Celeb News Aggregate
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 26, 1999 -- The biggest millennium party is definitely not going to take place at your local cineplex this week. Taking into account the pre-millennial craze suffered by shifty audiences coast to coast, Hollywood is taking a low-key, market-testing approach to the week's more recognizable releases.
The Denzel Washington vehicle "The Hurricane" will make its limited-release debut Wednesday. A favorite of critics, the well-reviewed film based on the true story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter features an award buzz turn by Denzel Washington as the titular boxer who is wrongly accused of the murders of three white men in 1966.
Also hitting the theater mid-week is Sony Pictures Classics' "The Third Miracle." Starring Ed Harris and Anne Heche, it is a story of lost faith and renewed hope set in present-day Chicago.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2000 -- The year's first space disaster flick, "Supernova," will blast into the stratosphere this week.
Along with the sci-fi thriller, this week's openers include the family drama "My Dog Skip," Ice Cube's "Next Friday" and the baseball documentary "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg."
Here's a look at the new films hitting theaters - and the films already around going into new release patterns:
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"The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" (Cowboy Booking) -- Portrait of the legendary Bronx-born Jewish baseball player who came close to breaking Babe Ruth's home-run record. Tall, handsome, and uncommonly good-natured, Greenberg was a secular Jew from Bronx who became "the baseball Moses," an icon for everyone from Walter Matthau to Alan Dershowitz. (Limited release)
"My Dog Skip" (Warners) -- Based on the autobi
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One would think Jamie Lee Curtis - and Michael Myers, for that matter - would have learned their lessons in the previous seven Halloween installments. Michael was beheaded in the last film, the 1998 Halloween: H2O, for heaven's sakes. But, unfortunately, that is not the case. They've decided to come back for one more go around in Dimension Films' Halloween: The Homecoming. A group of teens - when will old people be the ones being stalked? - go to Michael's home to stage a live Internet chat. Production is to start Monday in Vancouver. Curtis has signed on to reprise her spunky role and maybe this time she'll actually kill her misanthropic mental patient brother for good. With or without his head.