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Possibilty of another Jason Bourne film remains

Frank Marshall won't rule out another sequel to the Jason Bourne films but says the story already has ventured far afield from Robert Ludlum's novels.

"There might be an idea out there that we could go forward with, but right now, the trilogy is done," Marshall said Monday at a screening of "The Bourne Ultimatum."

Matt Damon, who stars as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne, also attended the screening, a fundraiser for the Boise Contemporary Theater. The event was held at the Egyptian Theatre.

Marshall and Damon have attended screening events in Boise for each Bourne movie. Marshall has local ties to Boise, and has held several premieres in the city to benefit various causes.

Damon said he hoped future projects bring him back to Idaho.

"I'm hoping that a lot of people from the industry come to Idaho -- the mountains, the desert, the city, with everything that you have going for you, more movies should be shot out here," the 36-year-old actor said.

"The Bourne Ultimatum" opens in theaters nationwide Friday.

Callers to a morning radio show said they were embarrassed and angry that a female fan groped Tim McGraw after his concert at the Cajundome last weekend.

The woman grabbed McGraw in the crotch area at the close of his set Saturday as the 40-year-old country singer walked between the barricade and the stage to greet fans.

McGraw's wife, Faith Hill, who also performed on the Soul2Soul tour stop, berated the woman from the stage, calling her actions disrespectful.

"Someone needs to teach you some class, my friend," Hill said.

Clips of Hill, 39, singling out the woman were posted on various Web sites, including YouTube and TMZ.

"Within an hour, that video made it around the world," said C.J. Clement, who hosts a morning talk show on 99.9 FM KTDY with longtime partner, Debby Ray.

On Monday, female callers supported Hill's decision to confront the woman, Clement said.

"Most said they were embarrassed this happened in Lafayette," he said. "They sided totally with Faith defending her man, standing her ground."

Usher and his pregnant fiancee, Tameka Foster, canceled their wedding last weekend, but they're apparently still together.

"As of right now, we don't have a date, but we will let you know when we do," he tells Usmagazine.com in a story posted Tuesday. "Everybody's fine. Tameka and the baby are fine."

"We're good. We're all doing great now," Foster is quoted as saying.

The 28-year-old singer and Foster, his longtime girlfriend, called off their wedding Saturday, saying no details about the circumstances of the cancellation would be released.

As to reports that Foster had checked into a hospital because of problems with her pregnancy, she told People.com on Monday: "We had a scare. But I am fine, and the baby is fine."

The couple announced their engagement earlier this year, and later, that Foster was expecting Usher's first child, due this fall. She has three other children from a previous marriage.

Corey Clark has been arrested on drug charges and an outstanding warrant from Arizona, authorities said.

The former "American Idol" contestant was being held at the Pulaski County jail pending a court appearance Tuesday in North Little Rock, said John Rehrauer, a spokesman for the sheriff's department.

Clark was arrested near Interstate 40 about 2:30 a.m. Monday on charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, Rehrauer said.

A warrant had been issued for Clark after he failed to appear in an Arizona court on a summons stemming from an arrest last year for violating a court order and trespassing.

Clark was disqualified after reaching the finals of the popular Fox TV show in 2003 for failing to reveal a previous arrest.

He later accused "Idol" judge Paula Abdul of coaching him and initiating an affair. She denied his allegations, and Fox cleared Abdul of any wrongdoing.

Star Jones Reynolds skirted questions about her dramatic weight loss for years, saying only that she had undergone a medical intervention. That intervention, it turns out, was gastric bypass surgery.

Reynolds, 45, says she was "intentionally evasive" when people asked how she'd dropped 160 pounds in three years. She had gastric bypass surgery in August 2003.

She writes about her weight loss in a first-person essay in the September issue of Glamour magazine, on newsstands Aug. 7.

"Everything about me was already so public (mostly my own doing -- talk about dumb!), so of course everyone wanted to know what I had done," she writes. "I was also terrified someone would have a tragic result after emulating me without making an informed decision with her doctor."

"But the complete truth is, I was scared of what people might think of me," she continues. "I was afraid to be vulnerable, and ashamed at not being able to get myself under control without this procedure."

Keeping her decision private made her a hypocrite, she says, because she had been so outspoken about her firing as co-host of ABC's "The View" last year.

Reynolds, who weighed 307 pounds at her heaviest, says her "out-of-control behavior" began around her 40th birthday in 2002. Feeling lonely, she turned to food for comfort and gained 75 pounds over the course of 17 months.

"I used to look in the mirror and take pride in my figure, but that was when I was legitimately a full-figured woman," she says. "I'd gradually gone from full-figured to morbidly obese."

Reynolds opted for surgery after a friend expressed concern about her weight. It was a success, she says, though she found she was "still consumed with the same anger, shame and insecurity as before."

Her husband, banker Al Reynolds, encouraged her to begin psychological therapy in summer 2005. She learned, among other things, that she "couldn't control what others thought," she says. She began to heal by talking openly about her weight loss to strangers.

Lindsay Lohan's father withdrew a request to have his estranged wife tested for drugs as the pair were in Family Court on Monday.

Michael Lohan had previously suggested that Dina Lohan's drinking and his own drug use may have contributed to the substance abuse problems plaguing their starlet daughter.

He said he felt the move would improve his chances of being granted visitation rights with his children. He currently is permitted only telephone calls with his daughter Aliana, 13, and her brother, Dakota, 10. Because Lindsay, 21, and her brother Michael Lohan Jr., 19, are no longer minors, they are not subject to the edicts of Family Court.

Michael Lohan is doing "everything he possibly can to reunite with his children," his attorney, John DiMascio Jr., after the brief court proceeding.

Dina Lohan, who was accompanied by her mother, Ann Sullivan, was not impressed.

"There never should have been an order," she told reporters who swarmed her as she walked to her car.

Family Court Judge Stacy D. Bennett said she was awaiting the results of a review by a family therapist, which is due Sept. 6. In the meantime, the judge repeated a previous admonition for the couple "not to make disparaging comments in the presence of the children."

The Lohans are due back in divorce court Aug. 10.

Last week, Lindsay Lohan was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license, and for felony cocaine possession. She was released on bail and insisted in an e-mail to an entertainment reporter that she was innocent of the allegations, which came just two weeks after she was released from her second stint in rehab this year.

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