Oliver Stone
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
09/14/1946
New York, NY |
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Christmas weekend might be record-breaking
August 16, 2001 10:13am ESTUnless the Grinch scares people away from their local cinemas, a new record could be set at the box office Christmas weekend as a half-dozen newly released dramas boasting Academy Award-winning casts will compete with several children's films and other holdovers from previous weeks. In each of the past three years, a new box-office record was set on Christmas weekend, and with the release of films such as Warner Bros.' "Any Given Sunday" starring Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid and Cameron Diaz, Paramo
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Cameron Diaz and the Unfriendly Skies
August 16, 2001 10:13am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 3, 2000 -- Don't tell Cameron Diaz about stepped-up airport security. The 27-year-old actress was at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday when a thief reportedly made off with her passport and $7,000 in cash. Diaz was putting her belongings through an X-ray machine when the scam took place. The (allegedly) guilty party? The X-ray screener/security guard at the other end of the conveyor belt. The unidentified woman was caught on surveil
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Billy Bob Thornton’s Electrifying New Role
August 15, 2001 11:35am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Feb. 22, 2001 - Romance can be found in the most unexpected places, even on Death Row, and Billy Bob Thornton is just the man to find it. Thornton (“Sling Blade”) and Wes Bentley (“American Beauty”) are negotiating to play a father and son team of prison executioners in the new film “Monster's Ball,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, which will be directed by Marc Forster (“Loungers”), tells the tale of a man (Thornton) living with his son (Bentley) and racist father. Rep
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Big films, A-list stars are in store for Christmas week
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTA bounty of buzz-heavy, star-studded new releases will kick off the countdown to Christmas this year, promising something different and special each day of the week. The holiday movie bonanza commences Tuesday with the limited release of Sony's "Girl, Interrupted." Adapted from Susanna Kaysen's critically acclaimed memoir, the film stars Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie as two iconoclastic young women confined to a mental institution. Lifting the box office spirit Wednesday are three wildly antic
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'Stuart Little': The Little Mouse That Could
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 2, 2000 -- "Stuart Little" may squeak softly, but he carried a big cheese stick at the box office during New Year's weekend. Columbia Pictures' animated talking mouse movie returned to the No. 1 spot, surging ahead of Al Pacino and Matt Damon and claiming a place in the cinema record book. With total receipts topping $7 billion for the first time ever, 1999 was a record-setting year at the U.S. box office. "Stuart Little" closed out the year with another historical f
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'Stuart Little' Livin' Large
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2000 -- Hollywood got through the first weekend of the new year in slightly better shape than studio insiders expected. It took just $11.5 million to put Columbia's "Stuart Little" in first place, making it the weekend's only Top Five film to crack double digits. Lackluster tracking scores last week had suggested that the new year might kick off with none of the Top Five films doing better than single-digit grosses. Columbia's PG-rated family comedy held on to the
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News Roundup: July 26
July 27, 2001 8:05am ESTNews Roundup: July 26, 2001
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'Anna,' 'Bicentennial Man' and 'Stuart Little' do battle Friday
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTHollywood opens its presents early this weekend with the arrival of a few deluxe-wrapped packages full of good holiday cheer. "Anna and the King," a richly decorated version of the classic musical "The King and I" sans the music, should pique the interests of romantic moviegoers young and old. It stars Academy Award winner Jodie Foster and Hong Kong action icon Chow Yun-Fat. Gifts for the kids come in the form of the studio movies "Stuart Little" and "Bicentennial Man." Based on a beloved childr
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Madison Avenue woos film directors
July 03, 2001 1:41pm ESTWaving paychecks of $10,000 to $30,000 per day as enticements, Madison Avenue is increasingly attracting top-name Hollywood directors, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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Stone joins agency exodus
June 15, 2001 2:30pm ESTIs it a conspiracy? Oliver Stone (Platoon, JFK, Nixon) has become the latest A-list movie director to leave Creative Artists Agency and join Artists Management Group, according to Reuters. Super-agent Michael Ovitz built CAA, before leaving in 1998 and founding AMG. Stone joins fellow directors Martin Scorcese, Sydney Pollack and John McTiernan on AMG's roll.
