Celeb News Aggregate
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Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly magazine reported that Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer would star opposite Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons, the prequel to 2006’s Da Vinci Code.
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Funnyman Jim Carrey has vowed never to wed his longterm girlfriend Jenny McCarthy--because he doesn't want to jinx their good relationship.
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Actor Jim Carrey is writing a self-help book for sufferers of depression who want to avoid using drugs to beat the condition.
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Actor Jim Carrey has joined the $13 million comedy Pierre Pierre. The film is a politically incorrect story about a self-indulgent French nihilist who moves a stolen painting from Paris to London.
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Jack Black has vowed never to star in a biopic of late comedian John Belushi--fearing it would tarnish the reputation of his comedy idol.
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Comedian Jim Carrey and girlfriend Jenny McCarthy are celebrating--the actress/model is reportedly expecting their first child together.
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Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe have been named as Hollywood's most overpaid stars--as their movies often fail to make a profit.
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Tom Hanks will become the highest paid actor in Hollywood history when he stars in a follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.
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Comedian Richard Jeni has been found dead at his West Hollywood apartment. Authorities suspect he committed suicide.
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Hollywood funnyman Jim Carrey has defended troubled comedian Michael Richards after his racist rant in a Los Angeles comedy club last year.
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The Super Bowl is always cause for celebs to come out in the private-jet loads, but when it’s in Miami, Hollywood’s home away from home, the big game is but a limo drive away.
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Comedian Jim Carrey's latest film, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, is back on track after being postponed earlier this year, because of a budget blowout.
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Oprah Winfrey has been left off the invite list to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' post-wedding party--just weeks after the couple failed to ask her to their Italian marriage.
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Tom Cruise married Katie Holmes in a civil ceremony in Los Angeles last week to ensure their union was legal prior to their wedding in Italy on Saturday.
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Actor Tom Cruise married Katie Holmes in a candlelit ceremony at Castello Odescalchi in Bracciano, Italy, Saturday.
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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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Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz's plan to reunite in a new movie has fallen flat--both they and the movie's directors have walked away from the project.
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News, Nov. 22: McCartney to perform at Super Bowl, Jim Carrey says he is drug-free, Seinfeld's famous puffy shirt on display
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Macaulay Culkin pleads not guilty to drug charges, Nicky Hilton seeks marriage annulment, Fox's Bill O'Reilly in lawsuit mess more...
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If there is one thing TV viewers have learned from the third installment of Fox's American Idol it's that the best singers don't always necessarily win, and judge Simon Cowell was right when he said Hawaiian native Jasmine Trias owed her home state a lot of thank you letters. Also: Rupert Boneham Survivor All-Stars Frasier Michael Jackson Theodore Boutrous Kelly Rowland Roy Williams Harvey Weinstein Olive Osmond The Passion of the Ark Bobby Florsheim and Josh Stolberg
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News, April 5: Kelly Osbourne in Rehab; Writers Begin Talks With Studios; OutKast, Finding Nemo Top Kids' Choice Awards Whitney Houston Bobby Brown Jim Carrey Frankie Muniz Cameron Diaz Mike Myers Dyan Cannon Bruce Willis
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Comedian, actor and writer Chris Rock has been named the funniest man in America by Entertainment Weekly in the magazine's March 19 issue. Also: Jon Stewart Will Ferrell Larry David Dave Chappelle Ellen DeGeneres Bill Murray Jim Carrey Jack Black Cinderella Man Michael Jackson R Kelly Rodney Dangerfield David Crosby Rosalind Morganfield Amber Tamblyn Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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News Jan. 8: It's a Boy for Kate, Minnelli Begins First Leg of Divorce, Ford Officially Divorced, more…
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Pop singer-turned-reality TV star Jessica Simpson has signed a development deal with ABC to star in a comedy series project targeted for fall 2004. Also: Ted Harbert Joe Simpson Catherine Zeta-Jones Michael Douglas Halle Berry Justin Guarini Chuck Wepner Sylvester Stallone Rocky G Unit 50 Cent Duran Duran Luis Guzman Craig Ferguson Brad Silberling Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Liza Minnelli, David Blaine, Eminem, Elton John, Jack Elam, Sandra Bullock, Jim Carrey, Todd Phillips
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Teen idols, including Britney Spears, Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, Ryan Seacrest, Colin Farrell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Hillary Duff and Tony Hawk, showed for at this year's Teen Choice Awards at the Universal Amphitheater Saturday in Universal City, Calif.
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With a tag line that reads "Steal All You Can Steal," it was bound to set off sparks. Miramax's Buffalo Soldiers, a satire of corruption on American military bases, is set to bow in theaters July 25, but its humor is being lost on military representatives and right-wing consumers who have sent complaints about the movie's negative depiction of U.S. Army conduct to Miramax and corporate parent Disney. Also: Steve Harvey Jennifer Beals The L Word Compay Segundo Benny Carter Arnold Schwarzenegger Big Sir Westworld Conan the Barbarian Cameron Diaz Jim Carrey Fun With Dick and Jane
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Three beautiful private detectives knocked the mean, green machine out of competition at the box office this weekend as the mega-hyped action sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle took the No. 1 title with $38 million. Top 10: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle The Hulk Finding Nemo 28 Days Later Bruce Almighty 2 Fast 2 Furious The Italian Job Rugrats Go Wild Hollywood Homicide Alex & Emma
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Top 10: Finding Nemo 2 Fast 2 Furious Bruce Almighty Rugrats Go Wild Hollywood Homicide Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd The Italian Job The Matrix Reloaded Daddy Day Care X2: X-Men United
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New York filmmaker Woody Allen will be urging Americans to travel to Europe this summer in a French tourism promotional video. Also: Christy Turlington Ed Burns Pamela Anderson Guillaume Depardieu Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Don Murphy Tom De Santo Transformers Jim Carrey Cameron Diaz Barry Sonnenfeld Fun With Dick and Jane Criminal Macabre 32nd Annual Key Art Awards
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Spike Lee Sues Over Spike TV, Homemaking Guru Indicted, Barry Manilow Breaks Famous Schnozz, Jim Carrey Martin Scorsese Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett Kate Beckinsale Martha Stewart Clay Aiken Ruben Studdard John Cusack Kelly Clarkson
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Memoral Day Weekend sees Bruce Almighty take the top spot The Matrix Reloaded Daddy Day Care X2: X-Men United The In-Laws Down With Love The Lizzie Maguire Movie Holes Identity Anger Management
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Jim Carrey and Wife Settle Child Support, O.J. Simpson Gets Reality Show, Kelly Clarkson's Hot While Madonna's Not DMX Will Ferrell Monica Lewinsky
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Comedian Chris Rock, whose directorial debut Head of State hits theaters this weekend, wants fans to know that contrary to reports from media gossip Matt Drudge, he "never had any intention of bashing President Bush" for launching the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Also: Susan Sarandon Wanda at Large Madonna American Idol Trenyce Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Steven Spielberg The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Uma Thurman Paycheck Son of the Mask
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News, March 12: Shooting at Phil Spector's House Not a Suicide; Fox Fires "Bernie Mac" Creator; John Travolta in "Harvey" Remake Jim Carrey Steven Spielberg Clint Eastwood Richard Gere Diana Ross
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The body of what police believe to be the mother of Dr. Laura Schlessinger was found badly decomposed with murder the cause of death Also: Steven Spielberg Kill Bill Quentin Tarantino Oliver Stone Alexander the Great Baz Luhrmann Elijah Wood The eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind The Italian Job F Gary Gray Harry Potter Pamela Stephenson Billy Bono Nelsson Mandela SOS concert
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A Santa Monica, Calif., physician whose name appeared in a Los Angeles County probation report released in the course of Winona Ryder's sentencing on shoplifting charges denied Monday that he knowingly allows patients to abuse drugs. Also: Britney Spears Tom Sizemore Pete Townshend The Ring When Harry Met Lloyd: Dumb & Dumberer Cheri Oteri Cindy Chupack 2002 Billboard Music Awards Nelly Ashanti
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News roundup for Oct. 4 2002 -- Rosie O'Donnell countersues her magazine's publisher. Nicolas Cage Kirsten Dunst Jim Carrey Kate Winslet Being John Malkovich Antonio Banderas Les Miserables James Brown Michael Jackson
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Nicolas Cage and his off-again, on-again girlfriend Lisa Marie Presley were reportedly married in a private ceremony in Hawaii.
Lisa Marie Presley Nicolas Cage Sonny Deauville 2002 Festiville of American Film Nicole Kidman The Hours 2002 Venice Film Festival Jennifer Lopez Laura ZiskinLarry Guterman Son of the Mask Marlee Matlin Bad AssSimon Gornick Widespread Panic Michael Houser Aerosmith Run-D.M.C Kid Rock
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Josh Randall, who plays Dr. Mike Burton on the NBC TV series Ed, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly smoking crack cocaine in a Brooklyn park.
Josh Randall Sharon Osbourne The Lion, the Withch and the Wardrobe Adrew AdamsonJennifer Aniston Jim Carrey Bruce Almighty Halle Berry Nappily Ever After Tina Chism Paul Schrader Exorcist prequel Will & Grace Harry Connick Jr Kevin Bacon P. Diddy Shakira MTV Video Music Awards
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Madonna Robert Wagner Michelle Williams Sam Raimi Rob Tapert 30 Days of Night Jim Carrey Gary Shandling Over the Hedge Tim Johnson Joe Black School of Rock Mike White Scott Rudin Sarah Michelle Gellar Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jon Stewart CNN International
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News Roundup for June 5: Tom Hanks honored with AFI Lifetime Achievement Award; Other celebrities and movies mentioned Jennifer Aniston Scream Steven Seagal Annie Lennox
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Looks like Vin Diesel is not about to disappear any time soon. After The Fast and the Furious made a sneak attack at the box office in June, Diesel has inked a deal to star in Revolution Studios' XXX.
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Supermodel Christy Turlington and Ed Burns have broken up. The couple, who were supposed to get married last October but postponed their wedding plans after Sept. 11, reportedly called it quits a month ago -- with no third party involved
Christy Turlington Ed Burns Britney Spears Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD Ricky's Room Death to Smoochy Sherron Watkins Artisan Entertainment Power Failure John Travolta Mr. 3000 Jim Carrey Bruce Almighty Fox News Channel Greta Van Susteren CNN Aaron Brown Napster
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Noah Davis takes a stab at some Oscar picks, despite the fact that he hasn't seen many of the movies. (He did see Lord of the Rings 20 times, though.)
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The box office preview of the weekend beginning Feb. 15 Denzel Washington Nick Cassevetes John Q Bruce Willis Colin Farrell Hart's War Britney Spears Crossroads Retunr to Never Land Super Troopers Arnold Schwarzenegger Collateral Damage Rollerball John McTiernan Chris Klein Norman Jewison Big Fat Liar Frankie Muniz The Count of Monte Cristo Kevin Reynolds Mandy Moore A Walk to Remember I Am Sam Sean Penn Kung Pow: Enter the Fist The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson Black Hawk Down Ridley Scott A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard Gosford Park Halle Berry Monster's Ball
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Julia Roberts Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise have been listed as Hollywood's most bankable stars by a survery conducted by the Hollywood Reporter. Other celebrities on the list include Russell Crowe Will Smith Denzel Washington George Clooney Mel Gibson Jim Carrey Sandra Bullock Cameron Diaz Nicole Kidman
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Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg are set to team up again for Ghost Soldiers Julia Roberts Leonardo DiCaprio Martin Scorsese Gene Hackman Jennifer Love Hewitt Rosie O Donnell Mariah Carey Loretta Lynn Conan O Brien Rapper Jay Z R Kelly Antonio Banderas Liza Minnelli Stuart Adamson Rebecca Gayheart
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Kidman and Carrey's new movie stopped before it started, plus more entertainment news from Jan. 18, 2002.
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Box Office Analysis: Dec. 23
Top ten films for December 23 Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Rings Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Vanilla Sky How High Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Not Another Teen Movie The Majestic Joe Somebody Monster, Inc.
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Box Office Analysis: Dec. 30
Top ten films for December 30 Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Rings Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Vanilla Sky How High Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Not Another Teen Movie The Majestic Joe Somebody Monster, Inc. Charlotte Gray I Am Sam
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Following is a TV Rants and Raves column for December 27. Keywords are Emeril UPN Iron Chef USA NBC Ren and Stimpy VH1 Buffy Roswell Jim Carrey Majestic Man on the Moon Charlie Rose Dumb Dumber Me Myself Irene That 80s Show 70s Ben Affleck FOX
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Martin Grove's in-depth box office analysis for Sunday, Dec. 16.
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Jim Carrey whose water stunts in The Truman Show brought him close to death to Entertainment Tonight The Majestic
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News Roundup Nov. 30 Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone Steven Spielberg A.I. Artifical Intelligence Cats & Dogs Jim Carrey Antonio Banderas Anthony Quinn Madonna Guy Ritchie Oprah Winfrey
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Following is a Quick Take about the People's Choice Awards nominations. Mentioned keywords are Peoples Choice Awards nominations Jason Alexander Bob Patterson The Fast and the Furious Shrek Ellen DeGeneres Pearl Harbor Jim Carrey Eddie Murphy Everybody Loves Raymond Sandra Bullock Julia Roberts West Wing ER Friends Kelsey Grammer Drew Carey Frasier Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Aniston Scott Bakula Enterprise
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Nicole Kidman Bruce Lee Jet Li Jackie Chan Sly Stallone Jim Carrey Mark Wahlberg Hugh Jackman Steve Irwin
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The Christmas season comes to the box office today (Friday) with the opening of Disney/Pixar's Monsters, Inc. which is expected to draw a monster take over the next two weeks.
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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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Singer Mariah Carey is expected to make a public appearance on Friday, when she will join a series of musical guests and actors on America: A Tribute to Heroes. Carey, who was hospitalized for a mental and physical breakdown in July, and relapsed in September, will sing her 1993 hit "Hero," a publicist for Virgin Records told Reuters.
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ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox confirmed reports Tuesday that they will jointly produce a two-hour, celebrity-studded telethon on Friday to benefit families of the victims of last week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
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Following is a news story about the upcoming charity telethon for the terrorist-attack recovery efforts. Mentioned names and titles are George Clooney Tom Hanks Jim Carrey Bruce Springsteen Emmys terrorist telethon
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In what would amount to an unprecedented cooperative effort, the four major networks are planning to produce a two-hour entertainment special this Friday to help raise money for disaster relief work at the site of the World Trade Center devastation, published reports said today.
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The entertainment world tries to regain a sense of normalcy following Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
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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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Unless the Grinch scares people away from their local cinemas, a new record could be set at the box office Christmas weekend as a half-dozen newly released dramas boasting Academy Award-winning casts will compete with several children's films and other holdovers from previous weeks.
In each of the past three years, a new box-office record was set on Christmas weekend, and with the release of films such as Warner Bros.' "Any Given Sunday" starring Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid and Cameron Diaz, Paramount's "The Talented Mr. Ripley" starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Jude Law, and Universal's "Man on the Moon" with Jim Carrey, industry experts believe movie grosses for Friday through Sunday could surpass $150 million - breaking the Christmas weekend record of $147.5 million set last year, when films such as "Patch Adams," You've Got Mail" and "Stepmom" were hot ite
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NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 24, 2000 -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night was dubbed "Hollywood's party of the year," and it certainly brought out some of Hollywood's biggest names. But a closer look under the show's "Holly-hood" reveals New York, like Hollywood, as big a star of the ceremony.
Yes, Hollywood pillars such as Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, Jack Lemmon and Peter Fonda hugged statuettes for, respectively, "Man on the Moon," "Magnolia," "Inherit the Wind" and "Passion of Ayn Rand." And DreamWorks' "American Beauty" and Disney/Pixar's "Toy Story 2," both, cinematically speaking, very much American beauties, are most definitely brilliant Hollywood creations.
But, moving right along and Hollywood aside, New Yorkers couldn't get enough awards and recognition. Central Park West's Michael J. Fox, who sadly is leaving "Spin Cit
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 13, 2000 -- They almost made it through the disastrous breakup year that has characterized much of Y2K, but alas Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger are just not meant to be.
Carrey, 38, and Zellweger, 31 -- who met on the set of this summer's "Me, Myself & Irene" last year during filming -- have ended their yearlong relationship, E! News Daily reported Tuesday.
Both actors' publicists have confirmed the breakup, with the actress's rep being the more vocal of the two about the matter.
"As of a couple weeks ago, Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger are no longer in a relationship," publicist Leslie Sloan told E!.
Just last month, the now ex-couple were still practically glued to each other during the "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" premiere in Universal City, Calif.
Zellweger, however, was without Carrey at Tuesday's Fire and Ice Ba
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HOLLYWOOD, June 26, 2000 – Is America's love affair with Jim Carrey over and done with? Do the two parties just need a little space? Is everything comfy and cozy on the laugh track? Or, does Carrey need to stay out of R-rated movies, and avoid playing deranged characters, if he wants to continue his slapstick reign?
Me, Myself & Irene" opened last weekend at No. 1, pulling in $24.2 million. Nobody's saying that's a poor showing, but it's not in the same box-office league as some of Carrey's biggest hits.
Case in point: "Batman Forever" raked in $52.7 million during its opening weekend in 1995, "Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls" posted $37.8 mil (also in 1995), and even Carrey's first real dramatic movie, "The Truman Show," posted $31.5 mil in its first weekend two years ago.
Carrey's biggest success as a solo star came in "Liar, Liar," which opened with a $31.4 m
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"Three Kings," David O. Russell's Gulf War actioner, was named Best Picture by the Boston Film Critics Association today.
The film, which also won Russell a Best Director award, follows American soldiers who find a map in the desert leading to an arsenal of stolen gold bullion. As they hunt for the treasure, the trio encounter atrocities of war and face moral dilemmas.
Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube, "Three Kings" grossed about $58 million at the box office and was earlier named one of the National Board of Review's top 10 of the year. It's the second year in a row Clooney has starred in the association's top picture; the 1998 Best Picture was Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight," co-starring Jennifer Lopez.
Hilary Swank picked up her third critics' award of 1999, named Best Actress for "Boys Don't Cry." She plays Brandon Teena, a Nebraska woma
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A bounty of buzz-heavy, star-studded new releases will kick off the countdown to Christmas this year, promising something different and special each day of the week.
The holiday movie bonanza commences Tuesday with the limited release of Sony's "Girl, Interrupted." Adapted from Susanna Kaysen's critically acclaimed memoir, the film stars Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie as two iconoclastic young women confined to a mental institution.
Lifting the box office spirit Wednesday are three wildly anticipated films of different ilk. Taking care of the laugh department is director Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon," where funnyman Jim Carrey plays funnyman Andy Kaufman.
For those lamenting the absence of televised sports programming on Christmas, there's Oliver Stone's adrenaline-racing, testosterone-pumping "Any Given Sunday," a homage to the gritty underside of football st
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 30, 2000 -- A police shooting at a Los Angeles Halloween party has claimed the life of an actor.
Anthony Dwain Lee, 39, was attending a crowded Halloween party in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles early Saturday morning when L.A. police officer Tarriel Hopper shot him several times through a glass door from the outside of the house.
Lee was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The Los Angeles Police Department was responding to calls complaining about the noisy party. And according to a statement released by the LAPD, Hopper opened fire at Lee when the victim pointed at police with what turned out to be a fake gun.
Among Lee's screen credits are the 1997 Jim Carrey hit comedy "Liar, Liar," the critically acclaimed CBS drama "Brooklyn South" and an upcoming episode of "ER."
A vigil for Lee is planned for today.
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The son of Smash Mouth singer Steve Harwell died Saturday of complications from acute lymphocytic leukemia, The Associated Press reports.
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 3, 2000 -- The Grinch continues to get greener and greener.
In a weekend with no new wide releases, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" easily held on to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, taking in an estimated $27.11 million, bringing it's three-week total to $172 million, according to estimates by Hollywood.com's box office analyst, Martin Grove.
"The Grinch," directed by Ron Howard, stars Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon and Jeffery Tambor.
Holding on to the No. 2 spot was the Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson thriller "Unbreakable" with $15 million. The film, directed by "The Sixth Sense's" M. Night Shyamalan, has made $66.7 million in two weeks.
"102 Dalmatians" starring Glenn Close and Gerard Depardieu took the No. 3 spot again with $8.2 million, bringing its total to $36.5 million.
Rounding out t
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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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HOLLYWOOD, June 23, 2000 -- If we can call Fox's "Titan A.E." a bomb (and since the $80 million toon only made $9.3 million last weekend, let's do just that), then did its shrapnel take out a studio chief? Officially, Fox Chairman Bill Mechanic resigned Thursday to launch his own film company. Unofficially, the word is that Fox honchos were none too happy with Mechanic's recent string of un-hits: "Fight Club," "Anna and the King" and the aforementioned "Titan A.E."
Of course, Mechanic is also bailing before Fox opens one of its seemingly can't-miss properties: "Me, Myself & Irene" with Jim Carrey.
"The studio is in excellent shape with a strong summer lineup and terrific product into next summer," Mechanic said in a statement, "and so I feel now is the time to pursue other personal ambitions."
No time like the present -- and before another potentially troublesome
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 2, 2000 -- "Stuart Little" may squeak softly, but he carried a big cheese stick at the box office during New Year's weekend.
Columbia Pictures' animated talking mouse movie returned to the No. 1 spot, surging ahead of Al Pacino and Matt Damon and claiming a place in the cinema record book.
With total receipts topping $7 billion for the first time ever, 1999 was a record-setting year at the U.S. box office. "Stuart Little" closed out the year with another historical footnote by grossing an estimated $52 million during the final week of the century, the most ever for a family-oriented film during the Christmas-to-New-Year period, according to studio officials.
The film, which bowed at No. 1 two weeks ago, then slipped to third place over the Christmas weekend, entered Y2K by rebounding with an estimated $16 million in its third weekend.
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Moviegoers will "Cast" most of their box office votes for Tom Hanks this weekend.
"Cast Away," 20th Century Fox's PG-13-rated drama reteaming Hanks and "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis, opens at nearly 2,800 theaters.
"Sunday is going to be off because its Christmas Eve, but with Christmas on a Monday this year it's going to be a four-day weekend," an insider explains. "Based on what 'What Women Want' did last week (opening to $33.6 million), 'Cast Away' could open to $30 million-plus for four days. They'll be number one."
"A lot of business is going to happen over the four days," predicts another studio source. "I assume 'Cast Away' is going to be number one. I think it's going to do around $35 million."
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, "Cast Away" stars Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt.
Second place could see competition between Paramount's PG-13-rate
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"The Grinch" continued making a mountain of money, easily holding on to first place for a fourth straight weekend.
Universal and Imagine Entertainment's PG-rated blockbuster comedy adventure "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" topped the chart in its fourth week with a still magical estimated $18.46 million (-32%) at 3,186 theaters (+48 theaters; $5,795 per theater). Its cume is approximately $195.5 million, heading for $250 million-plus.
"It's exhilarating to have 'Grinch' the Number One film four weekends in a row; and as we move closer to the actual holiday season, having this film achieve the $200 million mark prior to that is most gratifying for Universal and Imagine Entertainment," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning.
"It will hit $200 million by the end of this week or with Friday's business. I can no longer say 'depend
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 26, 2000 -- Dr. Seuss' "Grinch" was just what the doctor ordered for theater owners, lifting their spirits with nearly $74 million in Thanksgiving ticket sales.
Universal and Imagine Entertainment's PG-rated blockbuster comedy adventure "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" from director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and star Jim Carrey easily held on to the top spot in its second weekend.
Going into the long Thanksgiving period, insiders' were seeing stiff competition on their radar screens for "Grinch" from Buena Vista's twin openings of "Unbreakable" (Touchstone) and "102 Dalmatians" (Disney). But it was clear as early as Thanksgiving morning when estimates of Wednesday's grosses became available that "Grinch" would top the holiday chart. Nonetheless, Buena Vista's two new arrivals together carved themselves a robust $74 million slice of box o
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"The Grinch" stole the weekend box office with $55 million in very green grosses.
Universal and Imagine Entertainment's PG-rated comedy adventure "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" easily evicted "Charlie's Angels" from first place with a record-setting estimated $55.11 million at 3,127 theaters ($17,625 per theater).
"Grinch," which is playing on over 4,200 screens, had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide or limited release last weekend.
"It's the highest non-sequel opener ever," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "In all-time rankings, it's fifth, including holidays and summer because four others are sequels. It's Universal's biggest non-holiday opening because we have the Number One with 'Lost World.' It's the Number Two November opening ever, behind 'Toy Story 2,' which was the Thanksgiving holid
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21, 2000 -- The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards is shaping up to be one heck of a testosterone-charged run.
Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic" and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" have emerged as the frontrunners in this year's race for the Globes, each receiving five nods apiece as nominations for the annual bash were announced this morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, Calif..
Trailing closely behind are Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical rock flick "Almost Famous," "Chocolat," "Wonder Boys" and Soderbergh's "Erin Brockovich," each earning four nominations.
Soderbergh's drug trafficking drama (which has yet to bow in theaters) picked up almost all the prized loot with a nod for best picture (drama), best director, best screenplay for scribe Stephen Gaghan and a bes