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FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, October 24, 2004

THE SHARK SLAYER: Sarah Michelle Gellar's new thriller The Grudge topped the box office this weekend, earning $40 million and ending a three-week run at number one for Shark Tale, which got $14.3 million and finished second. Shall We Dance? stepped into third with $8.6 million.

SETTLEMENT FACTOR: Lawyers for Bill O'Reilly and his accuser, Andrea Mackris, currently in talks regarding a settlement, according to published reports.

IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S... Brandon Routh, a relatively unknown actor, has been cast in the role of Superman in the next film featuring the caped hero, Warner Brothers confirmed Friday. The film is due for release in summer 2006.

KEEPING HIS CAUSE ALIVE: Proponents of Yes on Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, launching an ad featuring the late Christopher Reeve urging voters to support the initiative. Reeve, paralyzed in a 1995 riding accident, was a strong advocate for spinal cord injury research.

ALL WET: Lenny Kravitz has been sued for causing "catastrophic water damage" in his neighbor?s apartment due to overflowing toilet in his big-bucks Manhattan condo. An insurance company is seeking to recover more than $300,000.

¿DONDE ESTA ROD? Rod Stewart was in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday for jury selection in a lawsuit. The singer is being sued for $2 million by promoters for a canceled 2002 tour of Mexico and South America.

IT?S STATE-RUN TV: HBO Asia signs a deal to supply films to a new movie channel operated by China?s state-run television. The subscription-based digital channel will show three movies a day, beginning Jan. 1.

CHAPPELLE'S SALES: The double-disc DVD of Dave Chappelle's Chappelle's Show Season One: Uncensored selling 2 million copies and breaking the previous record for a television series held by The Simpsons: The Complete First Season, which sold 1.9 million copies, according to Nielsen VideoScan. Under his new contract, Chappelle reportedly receives one-half of the revenue from all DVD sales.

BEAUTIFUL DAY: Bono announcing that a briefcase containing notes and lyrics for U2's 1981 album, October, has been returned, 23 years after it was stolen at a concert in Portland, Oregon.

REPRESENTING: Aerosmith frontman and Boston native Steven Tyler singing "The Star Spangled Banner" to open the World Series Saturday night at Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox.

KUDOS: Stevie Wonder set to receive the Century Award at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards Dec. 8 in Las Vegas. The award is Billboard magazine's highest accolade.

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