Greg Kinnear
Although Kinnear initially came to prominence in the early '90s as the sarcastic host of the cable series Talk Soup, a versatile actor lay behind his smarmy smirk. After helming his own eponymous late...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
06/16/1963
Logansport, IN |
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B.O. ANALYSIS: 'Urban Legends' Should Top Box Office
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., September 21, 2000 -- Suburban teens should help cut "Urban Legends: Final Cut" the biggest slice of box office pie this weekend. "'Urban Legends' can actually do double digits," one insider observes. "It'll be nice to see that again, won't it?" "Urban," an R-rated horror sequel opening from Columbia Pictures at 2,539 theaters, is heading for first place with $12-13 million. "Teens, particularly, have to be hungry for something to go see," says a distribution executive. "I
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR OCT. 6-8, 2000
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTA rich "Parents" opening turned the box office green after two months of lackluster grosses. Universal's PG-13-rated comedy "Meet the Parents" met with greater success than insiders had anticipated. Rather than the $18-22 million range that many Hollywood handicappers were expecting, "Parents" opened to a sizzling ESTIMATED $29.11 million at 2,614 theaters ($11,135 per theater). "Parents'" international release is through DreamWorks Pictures, which co-financed the film and will share equally in
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B.O. ANALYSIS: Audiences on 'Watcher' Watch
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., September 10, 2000 -- Moviegoers' eyes were on "The Watcher" as Hollywood's fall season got off to an unexciting start. Box office levels across the board were considerably less than insiders had anticipated going into the weekend. With many studio executives out of town attending the Toronto Film Festival, few insights were offered as to what went wrong. Overall, key films were estimated to have grossed about 22 percent less than this time last year. With televised coverag
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B.O. ANALYSIS: Remember the Titans comes out on top:
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTDenzel Washington scored a box office touchdown, finally giving Hollywood some ticket sales to "Remember." Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated football drama "Remember the Titans," from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, kicked off in first place with a muscular ESTIMATED $21.2 million at 1,865 theaters ($11,383 per theater). "Titans" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend. "Titans" marks the first $20 million-plus since the arrival of Columbia's "Hollow Man" la
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B.O. ANALYSIS: Moviegoers Stay Home
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., September 17, 2000 -- There was lots of Olympic Gold but very little box office gold this weekend. Insiders had anticipated low grosses and a close race for first place, and that's exactly what they got. With ticket sales down over 33 percent from this time last year, it took only $5.7 million for Universal's "The Watcher" to nail down the top spot. Key films in the marketplace - those grossing $500,000 or more for the weekend - did approximately $47.58 million. Distributio
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B.O. ANALYSIS: Horror Tops Box Office
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., September 24, 2000 -- Horror was the word this weekend, both on screen and off as Hollywood suffered yet another under-performing weekend. Columbia's R-rated horror sequel "Urban Legends: Final Cut" from Phoenix Pictures took the biggest slice of box office pie, placing first with an energetic estimated $8.8 million at 2,539 theaters ($3,466 per theater). Insiders had anticipated a double-digit launch by "Urban." It was the third consecutive weekend in which the film placin
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Sam Raimi Review
April 24, 2001 9:09am ESTThe best knee-jerker since "What Lies Beneath," this fun flick is the perfect holiday "Gift" -- but probably just as disposable.
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TV STUFF: More Downey on 'Ally'
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 23, 2001 -- Never underestimate the power of the Golden Globe Awards. Just ask Robert Downey Jr., who walked off with a renewal stint on "Ally McBeal" merely two days after winning the best supporting actor Globe for the Fox series. The embattled actor has been entangled in criminal charges stemming from his drug arrest late last year, throwing the future of his career in much speculation. But The Hollywood Reporter is saying today that the actor has sealed a deal with the Fox le
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ROLE CALL: Kate Hudson Rising
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Oct. 11, 2000 -- Looks like Kate Hudson won't settle for being just almost famous. The current It Girl, whose breakthrough was her part as the naïve groupie in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous," has signed on to the war drama "Four Feathers," Daily Variety reports. Hudson will join the red hot cast including "The Patriot's" Heath Ledger and "American Beauty's" Wes Bentley. The film, based on a novel by A.E. Mason, concerns a British officer in Sudan who seeks to disprove his cowardice
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Fair Julia Is Queen of Hollywood
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, July 26, 2000 -- Who’s the fairest of them all? According to Industry analyst James Ulmer, it’s the Pretty Woman with the (sometimes) long, curly red locks. A Georgia peach by the name of Julia Fiona Roberts tops Ulmer’s Y2K list of the 200 hottest actors and actresses in show business. His roster is due out in book form, titled "James Ulmer’s Hollywood Hot List: The Complete Guide to Star Power," in the fall. The only other woman to crack the Top 20 is the recently single Meg Ryan,
