FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, May 25, 1998

Mon., May. 25, 1998 12:20 PM PDT by

BOX OFFICE: Godzilla was big enough to be No. 1 at the box office, but not big enough to set any records for Memorial Day weekend business, grossing only an estimated $55.5 million.

FOR THE RECORD: Jurassic Park: The Lost World still has the best four-day opening, notching $90 million in 1997.

LOATHING THE LIZARD: Meanwhile, die-hard Godzilla aficionados are debating the merits--and misfires--of the recently revamped reptile flick.

BAD WEEKEND: Actor Charlie Sheen, 32, is back in rehab less than a day after he walked out of a center. Cops escorted the party boy back to the clinic. Sheen OD'd last Wednesday.

GOLDEN: The Greek drama Mia Eoniotita ke Mia Mera ("Eternity and a Day") from director Theo Angelopoulos was the top winner at the Cannes International Film Festival Sunday.

IS NOT: The camp for Rachel Miner denying Friday reports that the 17-year-old actress is pregnant with fianc? Macaulay Culkin's baby.

OBITUARY: Svengali-esque movie director John Derek (Bolero) died of heart failure Friday in a California hospital. Wife Bo was at his side. He was 71.

TOMORROW TODAY: Top Disney suits, 50 NASA Astronauts, an Air Force squadron and a Rick Moranis impersonator helped open Disneyland's fourth rendition of Tomorrowland.

PEACOCK STRUT: NBC wins the 1997-98 TV season, ended Wednesday. But it does so with an ever-shrinking audience.

SUED: Quentin Tarantino slapped with $15 million lawsuit by a woman who claims she was slugged by the filmmaker in a restaurant last month.

STYMIED: Comedy Central charges Daily Show host Craig Kilborn with breach of contract for cavorting with future employers, CBS.

FINGER POINTING: South Park is being blamed in the suicide of a 12-year-old Maryland boy. He left a note comparing himself to the oft-killed Kenny.

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