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COMING SOON: Teen Flick Gets 'Down to You'
August 16, 2001 10:13am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 16, 2000 -- Tired of Oscar-worthy dramas? In the mood for (hey!) a teen flick? Your time is here (again). "Down to You," a Generation Y romance starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles, leads the pack of new releases this week, presumably to the delight of the nation's mall rats. Elsewhere, a host of critically acclaimed (or in teenspeak: boring and long) films previously in limited engagements will add screens. That list includes: "Angela's Ashes," "A Map of the W
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Death Becomes 'ER'; Almost-Death Works for Dave
August 15, 2001 11:35am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 23, 2000 -- If it was death that kept "ER" at the top of the primetime ratings heap for the third consecutive week, it was life -- after a close call with the grim reaper -- that brought record ratings to David Letterman's "Late Show" on Monday. While "ER" once again managed to fend off "Millionaire" mania, perhaps with a little help from Fox's Romanesque "Multimillionaire" debacle, the return of Letterman to late night had America tuned in, if only for now. Letterman
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COMING SOON: 'Scream 3,' 'Gun Shy,' 'Simpatico'
August 15, 2001 11:35am ESTSANTA 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 g
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Actor Richard Farnsworth Dies
August 01, 2001 11:48am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Oct. 7, 2000 -- Actor Richard Farnsworth, an Oscar nominee this year for Best Actor for “The Straight Story,” died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Friday night in Lincoln, N.M. The oldest actor to be nominated for a Best Actor statuette, Farnsworth was 80. Farnsworth, who was nominated twice for an Academy Award and was a former stuntman, had been involved in filmmaking for more than 60 years. Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Sullivan released a statement Friday night saying the actor d
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'Malkovich,' 'Topsy' Tops with Critics
July 31, 2001 7:53am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2000 -- And the best picture of 1999 according to the National Society of Film Critics is ... a tie. The period piece "Topsy-Turvy" and the eccentric "Being John Malkovich" shared top honors at the group's awards ceremony Saturday in New York. It's the first time in the society's 34-year history that the best picture vote has been evenly split between two films. "Topsy-Turvy," a Mike Leigh film about operetta composers Gilbert and Sullivan, had previously been re
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The Perfect Storm Review
May 16, 2001 10:59am ESTForecast says lows in the first half clearing away for scattered thrills.
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CBS says "G'deye"
May 11, 2001 12:12pm ESTCBS won the first week of the May sweeps, powered by its hit reality show Survivor II: The Australian Outback and its coupled drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The two shows scored second- and third-place finishes respectively, behind an episode of NBC's E.R., which saw the return of Sally Field. CBS averaged an 8.4 household rating for the week with a 14 share. NBC, no longer feeling the drag of ratings for its XFL football telecasts, was close behind with an 8.2/14. ABC, which placed two e
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Joe Dirt Review
April 26, 2001 7:45am ESTYour time might be better spent staying home and playing in the dirt.
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N.Y. film critics name 'Topsy-Turvy year's best
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTIn a surprising move, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, an association of film reviewers from major Manhattan-based newspapers and magazines, selected "Topsy-Turvy" as the Best Picture of 1999.Part biopic, part backstage drama, "Topsy-Turvy" is an opulent motion picture that focuses on the prickly relationship between librettist William Schwenk Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. Mike Leigh was selected as Best Director for the same film, which now becomes poised with "American
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Mike Leigh's 'Topsy-Turvy' is a visual and aural feast
March 19, 2001 11:50am EST"Whatever you do, do NOT refer to this film as a musical." That was the proclamation of British filmmaker Mike Leigh when "Topsy-Turvy" was screened at the New York Film Festival. True, there are large-scale musical numbers, but these set pieces are there to illustrate and, in some cases, advance the plot. Instead, what Leigh has achieved is the most successful integration of theatrical production numbers and comedy-drama since Bob Fosse tackled "Cabaret" in the early 1970s. And like that movie,
