CRITICS CHOOSE: The Broadcast Film Critics Association naming Brokeback Mountain Best Picture at the 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Monday. Philip Seymour Hoffman winning Best Actor for Capote; Reese Witherspoon taking home Best Actress for Walk the Line.

FREE OF THE FCC: Howard Stern making his uncensored debut on Sirius Satellite Radio Monday and denying rumors he is married to girlfriend Beth Ostrosky. Stern also introducing George Takei as his new on-air announcer.

TAKING A BREAK: Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe announcing through Swank's rep that they are separating, but remain hopeful that they can work things out.

REMEMBERED: The Reverend Jesse Jackson leading funeral services for Lou Rawls on Friday in Los Angeles. The Grammy-winning singer died of cancer last week at age 72.

COURTROOM DRAMA: Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato arraigned on murder charges Monday, stemming from the shooting of an off-duty police officer last month. Brancato pleading innocent to the charges.

UNJUST COS? The woman suing Bill Cosby for sexual assault complaining to federal judge Monday that Cosby's getting "star treatment." She's in turn asking court to release sealed documents.

FUNNY STUFF: Goldie Hawn and Cheers creator James Burrows to be honored at the 12th annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival this spring.

LEGAL HOLE: Courtney Love losing the historic bungalow she purchased for Kurt Cobain's sister in the 1990s to a Los Angeles mortgage company, after a foreclosure auction generated no bids.

CELEBRITY IDOL: Simon Cowell executive producing a new Fox talent show that pairs celebrities with professional singers to perform for a panel of judges, with viewers determining who gets the hook, per the Hollywood Reporter.

TOTAL CLOSE CALL: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his 12-year-old son receiving treatment for minor injuries after being involved in a motorcycle accident close to their Brentwood home Sunday. Schwarzenegger reportedly requiring 15 stitches to close a gash in his lip.

STARRY DAY: Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane each receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday.

THEY WILL SURVIVE: CBS announcing the names of the 16 castaways competing in Survivor: Panama--Exile Island, including Dan Barry, a retired astronaut from South Hadley, Massachusetts, and Tina Scheer, a logging sports promoter from Hayward, Wisconsin. The 12th season of the reality competition premieres Feb. 2.

PACKING A PUNCH: Ms. Dynamite charged with punching a police officer in the face after she was arrested for allegedly kicking the door of a west London nightclub, police said Saturday.

SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: Sheryl Crow denying tabloid reports she actually wed Lance Armstrong in Portland, Oregon, two years ago and that she has been visiting fertility clinics since first meeting Armstrong.

THEY DO! Pink and her fianc?, motocross racer and The Surreal Life star Carey Hart, tied the knot in Costa Rica Saturday, People reports. More than 100 guests, including Lisa-Marie Presley, attended the nondenominational ceremony.

ON THE BLOCK: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's marital pad in Calabasas, California, listed for sale at $3.75 million, People magazine reports.

THE OTHER: Lost star Naveen Andrews admitting he fathered a son last year while briefly separated from his longtime girlfriend, actress Barbara Hershey.

KUDOS: The National Society of Film Critics naming Capote the Best Picture of 2005 in a vote Saturday.

HOSTEL TAKEOVER: Low-budget horror film Hostel topped the weekend box office, grossing an estimated $20.1 million. Its arrival in theaters ended the reign of big-budget giants King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

ANGRY VET: Michael Jackson being sued by the veterinarian to his exotic animals at the Neverland Ranch, who claims Jackson owes almost $100,000 in unpaid bills.

BROKEBACK-PEDDLING: A megaplex in a Salt Lake City suburb canceling its scheduled opening of Brokeback Mountain at the last minute and refusing to screen the film.

SPEAKING UP: Harry Belafonte calling President George W. Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" and claiming that millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez during a radio and television broadcast by Chavez on Sunday.