FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, May 11, 2000

CAUGHT! Singer Bobby Brown in a Florida jail after being arrested by customs agents in New Jersey on an outstanding warrant accusing him of violating probation in a drunken-driving case.

MORE BELLS: ER doc Noah Wyle joins the growing celeb wedding party after tying the knot Saturday with girlfriend Tracy Warbin near Santa Barbara, California, his publicist confirms. The pair had been dating since 1996.

NINE LIVES? Cats, Broadway's longest-running show, being extended to close September 10. Since the closing was announced, weekly ticket sales have more than doubled.

BLUE: LeAnn Rimes says her father and her former comanager took more than $7 million from her over five years. In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, the teenage country crooner claims Wilbur C. Rimes and Lyle Walker funneled money away from her personally and from the company set up in 1995 to manage her finances. She's asking for unspecified damages.

SICK BAY: Christina Aguilera, 19, canceling a trip to Britain and a performance in Monaco because of an ear infection and bad bout of flu, her label says. Doctors have ordered her to keep a low profile for two weeks.

SHE DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE... Gwyneth Paltrow, Ralph Fiennes and Aaron Eckhart in talks with Warner Bros. to star in Possession, based on a Booker Prize-winning A.S. Byatt novel about two contemporary academicians.

HITCHED: Marc Anthony ("I Need to Know") tied the knot with fiancée Dayanara Torres in a small Las Vegas ceremony Tuesday night. It's the first marriage for both.

BATTLE OF THE BOYZ: The 'N Sync boys beat out No Limit's 504 Boyz to stay atop the charts this week, as No Strings Attached sells another 191,000 copies.

I'M RUINED: A former contestant from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire says the show cheated him and ruined his life. Robert Gelbman, 34, filed a $2 million suit against the show, claiming he was wrongly eliminated from the show last August when producers told him he'd answered the $32,000 question incorrectly.

CONTROVERSY: Canada's official broadcast watchdog issuing a damning indictment of controversial U.S. radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger, saying her anti-gay views could trigger violence against homosexuals.

DEAL: The NBA and TSN extending their television agreement for another two years. The new contract will include 26 regular-season games--at least eight featuring Canadian teams--and 18 playoff games.

SOAP OPERA: Movie producers are looking for a 6-year-old boy to play Elian Gonzalez in Elian: The True Story of Elian Gonzalez. The movie will focus on his flight from Cuba and the custody battle after he was rescued at sea.

STRANGE PAIRINGS: Veteran actor George Hamilton joining the executive ranks of Stan Lee Media, the Internet company founded by comic book icon Stan Lee. Hamilton will be responsible for signing top Hollywood talent to develop projects and give voice to animated characters.

THEATER FOR JOCKS: A Broadway musical about Jesse Ventura is in the works. "It'll be like [the movie] Rocky, only with music and dance," says producer Pierre Cossette (The Scarlet Pimpernel).

I WANT MY MP3: Embattled online music trader MP3.com announcing it will disable access to all songs from major labels while settlement talks continue with the recording industry.

PLAYSTATION INVASION: Sony announcing that its hotly anticipated PlayStation 2 console will hit U.S. stores October 26 at a price of $299.