Barry Sonnenfeld
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
03/31/1953
New York, NY |
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Star Out of 'Closet'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2000 -- The infectious bug that has been plaguing TV series of late -- you know, the "I feel that my time with the show is up and I've decided to move on" epidemic -- has claimed another victim. The latest casualty is none other than "Veronica's Closet's" Kathy Najimy. Trade papers report today that the actress, who plays Olive, Veronica's (Kirstie Alley) trusted sidekick and confidant, will bid farewell to the NBC comedy at the end of this season. Najimy tells Var
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Who Is Spider-Man?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., January 24, 2000 -- Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!No, it's another "Spider-Man" rumor.For nearly seven years, speculation has run rampant among comic-book geeks and genre-film fanatics about the red-and-blue building-climbing superhero. Nearly every director worth his box-office salt has been linked to "Spider-Man" at one time or another, beginning with no less than James Cameron ("Titanic") and ending with Sam Raimi ("A Simple Plan," "For Love of the Game"
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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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SCI FI GEEK: Selling 'Spider-Man'
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTSpider-Man SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 5, 2000 -- Not one frame of film has been shot, the script isn't finished yet and, heck, the studio hasn't even officially announced the director's name (it's Sam Raimi). But this week, Sony started working on the most important part of its forthcoming "Spider-Man" movie: The toys. The formation of Spider-Man Merchandising L.P. was announced at an invitation-only meeting at UCLA, attended by hundreds companies interested in licensing Spider-Man tie-in
