FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, May 10, 2005

CALL THEM "RENKEN": Renée Zellweger and country star Kenny Chesney marrying Monday in the U.S. Virgin Islands after a whirlwind four-month courtship. The actress' publicist says the ceremony was attended by family and close friends.

NEVER SAY NEVER? The National Enquirer is reporting Michael Jackson has secretly sold his Neverland Ranch for $35 million.

NOT HOME ALONE: Fox News and NBC both reporting Macaulay Culkin set to testify at Michael Jackson's child molestation trial Wednesday.

SHRUBBERY ALERT: Monty Python's Spamalot racking up a field-best 14 nominations for the 2005 Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Light in the Piazza trailed with 11 nods apiece.

SLIM SETTLEMENT: Eminem's music label, Eight Mile Style, settling a copyright infringement lawsuit against Apple over the company's TV ad for its iPod product depicting a ten-year-old boy singing "Lose Yourself."

IDOL THREAT? A lawyer for Corey Clark's responding to Paula Abdul's cameo on Saturday Night Live by saying he has "explicit" and "incriminating" evidence about her alleged affair with the former American Idol contestant. However, he hasn't indicated when he'll release it.

START THEM UP! The Rolling Stones announcing a new world tour kicking off in Boston's Fenway Park Aug. 21 and playing 40 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada. The band, who plan to release a new album soon, will then head to Latin America and the Far East before winding up in Europe next year.

STILL GOING: CBS renewing long-running soaps As The World Turns and Guiding Light through the 2006-2007 television season.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT: Teen queen Lindsay Lohan telling E! News that she is considering launching her own line of perfume.

NAILING DOWN THE TOP SPOT: Nine Inch Nails' new release, With Teeth, to debut atop Billboard's album charts Wednesday with sales in excess of 250,000, per HITS magazine.

ON THE DOCKET: During a deposition Monday in the civil suit against him, Robert Blake getting combative with a lawyer for Bonny Lee Bakley's family, which is out to demonstrate the former Baretta should pay them damages for his wife's murder even though he was acquitted of criminal charges.

BLAKE ADD: The Los Angeles Times reporting that Blake wanted to enlist fellow TV stars from the 1970s, including Love Boat captain Gavin MacLeod, Newhart's Suzanne Pleshette and Binoic Woman Lindsay Wagner, to help rally the public to his side before his murder trial.

KING OF THE TUBE: According to the Hollywood Reporter, King of Queens star Kevin James signing on for one more season after getting a raise to more than $500,000 an episode.

SUITING UP: According to Variety, George Clooney set to star in the indie legal thriller Michael Clayton, playing an elite New York lawyer known as "the Janitor," for his ability to clean up his high-powered clients' messy personal problems.

GETTING HIS NAME BACK: Morgan Freeman winning a cybersquatting case on Tuesday after an international arbitrator ruled that he had ownership rights to a Website registered in his name.

KUDOS FOR KING TUT: Steve Martin set to receive the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for Humor in a gala tribute taking place in Washington D.C. on Oct. 23.

WEDDING BELLS: Former Apprentice contestant Ereka Vetrini, 29, getting engaged to longtime beau Randy Burkolder over the weekend.

NATURAL WONDER: Stevie Wonder tapping Busta Rhymes to narrate the music video "So What the Fuss," as part of a separate audio track for visually impaired fans of the blind R&B legend.

TROUBLE ON THE HOMEFRONT: A former boyfriend of country songbird Mindy McCready charged with attempted murder and aggravated burglary for allegedly breaking into her home unlawfully and beating her up early Sunday. The incident occurred just two days after McCready was charged with drunken driving.

BABY ON BOARD: Jennifer Garner expecting her first child this fall, E! has learned. News comes just weeks after reports that she and Ben Affleck were engaged. No comment from their reps and no word on how Alias will deal with her pregnancy next season.

BRANCHING OUT: 50 Cent's G-Unit brand hooking up with mobile media company Zingy to manufacture a series of videogames featuring crew artists such as Lloyd Banks and Young Buck.

MOURNED: Famed Afghan singer Nasrat Parsa died after three men attacked him outside his hotel early Sunday in Vancouver and he fell down a stairs, hitting his head and sustaining a brain injury. He was 36.