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FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, October 6, 2000

PRESIDENTIAL POWER: NBC's The West Wing opened the season in style Wednesday, with a record 25 million viewers tuning in for the two-hour season premiere of the Emmy-winning White House drama.

BUSTED: A Manhattan judge sentencing rapper Busta Rhymes to five years probation Friday after he pleaded guilty to gun possession for carrying an unregistered .45-caliber pistol in his car. He agreed to the sentence last year.

DELAY: The release of feature film Moulin Rouge, a musical set in 19th century Paris starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, has been delayed until at least April. "We wanted to make Christmas and the studio wanted to make Christmas, but it's a very complicated project and we don't want to rush it," producer Martin Brown said.

WORKING TOGETHER: Costs, and profits, for Adam Sandler's next film will be split by rivals New Line and Columbia. The studios are in talks to coproduce a comic script that started life as an homage to Frank Capra's 1936 classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

LENDING A (BANDAGED) HAND: Rosie O'Donnell donating $50,000 and Martin Lawrence giving $20,000 to the Screen Actors Guild Foundation's strike relief fund as the union's strike against advertisers enters its 159th day Friday with no end in sight.

TYPECASTING? Jennifer Love Hewitt will star as the devil in a contemporary retelling of the classic tale The Devil and Daniel Webster opposite Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin for Cutting Edge Entertainment and El Dorado Pictures.

TRADING PLACES: The mother of Kid Rock's son will apparently have to pay him child support. Kelly South Russell's lawyer says Russell and Rock have reached a settlement for custody of their 7-year-old son. The mom will pay $25 dollars weekly in to Rock unless the boy spends six or more consecutive nights with her. A judge still must approve the plan.

WATCH OUT, OPRAH & MARTHA: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the 14-year-old twin stars of video and television movies and the old ABC sitcom Full House, are launching their own lifestyle magazine aimed at young women. Mary-Kate and Ashley will hit newsstands in March 2001.

DOUBLE DUTY: NBC's Saturday Night Live will feature a male-female anchor team, Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey, for its "Weekend Update" segment this season.

SUE THIS: A contestant from this week's Sexiest Bachelor in America Fox special threatening to sue over being denied a shot at the $100,000 prize. Anthony Cyr says he was disqualified because of an "application for protection" order filed by an ex-girlfriend, something both parties say was never issued.

WHITE WAY GOES CAMP: Joan Jett and Dick Cavett are headlining a Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which opens November 15 at the Circle in the Square Theater.

SO MANY WAYS... Producers of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire planning another celeb Millionaire, an Olympics Millionaire, starring medalists from the Sydney Games, and college Millionaire during the November sweeps.

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