Tim Allen
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
06/12/1953
Denver, CO |
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NEWSMAKERS: Leo DiCaprio's Family Drama
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 16, 2000 -- The 28-year-old stepbrother of "Titanic" superstar Leonardo DiCaprio is in a Los Angeles area jail today on $1 million bail. The allegation: Suspicion of attempted murder. Adam Farrar, himself an actor, who appeared in the controversial kiddie-bank-robber indie flick "Pups," was arrested about noon Wednesday at a home in Marina Del Rey, Calif., after an alleged attack on his girlfriend, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says. Leonardo DiCaprio
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Freddie Defeats 'Friday'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA 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 Senio
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B.O. FORECAST: Super Bowl top attraction this weekend
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2000 -- Hollywood expects to be thrown for a loss on the box office gridiron this Super Bowl weekend. Neither of the weekend's two new wide releases is tracking well, according to distribution insiders. "'Eye Of the Beholder' is 3% first choice, 'Isn't She Great' is 2% first choice," one studio executive said, referring to mid-week tracking data. "I really liked the trailer for ('Great'), but I guess it doesn't matter. It has zero unaided awareness. Nobody cares."
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Ice Cube Chills at No. 1
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 16, 2000 -- New Line Cinema's "Next Friday" scored throughout the first three days of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Reuters reported that the raunchy comedy starring Ice Cube earned the top spot at the box office in its debut weekend with an estimated $14.5 million. "Stuart Little," the mousecapade which has been a big winner for Sony Pictures, fell to No. 2 in its fifth week with an estimated $9.7 million. That was enough to push the family flick past the $100
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Stone Scores; Carrey Fumbles at Holiday Box Office
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA 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
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Execs predict lackluster openings for ‘Bicentennial Man,’ ‘Anna’ and ‘Stuart’
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTIt looks like tough sledding for Hollywood this pre-Christmas weekend, according to distribution executives with an eye on tracking study data.None of the three new wide releases appears likely to open impressively."It doesn't look too exciting in terms of the openings," said one studioexecutive. "The first choice on 'Bicentennial Man' is running only like 8%. Now, admittedly, it's (only mid-week) but I would think they would like to have been in double digits by now."Buena Vista/Touchstone and
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Grove’s box office forecast: Tom Hanks’ ‘Green Mile’ will bring in the green
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHollywood is expecting Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Entertainment's opening of "The Green Mile" to walk off with the most box office green this weekend. The R-rated drama, written and directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tom Hanks, kicks off at more than 2,850 theaters. "'Toy Story [2],' if it's down in the neighborhood of 35-40%, is $16-18 million. And I think 'Green Mile' beats that based on the tracking. They're sitting there with an 18% first choice right now," one studio executive said
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ROLE CALL: Rene Russo in 'Trouble'
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTHOLLYWOOD, May 17, 2000 -- Ain't nuclear weapons funny? Rene Russo and Tim Allen hope so. Russo and Allen have signed to star in "Big Trouble," a comedy from director Barry Sonnenfeld based on a book by newspaper columnist Dave Barry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, it's a story about a nuclear bomb hidden in a suitcase that's rigged to blow up at a Miami airport. One thing's for certain: It's gotta be funnier than Sonnenfeld's last one, "Wild Wild West." But, will it have a giant robot sp
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Plenty of Oscar potential in new releases
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTOscar buzz continues at the box office this weekend as a few of the year's most highly touted films open in both wide and limited release. Tom Hanks and company lead the way in the prison drama "The Green Mile," based on the popular series by Stephen King and directed by Frank Darabont. Five years ago, Darabont came to prominence with another prison-bound tale by King called "The Shawshank Redemption." That movie, which frequently tops lists of the most popular films of all time, garnered seven
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B.O. FORECAST: Super Bowl top attraction this weekend
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2000 -- The Super Bowl sacked Hollywood over the weekend with a gross of only about $6.2 million being enough to grab first place. There was a close race for top honors among Destination Films' opening of its thriller "Eye Of the Beholder," Universal's Oscar contender "The Hurricane" and New Line's urban-appeal comedy sequel "Next Friday." As always, Monday's actual numbers could reverse today's estimated results. Although Destination's "Eye" appeared to have the
