Celeb News Aggregate
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Will Smith has been crowned the highest earning actor in Hollywood, with a fortune of $80 million.
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MGM is, like, so developing a Valley Girl remake--and this time it’s a musical. In trade reports today, word is that the update will meld the narrative with classic ‘80s tunes in a novel twist on the cult comedy.
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Pierce Brosnan and Nicolas Cage will star in Roman Polanski’s next project, The Ghost, MTV reports.
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Nicolas Cage is "extremely pleased" to have won a libel lawsuit against Kathleen Turner after she accused the actor of drunk driving and theft in her new autobiography.
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Lisa Marie Presley is "overjoyed" to be expecting a child with husband Michael Lockwood.
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On Feb. 20, 2008, World Entertainment News Network (WENN) distributed a story under the headline "Cage Accused of Tax Fraud." WENN has since learned that the headline is untrue and he has not, in fact, been accused of tax fraud, and that, to the contrary, Mr. Cage initiated legal proceedings against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue challenging certain decisions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and not vice versa. WENN regrets this error and apologizes to Mr. Cage for any distress this erroneous article caused.
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Veteran filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is making an autobiographical movie based on the conflicting generations of an artistic family.
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The Sopranos star James Gandolfini has signed up to appear as a celebrity king during next year's carnival season in New Orleans.
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Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is selling his home in the posh Bel Air section of Los Angeles for a whopping $35 million.
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The producers of Nicolas Cage's new movie have been forced to halt production thanks to a military coup in Thailand.
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Nicolas Cage, Lisa Marie Presley Make Divorce Final; Madonna Postpones Concert; Charges Against Richard Simmons Dropped Allison Janney Harrison Ford
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News, Nov. 24: Beyonce, 50 Cent Top Vibe Awards, "Opus" Makes a Return, Tim Allen is "Skipping Christmas,"
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News, Oct. 15: Infidelity Not the Reason for Jennier Garner/Scott Foley Split, John Ritter Remembered, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Crew Back for Sequel Nicolas Cage Johnny Depp Johnny Cash Patrick Stewart Michael Moore Arnold Schwarzenegger Gary Coleman The Sopranos
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico wins the box office the weekend of Sept. 14. Others in lineup include Matchstick Men Cabin Fever Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Freaky Friday Jeepers Creepers 2 Open Range S.W.A.T. Seabiscuit Lost In Translation
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Celebs including Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are bound for Venice, Italy, to attend the 60th annual Venice Film Festival that gets underway Aug. 27.
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Toronto Film Festival announces impressive lineup including Carl Franklin's Out of Time starring Denzel Washington Richard Linklater's comedy The School of Rock with Jack Black and Joan Cusack Ridley Scott's con-man dramedy Matchstick Men starring Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell Joel Schumacher's IRA flick Veronica Guerin with Cate Blanchett. Director Jane Campion's erotic thriller In the Cut which stars Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo The Girl With a Pearl Earring Scarlett Johansson Colin Firth Tom Wilkinson; Robert Altman's backstage ballet opus The Company; Miramax's Philip Roth adaptation The Human Stain directed by Robert Benton starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman
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Rap mogul and founder of Death Row Records Marion "Suge" Knight was sent back to prison for 10 months Thursday for punching a parking attendant at a Hollywood nightclub. Also: Queen Latifah, Jam Master Jay, Marie Trintignant, Bertrand Cantat, Jennifer Garner, Shortlist Music Prize, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Gore Verbinski, Nicolas Cage, John Stalberg, Oliver Hudson.
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News, May 16: The Matrix Reloaded Already Breaking Box Office Records, Halle Berry Injured on Movie Set, "Untouchables" Actor Robert Stack Dies Nicolas Cage Mariah Carey Eminem
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Comedian Rodney Dangerfield, best known for his hit 1980 golf comedy Caddyshack, underwent brain surgery in Los Angeles. Also: Chow Yun-Fat Bulletproof Monk Jason Mewes Rock Bottom Madonna MuchMusic USA Nicolas Cage Ghost Rider Starsky and Hutch Carmen Elektra
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Barbara Walters halts Oscar special, Will Smith will not be attending the Academy Awards ceremony.
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News Roundup for Oct. 14 - Nicolas Cage sells his comic book collection for $1.6 million. Brad Pitt Jennifer Aniston Kevin Smith Jersey Girl Ben Affleck Jennifer Lopez Cat in the Hat Mike Myers Shannon Elizabeth Shrek
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BAFTA nominees Meryl Streep Adrien Brody Nicolas Cage Nicole Kidman Salma Hayek brave the threats of terrorism and head to the U.K. Ashley Judd Kate Hudson Melissa Joan Hart The Osbournes
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Madonna Jennifer Lopez top Razzie Award noms Winona Ryder Britney Spears Angelina Jolie Eddie Murphy Adam Sandler Steven Seagal Roberto Benigni Swept Away Crossroads Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones The Adventures of Pluto Nash Michael Jackson George Lucas Ryan Phillippe Reese Witherspoon George Clooney Renee Zellweger Nicole Kidman Nicolas Cage George Clooney Jackie Chan Dustin Hoffman Eminem
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Hip-hop guru Russell Simmons said Tuesday he will announce plans this weekend for a boycott against Pepsi, accusing the soft drink giant of applying a double standard. Also: Madonna that Michael Douglas Catherine Zeta-Jones Nicolas Cage Starsky and Hutch Mathieu Kassovitz Gothica Halle Berry Penelope Cruz The Doors 21st Century
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A full list of the nominees for the 2003 SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards.
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Martin Scorsese's period epic Gangs of New York and the musical Chicago led the way Monday with 12 nominations each for the British Academy Film and Television Arts awards, also known as the BAFTAs. The drama The Hours followed close behind with 11 nods.
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Nell Carter dies at 54. Nicolas Cage Nicole Kidman Tom Cruise Sarah Jessica Parker Matthew Broderick Taye Diggs Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson Chicago
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Box Office Analysis for Jan. 12
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The New York Film Critics Circle Monday chose Focus Features' Far From Heaven as the year's best film, and named its director Todd Haynes best director.
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for Dec. 15, 2002, featuring Maid in Manhattan, Star Trek: Nemesis, Die Another Day, The Hot Chick, Drumline and more.
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box office analysis for weekend of Dec. 8
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Nicolas Cage has filed for divorce from Lisa Marie Presley after three months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. Also Bobby Brown Johnny Knoxville Bridget Wilson-Sampras Fabio Britney Spears The Exorcist William Peter Blatty William Friedkin Steven Seagal VeggieTales Big Idea Lasse Lallstrom Leonardo DiCaprio Bombshell
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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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Michael Jackson Gary Pudney Jerry Seinfeld Yasmine Bleeth Margot Kidder Robert Blake Dean Riesner Robert Dellinger John Carlen Nicolas Cage Sonny Ice Cube De-Fense Jennifer Love Hewitt Women Rock! Girls & Guitars
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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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News Roundup for Aug. 7 - Montreal Film Festival announces lineup with many French films in competition. Other celebrities included Sophie Marceau Vincent Perez Igby Goes Down Kieran Culkin Susan Sarandon Nicolas Cage Dustin Hoffman Arnold Schwarzenegger John McTiernan Sarah Michelle Gellar Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton
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Knockaround Guys John Malkovich Dennis Hopper Vin Diesel Ton Cruise Marc Anthony Nicolas Cage Kevin Sorbo Felicia Henderson Boris Kodjoe Paul Hall Papa Was Showtime Richard Dreyfuss Judy Davis Coast to Coast The Who Pino Palladino
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for the week of June 23, 2002.
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for the week of June 30, 2002.
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Minority Report Lilo & Stitch Pam Grier Newark Black Film Festival Friday Foster Bobby Brown Natasha Lyonne The Whole Nine Yards 2 Bruce Willis Jennifer Lopez Hactor Lavoe Marc Anthony John Woo Nicolas Cage Chow Yun-fat Land of Destiny Peter Pan Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon -- The Greatest Film Never Made
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Martin Grove's box office analysis for the week of June 16, 2002.
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Paul McCartney Heather Mills Woody Allen Jean Doumanian Jacqui Safra MGM Windtalkers Underdog Hugh Hefner Playboy After Dark Oprah Winfrey Oprah After the Show BMG Zomba Music GroupClear Channel Entertainment Grateful Dead Reunion
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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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Supermodel Claudia Schiffer is set to marry her film producer boyfriend Matthew Vaughn in England on May 25
Claudia SchifferMatthew Vaughn Madonna Elton John Ethan Hawke Hellboy Guillermo del ToroSimon Wincer The Young Black Stallion Harrison Ford Nicolas Cage Matchstick Men Robert Blake CNN Ultimate Fighting Championship Ultimate Dodgeball Zoo Prod. The Shield FX Dream Street Bono Morgan Freeman AfroFest
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Fearing audiences would deem their content offensive, many Hollywood studios postponed the release of films after the Sept. 11 attacks on America. But as Disney's Big Trouble proved last week, the move seems to have hurt studios more than anything
Big Trouble Gangs of New York Windtalkers Collateral Damage Sidewalks of New York The Last Castle Training Day Spy Game Black Hawk Down Disney Miramax Universal MGM Warner Bros. Paramount Classics DreamWorks
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The Berlin International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with a film by German director Tom Tykwer
Heaven Cate Blanchett Eriq LaSalle ER Norman Mailer Nicolas Cage Lisa Marie Presley In the Bedroom and Memento Writers Guild of America Gedeon and Jules Naudet NBC Peacock Frank Os The Funkhausers Nathan Lane Party James Brown Tiffany Johnny Cash Graham Nash Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Bette Midler George Nader Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Jessica Alba Annette Bening Michael Caine Hugh Jackman and Damon Wayons have been added to the list of presenters for the 59th Golden Globe Awards
John Malkovich Dancer Upstairs President Bush Dick Cheney Jay Leno Dave Letterman Nicolas CageBill O'Reilly Paula Zahn David Bowie Leslie Moonves CBS UPN Denis Leary The Job Seinfeld NYPD BlueBenn Vereen I'm Not Rappaport Ron Silver Raoul Felder Gorillaz Andrew Lloyd Webber Cats ABC Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
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Role Call for Dec. 14: Tom Hanks working on four films for Dreamworks. Saving Private Ryan Band of Brothers Cast Away Cindy Crawford in a new movie Billy Baldwin Fair Game William Hurt Lynn Redgrave Eric Stoltz Harry Connick Jr. Nathan Lane in Jackie Gleason biopic Nicolas Cage is directing first film Eddie Murphy Keenan Ivory Wayans in a movie together
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Academy Awards feature animation category, Johhny Cash, Tommy Mottola, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Los Angeles City Council, Monsters, Inc., Nicolas Cage, Behind Enemy Lines, Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), Tom Hanks, JK Rowling, Michael Jackson, more.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Martin Scorcese Liam Neeson Morgan Freeman John Travolta Samuel L. Jackson Renee Zellweger Nicolas Cage Anthony Hopkins Nicole Kidman Val Kilmer
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News Roundup: Sept 30 Arnold Schwarzenegger David Lynch Mulholland Drive John Mellencamp
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Nicolas Cage, who plays a soldier in the upcoming WWII movie Windtalkers, told In Style what symbolizes freedom in his life.
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An impressive list of potential U.S. blockbusters has been announced for the 45th London Film Festival, scheduled for Nov. 7-22.
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Box Office Analysis: Aug. 26
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Harrison Ford Mel Gibson Tom Hanks Bruce Willis Eddie Murphy Tom Cruise John Travolta Nicolas Cage Julia Roberts Will Smith Arnold Schwarzenegger Sylvester Stallone Vin Diesel The Fast and the Furious Timeline Paul Walker Ben Affleck The Sum of All Fears Matt Damon The Bourne Identity Mark Wahlberg The Truth About Charlie Harrison Ford Star Wars Return of the Jedi The Empire Strikes Back Indiana Jones Gwyneth Paltrow Shakespeare in Love The Talented Mr. Ripley Duets Bounce Shallow Hal The Spy Game Brad Pitt The Devil's Own Seven Years in Tibet Meet Joe Black Fight Club Snatch
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Universal has proved that there is always room for dessert.
American Pie 2 managed to hold on to the top of the box office charts two weeks in a row, which in this summer of one-week wonders is quite a fait accompli.
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Most reviewers have concluded that Captain Corelli's Mandolin needs to be retuned. Jay Carr's observation in the Boston Globe that "it isn't nearly the film it could have been" is echoed by numerous critics.
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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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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 15, 2001 -- The 12th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival kicked off its run with its awards gala honoring the big boys in Hollywood on Saturday, Daily Variety reports.
The lifetime achievement award was given to Sean Connery. Nicolas Cage received an achievement award, and "Gladiator" helmer Ridley Scott got the director's achievement prize.
Other winners included "Titus" cinematographer Luciano Tovoli and Randy Newman, who received a music honor.
The Palm Springs Film Festival ends Jan. 22.
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'Twas the month before Christmas When all through the studios Execs were stirring, with high hopes and fear, Giant posters were hung and trailers rolled out All in hopes that the public would soon be in the movie houses.
Come this December moviegoers can expect Flicks from Kevin Costner, as well as from Mel, But let's not forget there're also Meg and Russell Plus other big names like Hanks and Cage.
So without further ado Here's our list Of all the high-profile films that are coming To accompany you through the month of December.
DEC. 1 No major releases are coming out on the first Friday of the month.
DEC. 8
"Proof of Life": From the set of this movie came the romance between Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. If that's not enough to go see the film, it's about an American hostage negotiator (Crowe) who falls in love with the wife (Ryan) of the man he's
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It may not have had the No. 1 film at the box office over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but Buena Vista is on the right track to reach an even more prestigious achievement.
The studio is set to break the $1 billion mark in domestic box office sales for the third year in a row and its sixth time in the past seven years, The Hollywood Reporter says.
The release of “Unbreakable” and “102 Dalmatians” over the holiday weekend brought in a total $72.2 million, pushing the studio’s domestic box office receipts to $964 million. Only three other studios have passed the $1 billion mark: Sony, Paramount and Warner Bros., except that they’ve only reached that mark only once.
"We set $1 billion as our goal," Buena Vista Pictures Distribution President Chuck Viane told the Reporter. "To be able to deliver on that goal is a tribute to the consiste
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 21, 1999 — Gotham City, it seems, still needs a hero. Ben Affleck, currently seen in "Dogma" and the upcoming "Boiler Room," is the latest name to be linked with the "Batman" movies.
According to gossip columnist Liz Smith, Affleck is a "major contender" to play the Caped Crusader in Warner Bros.' latest "Batman" film. The franchise bottomed out in 1997 when Joel Schumacher's "Batman and Robin" earned a (relatively) disappointing $107.3 million at the box office. Batstar George Clooney joked that he may have killed the series.
But au contraire: Warner Bros. is reportedly considering two concepts for the latest sequel: One based on the animated WB show "Batman Beyond," in which an older Bruce Wayne passes his Batsuit to a teen-ager, and another based on the comic miniseries "Batman Year One," which traced Wayne's initial transformation into the
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14, 2000 -- If you want to see a film both Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire starred in together four years ago, you’ll have to travel to Berlin to see it.
The actors both appeared in “Don’s Plum” before they became household names in America. Now the film, by first-time director R.D. Robb, will be screened at the Berlin Film Festival (Feb. 7-18).
But don’t expect to ever see it in the United States. The two stars took the filmmakers to court, saying that they never agreed to appear in the film with the intent of a theatrical release.
Under a settlement, the filmmakers agreed not to sell or release the picture in the United States or Canada. The film is a raw improvisational picture centering on group of 20-somethings hanging out in an L.A. diner.
SLAMDANCE LINEUP ANNOUNCED: Organizers of the seventh annual Slamdance Film Festival, the Ja
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19, 2000 -- It's official: The strange and twisting marriage of Hollywood couple Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette is ending.
According to Reuters, Arquette filed her own petition for divorce in Los Angeles on Friday, citing "irreconcilable differences." Cage filed for divorce for the same reasons in February.
The couple, who wed in April 1995, separated for a second time Nov. 1, Arquette's petition said.
While the two have appeared together in public during their marriage, Cage revealed in his divorce petition that they have actually lived apart since nine months after their wedding.
Publicists for both actors say the decision to divorce is mutual and amicable.
Cage, an Oscar winner for 1995's "Leaving Las Vegas," was last seen on the big screen in "Gone in 60 Seconds." Arquette, the sister of actors David Arquette and Rosanna Arq
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 5, 2000 -- Most of the country will have to wait 21 more days to see “Thirteen Days.”
New Line Cinema has pushed back the wide release of Kevin Costner’s historical drama by nearly a month to avoid the high-profile competition it would have gone up against on its original launch date, Dec. 22.
"Days" will now be released on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, Jan. 12, Variety reports. The film will instead get a limited release Dec. 22 in New York and Los Angeles for Oscar consideration.
The Cuban Missile Crisis thriller still faces tough competition on Jan. 12 by films such as “Traffic” with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, “Finding Forrester” with Sean Connery, “Antitrust” with Ryan Phillippe and Tim Robbins, Disney’s action comedy “Double Take” with Orlando Jones, and “O Brother, Where Art Though?” starring George Clooney.
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Reese Witherspoon will be playing "Honey West"; Kevin Spacey's next movie, directed by Alan Parker; Renee Zellweger will be starring in "13 Going on 30"; trying to get "Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn" made; Limp Bizkit's lead singer Fred Durst directs a movie with Paul Walker; Francis Ford Coppola newest film "Megalopolis."
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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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Insiders thought they knew "Witch" movie would top the Halloween weekend chart, but it turned out to be "Meet the Parents" and not the "Blair Witch" sequel.
Universal's PG-13-rated blockbuster comedy "Meet the Parents" was still meeting and greeting moviegoers in first place in its fourth week with a hefty estimated $15.06 million (-6%) at 2,647 theaters (+28 theaters; $5,690 per theater). Its cume is approximately $100.0 million, heading for a domestic theatrical gross $130-150 million.
"Parents'" international release is through DreamWorks Pictures, which co-financed the film and will share equally in its success.
"Parents" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend.
"'Meet the Parents' has surprised everybody in the press," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said Sunday morning. "All of the estimators
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HOLLYWOOD, July 16, 2001 - Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz are dating.
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Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Con Air, Face/Off) will be feted at one of Hollywood social calendar's biggest dates. The American Cinematheque's annual gala on Sept. 22 is set to name Cage as the honoree, Variety reports. Samuel L. Jackson, who costarred with Cage in 1995's Kiss of Death, will host the event. It will air Oct. 10 on cable station TNT. Proceeds from the benefit go to the nonprofit American Cinematheque for its film programs and for its operation of the famed Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.
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Joseph Turner White: What's an associate producer credit?
Bill Smith: It's what you give to your secretary instead of a raise.
--David Mamet's State and Main
These days, it seems that secretaries are receiving producer credits, and it's making the Producers Guild of America hopping mad. The guild is hoping to use the recent writers' talks-during which writers' and directors' credits on a film were a hot-button issue--as a springboard to finally clear up what it means to be a producer, and what it takes to get a producer's credit.
Managers, financiers, partners and the occasional hairdresser all seem to find their way onto film credits these days as producers.
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Success, fame and recognition go hand in hand for those who achieve the dream of a Hollywood lifestyle.
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Grammy Award-winning artist Eminem was sentenced to two years' probation Tuesday for carrying a concealed weapon.
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10, 2001 -- George Clooney and Nicolas Cage are getting serious about issues of life and death these days.
Clooney, whose "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is currently in theaters, is in final talks to play the lead in "The Life of David Gale," Daily Variety says. And joining him might be Cage, who is producing the film but also is considering a small but pivotal role.
Directed by "Angela's Ashes'" Alan Parker, the story concerns a professor and capital-punishment opponent who's convicted of murdering another activist and is put on death row.
OOPS! SHE'S DOING IT: Being voted the year's worst dressed performer has certainly done nothing to curb the steam of reigning pop princess Britney Spears.
After numerous offers and much indecision, the crooner will finally make her feature acting debut for "Billy Madison" director Tamra Davis in what's bee
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2, 2001 -- There's no casting audiences away from the multiplexes this weekend.
In the New Year's holiday weekend that saw no new wide releases, Tom Hanks' "Survivor"-esque epic "Cast Away" held on to the top spot at the box office this weekend as expected with an estimated $31.1 million, hurling the film over the $100 million mark in only its second week of release, according to estimates from box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.
Coming in second for a second consecutive weekend is the sensitive male comedy "What Women Want" with $22.6 million. The Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt starrer has thus far grossed more than $110 million.
Rounding out the Top Five: Sandra Bullock's "Miss Congeniality" moved up two slots from last week to No. 3 with $15.4 million; Nicolas Cage's "The Family Man" dropped one slot from last week to No. 4 with $14 million
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26, 2000 -- There was no saving Private Gibson at the box office over the Christmas holiday weekend as Tom Hanks' new film "Cast Away" cast a spell on moviegoers.
The Robert Zemeckis film, featuring Hanks as a Federal Express employee who gets stranded on a deserted island, took in an estimated $40.5 million over the long holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.
"Cast Away" dethroned one-week champ "What Women Want" starring Mel Gibson. "Women" took in $21.5 million, bringing its two-week total to $70.1 million.
Rounding out the Top Five: Nicolas Cage's "The Family Man" with $15.2 million its first week out; "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" with $15 million, bringing its total to $235.4 million; and another debut, Sandra Bullock's "Miss Congeniality" with $13.8 million.
"The Grinch" last week became the highest-gros
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22, 2000 -- Santa is not the only big boy coming out to play this Christmas holiday.
Things are certainly looking up in December after Mel Gibson's $34 million-plus record-setting opening last weekend at the box office for "What Women Want."
And judging from the big names, business is only going to be better this weekend as heavily anticipated films such as Tom Hanks' "Cast Away" and Nicolas Cage's "Family Man" bow nationwide today.
"It's going to be a huge weekend this holiday. I can't see how it can't be, with all the hot openings and strong holdovers," Brandon Gray, editor of boxofficemojo.com, told Hollywood.com.
And despite all the new entries breathing down its neck, Gray maintains that Gibson's "What Women Want" might not go quietly down the rankings and that the battle to watch this four-day holiday at the box office will be between
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 21, 2000 -- Just like his monotoned android promised nine years ago in "Terminator 2," Arnold Schwarzenegger -- as we know it -- is back.
But the big question after all these years is: Does anyone still care?
Case in point: "The 6th Day."
Opening last weekend, the sci-fi actioner took in an estimated $13.2 million over the three-day period. While the actioner had the disadvantage of opening up against the season's most anticipated fare, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas", the fact of the matter is that for an Ah-nuld picture, it is -- after all things considered -- still somewhat disappointing.
"A Schwarzenegger film nowadays is no longer an event. Thirteen million is a disappointing opening for a Schwarzenegger film. He was averaging beforehand $20 million-plus openings," Brandon Gray, editor of boxofficemojo.com, told Hollywood.c
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HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 18, 2000 -- Elizabeth Hurley's bedeviled character may have charmed Brendan Fraser in "Bedazzled," but the supermodel turned actress's smiles couldn't win over the striking SAG actors who protested at the film's premiere Tuesday night in the Westwood section of Los Angeles. Carrying posters saying "Go Home Scab" and "Elizabeth, You Make Me Hurl," the members marched in a line in front of the Mann Village Theatre's red carpet before celebrities arrived and continued to press forward with jeers and whistle-blowing when limousines pulled up.
When Hurley finally appeared, the noise grew deafening, and publicists held up umbrellas and movie posters to shield the mob from the actress.
Hurley, for her part, refused to let the mayhem rain on her parade. She answered reporters' questions with candor and even cracked a joke or two about her newly single status.
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HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1, 2000 -- Holy Fight Club, Batman!
Can you imagine Brad Pitt as the Caped Crusader?
Warner Bros. latest effort to revive its comatose Batman franchise might involve the "Meet Joe Black" star assuming the role formerly filled by Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney.
EW Online is reporting today that Darren Aronofsky, who has been rumored to inherit the Batman franchise's directorial duties, recently met with Pitt. However, it's unclear whether Aronofsky wants Pitt to play Batman or ... Chuck Barris.
Yes, that's Chuck Barris of "The Gong Show" fame.
See, Aronofsky is not only talking to Warners about "Batman 5" but also about taking over the reins of the Barris biopic "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," which has a screenplay written by Charlie Kaufman of "Being John Malkovich" fame.
"I'd want to bring an independent
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HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 24, 2000 -- What? Robin Williams playing a flamboyant and outrageous character?
Yep, in what's obviously not-much-of-a-stretch, the seasoned funnyman is going to portray Liberace in a biopic currently in development. Titled "Liberace," the flick will follow the rise of the flaming entertainer's career until his death in 1987.
HEARING VOICES: Variety reports that Alec Baldwin will produce and star in a series of play readings called "City Center Voices! Of the American Theater" in the 2000-01 season at City Center in New York.
DAFOE MORALIZES: Willem Dafoe is likely to star in "Morality Play," a British indie film about a priest on the lam, Variety says.
'PERFECT' MATCH: Jenny McCarthy and Chris Eigeman ("Barcelona") will star in "The Perfect You," a romantic comedy written and directed by sitcom writer Matthew Miller, Daily Variety reports.