Celeb News Aggregate
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Britney Spears gets engaged to dancer/boyfriend, Broadway actors decide to keep working despite union contract disputes with producers, and Ashton Kutcher endorses a new clothing line. Plus Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard sell their estate, Bob Barker makes Hall of Fame and Jewel joins new music label.
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Box Office Analysis, Dec. 14. Top Ten Something's Gotta Give The Last Samurai Stuck on You Love Don't Cost a Thing The Haunted Mansion Bad Santa Elf Honey Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Gothika
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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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Johnny Depp has been offered the role of Willy Wonka in director Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a Warner Bros. remake of Mel Stuart's 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Also: Everybody Loves Raymond Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Brad Garrett Nip/Tuck Queer Eye For the Straight Guy Good Morning, Miami Harison Ford Deauville Film Festival Eric Estrada White Tiger Films Four Corners of the Mafia David Blaine Chris Robinson Jelly Beans
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Although eight-figure salaries are not unheard of for stars such as Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson, they are something of a rarity among Hollywood directors.
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News, Aug. 8: Maria Shriver Takes Job Leave to Help Hubby, Jessica Lange on Goodwill Tour Angelina Jolie Garry Shandling Ellen Degeneres Conan O'Brien Brad Garrett Jon Stewart Martin Short Pierce Brosnan Salma Hayek Woody Harrelson Brett Ratner Omar Sharif
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Box Office Analysis: July 27 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over took the top spot, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl Bad Boys II Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Seabiscuit Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Johnny English Finding Nemo Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde Masked and Anonymous Buffalo Soldiers
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Justin Timberlake says he misses old flame Britney Spears. Ridley Scott Alan Bates Brian Cox Brenda Blethyn Angeline Jolie Pollock Jennifer Lopez Jessica Lange Anthony Hopkins
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The Screen Actors Guild will present Clint Eastwood with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the SAG Awards on March 9. Also Sean P.Diddy Combs Bobby Brown Sally Jessy Raphael American Film Institute For Whom the Bells Toll David Benioff Drea de Matteo Michael Imperioli VH1 Big in 2002 Carlos Santana Jimmy Carter Nobel peace Prize concert
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News Roundup for July 1: Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears should move on to new loves. Other celebrities include Ian McKellen Sharon Gless Woody Harrelson Chris Rock Tom Arnold Elle Macpherson Bruce Lee Ed Harris Jessica Lange Angela Bassett Jeff Bridges Sean Penn Kevin Bacon Clint Eastwood George Michael
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News Roundup for June 7: R. Kelly posts bail after being arrested on child pornography charges. Other celebrities and movies mentioned Sir Paul McCartney Don Johnson Angela Bassett Bob Dylan Jessica Lange Luke Wilson Penelope Cruz Jeff Bridges Nicolas Cage Sam Rockwell Michael Jackson
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Simpsons' creator Matt Groening is denying a report that appeared Monday in The London Financial Times that implied he was winding up the series because it was getting harder and harder to surprise the audience
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 16, 2000 -- Tired of Oscar-worthy dramas? In the mood for (hey!) a teen flick? Your time is here (again).
"Down to You," a Generation Y romance starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles, leads the pack of new releases this week, presumably to the delight of the nation's mall rats.
Elsewhere, a host of critically acclaimed (or in teenspeak: boring and long) films previously in limited engagements will add screens. That list includes: "Angela's Ashes," "A Map of the World" and "Titus".
Here's a complete list of films opening this week:
FRIDAY:
"Angela's Ashes" (Paramount) -- Adapted from Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, this film documents the author's childhood in Ireland during the 1930s and '40s. Emily Watson ("Hilary & Jackie") and Robert Carlyle ("Trainspotting") co-star as Frank's working-class parent
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May, 5, 2000 -- The cast of "Hannibal" has just gotten a bit heavier.
Today's Daily Variety says Gary Oldman will play a once-bitten, not-shy victim of resident psycho Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) in the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs."
The actor's name has been linked to the project off and on. Talks between Oldman and the studios (MGM and Universal) were reputedly suspended due to issues over billing but were resumed in mid-April.
Principal photography is set to begin Monday in Florence, Italy. The film also stars Julianne Moore, subbing for Jodie Foster, as FBI Agent Clarice Starling.
Candice Bergen MISS BROWN TO YOU: Erstwhile "Murphy Brown" star Candice Bergen is slated to join the cast of "Miss Congeniality," the Hollywood Reporter says. She’ll play a former beauty pageant contestant-cum-pageant coordinator in the
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 23, 2000 -- Hollywood was suffering from the box office blahs over the weekend, just as Hollywood insiders anticipated. For the first time since Oct. 22, no films cracked double-digits.
Miramax's PG-13-rated teen-appeal romantic comedy "Down To You" managed to top the chart with only an estimated $8.30 million at 1,971 theaters ($4,211 per theater).
Written and directed by Kris Isacsson, it stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles.
"I think it's great," Miramax Senior Vice President, Marketing, David Kaminow said Sunday morning. "Freddie Prinze Jr. cannot deny the fact that he has a following. He really can do a great job of opening a picture.
"I think our (marketing) materials were good, and it just looked like a fun movie for its core audience of young girls. There hasn't been anything for them for a while.
"The PG-13
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 26 — At the holiday weekend box office, Oliver Stone's homage to football scored, while Jim Carrey's homage to Andy Kaufman fumbled.
Director Stone's "Any Given Sunday," released by Warner Bros. and starring Al Pacino, and Cameron Diaz, was No. 1, grossing $14.2 million Friday through Sunday, studio estimates say. The film opened Wednesday in 2,505 theaters and averaged $5,669 per screen over the weekend, and has pulled in an estimated $21.3 million in its first five days.
But perhaps the biggest story of the weekend was all the money "Man on the Moon" didn't pull in. The Andy Kaufman biopic, starring Jim Carrey as the late "Taxi" comedian, is not expected to earn more than about $9 million for the Friday-Sunday weekend and $13.8 million for the week. (Like the Stone film, "Man on the Moon" opened Wednesday.)
"I think we pretty much exp