Celeb News Aggregate
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Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon are teaming up to star in an untitled Cameron Crowe romantic comedy adventure, Variety reports.
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A champion snowboarder who was injured Thursday while performing a stunt on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman received stitches and a visit from host David Letterman. Also: Jay-Z Beyonce James Brown Orion Pictures Donald Trump The Apprentice Master P Percy Miller Jennifer Aniston
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Vampire warrior Selene not only slayed werewolves this weekend, she executed the competition and helped the supernatural thriller Underworld garner a nefarious $22 million at the box office. Top Ten: Underworld Secondhand Lions The Fighting Temptations Once Upon a Time in Mexico Cold Creek Manor Matchstick Men Cabin Fever Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Lost In Translation
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Politicians and celebrities gathered at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood near Bob Hope's Toluca Lake home yesterday to thank the late comic for his humor and decades of service to U.S. military personnel abroad. Also: Jennifer Garner Jennifer Bobby Brown Garner Adam Carolla Loveline John Singleton Big Fish Malibu Film Festival Sydney Pollack Shockproof Sydney Skate
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Beyoncé and Metallica are the latest additions to the star-studded roster of the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards, to be held Aug. 28 at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. The two acts will join previously announced performers 50 Cent, Christina Aguilera, Coldplay, Good Charlotte and Mary J. Blige.
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Queen Latifah and Steve Martin's romantic jailbreak comedy Bringing Down the House remained undefeated at the box office for a third week in a row, locking up a hefty $16.2 million despite the arrival of four new wide releases on the block. Top Ten Bringing Down the House Dreamcatcher Agent Cody Banks View From the Top The Hunted Chicago Piglet's Big Movie Tears of the Sun Old School Boat Trip
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened a new exhibition "And the Oscar Went To… to the public Jan. 24, featuring more than 100 Oscar statuettes presented over the past 75 years to stars such as James Stewart, Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn.
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News Roundup for April 17: David Fincher will possible direct the next Mission: Impossible installment with Tom Cruise to star Ben Stiller and wife Christina Taylor have their first child Josie Bissett and husband Rob Estes welcome second child Madonna's demands on her new play in London Clint Eastwood will join the park and recreation panel in Calif. James Gandolfini wants to play Ralph Kamden in Honeymooners film Destiny's Child singer Beyonce Knowles will star with Cuba Gooding Jr. in new movie Kelsey Grammer and Pamela Anderson will voice animated characters in new series for TNN David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar are going on tour.
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The only thing bigger than the show itself is the bevy of parties that follow the Academy Awards. Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Ed Burns, Mel Gibson, Oprah Winfrey, George Lucas, Nicole Kidman, Kevin Spacey, the Backstreet Boys, Ben Stiller, Tobey Maguire
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News Roundup for March 4: Producers Guild of America give their best picture award to Moulin Rouge. Alicia Keys will open the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans Roger Moore will play a gay man in Boat Trip with Cuba Gooding Jr. Miramax is remaking Akira Kurasawa's Seven Samurai Muhammad Ali Stevie Wonder Kelsy Grammar
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Box office analysis: Feb. 17
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Jennifer Lopez returned to the top of the charts Wednesday with the debut of her third album J to Tha L-O! The Remixes
Jennifer Lopez Gwyneth Paltrow Meg Ryan In the Cut Cuba Gooding Jr Fighting Temptation Snow Dogs 2 Adam Sandler Winona Ryder Mr. Deeds Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines NYPD Blue Futurama Matt Groening Miss America Katie Harman Erick McCormack Janet Holden Johnny Depp Vanessa Paradis Al Roker Deborah Roberts
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Box Office Analysis: Feb. 10
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Box office report Feb 3 Black Hawk Down Slackers Birthday girl A Walk to Remember Snow Dogs Count of Monte Cristo
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for the weekend of Jan. 25-27.
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Box Office Analysis: Sept. 9 Happy Accidents L.I.E. Rock Star Soul Survivors The Iron Ladies The Musketeer Two Can Play That Game
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Box Office Results: Sept. 16
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An analysis of the weekend's box office results.
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Box Office Analysis: Sept. 30 Don't Say a Word Michael Douglas Zoolander Ben Stiller Owen Wilson Milla Jovovich Hearts in Atlantis Anthony Hopkins
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Box Office Analysis: Sept. 23
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America: A Tribute to Heroes struck a chord with America as celebs like got together for a solemn night of fundraising.
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Box Office Analysis: Aug. 26
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Universal has proved that there is always room for dessert.
American Pie 2 managed to hold on to the top of the box office charts two weeks in a row, which in this summer of one-week wonders is quite a fait accompli.
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American Pie 2 Chill Factor The Crow: City of Angels Knock Off Highlander Endgame American Outlaws Rat Race Colin Farrell Tigerland Minority Report Jim Carrey Matt Damon Phone Booth Edward Norton Hart's War Les Mayfield Young Guns Jon Bon Jovi Wild Wild West Bad Girls Will Smith Young Guns 2 Dino De Laurentiis It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Million Dollar Mystery Eddie Deezen Rat Race Cuba Gooding Jr John Cleese Jon Lovitz Roawan Atkinson Whoopi Goldberg Jerry Zucker Airplane Ghost Captain Corelli's Mandolin Penelope Cruz Tom Cruise Woman on Top All the Pretty Horses Nicolas Cage John Woo Windtalkers Louis de Bernieres Rush Hour 2 Shakespeare in Love Scary Movie Jackie Chan Chris Tucker Planet of the Apes Jurassic Park III The Princess Diaries Legally Blonde Garry Marshall Osmosis Jones Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Original Sin Bill Murray Spy Kids Antonio Banderas The Others Nicole Kidman
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2000 -- So, today's Valentine's Day, and there are many reasons to be bitter. (Being single one great reason to be bitter).
So, it didn't help that Blockbuster, that rental behemoth, last week released its Top 10 list of the most romantic films of all-time. Of all-time? Oh, really.
Consider:
10. "The Wedding Singer" (1998) 9. "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997) 8. "The Thomas Crown Affair" (1968) 7. "Jerry Maguire" (1996) 6. "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993) 5. "Chasing Amy" (1997) 4. "Sixteen Candles" (1984) 3. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) 2. "Pretty Woman" (1990) 1. "As Good As It Gets" (1997)
So, OK, claws are out, and it's now open season.
How the heck does any movie starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore (Isn't her Gosh-I'm-So-Earnest-Act Old Yet? "Never Been Kissed" should've never been watched.) qualif
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After a record-setting Thanksgiving feast, Hollywood got only box office crumbs this weekend as ticket sales plunged 50% from their holiday levels.
Universal and Imagine Entertainment's PG-rated blockbuster comedy adventure "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" continued to top the chart in its third weekend with a still festive estimated $27.11 million (-48%) at 3,138 theaters (+4 theaters; $8,640 per theater). Its cume is approximately $172.0 million, heading for $250 million.
(NOTE: All percentage comparisons today are calculated against the three-day weekend portion of the five-day Thanksgiving holiday period.)
"Grinch" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend.
"'Grinch is great!" Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "It's satisfying all audiences. In its third weekend 'Gri
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 18, 2000 -- A year ago, five unknown guys from Orlando, Fla., went to the Sundance Film Festival with a cheap movie, a neato gimmick and a good publicist.
Today they return to Park City, Utah, as Hollywood players -- the creators of what might become the biggest horror film franchise ever -- and as bona fide filmmakers afforded multimillion-dollar budgets.
Their film cost $10,000 to $100,000, depending on what you read. They sold it for $1 million. It made $140 million in theaters. Maybe you've heard of it: "The Blair Witch Project."
Hands down, the "Haxan Five," as they like to call themselves (Get it? It rhymes with "Jackson Five") are the biggest rags-to-riches story ever to come out of Sundance. Sure, other nickel-and-dime neophytes such as Kevin Smith and Edward Burns have received more critical praise. But none of those guys laun
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HOLLYWOOD, May 30, 2000 -- First, the big budget. Then, the rumors of the even bigger budget. And so it goes for Hollywood's high-priced highly scrutinized. The latest to be subjected to whispers of lavish spending: "Pearl Harbor."
Today's New York Post reports that the WWII-themed Disney megaproject, already budgeted at a record $135 million, is "still upwards" of that amount and "could go higher." The budgetary estimates are credited to an unnamed "on-the-set mole."
Disney dismisses the Page Six item, essentially accusing the "on-the-set mole" of having no idea how the film's costs are being added up. (Meow.)
"Pearl Harbor," now shooting in Hawaii, features an ensemble cast led by Ben Affleck and Cuba Gooding Jr. and promises to sport an impressive array of bombs and other exploding things as choreographed by director/blower-upper master Michael ("Armageddon")
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"Charlie's Angels" won this weekend's box office election by a mile despite projections that "Little Nicky" might give it a devil of a time.
"Angels," Columbia's PG-13 action adventure comedy, continued kicking box office butt in its second weekend with a still sexy estimated $25.0 million (-38%) at 3,037 theaters (theater count unchanged; $8,232 per theater). Its cume is approximately $75.4 million, heading for $150 million or more.
"Angels" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in 500 or more theaters last weekend.
"Great news for us," Sony Pictures Entertainment worldwide marketing & distribution president Jeff Blake said Sunday morning. "It's just a terrific hold considering the record opening we had the week before."
Asked where "Angels" is going, Blake replied, "We should be able to hit $100 million by Thanksgiving and still have t
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Box Office Analysis July 1
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Box Office Analysis June 10
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Gus Van Sant, the eclectic director of such films as To Die For and Finding Forrester, will reteam with his Good Will Hunting stars Matt Damon and Casey Affleck (yes, Ben's little brother) for a new film, Jerry. According to the buzz at Cannes, the film is being kept closely under wraps, so there's not much known on the subject matter. Could be about a mouse or a TV evangelist or maybe a raunchy TV talk show host. What is known is that the project is being put together by the William Morris Agency Independent department, with co-heads Cassian Elwes and Rena Ronson negotiating the deal.
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 16, 2000-- "The Grinch" should steal first place from "Charlie's Angels" this weekend.
"'Grinch' is going to be number one," an insider predicts without having to think twice. "You can count on $30 million-plus, and it could even be much higher. The question is will the market expand? I believe that it can."
The PG-rated comedy adventure "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" from Universal and Imagine Entertainment, opening at 3,127 theaters and on over 4,200 screens, is expected to turn box offices everywhere green.
Directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer, "Grinch" stars Jim Carrey.
Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies' G-rated animated sequel "Rugrats in Paris: The Movie" should be a lively number two, opening at 2,934 theaters.
"The first 'Rugrats' opened to $27 million, but there was nothing else in
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This weekend's box office election is too close to call, according to insiders who see a close race between "Charlie's Angels" and "Little Nicky" for the popular vote.
Columbia's PG-13-rated action adventure comedy kicked off to a record setting $40.1 million last weekend. New Line's PG-13-rated youth appeal comedy "Little Nicky," opening at about 2,910 theaters, is flying high on the Hollywood radar screen.
"It probably will fall less than 50%," an insider predicts about "Angels." "Figure 40%. So you're looking at $24 million. It could be a tight race with 'Little Nicky.' I'd have to say $22-24 million for both of them."
"I think you've got to figure it's 'Charlie's Angels' again unless 'Little Nicky' just really surges here at the last minute, which it could with young males," another studio executive cautions.
Directed by McG, "Angels" s
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 4, 2001 -- Director Robert Altman will be bringing his signature brand of filmmaking to Britain, and the country's top-notch actors are apparently the first to rejoice.
Jude Law ("The Talented Mr. Ripley"), Emily Watson ("Breaking the Waves") and Kristin Scott Thomas ("The English Patient") are among the ensemble cast that have signed on to Altman's "Gosford Park," Daily Variety reports.
And Helen Mirren ("The Passion of Ayn Rand") and Michael Gambon ("Sleepy Hollow") might also join a cast that could amount to 20 people.
"Lots of actors want to be in the film, but it is a question of fitting it into their schedules," Altman's spokesman said.
In typical Altman-esque narrative style, the film is said to be about the relations among different social classes in 1930s Britain.
PHOENIX FINDS 'LOVE': Actress Claire Danes has found her mat
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 4, 2000 -- Catherine Zeta-Jones knows how important trust is.
The new Mrs. Michael Douglas will star in the thriller "Trust," a project that is said by Daily Variety to be in the vein of 1987's "Fatal Attraction."
Originally a British miniseries, "Trust" will follow a lawyer living in New York who discovers that her psychiatrist hubby is having an affair with one of his patients.
KING OF THE 'CASTLE': "The Legend of Bagger Vance" helmer and actor Robert Redford might return to the front of the camera in "The Castle," a drama directed by "The Contender's" Rod Lurie, Variety says.
The project, which centers on an imprisoned five-star general as he rallies other prisoners into a mutiny, is also in discussions with Mark Wahlberg for a co-starring role.
'SHOW' TIME: Variety also says that Ethan Hawke, Carla Gugino and Frank Whaley have a
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James Franco is climbing up in the world.
The "Whatever It Takes" actor is in final talks to join Tobey Maguire in the much-hyped "Spider-Man" feature, Columbia Pictures says today.
In the Sam Raimi big-screen adaptation, Franco would play Harry Osborn, the high school pal and college roommate of Peter Parker, aka Spidey.
Franco is currently shooting the thriller "City By the Sea" with Robert De Niro and has just wrapped the TNT tube-pic "James Dean," wherein he plays the titular rebel.
GOING MOO: The Hollywood Reporter says that Cuba Gooding Jr. and Judi Dench will lend their voices to the Disney animated feature "Sweating Bullets" about a group of cows fighting to save their farm. Sarah Jessica Parker and Ja'Net DuBois have already signed on to do their cow duties, with actor Randy Quaid possibly joining them.
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 12, 2000 -- Girls ruled again as "Charlie’s Angels" held on to the top spot at the weekend box office for a second consecutive week, defeating the likes of Adam Sandler, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Val Kilmer.
"Charlie’s Angels," starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu and directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol (aka McG), took in an estimated $25 million, according to estimates by Exhibitor Relations.
Adam Sandler’s devil of a new comedy "Little Nicky" bowed at No. 2 with $18.6 million, and the U.S. Navy drama "Men of Honor" starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert De Niro grabbed the No. 3 spot with an estimated $14 million.
Showing little sign of weakening, "Meet the Parents" took in another $10.59 million over the weekend, bringing its grand total to $130.3 million.
Another debut, "Red Planet" starring Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tom Siz
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 12, 2000 -- Social activist and director Spike Lee's latest target of wrath has centered on superstar Will Smith and his new film's depiction of racial stereotypes.
At a Harvard University discussion panel on race held last week, Lee voiced his displeasure over Smith's decision to play a mystical and spiritual golf caddy in Robert Redford’s "The Legend of Bagger Vance."
In an interview with the New York Post, Lee criticized Smith's role as Matt Damon's subordinate in the film he described as "Driving Mr. Damon" for painting such a pretty picture of racial relations in the Depression-era South.
In an interview with the Boston Globe, Lee was quoted as saying: "With all that going on, why are you [expletive] trying to teach Matt Damon a golf swing?"
Lee has in the past criticized Quentin Tarantino for his repeated reliance on racial slurs in "
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WOOD, Nov. 10, 2000 -- The battle between heaven and hell will be played out in cineplexes across the nation this weekend.
And by that, we mean the box office war between last week's reigning champ, "Charlie's Angels", and this week's hot contender, Adam Sandler's "Little Nicky".
Despite a mega $40 mil plus opening achieved by "Charlie's Angels" last weekend, Sandler's inexplicable star power -- and the fact that "Little Nicky" is the comic's first big outing since last year's "Big Daddy" -- could very well topple the detective chick flick from the top.
Certainly much less threatening than Sandler, the Navy diver drama Men of Honor and the Mars thriller "Red Planet" will also come out for a piece of the box office pie this weekend.
Here's a look at all the major releases hitting theaters today:
LITTLE NICKY
The Skinny: Adam Sandler plays Sa
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 31, 2000 -- Tom Ripley is about to strike again, albeit under a completely different guise. How so? Think John Malkovich and "M:1-2's" Dougray Scott instead of Matt Damon, for instance.
Daily Variety reports that Malkovich and Scott are in talks to star in "Ripley's Game," a sort of a follow-up to last year's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (with Damon as the titled character).
The new project, which is based on the third novel in author Patricia Highsmith's Ripley series, follows an older, married Ripley who is looking for an assassin to rid two rivals.
Shooting of the film is set to begin in Venice in January.
DOWN WITH 'SMOOCHY': The Hollywood Reporter says that Edward Norton and Catherine Keener ("Being John Malkovich") will join the cast of "Death to Smoochy." Directed by Danny DeVito, the film follows Smoochy (Norton), a children's TV show
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 23, 2000 -- Beatles child Stella McCartney may have been named Designer of the Year at this year's VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, but it was her father who stole the show. Paul McCartney surprised his daughter at the fashion awards on Friday night, presenting her with the designer award for her work at Chloe. The former Beatles singer received a standing ovation from the audience.
Also bringing the high-fashion audience to its feet at the Theater at Madison Square Garden was Godfather of Soul James Brown, who joined singer Lenny Kravitz on stage to perform "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag."
Supermodel Giselle Bundchen (reportedly Leonardo DiCaprio's main squeeze) and Cuba Gooding Jr. served as co-hosts for the annual fashion awards show.
The in fashion at this year's show, broadcast on VH1, was leather.
Gooding Jr. donned white leather pants; Most F