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Steve Martin Named Oscar Host
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Dec. 18, 2000 -- Are the Oscars going standup? Looks that way now that yet another star comic has been tapped to host the 73rd Academy Awards. Wild and crazy guy Steve Martin will host ABC’s live telecast from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 21, following past hosts and fellow comics Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg up to the podium. “He’s everything!” says the show’s producer, Gil Cates, who made the surprise announcement today. “He’s a movie star, he’s funny, he’s cla
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NEWSMAKERS: Billy Crystal to Oscars: Too Busy!
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Dec. 6, 2000 -- Hey, a man's got to make movies, too. And that apparently is what seasoned emcee Billy Crystal is telling the Academy Awards people when it comes to hosting the gala event this year, the Associated Press says. "I can't do it, you have to understand," Crystal told Fox News. "If everything goes according to plan, I'll just be finishing a new movie on March 22. I can't host the show five days later." And how can you blame him. After all, the funnyman is getting to stretch
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR APR. 28-30, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTUniversal's unsinkable "U-571" continued full speed ahead in first place this weekend just as studio tracking data indicated it would. The PG-13 World War II submarine drama, which had a 19% first-choice tracking going into the weekend, held on to the top spot with a brisk ESTIMATED $12.33 million (-37%) at 2,615 theaters (+32 theaters; $4,715 per theater). Its cume is approximately $38.2 million, heading for $60 million-plus in domestic theaters. "U-571's" per theater average was the high
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR APR. 21-23, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTUniversal launched "U-571" to over $20 million, sinking its Easter Weekend box office competition. Hollywood had anticipated big action from the PG-13 World War II submarine drama given its 17% first-choice tracking score going into the weekend. "U-571" sailed full speed ahead into 2,583 theaters with a killer ESTIMATED $20.28 million ($7,850 per theater). Its per theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend. Directed by Jonathan Mostow, "U-571" stars Matthew
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B.O. FORECAST: Can Sandra Go to War?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 13, 2000 -- As the box-office turns: Will Sandra Bullock's turn as a rehabbing pill-popper and booze-swiller put her atop the Hollywood heap? Or will "Rules of Engagement" lock its sights on No. 1 again? The hit-challenged Bullock's entry is the drama "28 Days." Although her main competition for B.O. supremacy appears to be last weekend's champ, "Rules of Engagement," three more major films debut this weekend: the heartwarming "American Psycho," the multi-denominatio
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FORECAST: Is 'Brockovich' Gonna Get Shafted?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 6, 2000 -- As the box-office turns: Is Julia Roberts still the best thing going? Or will Samuel L. Jackson open up a can of whoop-you-know-what and knock her off her pedestal? This weekend, four new movies hit theaters nationwide ("Rules of Engagement," "Black and White," "Ready To Rumble" and "Return to Me") but experts think that only "Rules," starring Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones, has the cojones to kick Julia's box-office butt and end the three-weekend-long reign
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'Erin' Draws B.O. Green
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 26, 2000 -- Julia Roberts showed great box-office legs as Universal's "Erin Brockovich" held on to the top spot on the chart. "Erin Brockovich" The R-rated dramatic comedy, co-financed by Universal and Columbia, finished first in its second week with a sexy estimated $19.03 million (-32%) at 2,851 theaters (+3 theaters, $6,675 per theater). Its total to date is approximately $56.3 million. "This is a picture that is obviously a crowd pleaser," Universal Distribut
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Julia's on Top
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 19, 2000 -- Julia Roberts was worth her weight in box office gold this weekend as Universal's opening of "Erin Brockovich" topped the chart with more than $28 million. The R-rated dramatic comedy, co-financed by Universal and Columbia (which is releasing it internationally), kicked off to a perky estimated $28.21 million at 2,847 theaters ($9,910 per theater). Its per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release this weekend. "Steven Soderberg
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EXTRA: In Italy, Jeff Fahey Is the Last Action Hero
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 1, 2000 -- Psst! Wanna buy an ex-movie star?Step right in. We have recognizable has-beens to suit your every entertainment need. Looking for the leading-man type? We have great deals on Eric Roberts, Patrick Muldoon, Kiefer Sutherland and Dean Cain. In the market for a tough guy? Take your pick of Ray Liotta, Roy Scheider, Michael Ironside and other fine choices. We have leading ladies, too -- Morgan Fairchild, Jennifer Beals and Ally Sheedy.What's that? You say these
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TV STUFF: Everybody Gets to Be a Stupid 'Millionaire'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 10, 2000 -- Leave it to the insurance types with their legal babble to ruin everything -- and that's including "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."Reports today say that Buena Vista Entertainment, the ABC/Disney production wing behind the champion game show, has been taken to the British High Court of Justice by its London-based insurers. Why? The smarty-pants types at the insurance firm of Goshawk Syndicate feel that the quiz-show's questions have just gotten too bloody
