FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, November 16, 2005

YEE-HA! Lee Ann Womack scoring three awards at the CMA Awards Tuesday, including Album of the Year for There's More Where That Came From. Keith Urban took home honors for Entertainer of the Year and Best Male Vocalist at the ceremony, which was held in New York City for the first time.

Y'ALL DONE GOOD: The CMA Awards winning the key 18-49 demographic and leading CBS to a ratings victory Tuesday night.

HOT STUFF: People magazine naming Matthew McConaughey its 20th annual Sexiest Man Alive Wednesday, calling him a "one-man endorphin rush."

HERE SHE COMES: The Miss America Pageant moving to Las Vegas, organizers announced Wednesday. It will be the first time in the pageant's 84-year history that it will be held outside of Atlantic City.

HONORED: Anthony Hopkins receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 16, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday.

RAH RAH RAH: The American Film Institute announcing that "AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers" will be the theme for AFI's ninth annual celebration of 100 years of American movies.

CHART ATTACK: Kenny Chesney's The Road and the Radio debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, with 470,000 copies sold, per Nielsen SoundScan data.

LENDING A HAND: Jessica Biel pitching in to help volunteer group Serving Those Who Serve renovate the home of an Iraq war vet who lost his legs in combat to make it wheelchair accessible.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: Madonna performing an intimate concert for 1,500 fans at London's Koko Club to celebrate the release of her new album, Confessions on a Dance Floor.

RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR: Regis Philbin going up against Dick Clark and hosting New Year's Eve Live on Fox.

REMEMBERED: Broadcasting pioneer Ralph Edwards, who hosted the popular This Is Your Lifein the 1950s, died of heart failure, according to his publicist.

DANCE MOVES: Jennifer Lopez in discussions with MTV to produce an untitled music reality series about young dancers trying to make it in Los Angeles.

STAR SIGHTING: Actor Dennis Quaid receiving a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame Wednesday.

GOING CLUBBING: The Strokes planning a secret club tour of 14 cities in advance of the band's third album, First Impressions of Earth, Billboard reports.

OSCAR MARCH: The March of the Penguins and Murderball among 15 documentaries that have been shortlisted for Oscar consideration.

FOUND: After one month, Lost selling more downloads through iTunes Music Store than Desperate Housewives, though the latter consistently draws more viewers, ABC Entertainment President Stephen McPherson said.

SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS! Chicago Mayor Richard Daley proclaiming Tuesday Julie Andrews Day in honor of the 70-year-old actress who was in town with the national tour of the musical comedy The Boy Friend.

SEEKING PIRATE BOOTY: Los Angeles management company The Firm suing actor Orlando Bloom for $660,000 in commissions stemming from his upcoming roles in the second and third installments of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

VERDICT WATCH: Jurors in Robert Blake's wrongful death civil trial completing a sixth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. The panel resumes tomorrow in California.

CAMPAIGN BACKLASH: The National Legal and Policy Center filing an FEC complaint against P. Diddy, contending the hip-hop mogul violated election law in his 2004 "Vote or Die" campaign by promoting Democrat John Kerry and opposing President George W. Bush.

BUSTED: Los Angeles police launching an investigation after viewing video footage shot by TMZ.com, featuring Jackass' Steve-O with a bag of marijuana.