FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, November 5, 2000

Sun., Nov. 5, 2000 11:00 AM PST by

ANGELS' POWER: Charlie's Angels lured in a heavenly $40.5 million, as the big-screen version of the '70s TV private eye series flashed to first place at the box office.

EXCELLENT: The Simpsons, already TV's longest-running toon, airs its 250th episode Sunday night on Fox.

ANOTHER TROPHY: Oscar winner Ben Kingsley and Brenda Blethyn honored director Steven Spielberg with the Britannia Award for Excellence in Film on Saturday.

ARE THEIR AIMS TRUE? Rockers Elvis Costello and T-Bone Burnett joining forces to create an hourlong comedy-drama series for the WB Network about four models turned rock stars. The duo will compose original songs for each episode.

TOO MUCH HOT DOG-FLAVORED WATER? Limp Bizkit canceling its sold-out "Anger Management" show in Indianapolis after frontman Fred Durst comes down with a sore throat.

ANOTHER LOSS FOR O.J.: A judge on Friday threw out former O.J. Simpson's lawsuit against his longtime friend Robert Kardashian over the airing of the CBS-TV miniseries, American Tragedy, about the case.

OBIT: Singing star Stephanie Lawrence, who took leading roles in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Cats and Evita, was found dead at her London home, her husband said.

COLD SHOWER: Adelphia Communications , the largest cable operator in Los Angeles, dropping its only pay-per-view sex channel. The company, which has about 1.2 million subscribers in the L.A. region, is phasing out the popular Spice channel and replacing it with the Health Network.

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