on her court-ordered drug-treatment program.

WHOLE LOTTA LOVE: Beyoncé and Jay-Z winning Best Female R&B Artist and Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, respectively, at Tuesday night's 2004 BET Awards. The pair also won a collaboration honor for "Crazy in Love." OutKast winning for Video of the Year and Best Group.

MEA CULPA: A woman charged with making criminal threats against Catherine Zeta-Jones sending the actress a letter apologizing for "any distress" she caused her, saying she was "confused" had "no rational explanation for her actions." She also asked for forgiveness.

CATFIGHT! Playboy Playmate Nicole Lenz suing party girl "actress" Bijou Phillips and socialite Casey Johnson for slander and battery after the women were involved in a scuffle at an MTV party earlier this month inside an L.A. club.

FARTMAN FLIES AGAIN: Howard Stern returning to airwaves in San Diego, Pittsburgh, Orlando and Rochester July 19 courtesy of Infinity Broadcasting after Clear Channel dumped him earlier this year.

GROUNDED: David Bowie canceling the remainder of his European shows because of a pinched nerve in his shoulder. Per a statement on his Website, "David, and everybody involved with the tour, is very sorry for the hardship that this difficult decision may have caused."

SHE BELIEVES: American Idol Fantasia topping the singles chart with her inaugural track "I Believe"/"Chain of Fools," which has sold 142,000 copies. Meanwhile, Jadakiss landing his first career number one with his album Kiss of Death, which has sold 246,000 copies.

MUGGLE ALERT! J.K. Rowling confirming on her Website that the next Harry Potter book, the sixth in the series, will officially be called Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, not the much-rumored Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storge, which she dismissed as laughable.

FAREWELL TOUR: Gloria Estefan announcing that this summer's Live and Re-wrapped tour will be her last so she can concentrate more on behind-the-scenes creative work.

DADDY DEAREST: Lindsay Lohan's troubled father getting arrested Tuesday for skipping out on a $3,834.53 hotel bill, per the New York Daily News. He was arrested earlier this month for allegedly assaulting his brother-in-law.

LOHAN ADD: The Mean Girls star will be the new face of handbag designer Dooney & Burke.

BROKE? Marlon Brando is in debt to the tune of $20 million and hides his On the Waterfront Oscar from creditors, according to an upcoming bio Brando in Twilight.

CASTING NOTE: Eddie Cahill, best known as Jennifer Aniston's boy-toy Tag on Friends, joining the cast of CSI: New York, per the Hollywood Reporter.

RETURN TO THE MOTHERSHIP? William Shatner considering reprising his role as Captain Kirk on UPN's Star Trek: Enterprise next season, according to sci-fi magazine Starburst.

FASCINATING STUFF: CBS revealing the identities of the 13 new houseguests competing in Big Brother 5. You don't know any of them. The show kicks off July 6 with a 90-minute broadcast.

NEW GIG: Fresh off his failed bid for president, the Rev. Al Sharpton signing on to host Spike TV's new reality show I Hate My Job, in which eight contestants seek career makeovers.

PLAY BALL: Bill Cosby to be named an honorary member of the Basketball Hall of Fame July 8 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

WHAT THE F--K? Sitcom alien Alf hosting a half-hour special, Alf's Hit Talk Show, July 7 on TV Land with Ed McMahon as his sidekick.

ON WITH THE SHOW: Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons to kick off the Toronto Film Festival Sept. 9 with their flick Being Julia, based on W. Somerset Maugham's novel Theatre.

OFF THE HOOK: Steven Bochco winning a copyright suit last week filed against him four years ago by a couple who claim he stole their scripts for now defunct hospital drama City of Angels.

ENOUGH, ALREADY: FCC recommending that 20 Viacom-owned TV stations which aired Janet Jackson's Super Bowl breast flash be fined $27,500 each.