Celeb News Aggregate
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Mel Gibson slicked his hair back before having his mugshot taken because he desperately wanted to avoid a snap like actor Nick Nolte's famously disheveled 2002 photo, taken after his own drunk-driving arrest in Malibu, California.
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Star Nicole Kidman, who won an Oscar for her performance in the 2002 drama The Hours, won undisclosed libel damages and an apology Tuesday from the British tabloid Sun that reported in March she had had an affair with her Cold Mountain costar Jude Law, which led to the breakup of his marriage. Also: Jersey Girl Kevin Smith Jennifer Lopez Ben Affleck Gigli Martha Stewart Ally Hilfiger Jamie Gleicher Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Shopgirl Anand Tucker Steve Martin
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News, July 21 Woody Allen opens Venice Fest, Matt LeBlanc may get spin-off, Everyone Loves Raymond without Ray Romano Nick Nolte Kevin Bacon Jamie Kennedy
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Box Office Analysis, July 13. Top 10: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The League of Extraodrinary Gentlemen Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Finding Nemo Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas 28 Days Later The Hulk The Italian Job
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Box Office Analysis: June 22 The Hulk tops the box office this weekend at $62.6 million. The others on the top 10 list included Finding Nemo, 2 Fast 2 Furious Bruce Almighty The Italian Job Rugrats Go Wild Alex & Emma Hollywood Homicide Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd The Matrix Reloaded
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Filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the sibling team behind the hit comedies There's Something About Mary and Shallow Hal, are developing a TV project for Fox. Also: Gregory Peck missing Oscar statuette Nick Nolte William Marshall Ryan Pinkston David Bowie Sean P. Diddy Combs
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The 8th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, which runs April 3-10, held its Grand Gala Saturday to hand out lifetime achievement awards to producer Robert Evans and silent movie actress Fay Wray, and bestow the Outstanding Performance of the Year award to Adrien Brody for his Best Actor Oscar-winning performance in The Pianist as Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman.
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Collin Farrel's Phone Booth sniped the competition by ringing in $15 million and debuting at the top of the box office this weekend. Top Ten: Phone Booth What a Girl Wants A man Apart Head of State Bringing Down the House The Core Basic Chicago Agant Cody Banks Piglet's Big Movie
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Actor James Gandolfini, who plays mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's hit series The Sopranos, filed suit against the network Thursday in California Superior Court seeking declaratory relief that would free him from being obliged to return for the next season the show. Also: Antoine Fuqua, Nick Nolte, Cher, John Cusack, The Stepford Wives, Eddie Griffin, Scary Movie 3, Zach Braff, Large's Ark
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Actor Nick Nolte pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of driving under the influence of drugs. He was sentenced to three years probation, including counseling and drug testing.
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News roundup for Oct. 29 - Nick Nolte's drug-driving court date postponed so defense lawyers can test blood sample. Sarah Jessica Parker Matthew Broderick Jessica Simpson Nick Lachey Michael Ovitz Johnny Knoxville Jackass: The Movie Michelle Yeoh
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Prosecutors filed two misdemeanor counts Wednesday against Nick Nolte, The Associated Press reports. The charges follow the actor's September arrest in Malibu, Calif., for driving his black Mercedes erratically on the Pacific Coast Highway.
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News roundup for Sept. 24 - Producer of Barbershop apologize for the film's barbs against Civil Rights legends Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. Other celebrities include Lance Bass Nick Nolte Elvis Presley Jack Black Richard Linklater
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Brad Pitt Darren Aronofsky The Fountain Troy Jude Law sadie Frostbmanie-Lynn Sigler Kurt Cobain Laurence Fishburne Jay Mohr Celine Dion Rene Angelil CKMF Warren Zevon Nick nolte
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News roundup for Sept. 12 - Nick Nolte arrested for driving while under the influence. Other celebrities include Roger Ebert Kim Stanley McG Kelly Osbourne Roger Corman Joel Silver Russell Crowe
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New Line Cinema's epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring pulled in $18.2 million at the domestic box office on Wednesday, the biggest take ever for a single day in December
Britney Spears Justin Timberlake Jay-Z Sam Elliott Nick Nolte Ang Lee Mohammed Ali Rush Limbaugh Scott Weiland Starz! Encore MovieFly Spider-Man The Incredible Hulk
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The bonds of friendship, especially deep-rooted relationships that span decades, are central to the human experience. While most simply think of the high school or college buddies we see so infrequently in our daily lives, it is the friendships that go sour over incidents from years ago that always seem to leave the deepest marks and are the more decidedly difficult to overcome.
Director Matthew Warchus taps into this deep, lingering hurt in his adaptation of Sam Shepard's play "Simpatico." Set against the backdrop of thoroughbred horse racing in Kentucky, "Simpatico" tells the intertwining stories of three close friends whose foray into the world of fixing horse races leads them down a dark and dangerous path.
In the midst of young love and blissful delusion, Carter (Jeff Bridges), Rosie (Sharon Stone) and Vinnie (Nick Nolte) worked together switching bad horses for good
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HOLLYWOOD, May 15, 2000 -- CANNES, May 15, 2000 -- There are two sides (at least) to everything, right? For example, at the exact same time you want to keep dancing at the tres late rooftop party, you also want to fall asleep for the next 18 hours. At the same time you want to do yoga, you long for a warm chocolate crepe. Marlon Wayans wants to be here to celebrate his role in Darren Aronofsky's (his post-"Pi" flick) new movie, "Requiem for a Dream" at the same time he has to be in Los Angeles for the birth of his new baby. But that's the Cannes Film Festival. The French keep the eternal paradox alive and well.
Other festival tidbits:
-- "A wise man once said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes..." mumbles a voice as Griffin Dunne's new movie, "Famous" starts. Okay, so we all know about that 15 minutes thing, but what co-writing co-stars Laura Kirk and Nat DeWolf and
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CANNES, May 11, 2000 -- It's official -- the famed festivities here have begun, even if the obligatory red carpet wasn't ready until the late afternoon. But a lack of carpet didn't stop the sun and stars from converging in the daylight this morning when Uma Thurman and Gerard Depardieu arrived with their posses for a screening of "Vatel," which opened the 53rd Cannes Film Festival.
The wind ravaged the Mediterranean waters (magically sparing Uma's golden locks) as cameras flashed and fans clapped. In this day of cutting-edge digital media, it's still fun to revel in the old-fashioned glamour of the young and beautiful (not to mention statuesque and blonde) Uma co-starring with the rugged, debonaire (you gotta throw in some French when you're on the Riviera) andmuch, much older Gerard.
The excitement here never dies. The next big stir was the dramatic arrival of the jury
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2000 -- The "Scream" franchise continues its reign this week with the release of "Scream 3."
Also new this week are Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock's dramedy "Gun Shy" and the expanded release of the ensemble "Simpatico" with Nick Nolte, Sharon Stone and Jeff Bridges.
The following is a list of all the films coming out this week:
Opening Friday, Feb. 4
"Gendernauts: A Journey Through Shifting Identities" (First Run) -- Documentarian Monika Treut takes viewers on a gender-bending trip to San Francisco to explore the "cyborg" subculture -- people who alter their bodies and minds with new technologies and chemistry in "gender elimination phenomena." (Limited release)
"Gun Shy" (Buena Vista) -- Liam Neeson plays a DEA agent whose retirement is delayed interminably by one final case. Sandra Bullock co-stars. (Limited releas
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HOLLYWOOD -- Wild horses couldn't keep Sharon Stone, Nick Nolte and other A-list celebrities from attending the premiere of the indie thriller "Simpatico," which benefited the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
"I'm the campaign chairman for the American Foundation for AIDS Research," said Stone. "I'm doing that because 32 million people are living with AIDS and 16.2 million have died already.
"If we don't do something by 2002, there will be 100 million people living with AIDS. I can't live with that. I'm trying to get people to pay attention."
"Simpatico" is the story of deceit, love and revenge set in the high-stakes of world of thoroughbred racing. The film is based on the Sam Shepard play, and all bets were placed on director Matthew Warchus to adapt "Simpatico" to the big screen.
"When it turns out to be Matthew Warchus directing, you can thank your
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Hollywood opens its presents early this weekend with the arrival of a few deluxe-wrapped packages full of good holiday cheer.
"Anna and the King," a richly decorated version of the classic musical "The King and I" sans the music, should pique the interests of romantic moviegoers young and old. It stars Academy Award winner Jodie Foster and Hong Kong action icon Chow Yun-Fat.
Gifts for the kids come in the form of the studio movies "Stuart Little" and "Bicentennial Man." Based on a beloved children's novel, "Stuart Little" tells the live-action adventures of a pet mouse, with a voice provided by Michael J. Fox. In "Bicentennial Man," Robin Williams undergoes a different kind of transformation, playing an android who learns what it means to be human. "Mrs. Doubtfire" director Chris Columbus helms the film.
Other high-profile holiday films opening in limited release
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 11, 2000 -- President Clinton attended what would be his final holiday party as the nation's chief Sunday, Reuters reports.
The president attended the 19th annual “Christmas in Washington” concert at the National Building Museum with first lady and senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton.
``This is our last one here,” Clinton said. “Also, it's the first Christmas of the new millennium,'' he added. ''Tonight I am grateful that we can celebrate an America blessed with unprecedented peace and prosperity.''
Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar hosted the event, which featured performances by Brian McKnight, Marc Anthony, Chuck Berry and Jessica Simpson. The event will air Sunday on cable’s TNT.
PRESIDENT GERVASE: For someone still milking his sudden fame stemming from CBS' “Survivor,” the cow hasn’t run dry just yet for
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 17, 2000 -- Five years ago, “Waterworld” threatened to destroy Kevin Costner’s career, what with all the negative press surrounding its budget overruns, logistical filming problems and on-set rifts. And the film reportedly did destroy Costner’s working relationship with Kevin Reynolds, the director who had previously worked with the star on "Fandango" and "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." (Remember that, after Reynolds finished shooting "Waterworld," Costner fired him and edited the picture himself -- and threw in some CGI effects to enhance his own receding hairline.)
But now that’s all water under the bridge (pardon the pun). According to Variety, Costner and Reynolds are seriously thinking about working together again and -- get this -- the movie they want to make takes place mostly at sea.
Reynolds and Costner would reteam for "Okracoke," a
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Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" and George Clooney's "The Perfect Storm" should spark big box office fireworks this weekend.
"Patriot," the R-rated period piece drama from Columbia Pictures and Centropolis Entertainment, marched into 3,061 theaters Wednesday. It grossed an encouraging estimated $5.0 million ($1,633 per theater) in its first skirmishes with moviegoers.
"Patriot's" overall first-choice tracking of 26% has most insiders predicting it will win the five-day battle that ends with the Fourth of July holiday. After its $5 million start, it could wind up with a first place finish of $30 million or more for three days (Friday-Sunday) and $40 million or more for five days (Wednesday-Sunday).
"If you extrapolate from other performances on this kind of holiday, it could very well get to $30 million," a studio source explains. "It's a 2 hour 40 minute
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 3, 2000 -- Hollywood should finally have something to scream about at the box office this weekend thanks to "Scream 3." "This weekend there's going to be 'Scream' -- and then everything else," observed one distribution executive.
After two consecutive weekends where all it took was a single-digit gross to top the chart, Hollywood is gearing up for some big numbers. Soaring ticket sales are anticipated as Dimension Films -- Miramax's genre label -- launches the third and concluding chapter of its blockbuster "Scream" series at 3,467 theaters.
"It's probably going to gross what the next four movies combined gross," one insider said, noting that at mid-week the thriller had a 24 percent first-choice tracking score. (Translation: Of moviegoers polled, 24 percent said they would see 'Scream 3' before any other film in release).
"That certain
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 29, 2000 -- Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" and George Clooney's "The Perfect Storm" should spark big box office fireworks this weekend.
"Patriot," the R-rated period piece drama from Columbia Pictures and Centropolis Entertainment, marched into 3,061 theaters Wednesday. It grossed an encouraging estimated $5.0 million ($1,633 per theater) in its first skirmishes with moviegoers.
"Patriot's" overall first-choice tracking of 26 percent has most insiders predicting it will win the five-day battle that ends with the Fourth of July holiday. After its $5 million start, it could wind up with a first place finish of $30 million or more for three days (Friday-Sunday) and $40 million or more for five days (Wednesday-Sunday).
"If you extrapolate from other performances on this kind of holiday, it could very well get to $30 million," a studio source exp
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This weekend also saw the arrival of Sony Pictures Classics' R-rated comedy thriller "Trixie" at 7 theaters in New York and Los Angeles. No data was available to use in estimating its gross.
Written and directed by Alan Rudolph, it stars Emily Watson, Dermot Mulroney, Nick Nolte, Nathan Lane, Brittany Murphy, Lesley Ann Warren and Will Patton.
SNEAK PREVIEWS Buena Vista/Disney held sneak previews Sunday of its PG-rated comedy "Disney's The Kid."
Directed by Jon Turtletaub, it stars Bruce Willis.
EXPANSIONS There was no activity on the expansion front this weekend.
WEEKEND COMPARISONS Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 for the weekend -- took in approximately $124.79 million for three days. Valid comparisons to the comparable weekend last year aren't really possible because July Fourth fell on a Sunday last year and was part of a four-da
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 6, 2000 -- The only loud noise at this weekend's box office was Dimension Films' "Scream 3," opening to a blockbuster estimated $35.20 million.
"Scream 3" accounted for about 42% of the ticket sales for key films over the weekend, living up to industry expectations reported by Hollywood.com on Friday. With its first-choice tracking score of 31% going into the weekend, the Wes Craven film was seen as likely to open to at least $30 million.
Dimension, Miramax's genre label, launched "Scream 3" to an estimated $35.20 million at 3,467 theaters ($10,152 per theater). The film's theater count set a new record for wide release, topping last summer's 3,342 theaters for Warner Bros.' "Wild Wild West." Dimension said there were 5,522 prints of the film in the marketplace.
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