FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, October 12, 2005

COMPLICATED LIFE: Fox canceling upcoming season of The Simple Life due to Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie's "refusal to end their public feud," Us Weekly reports. "We did not see a place for The Simple Life on our schedule this season," the net says.

LIFE GOES ON? Meanwhile, the show's producer, Twentieth Century Fox Television, says it will seek out another network for the show, adding "We believe this series...is still a dynamic and valuable franchise."

JOB WELL DONE: Angelina Jolie accepting the Global Humanitarian Award from the United Nations Association of the U.S.A. Tuesday night for her work as a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency.

STAYING HOME: Common dropping out of Kanye West's Touch the Sky Tour after landing a film role. West kicking off the tour Tuesday in Miami.

THEY DO! After refusing to confirm their Sept. 24 wedding, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher selling photos of the ceremony to OK! magazine for an undisclosed sum. OK! published the photos Wednesday.

JOB OPENING: Good Morning America weatherman Tony Perkins announcing that he is leaving after seven years.

UNITED STATES OF WOOKIEE: Peter Mayhew, the British-born actor who played Chewbacca in Star Wars, becoming an American citizen Monday.

CHART ATTACK: Nickelback's latest album, All the Right Reasons topping the charts with close to 325,000 copies sold, per Nielsen SoundScan data.

SHUTTERBUGGED: A photographer charged with six misdemeanor counts, including battery and false imprisonment stemming from a run-in with Reese Witherspoon at California Adventure last month, pleading innocent to all charges Wednesday.

DOING THEIR PART: Dashboard Confessional raising more than $150,000 for hurricane relief during three concerts benefitting three separate charities.

iUPDATE: Apple Computer Inc. unveiling a new iPod capable of playing videos and updating the iTunes Music Store to sell episodes of Lost and Desperate Housewives, as well as other videos.

STORK WATCH: Woody Harrelson telling David Letterman that he and his wife are expecting their third child. The couple already have two daughters.

MORE DIAPER DUTY: Jon Stewart telling Letterman that he and his wife are expecting their second child together.

IN DEEP: Boy George's lawyer claiming Tuesday that George has no idea how 13 bags of cocaine wound up in his apartment. The singer could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of drug possession.

PICKED UP: Fox giving full-season orders to Bones and The War at Home, the network announced Tuesday. CBS giving full-orders to How I Met Your Mother, Ghost Whisperer and Criminal Minds.

BY THE BOOK: J.K. Rowling, Jon Stewart, Stephen King and Bob Dylan among the winners of the first Quill Book Awards Tuesday.

NOT GOING BRIDAL: Charlize Theron telling Access Hollywood that she does not intend to get married, though she remains committed to her boyfriend of four years, Stuart Townsend.

IT'S OVER: Jude Law and Sienna Miller ending their relationship, People reports, citing a source close to Law.

IT PAYS TO HELP: Two women receiving $50,000 checks from Oprah Winfrey for their part in helping to capture a fugitive sex offender.

SONGS OF LAWSUITS: Leonard Cohen filing a lawsuit Tuesday against his former business manager alleging she refuses to return some of his personal items. The singer sued the same woman in August for $5 million, alleging she stole money from him.

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRT : Marilyn Manson telling Women's Wear Daily he is in talks with a "major" cosmetics company to launch his own fragrance early next year.