FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, December 29, 2005

SHUTTERBUGGED: Galo Cesar Ramirez, the paparazzo who crashed his minivan into Lindsay Lohan's Mercedes-Benz in May, won't be charged with a crime, as there is no evidence he did so deliberately, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office said.

REALLY ANNOYING: British movie fans voting Tom Cruise Hollywood's Most Irritating Actor in a poll conducted by Empire magazine.

CURRENT STATUS: Howard Stern's girlfriend, Beth Ostrosky, telling the New York Daily News that Stern will "address" rumors that the couple is engaged or married during his first broadcast on satellite radio.

NABBED: Police apprehending two New Jersey men who allegedly tried to extort $1 million from Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony in exchange for their wedding video, which was stolen in October.

READY TO ROCK: Ryan Seacrest telling AP Radio that Dick Clark, who has not made a TV appearance since suffering a stroke last year, will not be in a wheelchair when he returns to host ABC's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

GUILT TRIP: Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato Jr., who has been charged with murder and other counts in the December slaying of an off-duty police officer, weeping in a jailhouse interview with the New York Post and claiming he did not know his alleged burglary accomplice was carrying a gun.

HITTING THE ROAD: The Who planning to tour in 2006 and hoping to make the band's concerts viewable online, Pete Townshend said in a posting on his Website.

MOVING ON: Jessica Simpson purchasing and moving into a $3 million Beverly Hills home, less than two weeks after filing for divorce from Nick Lachey, People magazine reports.

EMANCIPATED: Mariah Carey overtaking 50 Cent in a year-end battle to claim the hottest selling album of 2005.

LEGAL HITCH: Carlos Lomax, an identity thief who posed as Will Smith and ran up some $33,000 in credit card charges, being sent back to jail for two years for violating his probation.

BIG WILLIE STYLE: The Minneapolis-based National Arbitration Forum awarding the Internet domain name willsmith.tv to Smith after he filed a complaint alleging that Barney Rubble of Vancouver, British Columbia, had registered the domain but was using it to advertise objectionable products and services.

SPIRIT OF NOT GIVING: Chris Klein telling AP Radio that he won't be sending ex-girlfriend Katie Holmes a gift or congratulatory card once her baby is born. "Her and my relationship is a time in the past," the actor said.

CHART ATTACK: Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough topping the charts with 727,000 copies sold in the week ended Sunday. Jamie Foxx's Unpredictable landing at number two with close to 598,000 copies sold.

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