FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, August 24, 2003
WEDDING BELLS! Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore tying the knot with her long-time beau, film director Bart Fruendlich, Saturday night in New York City.
HAVIN' A GOOD TIME: Former New Jack swinger Bobby Brown arrested on a probation violation Friday night in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Georgia, while dining with his wife, Whitney Houston. No word how he violated his probation on misdemeanor drunk driving charges.
HE'S EVERYWHERE: First radio, then MTV, then NBC, now Carson Daly is launching his own label, 456 Entertainment. Daly tells E! Online that he is recruiting talent through his Website, www.456entertainment.com.
STILL HACKING IT: Not threatened by any new major competition Freddy vs. Jason stayed number one. However the slasher duo flick still dropped 63 percent, earning $13.4 million over this traditionally low grossing dog-days-of-summer weekend.
THEY GOT SOUL: Neo-soul duo Floetry snagging best single and album by a group and rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott winning best song of the year and music video at the 2003 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards Saturday night.
GETTING ROMANTIC: Martial arts film star Jackie Chan opting for his next project to forego kicking butt on the big screen to appear in a low budget love story opposite a well-known American actress next year.
OFF THE HOOK: A federal appeals court ruling that rap star Mystikal did not break copyright laws when he used two Cajun phrases in one of his songs.
BACK PAY: Trustees of actor Burt Lancaster's estate filing suit against MGM on Tuesday, claiming the studio failed to pay $2 million in profits from 1996 to 2001 for the distribution of his films, including Judgment at Nuremberg, The Birdman of Alcatraz, and Elmer Gantry.
LAUGH IT UP: American Demetri Martin taking top honors Sunday at the 23rd Perrier Comedy Award, one of Britain's most prestigious comedy performance awards.
MR. ENDURANCE: For his latest stunt, magician David Blaine plans to live in a plastic box no more than seven feet long, seven feet deep and three feet wide suspended over high over central London and go 44 days without food or contact with the outside world.
IT'S OFFICIAL! Disney-Pixar's Finding Nemo surpassing The Lion King at the box office to become the biggest animated feature of all time. Nemo sold $328.7 million tickets by the end of Thursday, besting The Lion King's $328.5 million tickets sold during its original run and I-Max re-release.
DOING HER DUTY: Hollywood star and Ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees,Angelina Jolie, paying a visit to a Chechen refugee camp on Friday deep in the Russian border region to bring attention to the misery afflicting the people there.
IN CASE YOU FORGOT: New Line rereleasing extended editions of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers two weeks before the December 17 release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King to refresh filmgoers' memories, reports Variety.
OUTFOXED: A federal judge dissing Fox News Channel's attempt to block publishing of Al Franken's new book, which mocks Fox's "fair and balanced" slogan.
ROCK YOUR BODY: Justin Timberlake planning to perform a special concert at the nearby Roseland Ballroom on August 28 after the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Tickets go on sale today at ticketmaster.
LEGAL EAGLES: William H. Macy and Tom Selleck set to star in Reversible Errors a four-hour CBS miniseries based on author Scott Turow's best-selling legal thriller.
BRANCHING OUT: MTV announcing on Friday plans to debut a two-issue trial run of a new publication, MTV Magazine. The first issue will hit newsstands in October while the second will appear in December.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: The Internal Revenue Service confiscating the contents of a mansion owned by Peabo Bryson, because the singer-songwriter allegedly owes more than $1.2 million in back-taxes as of 2000.
HE WANTS TO ROCK: Ted Nugent suing the city of Muskegon, Michigan, which nixed the rocker's June 30 concert after he allegedly made racial comments during a radio appearance. Nugent is suing for damage to his rep and career, according to his attorney.
SICK DAY: The Rolling Stones postponing a London concert on their world Licks tour because frontman Mick Jagger has the flu. The band is expected to honor a second date on Sunday.
YEE-HAW! Singer Trace Adkins becoming this weekend the first new member to be inducted into the Grand Ole Opry cast in two years.




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