INSIGNIFICANT RATINGS FOR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS

Fox has quickly dropped Significant Others from its Wednesday-night slot at 9 p.m. after it averaged only a 4.4 rating and a 7 share during three outings. Fox Entertainment president Peter Roth said Friday that the drama, from Party of Five creators Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman, could return as early as this summer.

Is Minnie Driver Moving On?

Minnie Driver, who lost the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Good Will Hunting but still had to watch Matt Damon, the guy who dumped her, collect a statue, may be rebounding. The New York Daily News reports that the actress has been spending time with singer Elliott Smith, who penned Hunting’s Oscar-nominated song “Miss Misery.” How appropriate. Minnie—who reportedly left one of the Oscar parties in tears after bumping into Matt and his new squeeze, Winona Ryder and Smith were spotted holding hands at a Mary Lou Lord show in Los Angeles last week, says the paper. And the actress reportedly spent some time backstage with him at one of his own shows. But Driver’s rep denies there’s a love connection. “They’re just friends,” her spokeswoman, Lisa Casteller, tells the News. “I hold hands with Minnie and we’re not dating.”

MINNIE DRIVING FOR AN IDEAL HUSBAND: The actress famously scorned by MATT DAMON, MINNIE DRIVER has now found a new way to snag her ideal husband – she will just star in the movie. After splitting with Hollywood golden boy Damon (yuk), the dumped Driver is throwing herself into work, starring in OSCAR WILDE’s AN IDEAL HUSBAND. Driver is to play a politician’s sister-in-law who finds out her sister’s marriage to a statesman is a sham. Production starts in June.

HELL HATH NO FURY QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Matt and Ben are off on their owntrip. Whatever they’re doing, they’re just in a different universe and not one I’m particularly interested in being affiliated with. I’m happy to see them sky-rocket into their own egotistical oblivion. I wish them the very best in whatever they do.” – MINNIE DRIVER talks about her ex, MATT DAMON and his best friend BEN AFFLECK.