January 05, 2004 |
OOPS... SHE CHANGED HER MIND
Britney Spears is not a girl, not yet a woman — but she's definitely off her rocker. Less than 12 hours after marrying childhood pal Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas, the 22-year-old pop tart arranged Saturday to annul the whole thing. A statement from Spears' record label said the pair "took a joke too far." For the record, the bride wore torn jeans and a baseball cap — neither of which I assume were white. |
DOC HOLLYWOOD
Michael J. Fox will guest-star on two February episodes of NBC's Scrubs, USA Today reports. He'll play a "superdoc" coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder — a parallel to Fox's own battle with Parkinson's disease. The gig reunites Fox with Scrubs exec producer Bill Lawrence, who cocreated Spin City. |
STILL KING
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King topped the box office for the third consecutive weekend, grossing $30.8 million for a total of $292 million. Cheaper by the Dozen ($21.9 million), Something's Gotta Give ($12.5 million), Cold Mountain ($11.7 million) and Paycheck ($10 million) rounded out the top five. Meanwhile, Hollywood rang up $9.27 billion in ticket sales for 2003 — off 0.5 percent from the previous year. It was the first downturn in more than a decade. |
CRIKEY!
Crocodile Hunter loon Steve Irwin — who provoked Jacko-like outrage over the weekend when he dangled his infant son Robert in front of a 13-foot crocodile — appeared on the Today show this morning and told Matt Lauer, "If I could relive Friday, mate, I'd go surfing." In response, Jaws told TV Guide Online: "I hope he brings along lil' Bobby. He looks tasty, um, I mean, I'd like to meet him." |
HOLIDAY RATINGS
CBS' Michael Jackson Number Ones special finished No. 3 in its time slot Friday night with 10.6 million viewers. The network, meanwhile, denied talk that it paid the embattled singer an extra $1 million to dig his hole deeper on 60 Minutes. In other ratings news, Fox's World Idol finale — in which Norway's Kurt Nilsen beat America's Kelly Clarkson — attracted 7.7 million viewers. |
AMERICAN SPLENDID
American Splendor, an indie comedy-drama about the life of comic book author Harvey Pekar, was named best picture of the year by the National Society of Film Critics. Bill Murray won best actor for Lost in Translation and Charlize Theron was named best actress for Monster. |
DEBBIE DOES CABLE
Former Today coanchor Deborah Norville is headed back to NBC as the host of a primetime show on MSNBC. Her program — which will replace the recently axed Buchanan & Press — will debut later this month. Norville will continue hosting Inside Edition. |
THIS'LL MAKE HIS DAY
Actor-filmmaker Clint Eastwood — whose latest directorial effort, Mystic River, is an Oscar shoo-in, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association on Saturday. |
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