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FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, September 15, 2000

IXNAY ON THE EBWAY: Against the wishes of Columbia Records, pro-Napster rockers The Offspring will release their new album, Conspiracy of One, for download from their Website nearly a month before it hits record stores. The first single, "Original Prankster," shows up September 29 at www.offspring.com, and as an additional freebie, users who download the songs will be entered into a drawing for $1 million.

INDY STRIKES GOLD! Harrison Ford matching Kevin Spacey's $100,000 donation as a major show of support for striking Screen Actors Guild members who've exhausted their financial resources during the five-month work stoppage against advertisers.

A PARTY'S A PARTY: While Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman crititcized Hollywood for marketing adult-rated movies, CDs and video games to kids, industry elite such as Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas and Harrison Ford turned out for a party at Radio City Music Hall in their honor.

REMEMBERED: Beah Richards, the Emmy-winning actress whose career spanned more than four decades, including roles in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Beloved, has died. She was 74.

STAR WARS PASSING: British actress Shelagh Fraser, forever known as Luke Skywalker's kindly Aunt Beru in the original Star Wars, has died after a long illness, starwars.com says. She was 87.

CALL FOR ACTION: The Director's Guild of America backing away from MPAA President Jack Valenti's stalwart defense of the film ratings system and issuing a call Thursday for a complete overhaul of the ratings that would apply not just to films, but all media.

BLACK POWER: Spike Lee set to direct A Huey P. Newton Story, based on Roger Guenveur Smith's one-man show about the late cofounder of the Black Panther Party, for BET movies. Smith will also play the title role in the film.

STRINGS ATTACHED: As of Friday, KB Toy stores selling marionette versions of 'N Sync dressed in official No Strings Attached tour costumes (with puppet strings attached).

MEMORIAL: Palm Springs proposing a project to build a memorial fountain dedicated to favorite son Sonny Bono. The fountain will include a life-size bronze statue of the late singer, actor, mayor and congressman sitting on a bench.

THE MOUSE WILL PAY: Walt Disney Co. and Bill Nye, The Science Guy, have settled out of court. Nye's lawsuit, which accused Disney of using Nye's pictures at its Epcot science attractions in Florida without paying him an agreed-upon $50,000 annual fee.

DIGITAL REGULATIONS: The FCC agreeing Thursday to require manufacturers of digital TV sets and recorders to include anti-piracy technology. The manufacturers vowed to resist, claiming it would delay delivery of new equipment up to nine months.

GETTING BIGGER: In addition to his stint as Mr. Big on Sex and the City, Chris Noth signing an overall deal with HBO to star in another weekly series for the cable net. He will also produce and star in a four-hour miniseries for NBC based on the Steve Martini bestseller The Judge.

JAILBIRD BLUES: Reflecting on his experience in the October issue of Details, Robert Downey Jr. saying jail helped him change his life. "I would have been the first to say it's unconstitutional, to put drug abusers in jail or prison. Well, it's unconstitutional to be a human being and screw your life up that way," says the actor.

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