John Williams
The son of a movie studio musician, John Williams was trained for the family business at U.C.L.A. and Juilliard. Proficient with several instruments, Williams settled down to a thriving career as a ja...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
02/07/1932
Flushing, Queens, NY |
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THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (MAY 12-14 AND SUMMER):
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTDreamWorks' "Gladiator" should be victorious again on the box office battlefield this weekend. With "Gladiator" still commanding a 30% first-choice tracking score among opening and released movies, there's little doubt the R-rated action adventure will keep a tight grip on the top spot. If "Gladiator" slips 36% from its $34.8 million opening, its second weekend tribute will still be a handsome sum of about $22 million. DreamWorks is distributing "Gladiator" domestically, while Universa
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR MAY 5-7, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTMoviegoers gave DreamWorks' "Gladiator" a thumbs-up vote of nearly $33 million. The R-rated DreamWorks' action adventure set in ancient Rome arrived to a spectacular ESTIMATED $32.7 million at 2,938 theaters ($11,130 per theater). Its per theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend. "It really is a great opening," DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp said Sunday morning. "I think we're so pleased with it because it's an R-rated movie, it h
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EXTRA: Bruce Willis, Jesus and the May Sweeps
March 19, 2001 11:50am EST"Friends" (© NBC) SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 27, 2000 -- From the closing days of April to the better part of May, tears will be calculatedly shed, market-researched miracles attempted and the monumental exit of "Beverly Hills, 90210," hitherto known as the show that started it all, finally realized. Nay, it's not a shift of cosmos in the universe of perpetually bad TV programming. Rather, the said tube highlights are merely part of that scheme known as the May sweeps, wherein -- from to
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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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NEWSMAKERS: Montel Divorce Shocker!
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 10, 2000 -- Next on "Montel": Newly single talk-show hosts. TV talker Montel Williams, 43, announced today that he has split with his wife of seven years. "After going in separate directions for quite some time, Grace and I have decided to end our seven-year marriage," Williams said in a statement. The Williams camp said the couple split in November -- about the same time they were featured in a touching People magazine cover article about how their love was helping
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The Oscarheads Are Here!
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTLOS ANGELES, March 20, 2000 -- There are deadheads. And then there are Oscarheads. Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium Call them fanatics, devotees, or even fools, but nothing -- neither puzzled stares, physical discomfort nor gusting wind -- is going to quell the insistent fervor of Oscar diehard fans. Don't believe? Just cruise down to the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium and witness the long row of tents, beach chairs, and sleeping bags neatly adorning the sidewalk. While construction crews began
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Let the Sweeps Begin!
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 3, 2000 -- White House scandal, suburban weirdness, murder. ... Nope, this isn't a rundown of the hourly news. It's some of the more juicy, ratings-grabbing tidbits the networks have masterminded for the famed (or infamous) February sweeps. For the next 28 days -- from today until March 1 -- our TV nation will be bombarded with special programs concocted to induce ratings, the better to spike ad rates for the upcoming season. From cameo appearances to splashy adventure
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NEWSMAKERS: Don Johnson Plays Daddy
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 29, 1999 – Don Johnson has one more reason to be thankful his career moved beyond "Miami Vice": As of Tuesday, he's got a new baby girl to take care of.Johnson, 50, and wife Kelley, 30, welcomed Atherton Grace Johnson (7 pounds, 15 ounces) into the world shortly after 11 a.m. PST at a San Francisco hospital, according to the actor's publicist, Elliot Mintz. Mother and daughter were said to doing "extraordinary." Don and Kelley Johnson married last year. The actor, lat
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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
