FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, May 17, 2005
KENNY GETS LUCKY: Country star Kenny Chesney taking home the Entertainer of the Year Award Tuesday at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. The win comes less ten days after Chesney wed Renee Zellweger in the Virgin Islands.
FAREWELL: CBS' Everybody Loves Raymond signing off last night after nine laugh-filled seasons with Raymond undergoing surgery to remove his adenoids and his family briefly believing he might not make it and imagining life without Raymond. Nearly 33 million viewers tuned in for the finale.
JACKSON WATCH: A social working testifying Tuesday that the family of Michael Jackson's accuser praised the pop star and denied any sexual abuse during time frame of alleged molestation.
SICK BAY: Australian popster Kylie Minogue being diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer and postponing a tour to undergo treatment immediately, according to her reps.
HE'S ON HIS WAY? With Tribune Media Services announcing plans to turn Dick Tracy into a TV series, Warren Beatty filing a $30 million lawsuit against the company for allegedly violating a complex deal that gave him screen rights to the famed comic-book character.
TOSSED: A New York judge has thrown out Jay-Z's lawsuit against R. Kelly over their scuttled tour last year. Meanwhile, Kelly's dueling $75 million suit against the rapper is still in play.
CASE CLOSED: Michael Clayton, who allegedly posed as the real Robin Williams but failed to tell anyone he was a celebrity impersonator and misled several charities in the process, agreeing to stop imitating the Oscar winner, according to Williams' lawyer.
HOSPITALIZED: USA Today reporting that actress Cate Blanchett flew her year-old son, Roman, to London for specialized treatment for a minor burn after he was injured in Morocco, where she's filming Babel with Brad Pitt.
IN THE HOUSE: MTV greenlighting Run's House, a reality series about the Reverend Run's family life with his wife and five children. Russell Simmons and P. Diddy serving as executive producers.
ON THE THRONE: David Alan Grier joining the cast of Broadway's The Mambo Kings as a replacement for Billy Dee Williams, who dropped out due to hip problems.
TAKING A BREAK: Bill Murray telling Reuters at the Cannes Film Festival that he is exhausted and is planning to take a vacation. The actor said he'll cut lawns for the summer, read books and maybe play his guitar--but no movies. He's at Cannes to for the premiere of the Jim Jarmusch comedy Broken Flowers.
HANOI JANE NOT WELCOME HERE: The owner of two Kentucky movie theaters is refusing to screen Monster-in-Law because of star Jane Fonda's outspoken anti-war stance during the Vietnam era.
THEY HAD THEIR REASONS: Brad Pitt telling GQ magazine that he looks back nostalgically and with pride at his four-and-a-half year marriage to Jennifer Aniston, but the reasons for their breakup were very complicated. The actor also didn't deny reported links to costar Angelina Jolie.
FUNNY GUY: Comic actor Mike Epps signing on to play Richard Pryor in a biopic of the legendary comedian's life that will be helmed by Walter Hill, who directed Pryor in Brewster's Millions, according to Variety.
SOMEWHERE IN THE GALAXY: George Lucas doing a Hitchcock-style cameo in Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith. He appears in a large crowd scene with his daughters.
NO JUSTICE: Syndicated newsmagazine Celebrity Justice gets the axe after three seasons and won't be back in the fall after distributor Warner Bros. TV failed to get better time slots for major markets like New York, where it airs at 4 a.m., according to the Hollywood Reporter.
HOT SUIT: Meanwhile according to CJ, a Massachusetts insurance company suing Tatum O'Neal, accusing her of "carelessley" starting a fire in her New York City apartment last year that caused more than $75,000 in damages.
FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Klein Creative auctioning off on eBay starting May 30 celebrity gift bags from the likes of Hal Sparks, Norah Jones, and Queer Eye's Kyan Douglas and Ted Allen to benefit the 20th Annual AIDS Walk New York. The event, which took place last Sunday, has so far raised more than $5 millon.
THEIR KIND OF TOWN: U2 filming two recent Chicago concerts for an upcoming DVD release, according to the band's Website. The Irish rockers also announcing their latest single will be "City of Blinding Lights."
PLAY THE DONALD: Game developer Legacy Interactive announcing it will turn NBC's The Apprentice into a game show that will see gamers vying for a job with Donald Trump. It's hitting stores in the fall of 2006.
SPEAKING OF GAMES: Sony unveiling its new highly anticipated PlayStation 3 videogame console on Monday . It's competing against new systems from Nintendo and Microsoft.




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