FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, November 19, 2004

JACKSON WATCH: Michael Jackson sued by a Los Angeles furniture store that claims he owes almost $180,000 for items he purchased in May, including an "Austrian gold-plated dancing girl," according to the suit. It's the second lawsuit filed against Jackson this week--on Tuesday, porn producer Marc Schaffel sued him for $3 million in unpaid loans and fees.

BAD VIBE: Young Buck, the rapper who allegedly stabbed a man at the Vibe Awards this week, gave up to Santa Monica police on Friday, according to his attorney. He is free on $500,000 bail and will fight the assault charge, per his lawyer.

THE LOW-TALKER WOULD BE PROUD: Jerry Seinfeld donating the infamous puffy shirt he wore on an episode of Seinfeld to the Smithsonian as part of a promotion for the upcoming DVD release of the first three seasons of the show.

INVESTIGATING NUMBER ONE: The 100th episode of CBS' CSI drawing 31.44 million viewers, making it the most-watched episode ever.

ACTING IS HARD: Law & Order: CI star Vincent D'Onofrio was released from a New York hospital Friday after a diagnosis of exhaustion. The actor has suffered several fainting spells over the last few weeks.

GIRL POWER: Chad voted out on Thursday's episode of Survivor: Vanuatu, leaving just one man and six women on the show.

YOU'RE FIRED TIMES TWO: Donald Trump firing both Maria Boren and Wes Moss on Thursday's episode of The Apprentice.

WEDDING BELLS: Former Noxema girl Rebecca Gayheart marrying Wonder Years alum Eric William Dane.

GIVE ME BACK MY WALLAROO: Vanilla Ice calling animal control in Florida Wednesday to report that a wallaroo and a goat found wandering around the town of Port St. Lucie belong to him. The pets, both of which are illegal to keep in the town, escaped from the rapper's backyard.

CODA: Cy Coleman, composer of Broadway musicals such as Sweet Charity and City of Angels, died Thursday in New York of heart failure. He was 75.

MEASURE OF A MAN: Clay Aiken postponing the first three dates of his Joyful Noise tour due to vocal-chord damage resulting from a sinus infection.

NOT ON THIS STATION: New York public television station WNET is rejecting a commercial for the new film Kinsey due to concerns the spot is too "provocative." Some conservative groups have been critical of the film's sexual nature.

WHAT DOES PED X-ING MEAN? Tori Spelling reaching a settlement with a woman who sued the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum for unspecified damages after Spelling's car struck her in a crosswalk and fractured her shoulder.

PASSION OF THE OSCAR: Mel Gibson vowing not to spend a penny on pushing The Passion of the Christ for a nomination in the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards. Instead Gibson is sending out thousands of screeners of the film to members of the Academy and other Industry guilds that vote on the nominees.

SHAKE IT: OutKast topping the MTV Europe Music Awards Thursday with trophies for Best Group, Best Video and Best Song for "Hey Ya!" Usher captured Best Male Performer and Best Album for Confessions.

THEY GOT GAME: Death Cab for Cutie, the Flaming Lips and Cake recording exclusive tracks for the soundtrack of the upcoming videogame Stubbs the Zombie, per Billboard.

HOLDING HIS TONGUE: Earle Caldwell, Robert Blake's former bodyguard and former codefendant invoking his Fifth Amendment right in court in Los Angeles Friday, where he was asked to testify in advance of Blake's trial.

CIVIC DUTY: Meanwhile, Robert Blake's lawyers screening more prospective jurors for the Baretta star's trial.

THEY CARE: Celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Conan O'Brien, Barbara Walters and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani gathering to observe Juror Appreciation Day at the State Supreme Court in Manhattan Thursday. Of the celebs, only Giuliani has ever actually served on a jury.

FAREWELL: Family and friends gathering in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday for the funeral of Ol' Dirty Bastard. The rapper died last weekend at age 35. There's no word yet on the cause of death pending toxicology tests.

RADIO DAYS: Sirius Satellite Radio tapping former Viacom chief Mel Karmazin as its new CEO.

BUT SIRIUSLY: Meanwhile, Howard Stern giving out early Thanksgiving gifts, including subscriptions to Sirius, to thousands of fans at a Thursday rally in New York's Union Square Park. The shock jock moves his top-rated radio show over to the satellite broadcaster beginning in January 2006.