FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, September 20, 2005

BLOWN OFF: Clothing chain H&M firing Kate Moss from a planned modeling campaign after she admitted to using cocaine. The company had initially planned to keep Moss on, but they reconsidered the decision.

BIG WINNER: Maggie Ausburn winning Big Brother 6 on CBS Tuesday. The 26-year-old wins a $500,000 prize for surviving the reality drama.

FORTUNATE SON: INXS picking 31-year-old J.D. Fortune Tuesday as their new lead singer during the finale of CBS' Rock Star: INXS.

THE PLOT THICKENS: Mindy McCready telling a Tennessee court on Tuesday that she attempted to commit suicide in July by overdosing on drugs after learning that she was pregnant. The singer, who is out of prison on $50,000 bond, was in court appealing the terms of her bail agreement.

AXED: HBO canceling Lisa Kudrow's post-Friends effort, The Comeback, per the Hollywood Reporter.

MAKING IT OFFICIAL: Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn are engaged, her publicist confirmed to E!

OUCH! Paul McCartney hurt after tumbling through a hole in a stage during a sold-out concert in Florida on Saturday.

PAYING TRIBUTE: Peter Jennings remembered by friends, family and colleagues during a memorial service at New York's Carnegie Hall on Tuesday.

ON TOP OF HER GAME: Mariah Carey leading the nominees for the American Music Awards with a total of four nods. Kelly Clarkson, 50 Cent and Green Day scoring three nominations each.

THE POINT OF RETURN: En Vogue officially reuniting and performing "Whatta Man" with Salt N Pepa at the second annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors, airing Monday.

THEY WANT THEIR MTV: MTV launching channels in Norway, Sweden and Finland on Sunday, completing its Scandinavian network four months after launching a channel in Denmark.

YALE TIME: Martha Stewart telling David Letterman that she euphemistically referred to prison as "Yale."

EXTREME LEGAL MESS: A Texas woman suing ABC for more than $1 million, claiming among other things that an abrupt cancellation of her appearance on Extreme Makeover led to her sister's suicide.

KUDOS: Oasis racking up five nominations for Britain's 2005 Q Awards and Coldplay earning four nominations.

MOVING ON: Jennifer Aniston telling Oprah Winfrey that she is ready to date and that she is "doing so well" in the wake of her split from Brad Pitt.

WORK IT: Hip-hopster Missy Elliott undergoing an operation to repair her achilles tendon next week after tearing it while performing a dance routine.

WRIST SLAP: Christian Slater avoiding jail time by taking a plea deal Monday after being charged with grabbing a woman's rear end in May. If Slater stays out of trouble for six months, the charges will be dropped, according to prosecutors.

READY FOR THE BIG HOUSE: Lil' Kim reporting to prison Monday in Philadelphia to begin serving her 366-day perjury sentence.

IN THE HEARTLAND: Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Wilco and Emmylou Harris among the performers at Sunday's 20th annual Farm Aid benefit concert taking place on the outskirts of Chicago. The anniversary show grossed $1.3 million in ticket sales, some of which goes to Hurricane Katrina victims.

SCRUBBING IN: John Stamos set to guest star on NBC's ER for at least two episodes in November as a Gulf War vet turned paramedic.

AND THE EMMY GOES TO... Everybody Loves Raymond picking up the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night. Doris Roberts and Brad Garrett winning Best Supporting Actress and Actor awards for their roles on the recently wrapped sitcom.

EVERYBODY LOVES BRAD? Meanwhile, Brad Garrett is in talks with CBS about a possible Everybody Loves Raymond spinoff.

RATINGS GOLD: CBS' broadcast of the 57th Annual Primetime Emmys on Sunday attracting 18.6 million viewers, the award show's biggest audience since 2002's kudocast, according to preliminary Nielsen data.

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