FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, May 9, 2005
CALL THEM "RENKEN": Ren?e Zellweger and country star Kenny Chesney marrying Monday in the U.S. Virgin Islands after a whirlwind four-month courtship. The actress' publicist says the ceremony was attended by family and close friends.
BABY ON BOARD: Jennifer Garner expecting her first child this fall, E! has learned. News comes just weeks after reports that she and Ben Affleck were engaged. No comment from their reps and no word on how Alias will deal with her pregnancy next season.
LIVE FROM NEW YORK: Paula Abdul making a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live poking fun at herself and the recent American Idol controversy.
UNSCRIPTED MOMENT: Meanwhile, System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian dropping an unbleeped F-bomb on camera during the band's Saturday Night Live performance.
JACKSON WATCH: Michael Jackson's defense team calling a series of former Neverland Ranch employees to the stand to counter testimony from prosecution witnesses who claimed they saw the popster molest children.
BATTLE OF THE SOUNDTRACKS: The Godfather, Gone with the Wind and Star Wars among the films in consideration for the title of Greatest Score at AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores celebration.
GET DOWN TONIGHT: Harry Wayne "KC" Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band falling off the stage during a performance in Phoenix over the weekend and suffering a sprained knee and a cut that required stitches to close.
SCI-FI GUYS: Steven Spielberg and late author Philip K. Dick inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Friday for their contributions to the genre.
BACK IN THE FLOCK: Original Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman rejoining the band for its reunion tour after opting out of the initial dates.
HER HEART GOES ON: Celine Dion raising over $1 million for UNICEF's Tsunami Recovery Fund after donating proceeds from her Mother's Day performance at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace.
VIDEO DEPO: Actor Robert Blake beginning his videotaped deposition Monday in the wrongful death civil lawsuit brought against him by the children of his slain wife. The former Baretta star's deposition resumes Tuesday in Irvine, California.
NO SHOW: Dave Chappelle's friends telling Newsweek the reason behind the abrupt delay of Chappelle's Show is a combination of partying, pressure and a creative rift with Comedy Central.
M-I-C YOU IN COURT: Roy Disney and Stanley Gold suing the Walt Disney Company and members of the board of directors alleging that the board made false statements about its search to replace Michael Eisner.
FEEL THE FORCE: George Lucas receiving the rare Festival Trophy at the Cannes Film Festival, where Revenge of the Sith will premiere Sunday. The trophy has only been awarded 10 times.
REVENGE OF THE DVD: Meanwhile, Lucas telling MTV.com that he expects Star Wars: Episode III--The Revenge of the Sith to be released on DVD in time for Christmas, including five or six deleted scenes.
GOOD MORNING: Good Morning America news reader Robin Roberts being promoted to coanchor alongside Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson. Per the New York Times, the move will give Gibson more time to fill in for the ailing Peter Jennings.
LOST AND FOUND: Helen Hunt returning to the big screen and making her directorial debut in the upcoming drama Then She Found Me, Daily Variety reports. Woody Harrelson and Diane Keaton in talks to join her.
CURTAIN CALL: Monty Python's Spamalot taking home four Outer Critics Circle awards Sunday, including Best Broadway Musical. Doubt named Best Broadway Play.
ANYTHING FOR A LAUGH: Jerry Lewis telling ABC's This Week that he spent 37 years in constant pain as a result of his trademark physical comedy, which led to an addiction to painkillers.
HEAVEN SENT: The crusader epic Kingdom of Heaven ruled the box office, but with a much lower than expected $19.6 million. Meanwhile, the horror remake House of Wax debuted with only $12.1 million in the 11th down weekend in a row.
GOOD DEED: Neve Campbell lending her support to an epilepsy "bill of rights" to draw attention to the disease and ways of coping with it.AHOY, PIRATES: A federal court tossing out recent FCC rules that would have required antipiracy technology to be built into new television sets and other devices capable of receiving digital broadcast signals.
GOT GAME: 50 Cent's G-Unit creating a series of games with mobile media company Zingy based on G-Unit artists including Fiddy, Tony Yayo and Young Buck.
KUDOS: Dwight Yoakam receiving an honorary doctorate from Ohio Valley College.
REMEMBERED: Veteran TV writer Herb Sargent, a six-time Emmy winner and president of the WGA East for the last 14 years, died Friday at 81. His credits included Saturday Night Live (he created the "Weekend Update" format) and The Tonight Show.
FAREWELL: Longtime Disney writer Joe Grant, who cowrote Dumbo and Fantasia, died Friday at his home in Glendale, California. He was 96.




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