Celeb News Aggregate
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Actress Jenna Elfman has dismissed rumors that Tom Cruise's marriage to Katie Holmes is in trouble.
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Dharma & Greg star Jenna Elfman, 35, and her husband Bodhi Elfman, 37, are expecting their first child together.
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Actress Brooke Shields has proven she's forgiven and forgotten her bitter feud with Tom Cruise by flying to Italy for the movie hunk's weekend wedding to Katie Holmes.
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Media Desperate To Get in on Michael Jackson Case, American Idol Doubles Voting Time for Finale, Martha Stewart Show Put on Hiatus Sarah Jessica Parker Matthew Broderick Drew Carey Jenna Elfman Bewitched
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Bridget Fonda and Danny Elfman get married.
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An overgrown elf from the North Pole drew more moviegoers than any of this week's new wide releases as Elf took the No. 1 title in its second week of release with a cheery $27.2 million at the weekend box office. Top Ten: Elf Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World The Matrix Revolutions Brother Bear Looney Tunes: Back in Action Love Actually Scary Movie 3 Radio Tupac: Resurrection Mystic River
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News, Sept. 8: Russian Film Wins Venice Top Prize, Sharon Stone Lays Low, David Bowie Beams Live Concert to Select Cinemas David Spade Jenna Elfman Antonio Banderas Jane Krakowski
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After a long struggle to complete the editing on Swept Away, a remake of Lina Wertmuller's 1974 film starring wife Madonna, Guy Ritchie is going back to doing what he does best--the gangster flick.
Guy Ritchie Matthew Vaughn Madonna Swept Away The Siege of Malta Layer Cakes JJ Connolly Sean Combs Steve-O 11:14 Hilary Swank Colin Hanks Rachel Leigh Cook Greg Marcks Timothy Dalton Looney Tunes: Back in Action The Bionic Woman Lisa Kudrow Elvis Presley
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Jenna Elfman is blaming the 30-percent plunge in ratings for Dharma
and Greg on ABC's lackluster support of the program.
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HOLLYWOOD, May 18, 2000 -- What's the difference between UPN and the big boys? The big boys have Jenna Elfman. UPN has Bodhi Elfman. Yes, the best the weblet could do today was promise viewers the husband of the star of ABC Top 10 hit "Dharma & Greg."
We'll give the UPN this, though. Of all the new fall schedules unveiled this week, UPN's was the briefest. (It only broadcasts two hours a night, five nights a week.)
For those who care, UPN will introduce three new series: "Girlfriends," a sitcom; the hourlong action series "Freedom," starring the aforementioned Bodhi Elfman; and, "Level 9," an hourlong thriller. Additionally, the network gets style points for picking up ABC castoff "The Hughleys."
In other news, "Malcolm & Eddie" has been canceled. Remember that show? It was the one you didn't watch for four years.
Here's a complete look at UPN's 2000-01 l
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Moviegoers celebrated "Mummy's" Day this weekend with a record setting $70 million opening.
Universal's PG-13 rated adventure sequel "The Mummy Returns" kicked off Hollywood's pre-summer season with a staggering ESTIMATED $70.11 million at 3,104 theaters ($20,615 per theater). "Mummy" accounted for about 65% of the weekend's total key films gross of $107.5 million.
"Mummy" is well on its way to what looks like it could be a $200 million gross in domestic theaters. That would be about $45 million more than the first "Mummy" did domestically in 1999.
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 8, 2000 -- Garry Shandling hosts the 52nd Annual Emmy Awards live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC. The big battle this year is between the outstanding HBO drama “The Sopranos” and the outstanding NBC drama “The West Wing.” Each show pulled down 18 nominations apiece, including all the big ones for lead and supporting actors and best drama. Another Emmy-related show to watch for (or avoid like the plague, if you prefer): Before Michael J. Fox, Jennifer Aniston, Chris Rock, Jenna Elfman and all the other nominees and presenters can get into the auditorium, they must pass by Joan and Melissa Rivers on the red carpet. The Rivers women, in what has quickly grown into one of basic cable’s most stomach-turning award show traditions, will stand by the entrance and pass judgment on these people based on what they are wearing like two angr
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10, 2001 -- If you think "Survivor: The Australian Outback" would end the madness that is the CBS reality series franchise, think again.
CBS Television President Leslie Moonves made the announcement Tuesday during the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., that "Survivor" executive producer Mark Burnett will return to make "Survivor 3" and "Survivor 4."
As usual, nothing is known about the third and forth installments of the reality series that has made Richard Hatch a household name, but two things are certain: 1) work begins immediately on No. 3, with Burnett and his crews scouting all over the globe for where it will take place, and 2) "Survivor 3" is scheduled to bow as soon as this fall.
Stay tuned.
'Dharma & Greg' 'DHARMA' KARMA: "Dharma & Greg" might be heading toward splitsville, and we're not talk
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 1, 2000 - This one just gets weirder and weirder. Now in its 27th year, the People's Choice Awards have announced their nominees and the results are even more worth a recount than that mess in Florida.
Culled by a nationwide Gallup poll of 213 million Americans, according to Reuters reports, the voters picked "The Patriot," "Remember the Titans" and "The Green Mile" as best film nominees. But the problem is, "The Green Mile," starring Tom Hanks, was released last year. Hmmm.
The award show, which honors those in film, music and TV, will pay tribute to favorites like Mel Gibson, Britney Spears and, um, Alabama.
On the TV front, Michael Richards ("The Michael Richards Show") and John Goodman ("Normal, Ohio") are each nominated in the favorite male performer in a new TV series category along with "Ed's" Tom Cavanagh -- despite the fact that these sho
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 13, 2000 -- Queen of Music Madonna has sold her Hollywood Hills digs for $4 million. The buyer with $4 million less in her pocket?
Jenna Elfman ("Dharma & Greg") and her husband, actor Bodhi Elfman, Reuters reports.
Madonna put the 5,000-square-foot home up for sale in June after purchasing another home in Beverly Hills, Calif., for $6.5 million. The 42-year-old singer also recently purchased a home in London's Notting Hill for $9.9 million to be closer to film director Guy Ritchie, with whom she has a 3-month-old son.
CLOSE CALL FOR FATHERHOOD: Elton John a daddy? Well, almost. The flamboyant rock singer came close to adopting an orphaned South African boy with partner David Furnish but decided against it, saying subjecting a 4-year-old to a high-profile lifestyle would be unfair, Reuters reports. The two considered adopting the boy, whose name is
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"Gladiator" continued to rule the box office this weekend, collecting another $24 million in tribute from moviegoers.
The R-rated action adventure from DreamWorks easily held on to first place in its second week with a hefty ESTIMATED $24.3 million (-30%) at 2,943 theaters (+40 theaters; $8,257 per theater). Its cume is approximately $73.3 million, heading for about $150 million in domestic theaters.
"Gladiator's" per theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend.
"Obviously, it's a strong hold," DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp said Sunday morning. "The positive word-of-mouth continues to be very strong."
Although DreamWorks is distributing "Gladiator" domestically, Universal is releasing it internationally. The two studios are 50-50 partners, sharing equally in its success. The film reportedly cost $1
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2000 -- The infectious bug that has been plaguing TV series of late -- you know, the "I feel that my time with the show is up and I've decided to move on" epidemic -- has claimed another victim.
The latest casualty is none other than "Veronica's Closet's" Kathy Najimy. Trade papers report today that the actress, who plays Olive, Veronica's (Kirstie Alley) trusted sidekick and confidant, will bid farewell to the NBC comedy at the end of this season.
Najimy tells Variety that her decision to leave the show is based purely on personal reasons. With "Veronica's Closet" behind, Najimy reportedly plans to spend more time with her 3-year-old daughter, not to mention more of the same said time on a would-be "feature career."
Of course, the concept of "leaving" "Veronica's Closet" might become a moot point. The unbeloved comed
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2000 -- For those who prefer computer animation in an enhanced state of mind, there's something decidedly trippy coming to an IMAX theater near you.
The large-format film exhibitor has announced plans to join forces with DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures on its next 3D venture, "CyberWorld," a mosaic of eight animated features designed for three-dimensional viewing.
Set to hit IMAX theaters worldwide in October, the first-ever 3D animated exercise will feature, among others, scenes from "Antz," DreamWorks' 1998 maiden foray into animation; Sony Imageworks' "Planet of the Apes"-esque "Monkey Brain Sushi" (the flick apparently takes place in a world run by apes); and Fox's ingenious prime-time animated series "The Simpsons," where Homer accidentally stumbles upon an alternate 3D universe. TV's "Dharma and Greg" star Jenna Elfman
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2000 -- Edward Norton has certainly scored with his next picture deal.
The Hollywood Reporter reported today that the 30-year-old actor will receive $6.5 million up front plus 4 percent of first-dollar gross to star opposite Robert De Niro in Frank Oz's "The Score," filling in the slot left opened by Ben Affleck after his decision to drop out last month.
The Paramount/Mandalay pic tells the story of a veteran thief whose retirement is infinitely deferred by an upstart ruffian. The flick is slated to go into production in San Francisco in March.
Norton was seen last fall beating up fellow angst-ridden co-star Brad Pitt in "Fight Club." His next project is "Keeping the Faith," which Norton directed, produced and co-wrote. The flick, a comedy about the friendship between a rabbi and a Catholic priest and the woman they both fall for, co