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By Times staff reports 'Rings' opensThe much-hyped film version of The Lord of the Rings was launched Monday at a glitzy world premiere in London attended by stars Liv Tyler (Arwen Undomiel), Christopher Lee (Saruman the White), Ian McKellen (Gandalf the wizard) and Elijah Wood, the actor charged with bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's hobbit Frodo Baggins to life. An estimated 2,000 people lined London's Leicester Square, screaming and shouting as the stars arrived. The movie opens Dec. 19 on both sides of the Atlantic. 'Eleven' upOcean's Eleven rode a wave of ticket sales to win the weekend box office title from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which fell to second. The star-powered Las Vegas casino caper film opened at No. 1, taking in $38.1-million and setting the mark for best December opening. Harry Potter took in $14.7-million over its fourth weekend. PeopleArnold Schwarzenegger was hospitalized with several broken ribs after a weekend motorcycle accident, publicist Jill Eisenstadt said Monday. Schwarzenegger, 54, was "sore but otherwise fine" at a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital after the Sunday afternoon crash, Eisenstadt said. Details of the accident were not available. . . . A&E named New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani its "Biography of the Year" in a special that aired Monday night. . . . Husband-and-wife actors David Duchovny and Tea Leoni are expecting their second child in the spring, her publicist says. Duchovny, 41, and Leoni, 35, have a 2-year-old daughter, Madelaine. . . . Former U.S. Attorney General and current Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Janet Reno officiated at the wedding of her niece, model Hunter Reno, at an outdoor ceremony in a tropical garden at Miami. Hunter Reno, also the host of Exotic Islands on the Travel Channel, married Peter Rabbino, co-founder of a Fort Lauderdale legal consulting firm, Sunday. TV notesCBS and UPN will be joined in one unit by owner Viacom Inc., a change viewers may not notice but that the company hopes will cut costs and improve ad sales. ... Frasier brother David Hyde Pierce has signed a new contract with the show's producer, Paramount, that will pay him somewhere in the neighborhood of $1-million an episode, Variety reports. Only a handful of stars have reached the seven-figure-per-episode level, and they include Pierce's Frasier co-star Kelsey Grammer. . . . Rookie game show revival Card Sharks has been canceled, Variety reports. . . . The second leg of NBC's reality series Lost will return Dec. 23, taking over for three weeks the 7 p.m. Sunday time slot normally held by Dateline NBC, Zap2it.com says. Dylan at Ice PalaceRock 'n' roll icon Bob Dylan will perform at the Ice Palace on Feb 2. Tickets are $41.25 and $29.75 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at all Ticketmaster outlets and the Ice Palace box office.
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