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Intense Native American actor Rodney A. Grant achieved celebrity as the mercurial Lakota Sioux warrior Wind In His Hair in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves (1990). Thereafter, Grant trafficked almo...
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  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes Review
    By: Thomas Leupp August 04, 2011 8:17am EST
    As its title suggests Rupert Wyatt’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes is intended to lay the foundation for a new franchise of sci-fi flicks in which humans and super-intelligent apes battle for earthly supremacy. Its duty then is to explain within the span of two hours and with a modicum of credulity how exactly our simian friends might come to supplant us atop the animal kingdom. The scenario was at least partially addressed in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes the fourth entry in the original series’ convoluted and time-warped canon and while Wyatt's film draws inspiration from Conquest it is by no means a remake. Nor for that matter is related in any way to Tim Burton’s underwhelming 2001 entry. (And thank goodness for that.) The titular rise begins as with many of the world’s great catastrophes with the actions of one highly irresponsible man. Will Rodman (James Franco) is a genetic scientist of prodigious talent and questionable ethics who works at a fancy San Francisco biotech firm called Gen-Sys (subtle!). His effort at producing a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease carries an ulterior motive: His father (John Lithgow) suffers from it and is close to entering its final stages. Will is close to a breakthrough when one of his chimpanzee test subjects goes well apesh*t causing his company’s suitably callous CEO Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo gamely spewing lines like “I run a business not a petting zoo!") to order the research facility’s entire chimp population liquidated. Will is busy carrying out the grim mandate when he discovers that one of the test chimps has borne an offspring one he can’t bring himself to euthanize. Instead he and his primatologist girlfriend Caroline (Frieda Pinto gorgeous and superfluous) partners in appallingly bad decision-making decide to raise the infant chimp as their own naming it Caesar. Having inherited his mother’s gene modifications he shows signs of advanced intelligence and quickly develops a close bond with his adoptive human parents. But Caesar soon outgrows his domestic habitat and eventually must be shipped off to a simian “sanctuary” that is in reality anything but. At this point we’re halfway through the film – and miles away from erudite apes and enslaved humans. To get us on track director Wyatt executes a rather audacious tonal shift transitioning abruptly from what was heretofore a fairly sober Project Nim dramatization into the balls-out apes-gone-wild summer action flick promised by the film’s trailers. His efforts are aided tremendously by his screenwriters Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa whose clever absorbing script offers just enough plausibility in the first half to make its increasingly loony second half not just palatable but downright enjoyable. Wyatt strikes a delicate thematic balance respecting the subject matter while acknowledging its inherent silliness. (Scattered throughout the film are sly nods to previous Planet of the Apes films as well as a glimpse of Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments.) The silliness accelerates seemingly by the frame in Rise’s latter half as Caesar mounts a conspiracy to escape his Dickensian squalor exact revenge upon his cartoonishly malevolent captors and take his simian revolution to the streets. And it only gets crazier from there – the third act is basically a PETA wet dream. As far as cautionary tales go Rise is about as cautionary as they come. Andy Serkis who performed all of the performance-capture work for Caesar is a marvel in the role though the question remains as to how the credit should be divvied up between him and the technicians at WETA digital who “painted” the character’s CG features. And make no mistake Caesar is very much a character – as well-rounded and fully-formed and convincing as they come and easily more compelling than any of his non-digital counterparts. Franco for his part is credible enough as a scientist who in spite of his academic credentials is a bit of a dolt (and perhaps a tad disturbed) and Lithgow tackles a relatively thankless role with grace. But the real stars are all those damn dirty apes.
  • 2011 Grammy Awards Winners List
    By: Hannah Lawrence February 14, 2011 4:53am EST
    1. Record Of The Year Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer Track from: Need You Now [Capitol Records Nashville] Nothin' On You B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars The Smeezingtons, producers; Ari Levine & Mike Wilson, engineer/mixers Track from: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray [Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic] Love The Way You Lie Eminem Featuring Rihanna Alex Da Kid & Makeba Riddick, producers; Alex Da Kid, Eminem, Mike Strange & Marcos Tovar, engineers/mixers Track from: Recovery [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope] F*** You Cee Lo Green The Smeezingtons, producers; Manny Marroquin & Graham Marsh, engineers/mixers [Elektra] Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Angela Hunte, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Shux, producers; Ken "Duro" Ifill, Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton & Ann Mincieli, engineers/mixers Track from: The Blueprint 3 [Roc Nation] 2. Album Of The Year The Suburbs Arcade Fire Arcade Fire & Markus Dravs, producers; Arcade Fire, Markus Dravs, Mark Lawson & Craig Silvey, engineers/mixers; George Marino, mastering engineer [Merge Records] Recovery Eminem Kobe, Lil Wayne, Pink, Rihanna & Slaughterhouse, featured artists; Alex Da Kid, Mark Batson, Boi-1da, Nick Brongers, Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, DJ Khalil, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Jason Gilbert, Havoc, Emile Haynie, Jim Jonsin, Just Blaze, Magnedo7, Mr. Porter, Robert Reyes, Makeba Riddick & Script Shepherd, producers; Alex Da Kid, Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee, Kal "Boogie" Dellaportas, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Just Blaze, Brent Kolatalo, Ken Lewis, Robert Marks, Alex Merzin, Matthew Samuels, Joe Strange, Mike Strange, Marcos Tovar & Ryan West, engineers/mixers; Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, mastering engineer [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope] Need You Now Lady Antebellum Lady Antebellum & Paul Worley, producers; Clarke Schleicher, engineer/mixer; Andrew Mendelson, mastering engineer [Capitol Records Nashville] The Fame Monster Lady Gaga Beyoncé, featured artist; Ron Fair, Fernando Garibay, Tal Herzberg, Rodney Jerkins, Lady Gaga, RedOne, Teddy Riley & Space Cowboy, producers; Eelco Bakker, Christian Delano, Mike Donaldson, Paul Foley, Tal Herzberg, Rodney Jerkins, Hisashi Mizoguchi, Robert Orton, Dan Parry, Jack Joseph Puig, RedOne, Teddy Riley, Dave Russel, Johnny Severin, Space Cowboy, Mark Stent, Jonas Westling & Frank Wolf, engineers/mixers; Gene Grimaldi, mastering engineer [Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope] Teenage Dream Katy Perry Snoop Dogg, featured artist; Ammo, Benny Blanco, Dr. Luke, Kuk Harrell, Max Martin, Stargate, Chris "Tricky" Stewart, Sandy Vee & Greg Wells, producers; Nick Chahwala, Steve Churchyard, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Serban Ghenea, John Hanes, Sam Holland, Jaycen-Joshua, Damien Lewis, Ian MacGregor, Chris O'Ryan, Carlos Oyanedel, Paris, Phil Tan, Brian Thomas, Pat Thrall, Lewis Tozour, Miles Walker, Emily Wright & Andrew Wuepper, engineers/mixers; Brian Gardner, mastering engineer [Capitol Records] 3. Song Of The Year Need You Now Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum) Track from: Need You Now [Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/DWHaywood Music/Radiobulletspublishing, EMI Foray Music/Hillary Dawn Songs, Year of the Dog Music, Darth Buddha Music] Beg Steal Or Borrow Ray LaMontagne, songwriter (Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs) Track from: God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise [RCA Records; Publishers: Sweet Mary Music/Chrysalis Music] F*** You Brody Brown, Cee Lo Green, Ari Levine, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green) [Elektra] The House That Built Me Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) Track from: Revolution [Columbia Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Tomdouglasmusic, Built On Rock Music] Love The Way You Lie Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem Featuring Rihanna) Track from: Recovery [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope; Publishers: Songs of Universal/Shroom Shady Music/Universal Music Publishing/Universal Music-Z Songs/Hotel Bravo Music/M. Shop Publishing] 4. Best New Artist Esperanza Spalding Justin Bieber Drake Florence & The Machine Mumford & Sons 5. Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Bad Romance Lady Gaga Track from: The Fame Monster [Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope] King Of Anything Sara Bareilles Track from: Kaleidoscope Heart [Epic] Halo (Live) Beyoncé Track from: I Am...Yours: An Intimate Performance At Wynn Las Vegas [Columbia Records/Music World Music] Chasing Pirates Norah Jones Track from: The Fall [Blue Note Records] Teenage Dream Katy Perry Track from: Teenage Dream [Capitol Records] 6. Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars [Elektra] Haven't Met You Yet Michael Bublé Track from: Crazy Love [143/Reprise] This Is It Michael Jackson Track from: This Is It [Epic] Whataya Want From Me Adam Lambert Track from: For Your Entertainment [RCA Records / 19 Recordings LLC.] Half Of My Heart John Mayer Track from: Battle Studies [Columbia Records] 7. Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Hey, Soul Sister (Live) Train [Columbia Records] Don't Stop Believin' (Regionals Version) Glee Cast Glee Cast Featuring Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Amber Riley, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer & Jenna Ushkowitz Track from: Journey To Regionals [Columbia Records] Misery Maroon 5 Track from: Hands All Over [A&M/Octone] The Only Exception Paramore Track from: Brand New Eyes [Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic] Babyfather Sade Track from: Soldier Of Love [Epic] 8. Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals Imagine Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare Track from: The Imagine Project [Hancock Records] Airplanes, Part II B.o.B, Eminem & Hayley Williams Track from: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray [Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic] If It Wasn't For Bad Elton John & Leon Russell [Decca] Telephone Lady Gaga & Beyoncé Track from: The Fame Monster [Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope] California Gurls Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg Track from: Teenage Dream [Capitol Records] 9. Best Pop Instrumental Performance Nessun Dorma Jeff Beck Track from: Emotion & Commotion [Rhino] Flow Laurie Anderson Track from: Homeland [Nonesuch] No Mystery Stanley Clarke Track from: The Stanley Clarke Band [Heads Up International] Orchestral Intro Gorillaz Track from: Plastic Beach [Virgin Records] Sleepwalk The Brian Setzer Orchestra Track from: Don't Mess With A Big Band [Surfdog Records] 10. Best Pop Instrumental Album Take Your Pick Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto [335 Records, Inc.] Pushing The Envelope Gerald Albright [Heads Up International] Heart And Soul Kenny G [Concord Records] Singularity Robby Krieger [Oglio Records] Everything Is Everything: The Music Of Donny Hathaway Kirk Whalum [Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue] 11. Best Pop Vocal Album The Fame Monster Lady Gaga [Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope] My World 2.0 Justin Bieber [Island] I Dreamed A Dream Susan Boyle [Sony/SYCO Music/Columbia Records] Battle Studies John Mayer [Columbia Records] Teenage Dream Katy Perry [Capitol Records] 12. Best Dance Recording Only Girl (In The World) Rihanna Kuk Harrell, Stargate & Sandy Vee, producers; Phil Tan & Sandy Vee, mixers [Island Def Jam] Rocket Goldfrapp Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory, producers; Mark 'Spike' Stent, mixer Track from: Head First [Mute] In For The Kill La Roux Elly Jackson & Ben Langmaid, producers; Serban Ghenea & John Hanes, mixers Track from: La Roux [Cherrytree/Interscope/Polydor/Big Life] Dance In The Dark Lady Gaga Fernando Garibay & Lady Gaga, producers; Robert Orton, mixer Track from: The Fame Monster [Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope] Dancing On My Own Robyn Patrik Berger & Robyn, producers; Niklas Flyckt, mixer Track from: Body Talk Pt. 1 [Konichiwa Records/Cherrytree/Interscope] 13. Best Electronic/Dance Album La Roux La Roux [Cherrytree/Interscope/Polydor/Biglife] These Hopeful Machines BT [Nettwerk Records] Further The Chemical Brothers [Astralwerks] Head First Goldfrapp [Mute] Black Light Groove Armada [OM Records] 14. Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Crazy Love Michael Bublé [143/Reprise] The Greatest Love Songs Of All Time Barry Manilow [Arista Records] Let It Be Me: Mathis In Nashville Johnny Mathis [Columbia Records] Fly Me To The Moon…The Great American Songbook: Volume V Rod Stewart [J Records] Love Is The Answer Barbra Streisand [Columbia Records] 15. Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance Helter Skelter Paul McCartney Track from: Good Evening New York City [Hear Music/Universal/Concord] Run Back To Your Side Eric Clapton Track from: Clapton [Duck/Reprise] Crossroads John Mayer Track from: Battle Studies [Columbia Records] Silver Rider Robert Plant Track from: Band Of Joy [Rounder] Angry World Neil Young Track from: Le Noise [Reprise] 16. Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Tighten Up The Black Keys Track from: Brothers [Nonesuch] Ready To Start Arcade Fire Track from: The Suburbs [Merge Records / Sonovox] I Put A Spell On You Jeff Beck & Joss Stone Track from: Emotion & Commotion [Rhino/ATCO] Radioactive Kings Of Leon [RCA Records] Resistance Muse Track from: The Resistance [Warner Bros.] 17. Best Hard Rock Performance New Fang Them Crooked Vultures Track from: Them Crooked Vultures [DGC/Interscope] A Looking In View Alice In Chains [Virgin Records] Let Me Hear You Scream Ozzy Osbourne Track from: Scream [Epic] Black Rain Soundgarden Track from: Telephantasm [A&M/UMe] Between The Lines Stone Temple Pilots Track from: Stone Temple Pilots [Atlantic] 18. Best Metal Performance El Dorado Iron Maiden Track from: The Final Frontier [UMe] Let The Guilt Go Korn Track from: Korn III: Remember Who You Are [Roadrunner Records] In Your Words Lamb Of God Track from: Wrath [Epic] Sudden Death Megadeth [Roadrunner Records] World Painted Blood Slayer Track from: World Painted Blood [Columbia Records/American Records] 19. Best Rock Instrumental Performance Hammerhead Jeff Beck Track from: Emotion & Commotion [Rhino] Black Mud The Black Keys Track from: Brothers [Nonesuch] Do The Murray Los Lobos Track from: Tin Can Trust [Shout! Factory] Kundalini Bonfire Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Track from: Live In Las Vegas [RCA Records/Bama Rags Recordings LLC] The Deathless Horsie Dweezil Zappa Track from: Return Of The Son Of... [Z Tornado/Razor & Tie Entertainment] 20. Best Rock Song Angry World Neil Young, songwriter (Neil Young) Track from: Le Noise [Reprise; Publisher: Silver Fiddle Music] Little Lion Man Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons) Track from: Sigh No More [Glassnote Records] Radioactive Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon) [RCA Records] Resistance Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse) Track from: The Resistance [Warner Bros.; Publisher: Warner Chappell] Tighten Up Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys) Track from: Brothers [Nonesuch; Publisher: McMoore McLeest Publishing] 21. Best Rock Album The Resistance Muse [Warner Bros.] Emotion & Commotion Jeff Beck [Rhino/ATCO] Backspacer Pearl Jam [Monkeywrench] Mojo Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers [Reprise] Le Noise Neil Young [Reprise] 22. Best Alternative Music Album Brothers The Black Keys [Nonesuch] The Suburbs Arcade Fire [Merge Records / Sonovox] Infinite Arms Band Of Horses [Columbia Records/Brown/FatPossum] Broken Bells Broken Bells [Columbia Records] Contra Vampire Weekend [XL Recordings] 23. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Bittersweet Fantasia Track from: Back To Me [J Records / 19 Recordings LLC / S Records] Gone Already Faith Evans [E1 Music] Everything To Me Monica Track from: Still Standing [J Records] Tired Kelly Price [My Block/ Sang Girl!/ Malaco] Holding You Down (Going In Circles) Jazmine Sullivan [J Records] 24. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance There Goes My Baby Usher Track from: Raymond V Raymond [LaFace/Jive] Second Chance El DeBarge [Geffen] Finding My Way Back Jaheim Track from: Another Round [Atlantic] Why Would You Stay Kem [Universal Motown] We're Still Friends (Kirk Whalum &) Musiq Soulchild Track from: Everything Is Everything [Rendezvous Music/Mack Avenue] 25. Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Soldier Of Love Sade Track from: Soldier Of Love [Epic/Sony Music] Love Chuck Brown, Jill Scott & Marcus Miller Track from: We Got This [Raw Venture Records & Tapes, Inc.] Take My Time Chris Brown & Tank Track from: Graffiti [Jive Records] You've Got A Friend Ronald Isley & Aretha Franklin [Island/Def Jam Recordings] Shine John Legend & The Roots Track from: Wake Up! [G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia Records/Home School Records] 26. Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Hang On In There John Legend & The Roots Track from: Wake Up! [G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia Records/Home School Records] When A Woman Loves R. Kelly [Jive Records] You're So Amazing Calvin Richardson [Shanachie Entertainment/Numo Records] In Between Ryan Shaw Track from: In Between [45 Records/Form Records] Go [Live] Betty Wright [MsB Records] 27. Best Urban/Alternative Performance F*** You Cee Lo Green [Elektra] Little One Bilal Track from: Airtight's Revenge [Plug Research Music] Orion Carolyn Malachi [Carolyn Malachi/Smart Chicks Inc.] Tightrope Janelle Monáe & Big Boi Track from: The ArchAndroid [Bad Boy/Wondaland/Atlantic] Still Eric Roberson [Blue Erro Soul] 28. Best R&B Song Shine John Stephens, songwriter (John Legend & The Roots) Track from: Wake Up! [G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia Records/Home School Records; Publisher: John Legend Publishing] Bittersweet Charles Harmon & Claude Kelly, songwriters (Fantasia) Track from: Back To Me [J Records/19 Recordings/S Records; Publishers: Chuck Harmony's House/Normaharris Music Publishing/Strauss Co./EMI April Music,Studio Beast Music/Warner Tamerlane Publishing, 3M Holdings] Finding My Way Back Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Curt Chambers, Carvin "Ransum" Haggins, Jaheim Hoagland & Miguel Jontel, songwriters (Jaheim) Track from: Another Round [Atlantic; Publishers: Tetragrammation Music/Universal Music, Nivrac Tyke Publishing, Miquel Jontel Publishing, Curt Chambers Publishing, Jasane Dramma Publishing] Second Chance E. DeBarge & Mischke, songwriters (El DeBarge) [Geffen; Publishers: myElmusic, mischemusic/Universal Music] Why Would You Stay K. Owens, songwriter (Kem) [Universal Motown] 29. Best R&B Album Wake Up! John Legend & The Roots [G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia Records/Home School Records] The Love & War Masterpeace Raheem DeVaughn [Jive] Back To Me Fantasia [J Records / 19 Recordings LLC / S Records] Another Round Jaheim [Atlantic] Still Standing Monica [J Records] 30. Best Contemporary R&B Album Raymond V Raymond Usher [Jive] Graffiti Chris Brown [Jive] Untitled R. Kelly [Jive] Transition Ryan Leslie [Universal Motown/Casablanca] The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe [Bad Boy/Wondaland/Atlantic] 31. Best Rap Solo Performance Not Afraid Eminem Track from: Recovery [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope] Over Drake Track from: Thank Me Later [Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Motown] How Low Ludacris Track from: Battle Of The Sexes [DTP/Def Jam Recordings] I'm Back T.I. [Grand Hustle/Atlantic] Power Kanye West [Def Jam Recordings/Roc-A-Fella] 32. Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group On To The Next One Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz Track from: The Blueprint 3 [Roc Nation] Shutterbugg Big Boi, Bosko, Cutty & Mouche Track from: Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of Chico Dusty [Def Jam Recordings] Fancy Drake, T.I. & Swizz Beatz Track from: Thank Me Later [Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Motown] My Chick Bad Ludacris & Nicki Minaj Track from: Battle Of The Sexes [DTP/ Def Jam Recordings] Lose My Mind Young Jeezy & Plies [Def Jam Recordings] 33. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Empire State Of Mind Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Track from: The Blueprint 3 [Roc Nation] Nothin' On You B.o.B & Bruno Mars Track from: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray [Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic] Deuces Chris Brown, Tyga & Kevin McCall [Jive Records] Love The Way You Lie Eminem & Rihanna Track from: Recovery [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope] Wake Up Everybody John Legend, The Roots, Melanie Fiona & Common [G.O.O.D. Music/Columbia Records/Home School Records] 34. Best Rap Song Empire State Of Mind Shawn Carter, Angela Hunte, Alicia Keys, Jane't "Jnay" Sewell-Ulepic & Alexander Shuckburgh, songwriters (Burt Keyes & Sylvia Robinson, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Alicia Keys) Track from: The Blueprint 3 [Roc Nation; Publishers: Carter Boys Music/Al Shuckburgh/Global Talent Publishing/Foray Music/Masani Elshabazz Music/EMI April Music/J Sewell Publishing/Lellow Productions/Twenty Nine Black Music/Gambi Music] Love The Way You Lie Alexander Grant, Skylar Grey & Marshall Mathers, songwriters (Eminem & Rihanna) Track from: Recovery [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope; Publishers: Songs of Universal/Shroom Shady Music/Universal Music Publishing/Universal Music-Z Songs/Hotel Bravo Music/M. Shop Publishing] Not Afraid M. Burnett, J. Evans, Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto & M. Samuels, songwriters (Eminem) Track from: Recovery [AftermathShady Records/Interscope; Publishers: Songs of Universal/Shroom Shady Music/Resto World Music/1damentional Publishing/Sony ATV Tunes/1daniable Publishing] Nothin' On You Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Bobby Simmons Jr., songwriters (B.o.B & Bruno Mars) Track from: The Adventures Of Bobby Ray [Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Ham Squad Music/Songs of Universal/Shady Music Publishing/Mars Force Music/Northside Independent Music/Bug House/Roc Cor Publishing/Music Famamanem/Toy Plane Music/Art For Arts Sake Music/Bughouse] On To The Next One Shawn Carter, J. Chaton & K. Dean, songwriters (G. Auge & X. De Rosnay, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz) Track from: The Blueprint 3 [Roc Nation; Publishers: Carter Boys Music/Swizz Beatz/Universal Tunes/Irish Town Songs/Blue Mountain Music/Universal Music-MGB Songs] 35. Best Rap Album Recovery Eminem [Aftermath/Shady Records/Interscope] The Adventures Of Bobby Ray B.o.B [Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic] Thank Me Later Drake [Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Motown] The Blueprint 3 Jay-Z [Roc Nation] How I Got Over The Roots [Def Jam Recordings] 36. Best Female Country Vocal Performance The House That Built Me Miranda Lambert Track from: Revolution [Columbia Records] Satisfied Jewel Track from: Sweet And Wild [The Valory Music Company] Swingin' LeAnn Rimes [Curb] Temporary Home Carrie Underwood Track from: Play On [Arista] I'd Love To Be Your Last Gretchen Wilson Track from: I Got Your Country Right Here [Redneck Records] 37. Best Male Country Vocal Performance 'Til Summer Comes Around Keith Urban [Capitol Records Nashville] Macon Jamey Johnson [Mercury Records] Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song) Toby Keith Track from: American Ride [Show Dog-Universal Music] Turning Home David Nail Track from: I'm About To Come Alive [MCA Nashville] Gettin' You Home Chris Young Track from: The Man I Want To Be [RCA Records Label] 38. Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Need You Now Lady Antebellum Track from: Need You Now [Capitol Records Nashville] Free Zac Brown Band Track from: The Foundation [Home Grown/Big Picture/Atlantic] Elizabeth Dailey & Vincent Track from: Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers [Rounder] Little White Church Little Big Town [Capitol Records Nashville] Where Rainbows Never Die The SteelDrivers Track from: Reckless [Rounder] 39. Best Country Collaboration With Vocals As She's Walking Away Zac Brown Band & Alan Jackson Track from: You Get What You Give [Southern Ground/Atlantic] Bad Angel Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert & Jamey Johnson Track from: Up On The Ridge [Capitol Records Nashville] Pride (In The Name Of Love) Dierks Bentley, Del McCoury & The Punch Brothers Track from: Up On The Ridge [Capitol Records] Hillbilly Bone Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins Track from: Hillbilly Bone [Warner Bros.] I Run To You Marty Stuart & Connie Smith Track from: Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions [Sugar Hill Records] 40. Best Country Instrumental Performance Hummingbyrd Marty Stuart Track from: Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions [Sugar Hill Records] Tattoo Of A Smudge Cherryholmes Track from: Cherryholmes IV Common Threads [Skaggs Family Records] Magic #9 The Infamous Stringdusters Track from: Things That Fly [Sugar Hill Records] New Chance Blues Punch Brothers [Nonesuch] Willow Creek Darrell Scott Track from: A Crooked Road [Full Light] 41. Best Country Song Need You Now Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum) Track from: Need You Now [Capitol Records Nashville; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/DWHaywood Music/Radiobulletspublishing, EMI Foray Music/Hillary Dawn Songs, Year of the Dog Music, Darth Buddha Music] The Breath You Take Casey Beathard, Dean Dillon & Jessie Jo Dillon, songwriters (George Strait) Track from: Twang [MCA Nashville; Publishers: Sony/ATV Music Publishing/Unwound Music, Immokalee Music/Bluebird In My Heart Music, Revelry Music/Nettwerk One Music (Canada) Ltd., Six Ring Circus] Free Zac Brown, songwriter (Zac Brown Band) Track from: The Foundation [Home Grown/Big Picture/Atlantic; Publisher: Weimerhound Music] The House That Built Me Tom Douglas & Allen Shamblin, songwriters (Miranda Lambert) Track from: Revolution [Columbia Records; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/Tomdouglasmusic, Built On Rock Music] I'd Love To Be Your Last Rivers Rutherford, Annie Tate & Sam Tate, songwriters (Gretchen Wilson) Track from: I Got Your Country Right Here [Redneck Records] If I Die Young Kimberly Perry, songwriter (The Band Perry) [Republic Nashville; Publisher: Pearlfeather Publishing] 42. Best Country Album Need You Now Lady Antebellum [Capitol Records Nashville] Up On The Ridge Dierks Bentley [Capitol Records Nashville] You Get What You Give Zac Brown Band [Southern Ground/Atlantic] The Guitar Song Jamey Johnson [Mercury Nashville] Revolution Miranda Lambert [Columbia Records]
  • Fred Claus Review
    By: Kit Bowen November 12, 2007 10:44am EST
    Playing second fiddle to a more famous sibling can be rough. Just ask Fred Claus (Vaughn) a regular guy who has had to grow up under the shadow of his little brother Nicholas Claus (Paul Giamatti) aka Santa. That’s a big shadow to say the least both figuratively and literally. As an adult Fred has pretty much steered clear of his family but when he finds himself in dire need of some fast cash he calls his brother. Pleased as punch to hear from him Nicholas nonetheless makes him a deal: If he comes up to the North Pole for a visit and to help out the few days before Christmas then Fred can have the money. Fred reluctantly agrees and soon he’s being whisked off in Santa’s sleigh by head elf Willie (John Michael Higgins). But once Fred gets to the North Pole nothing seems to go right and soon he is the cause of much chaos--which unbeknownst to Fred causes Nicholas even more stress since his North Pole operation is one step away from being shut down by a cold-hearted efficiency expert (Kevin Spacey). Can Fred quit being bitter in time to save his brother’s livelihood? Of course he can. Hmmm Vince Vaughn minus the R-rated Wedding Crashers/Old School irreverence? It’s a stretch. Seeing the comic actor playing it PG is a little weird but you might enjoy how Vaughn infuses his unique energy into Fred Claus. From getting all the elves to boogie down in Santa’s workshop to going on one rant after another (on his brother: “He’s a clown a megalomaniac a fame junkie!”) to pilfering money on the street and then being chased by Salvation Army Santas it’s all good. Giamatti too seems a little out of his comfort zone as the saintly St. Nick. The actor who usually plays such endearing sad sacks has already played against type to great effect this year as the maniacal bad guy in Shoot ‘Em Up but he isn't nearly as successful in doing the flipside of that in Fred Claus. And what the hell is Kevin Spacey doing in this? As the villain of the film he fills the shoes nicely but he is almost too good at it (natch) for such a feel-good family film. Even Higgins--a character actor who is usually so hilarious in films such as The Break Up and all of Christopher Guest’s movies—has to shed the cheekiness and sugar himself up for Fred Claus. There’s also Rachel Weisz as Fred’s beleaguered girlfriend (you heard right) and Kathy Bates as the Claus boys’ mother who always sees Fred as inferior to her other son to fill out a cast of big names doing family fare. Director David Dobkin is a Vince Vaughn favorite having directed him in Wedding Crashers and Clay Pigeons but like his muse Dobkin seems a little out of place guiding this material. Granted Dobkin creates a pretty magical North Pole complete with an entire city of little dwellings a Frosty Tavern and a huge domed Santa’s Workshop. The montage of Fred delivering presents on Christmas Eve—falling down chimneys stuffing cookies in his face zooming around in the sleigh—is also well done. But overall  Fred Claus is a Vaughn vehicle—even as sugary sweet and family-friendly as it is--and all Dobkin really does is turn the camera on and let the man do his stuff. Dan Fogelman's script is also so very bland full of any number of holes and only picks up once Vaughn starts to improvise. Bottom line: If you’re looking to take the kids to a sweet Christmas movie and are a Vince Vaughn fan then Fred Claus is for you.
  • The Devil Wears Prada Review
    By: Kit Bowen June 30, 2006 7:15am EST
    In other words Prada--based on the bestselling novel by Lauren Weisberger--unfortunately plays upon the sitcom-y boss-from-hell scenario in which the young flunky manages to one up her superior in some valiant way. There are no surprises save for the fact that its set in the world of high fashion invoking all the fabulousness that entails and incorporates the amazing Streep as Miranda Priestly editor-in-chief of THE fashion magazine Runway. Oozing contempt and demanding perfection Miranda at first terrorizes her new assistant Andy (Anne Hathaway) an impressionable lass who wants to be a serious journalist and has no desire to be a “Clacker.” But that lasts for all of about 10 seconds. Andy is soon wearing those Jimmy Choo stilettos and clacking across the floor with the best of them--and the better she gets at her job the more her personal life falls apart. Naturally Andy wises up and realizes life isn’t about Dolce Gabbana and the rest of the gang. Still maybe she could keep one Prada handbag. You know just to remember the experience. Streep is having a nice little resurgence this year with two spectacular performances. In Robert Altman’s A Prairie Home Companion she plays the sunny yet heartbroken half of a singing sister act--and in Prada she’s Satan incarnate. Quite a switch but in the ever-so-capable hands of the Oscar winner it’s a flawless transition. The best part of Streep’s Miranda is all the things she doesn’t say. It’s the searing looks the languid move of the hand--and the hushed tones. This isn’t Kevin Spacey’s screaming lunatic producer in Swimming with Sharks; this is about the threatening quiet and the sacrifices Miranda makes to be lonely at the top. Hathaway as a lovely Audrey Hepburn look-a-like manages to keep her head above water but still hasn’t quite gotten rid of her Princess Diaries gee whizzed-ness. But there’s potential. In supporting roles Stanley Tucci makes a memorable appearance as Miranda’s right-hand man at the magazine doling out snarky but sage advice to our heroine while Adrian Grenier (HBO’s Entourage) plays nice as Andy’s patient boyfriend. The only other real standout star of Prada is the clothes. And the shoes. Oh and the handbags hats belts scarves and other accessories. Director David Frankel--a HBO flunky himself having directed several episodes of Entourage Sex and the City and even HBO’s hit mini-series Band of Brothers--captures this high-powered world of trend and style succinctly giving all fashionista wannabes everywhere a brief but meaningful inside peek. But the real kudos go out to costume designer Patricia Field (an Emmy winner for her work on Sex and the City) who must have had a lot of fun with Prada. She magically produces designs from Valentino (who also makes a small cameo) Donna Karan Bill Blass Galliano and of course Prada. It must be like a painter being given permission to recreate a Picasso or a Monet. Prada is predictable it’s true--but with Streep’s streaked white Cruella De Vil and all the great fashion it’s worth its weight in Versace.
  • Date Movie Review
    By: Brian Marder February 17, 2006 9:22am EST
    Date Movie doesn’t have a story as much as it does a series of miss-or-really-miss spoofs of date movies and cultural hodgepodge; the thin “story” is just enough to keep the film from being a series of vignettes. Julia (Alyson Hannigan) who makes Big Momma look little is determined to find her Prince Charming instead of wasting away in her lonely apartment. She briefly finds him in Grant Fonckyerdoder (Adam Campbell) before losing him (so ends any originality). So she visits a date doctor named Hitch (Tony Cox)—yes that movie—who takes her to get barbaric liposuction. Then she meets Grant again they fall in love and she meets his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fonckyerdoder (Fred Willard and Jennifer Coolidge) making for a Meet the Fockers spoof (the biggest spoof-ee). Julia has competition from Grant’s ex (Sophie Monk) allowing for more film references but ultimately they live clumsily ever after. It’s hard to see through the utter mess that is Date Movie enough to evaluate its acting but Hannigan seems to be at least serviceable. Although it seems like “acting” here means merely nauseating the audience enough so they can taste the vomit but manage to hold it in. Like when she licks Tony Cox’s face for 15 or so seconds—in slow motion… It’s more Fear Factor than Inside the Actor’s Studio. As for Campbell Date Movie is his first. There’s no frame of reference whatsoever and yet it’s still clear that he’s above this. He almost seems like a classically trained actor who’s forced to stretch his comfort zone by performing horrendous impressions such as the orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally. The lone semblance of a bright spot comes from Coolidge impersonating Barbra Streisand’s Roz Focker. Again way too classy for this Movie. Date Movie's trailer brags “From two of the six writers of Scary Movie...” After seeing it you can’t help but muse “It took two writers for that movie?!” The writers in question are Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer who also co-directed. The film should at the very least be an appetizer for Scary Movie 4’s upcoming entrée (to which they did not contribute) but with no hint of continuity or a passable storyline it even fails that menial task—and where the Scary Movies have succeeded is in the satisfactory stories that surround the film references. The biggest problem though lies in the spoofs: While the rules mandate that only chick flicks/date movies can be parodied the writer/directors abandon their target audience by referencing movies like When Harry Met Sally. Luckily there’s always an audience member who feels the need to solve the conundrum aloud.
  • The Ringer Review
    By: Brian Marder December 23, 2005 6:14am EST
    When ordered to fire a long-time janitor named Stavi (Luis Avalos) Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) softens the blow by hiring him to mow the lawn at his apartment complex. Steve didn't provide him with health insurance so Stavi naturally loses a few fingers in a mowing accident and now it'll cost thousands to save the digits. What's a guy to do? Why of course fix the Special Olympics—a suggestion of Steve's degenerate uncle Gary (Brian Cox) who's also in the financial dumps. Former track star Steve reluctantly goes along with the scam and competes in the Special Olympics. His competitors are quick to pick up on his ruse but they decide to help him after Steve explains his motive. He must also try not to disappoint Lynn (Katherine Heigl) the beautiful volunteer who doesn't know of his real identity. What's a guy to do? Take the high road of course. Certainly Knoxville—of Jackass infamy and debauchery—would have no moral trepidation about headlining offensive exploitative crap like The Ringer but stardom beckons him if he only he stops aiming so damn low! His performance here was probably not as easy as it'd seem but it's reasonable to think that Jackass stunts involving a bottle of absinthe and some paper cuts to the cornea quickly eliminated any butterflies. What Knoxville has in spades is that rare charisma to prevent him from ever looking uncool. Then there's Cox the latest revered journeyman to sell his soul on the cheap for a role completely beneath him. Mostly disabled actors round out the cast uttering any and all funny lines but there's something fundamentally wrong when the audience erupts in laughter before the lines are even delivered. Though the Farrelly brothers—directors of There's Something About Mary and Dumb & Dumber--only acted as executive producers of The Ringer their lowbrow stamp is smeared all over. Directing chores were handed over to Barry Blaustein prolific writer of comedies like Coming to America making his feature directorial debut. The Ringer delivers on its promise of frat-dude humor and Blaustein certainly knows how to make his leading man shine—but it does so in cheap sophomoric ways.
  • 2004 Year in Review: A Look Back at the Headlines of 2004
    By: WENN.com Source December 30, 2004 10:57am EST
    2004 had its fair share of highs and lows. Celebrities like to live life in the fast lane so there's been no shortage of wild entertainment news to report. Right from the beginning of the year, major stories continually rolled in. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck ended their turbulent engagement in January, while the following month Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman announced their marriage was over. But, like the silver lining of every cloud, some of Hollywood's finest tied the knot this year: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid and Robert Evans all walked down the aisle with their loved ones, while Diane Lane and Josh Brolin married each other. Clearly believing there's no time like the present, J.Lo secretly wed Marc Anthony in June. 2004 also saw the passing of several legends, including Sir Peter Ustinov, Ronald Reagan, Fay Wray, Russ Meyer, Janet Leigh, Rodney Dangerfield and Superfly star Ron O'Neal. But it was Marlon Brando's death in July that garnered the most headlines. Away from the big screen, three of television's most popular shows all ended within the space of a few weeks of each other. Many fans were left fearing the world would be a lonelier place without the likes of Friends, Frasier and Sex and the City. But it's difficult to sum up a year in a few sentences, so read on and reminisce on the eventful 12 months that made up 2004. January The year began with the heart-warming announcement that Dawson's Creek actress Katie Holmes and American Pie star Chris Klein became engaged over the 2003 Christmas break. At the time, the couple had been dating for four years and decided not to set a date for their nuptials. Actress Chloe Sevigny had a more pressing start to her year, which she began by rubbishing reports she was dumped by the William Morris Agency after performing a sex act on screen--saying it was she who ended their association. The 29-year-old star shocked critics and audiences alike with her performance in Vincent Gallo's movie Brown Bunny, in which she is seen giving the controversial filmmaker oral sex. But Sevigny insists that, despite the media storm, she made the decision to end her eight-year business relationship with the firm. Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin escaped a public rebuke from Australia's child welfare officials after dangling his one month-old baby dangerously close to a crocodile in a stunt on New Year's Day. The incident at Australia Zoo prompted a storm of controversy, but Irwin insists his son, Bob, was never in danger. The animal expert-turned-TV star was interviewed by the Office of Workplace Health and Safety, who concluded there wasn't enough evidence to suggest he violated any safety regulations. Angelina Jolie started 2004 by angrily hitting out at claims her adopted Cambodian son Maddox may have been illegally taken from his birth mother. American police shut down the Seattle international Adoptions Inc agency--which the Tomb Raider star used to adopt--following concerns it paid mothers as little as $119 to give up their children, rather than "rescuing" them from orphanages, as claimed. Jolie said, "I would never rob a mother of her child. I can only imagine how dreadful that would feel. If a parent survived then I would want Maddox to meet them--but I have not seen any evidence." Love was in town for Stuck on You co-stars Matt Damon and Eva Mendes, who ended months of media speculation over their relationship when they joined pals Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez to see in the New Year in Las Vegas, Nevada. Orlando Bloom began 2004 in a similar manner--by confirming he was dating actress Kate Bosworth. At the time, The Lord of the Rings hunk had been dating 21-year-old Bosworth for some months, but had refused to discuss their romance. But, Bloom announced, "I'm in love with love. It's heavenly when you're falling for someone and you can't stop thinking about her." The story of the month had to be the news Affleck and Lopez were ending their high-profile romance. The stars, who cancelled their September 2003 wedding blaming an intrusive press made their privacy impossible, split amid persistent rumours they were growing apart. Kate Hudson and her rocker husband Chris Robinson were celebrating on Jan. 7 after becoming first-time parents. The actress gave birth to baby boy Ryder Russell in Los Angeles. Elsewhere, Cameron Diaz categorically denied she would wed lover Justin Timberlake in 2004, hoping her comments would end the media circus surrounding the couple's relationship. Actor and writer Spalding Gray went missing on Jan. 11. The Killing Fields star's body was found washed up on the Brooklyn side of New York's East River on Mar. 7. He had committed suicide by jumping off the city's Staten Island ferry. An ex-boyfriend of Halle Berry stepped forward to accuse Wesley Snipes of being her abusive ex-lover, who struck the Catwoman star so hard, she lost most of the hearing in her right ear. R&B singer Christopher Williams--who dated Berry in the early 1990s--made the startling accusation against the Blade star after getting upset with the number of people who assumed it was him who dealt the screen beauty the damaging blow. Nicole Kidman ditched her lover Lenny Kravitz amid reports of his infidelity. The Cold Mountain beauty had been dating the rock wildman for eight months but was horrified to hear he had been spotted romancing Brazilian artist Isis Arruda and actress Michelle Rodriguez behind her back. Veteran actor Carmine Caridi admitted lending his screener copies of February's Oscar contenders to a friend who put them online. The Godfather: Part III star, 70, later told investigators he sent VHS copies of approximately 60 films per year to pal Russell Sprague who converted them onto the DVD format. Caridi insists he had no idea that Sprague would distribute the films via the internet and had sent them to him because he believed they were for the 51-year-old's personal entertainment. Caridi became the first person to be expelled from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for his part in the affair. In November he was fined $300,000. The US District Court in Los Angeles imposed two fines of $150,000 each on Caridi, one for The Last Samurai and one for Mystic River, after studio Warner Bros filed a lawsuit. Animation giants Pixar and Walt Disney ended their record-breaking partnership this month, despite the international success of films including Finding Nemo, Toy Story and Monsters Inc. Pixar chief executive Steve Jobs said the company decided to end its distribution deal with Disney, after its request for a greater percentage of the profits was declined. January saw the passing of Superfly star Ron O'Neal, who died after a long battle with cancer. The blaxploitation legend was 66. Renowned fashion photographer Helmut Newton also died this month, in a car crash in Los Angeles. He was 83. Newton reportedly lost control of his Cadillac car after leaving Hollywood's Chateau Marmont hotel and crashed into a wall. February February began with Jamie Foxx being placed on two years probation after pleading guilty to charges of fighting with security guards at a New Orleans, Louisiana, casino in April 2003. The actor and comedian entered a disturbing the peace plea on and also received a $1,500 fine. It was to be a good year for Foxx, however, with movie hits in Collateral and Ray. A new biography claimed four-times Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn had affairs with Judy Garland, Greta Garbo and other A-list ladies. Author Darwin Porter wrote in the book Katharine The Great that Hepburn, who died in June 2003, was busy romancing both men and women during her younger years. Meanwhile, Mel Gibson was slammed as "ignorant" and "insensitive" for defending his dad over his view that the Holocaust has been exaggerated. Gibson stated his unwavering support for Hutton Gibson during a magazine interview, even though his father has previously rubbished the belief six million Jews were exterminated by Nazi Germany during World War II. Gibson acknowledged the Holocaust happened, but said, "I love (my dad). So I'll slug it out, until my heart is black and blue, if anyone ever tries to hurt him." But it was Gibson's The Passion of the Christ which caused the most controversy for the Lethal Weapon star in February. In the weeks leading up to its release, The Passion was criticized by many religious leaders for supposedly blaming Jews for Jesus' crucifixion. However, on its release, the film--about the final 12 hours of Jesus' life--went on to become a surprise box office smash, taking $23.6 million on its opening day alone. Actor and murder suspect Robert Blake's ongoing legal problems continued this month, when his third attorney, Thomas Mesereau, quit because of "irreconcilable differences". The news was unwelcome for Blake, standing trial for the murder of his actress wife Bonny Lee Bakley, who was fatally shot while sitting in a car outside Studio City, California eatery Vitello's following a meal with her husband in 2001. Mesereau ended 2004 by representing Michael Jackson in another one of the most high-profile legal battles of the year. It came to light in February that Nicole Kidman had been given the all-clear following a breast cancer scare the previous month. The Oscar-winning beauty, 36, was sent for further tests after doctors spotted a suspicious area during a routine check-up, but fortunately was found to be in perfect health. Liza Minnelli's and David Gest's divorce became increasingly bitter throughout February. First, Gest asked Minnelli to take a lie detector test, in a bid to prove she beat him up during drunken rages. Then, he appeared on news show Dateline and showed interviewer Stone Phillips 'claw' marks he claimed Minnelli had left on his stomach, and asked, "See those finger marks?" Hotel heiress Paris Hilton filed a $28.8 million lawsuit against an internet company for showing her explicit sex-tape on the web. The 22-year-old slapped the lawsuit on Kahatani Ltd, claiming a violation of privacy over the film which shows her having sex with former boyfriend Rick Salomon. The tape--which surfaced on the website in November 2003--was made when Hilton was 19. Kiefer Sutherland was rushed to hospital to receive six stitches after his face was slashed during a bar fight. The 24 star was left disfigured following the brawl in Los Angeles--forcing the show's bosses to delay filming while his face heals. Sutherland's publicist said the star was "defending himself". Also this month, Ethan Hawke confirmed his marriage to Uma Thurman was over for good and that they'd filed for divorce. The couple split in 2003. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered officials to stop granting gay wedding licences in San Francisco. The Terminator star ordered the clampdown after a judge decided not to impose a restraining order on same-sex marriages. Before he could, though, Rosie O'Donnell married her lesbian lover Kelli Carpenter in the city. Former boxing champ Mike Tyson agreed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct instead of assault for his part in a New York hotel brawl in 2003. Tyson agreed to 100 hours of community service--lecturing, training and instructing at Gleeson's boxing gym in Brooklyn--and to undergo counselling. Hit medical drama ER axed a two-second slot featuring an elderly woman's bust following the outrage sparked by Janet Jackson's Super Bowl breast exposure. Jackson caused a nationwide scandal when she revealed one of her bosoms during her performance with Justin Timberlake at American football final on Feb. 1. ER wasn't the only victim of censorship as the result of the 'nipplegate' furore. The Oscars, which took place on Feb. 29, were broadcast with a five-second delay. However, ceremony producer Joe Roth promised nominees the planned delay in the telecast would not be used to cull any controversial political remarks. March Blake Edwards kicked off March by slamming Academy Awards bosses for placing a five-second delay on the live TV broadcast. The Breakfast at Tiffany's filmmaker, who picked up an honorary Oscar on Feb. 29 for his long-standing movie career, was irritated America's moral guardians had reacted to Janet Jackson's breast-baring at the previous month's Super Bowl. Edwards said, "It's such hypocrisy. I really don't see how you can run Sex and the City, and then turn around and raise this kind of fuss." The legal woes of troubled actor Robert Blake continued unabated in March as he appeared with his fourth lawyer, M. Gerald Schwartzbach, at a preliminary hearing to answer charges he murdered his wife, Bonnie Lee Bakley. Steven Seagal's lawyers wanted to be released from representing him this month. The attorneys defending the Under Siege star from a $60 million civil suit brought by former business partner Julius Nasso filed papers in New York asking to be let loose from the case. Elsewhere, a judge threw out a claim by Sony Pictures that it be allowed to use remarks by a non-existent critic to promote films including A Knight's Tale. The argument, presented by Sony's lawyers--that adverts with fake quotes are protected by freedom of speech--was dismissed. The controversial case was filed by filmgoers against the Hollywood studio after a 2001 Newsweek article uncovered fake critic David Manning, who'd written favourable 'reviews' for movies including Vertical Limit and Hollow Man. Oscar winner Charlize Theron broke down in tears after former South African President Nelson Mandela praised her for putting their country on the map. The actress, who picked up the Best Actress Oscar for her role as a serial-killing prostitute in Monster in February, was guest of honour at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. Scottish actor Alan Cumming slammed President George W Bush's stance on gay marriage--branding him "out of step" with public opinion. The openly bisexual X2:X-Men United star, who lives in America, was horrified to hear Bush's plans to outlaw the practice and urged liberal-minded Americans to use their vote this year to oust him in November's presidential election. Pamela Anderson was celebrating after being paid staggering $250,000 advance to pen her first novel, Star. Newlywed Kate Winslet stunned Inside The Actor's Studio host James Lipton by breaking down in tears while talking about life with husband Sam Mendes and their new son, Joe. In an interview broadcast in March, but recorded weeks after giving birth to the couple's first child together in December 2003, Winslet was clearly overcome by her emotions as she talked about how happy the American Beauty director had made her. She gushed, "I had a baby. His father is Sam Mendes. He is a wonderful... I will start crying in a minute because I'm so emotional because we just had the baby." The Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezel had a private meeting with Pope John Paul II on Mar. 15. The religious Caviezel, who plays Jesus Christ in the controversial Mel Gibson-directed epic, was reportedly blessed by the pontiff during a brief meeting at the Vatican in Rome, Italy. A Canadian man accused of stalking German supermodel Claudia Schiffer was deported from Britain. Louis Alexandre Brisette, 21, was arrested after repeatedly calling at the mansion Schiffer shares with filmmaker husband Matthew Vaughn and their one-year-old son Caspar in Bury St Edmunds, England. Unemployed Brisette appeared in court on Mar. 13 to face harassment charges but returned to Schiffer's house just hours later, police said. On Mar. 14, cops arrested Brisette at the hotel he was staying at in Bury St Edmunds and handed him over to immigration officers. Catherine Zeta-Jones failed in her bid to prevent a businessman from running his company close to her new home in Swansea, Wales. The Oscar winner was furious when she discovered Steve Gwynn planned to run his telecommunications business near her lavish property, and had gained permission to use a garage which is situated on the same estate as her house. Actor Paul Reubens agreed to register as a sex offender for three years as part of a plea bargain to remove charges of child pornography from his record. The child porn charges against Pee-Wee Herman's alter-ego were dismissed after the actor confessed to a separate misdemeanour obscenity charge. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Reubens also agreed to pay a $100 fine and to enter a counselling program for a year. He launched an appeal to clear this name in April. Hollywood beauty Sharon Stone became a single woman again in March when her divorce from newspaper editor Phil Bronstein was finalized. The Basic Instinct actress, 46, and the San Francisco Chronicle editor split in July 2003, with Bronstein citing "irreconcilable differences". The entertainment world was in shock this month, when Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz announced they'd split up after less than three years together. The glamorous pair met on the set of the 2001 film Vanilla Sky as Cruise's marriage to Nicole Kidman fell apart, and they began dating publicly in July 2001. Cruise's sister and publicist Lee Anne DeVette confirmed the couple "broke up at the end of January and it's amicable". Hollywood actor Jason Patric was arrested after a drunken encounter with police in Austin, Texas, at the end of the month. Patric was booked on misdemeanour charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest. He was taken to the Travis County Jail and released five hours later. A few days later Patric launched a blistering counterattack on police, claiming he was assaulted without motive. The charge of resisting arrest was dropped in May. Acting legend Peter Ustinov died in Switzerland on Mar. 28. He was 82. Ustinov's acting career spanned more than 60 years--including Academy Awards for two supporting roles in Spartacus (1961) and Topkapi (1965). April Not an April Fool's joke, but the month started with the news California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had enrolled on a training course which teaches attendees how to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Schwarzenegger, who at the time still faced 16 accusations of sexual harassment from women, had voluntarily attended the two-hour seminar along with many of his senior staff shortly after taking office, his spokesperson said. Jennifer Lopez mother Guadalupe won a staggering $2.4 million on a Wheel of Fortune gambling machine in an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino. The elder Lopez scooped the prize from just a $3 stake at the city's Borgato Casino. Will & Grace star Debra Messing became a mother on 8 April, when she gave birth to a baby boy. New York radio disc-jockey Howard Stern was dropped by Clear Channel Communications in April, after the American media giant was fined $495,000 fine for indecency following a foul-mouthed interview with Paris Hilton's ex-lover Rick Salomon. Stern had been suspended from broadcasting on the network's six stations following the "vulgar and insulting" February interview, but was removed as a result of the size of the fine. Stern found an ally in comedian Chris Rock, who launched a furious attack on the indecency craze sweeping America this month, labeling the furor "sad". Rock criticized the harsh laws that have took Stern off the air, and believes America overreacted to Janet Jackson's nipple flashing stunt at the Super Bowl in February. Quentin Tarantino was reprimanded by producers of hit TV talent show American Idol on April 13, when he used a swear word to describe his thoughts about a contestant. Red-faced TV bosses had to reshoot guest judge Tarantino's reaction to singer Latoya London's performance so the show didn't feature his expletive when it aired on April 14. The usually live telecast was cancelled at the last minute when chiefs at Fox TV decided to air a live broadcast by President George W. Bush's instead. Regular judge Paula Abdul says, "He said 'I have three words for you LaToya: F**king power house.'" Mystery surrounded Kevin Spacey's "mugging" in a south London park at 4.30 a.m. on April 17. The Usual Suspects star told police he had been attacked and had his mobile phone stolen while walking his dog. However, after reporting the crime and receiving hospital attention for a minor head injury, Spacey returned to the police station to withdraw his claim. Spacey explained, "I fell for a con and I was, I think, incredibly embarrassed by it. Some sob story about someone needing to call their mother and could they use my phone. This kid took off and I ran after him and it was 4 a.m. and I tripped up over my dog and I ended up falling onto the street and hitting myself in the head." And basketball star Dennis Rodman was placed under heavy restriction on the road, after pleading no contest to a drunk driving charge in a Las Vegas court. A judge fined Rodman $1,000, ordered him to serve 30 days of home detention, and required him to use a device in Nevada which will measure his blood-alcohol content before he can start his car for the next year--to prevent him from driving after drinking alcohol. Cosmetics impresario Estee Lauder died of a heart attack on April 24. She was 97. May The actors who voice Homer and Bart on The Simpsons were delighted at the beginning of May, when they were awarded a huge pay rise. Dan Castellaneta and Nancy Cartwright--who voice Homer and Bart respectively--won their battle with TV bosses at 20th Century Fox Television to be paid $8 million each for the 22-episode 2004-05 season. Anna Nicole Smith was banished from shock jock Howard Stern's New York radio studio on May 4 after turning up with a TV crew and demanding an apology. The busty blonde had hoped to film the DJ's apology after he poked fun at her weight during a 2002 interview. But, not only did Stern refuse to say sorry, he kicked Smith and her reality TV crew out of his studio. The same day, supermodel Heidi Klum gave birth to a baby girl called Leni. Klum split with the child's father, Formula One boss Flavio Briatore earlier in the year, and later hooked up with her current beau, Seal. Supermodel Naomi Campbell was celebrating after the British High Court ruled her privacy was invaded when the Daily Mirror newspaper published photographs of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting. The London-born catwalk queen's lawyers claimed the article breached her confidence and was an invasion of privacy. Tough guy actor Tom Sizemore's legal problems swarmed around him this month. Firstly, a former assistant sued the actor for allegedly forcing her to hide his drugs and trying to have sex with him. Then, the Saving Private Ryan star was accused of violating his probation terms, imposed for abusing his former fianceé Heidi Fleiss, after reportedly tested "dirty" for methamphetamine in March. His spokesperson immediately dismissed claims he'd tested positive for the drug as "bogus". Two of America's most beloved sitcoms came to an end in May. For many, both Friends and Frasier left a hole that couldn't be filled. Frasier enjoyed an hour-long finale with a show of stars. The regular cast was joined by Robbie Coltrane, Richard E Grant, Laura Linney, Wendy Mallick, Jennifer Beals and Anthony LaPaglia. But while Frasier drew a total of 25.2 million viewers when it aired on May 13, this couldn't compare to the 52.5 million fans the final Friends drew on May 6. French film legend Brigitte Bardot faced up to a year in jail when she appeared in court to deny charges of inciting racial hatred in a book. Bardot, 69, has been defending herself in court over her best-seller A Cry in the Silence, in which she opposes the "Islamisation of France". In June, a French court fined her $5,400 for the offence. British actress Kate Beckinsale wed director Len Wiseman in Los Angeles, in front of guests including Ben Affleck and Christian Slater. Canadian-born actress Pamela Anderson was officially sworn in as an American citizen this month. The former Baywatch star, who moved to California from her native British Columbia 15 years ago, passed a citizenship test and was sworn in at a private ceremony. Australian super couple Heath Ledger and Naomi Watts officially ended their turbulent on/off romance, with close friends blaming the 10-year age gap for the split. Good news for Gwyneth Paltrow and her Coldplay singer husband Chris Martin when their first born, a girl called Apple Blythe Alison Martin, was born in a London hospital on May 14. The spotlight was on Michael Moore at the Cannes Film Festival in France, when his Fahrenheit 9/11 was given an unprecedented 15-minute standing ovation. The controversial film--which looks at the links between President George W. Bush and the Bin Laden family, as well as the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war by American servicemen--took home the Palme D'Or best movie award at the event, which was chaired by Quentin Tarantino. While in France, Tarantino was made an Officer of Arts and Letters by the French government. The Kill Bill filmmaker was presented with the honor by French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu De Vabres, leaving Tarantino uncommonly "speechless". Meanwhile, Bush received further criticism from Superman actor Christopher Reeve, who blasted the president for failing to increase federal spending on embryonic stem cell research. Reeve, who was paralyzed from the neck down following a horse-riding accident in 1995, told 625 graduates at Middlebury University in Vermont that Bush's "inaction is unacceptable". Halle Berry won a restraining order against a former Navy SEAL stalker who made threats against her life and those of her manager and publicist. In June, Greg Broussard, who insisted he was destined to marry the actress, was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from her and two of her associates. Blaxploitation movie legend Lincoln Kirkpatrick died after a long battle with lung cancer in May. The 73-year-old actor appeared in more than 40 movies, including Uptown Saturday Night and Hoodlum. He earned his acting break by understudying for Sidney Poitier in the play A Raisin in the Sun. Emmy-winning actor Tony Randall died on May 17at the age of 84. Randall, most famous for playing photographer Felix Unger in TV spin-off series The Odd Couple, died in New York after developing pneumonia following heart-bypass surgery in December 2003. Soap and sci-fi star Richard Biggs died of a reported stroke at his home in California on May 22. He was 44. The actor was best known for playing Dr. Stephen Franklin in cult hit Babylon 5. June June started with the news Julia Roberts was nine weeks pregnant with twins, reportedly a boy and a girl. Roberts had spent the preceding two years trying to conceive with husband Danny Moder. Lucky Ben Affleck scored a big hit at the California State Poker Championship, scooping up a $360,000 first prize. The actor now plans to join the likes of pop star Robbie Williams at the European Poker Series in March. The upcoming release of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 was on the mind of former President George Bush at the start of the month, when he blasted Moore over the film which questions his son's presidential actions after the Sept. 11 atrocities in 2001. Bush senior said, "I have total disdain for Moore. His film is a vicious attack on our son. My son served with honor, and to get knocked down by this guy. Why should we hear about body bags, and deaths? Why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? To have to answer anything about what that slime ball says is just too much." Comic-book giant Marvel settled its legal dispute with film studio Sony Pictures over Spider-Man merchandise, after accusing the firm of wrongfully using the character for promotional purposes. Marvel sued Sony in February 2003, claiming it had violated an agreement by using the super-hero--played by Tobey Maguire in the hit movie--to advertise other Sony products. Sony countersued, saying Marvel had itself breached their licensing deal. But Marvel announced on June 1 it had reached an agreement that would give it "additional responsibilities". Jennifer Lopez surprised many when news of her secret wedding to boyfriend Marc Anthony leaked out. The actress-singer married Anthony on June 5, just five months after splitting from fiancé Ben Affleck. Recovering alcoholic and Baywatch creator David Hasselhoff was arrested on drunk driving charges when he was pulled over by Los Angeles police. When his case was heard in court in late October, Hasselhoff was ordered to attend 50 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings, fined $200, placed on probation for 36 months and ordered to complete 200 hours of community service after pleading "no contest" to driving with excess alcohol. DJ Howard Stern's indecency case ended after the biggest American radio chain agreed to pay out in a record settlement. Clear Channel Communications--who dropped Stern earlier in the year after he conducted a sexually explicit interview live on air--will pay $1.75 million in a deal with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the largest ever negotiated by the FCC and a broadcaster. Good news arrived for Friends star Courteney Cox and husband David Arquette when they became parents for the first time. Baby girl Coco was born in Los Angeles on June 13. Michael Moore slammed the American censor's decision to give his acclaimed documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 an R rating, making it unsuitable for under-17s to view alone. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) cited the "violent and disturbing images" contained in the film, as well as instances of bad language for their decision--but distributor Lion's Gate blasted the ruling as "totally unjustified". Moore said, "It is sadly very possible that many 15 and 16-year-olds will be asked and recruited to serve in Iraq in the next couple of years. If they are old enough to be recruited and capable of being in combat and risking their lives, they certainly deserve the right to see what is going on in Iraq." Moore and Lion's Gate lost their appeal. Sharon Stone headed to a Los Angeles court to fight for lost cash she claimed she was owed after producers of a Basic Instinct sequel scrapped the project. Stone said she was owed more than $100 million by Rambo producers Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar after they promised her a $14 million salary to make the follow-up and a healthy cut of the profits. Stone dropped the lawsuit in July and agreed to appear in the sequel after all. Legendary actor Ryan O'Neal was hailed a hero when he saved a boy from drowning, after spotting him struggling while swimming in the sea near his home. The brave 63-year-old star of classic movies including Paper Moon and The Driver ran into the waves when he noticed the youngster having difficulties. Winona Ryder returned to court in Beverly Hills to discuss her shoplifting arrest and it was all good news. A Los Angeles judge reduced criminal theft charges against her to misdemeanors after noting she had served 480 hours of community service at a California hospital after being sentenced for shoplifting in December 2001. Ryder, who was in court for her latest hearing, thanked the judge for his time. She was placed on unsupervised probation. Former President Bill Clinton's autobiography My Life broke records after fans bought more than 400,000 copies of the book in America on its first day of release. The huge opening sales figures made it the best-selling non-fiction book of all time. Sales doubled that of the previous record holder, Clinton's wife Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's book Living History. June saw the deaths of movie star and former President Ronald Reagan, who died from pneumonia at his home in Hollywood, aged 93, and screenwriter Robert Lees, whose severed head was discovered in his murdered neighbor's Hollywood home. Lees, 91--whose credits include episodes of the western Rawhide and Alfred Hitchcock Presents--was found murdered with his neighbor Dr. Morley Hal Engleson after an airline agent heard a commotion while Engleson booked a flight by phone. Suspect Keven Lee Graff was arrested near the gates of Paramount Studios--two miles from the victims' homes--after a studio guard recognized his picture from a recently aired TV news conference. He was later charged with the killings. July Ewan McGregor was "delighted" after winning damages in a settlement over photos of him and his children. The Moulin Rouge star was furious when British newspapers published snaps of him holidaying with daughters Esther Rose and Clara Mathilde in Mauritius in 2002. Tabloid newspapers the Daily Record and The Sun, photographer Jason Fraser and his company Fraser Woodward Ltd. all contributed to the undisclosed sum. It was a great month overall for McGregor who completed a three-and-a-half month motorbike trek around the world with pal Charley Boorman. Ewan McGregor roared into New York City on July 29 after completing his "very, very long" journey. The stars left London in April and drove 20,000 miles through eastern Europe, Mongolia, Siberia and Alaska. Independence Day was made extra special for Dennis Quaid, when he married fiancee Kimberley Buffington in Montana. Jack Henry Ryan, Quaid's 12-year-old son with ex-wife Meg Ryan, was best man at the low-key ceremony. Gossip columns around the globe were filled with the story of Hugh Grant romancing British socialite Jemima Khan this month, just weeks after Jemima's divorce from Pakistani politician and former criketer Imran Khan. The pair vigorously maintained a media blackout on the subject of their relationship, before finally admitting they were a couple later in the year. Socialite Paris Hilton's $30 million lawsuit against an internet company that distributed her infamous sex tape, was thrown out of court on July 9. A Los Angeles judge dismissed the invasion of privacy suit filed by The Simple Life reality TV star against Panama City, Florida-based Kahatani Ltd. The video, suggestively titled "One Night in Paris," made Hilton, who claimed it was "intended only for personal use", and her ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon household names. The tape was leaked onto the internet in November 2003--over two years after it was filmed in May 2001. Meanwhile, Hilton split from her boyfriend of seven months, boy-band star Nick Carter. A spokeswoman for the hotel heiress blamed her busy schedule for the breakup, but insisted it was amicable. Hollywood couple Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal split up in July after two years together. The stars blamed "filming commitments" for the separation. Lifestyle queen Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and a further five months of home confinement after being convicted of lying to a court about the sale of shares in 2001. The 62-year-old billionairess was also placed on probation and fined $30,000. She began her jail sentence in October. Hollywood producer Robert Evans was granted a divorce from his sixth wife, Versace model Leslie Ann Woodward. The 74-year-old Rosemary's Baby mogul's marriage to Woodward, 35, lasted just seven months--they tied the knot in August 2003, but the model filed for divorce in March citing "irreconcilable differences". Evans previous wives include Love Story star Ali MacGraw, former Miss America Phyllis George and Dynasty actress Catherine Oxenberg. On a happier note, Harry Potter author J.K.Rowling announced she was pregnant with her third child this month. The 38-year-old writer will give birth to her second child with second husband Neil Murray in 2005. Rowling also has a daughter, Jessica, with first husband Jorge Arantes. Teen actress Mary-Kate Olsen was released from a health facility on the July 23 after undergoing six weeks of treatment for an eating disorder. Olsen headed off for her first semester at New York University in August. Veteran character actor Robert Sorrells was hit with a murder charge after witnesses told police he walked into a California bar and shot two patrons, killing one. The 74-year-old actor, who appeared in popular TV western Gunsmoke, was arrested close to the Simi Valley ba--called The Regency Lounge--shortly after the shooting on the 24th. He was booked for investigation of murder and attempted murder. Pierce Brosnan announced his retirement from the role of movie spy James Bond, starting an endless bout of speculation as to who would replace him. British actors touted for the dream role have included Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gerard Butler, Jude Law and Ewan McGregor, as well as Australians Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana. Sad news flew around the world on July 2, when it was announced movie legend Marlon Brando had died from lung failure the previous day on his private South Pacific island, Tetiaroa. He was 80. Brando--best known for a series of era-defining film roles including A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, The Godfather and Apocalypse Now--was cremated at a family ceremony in Los Angeles on July 3. And the body of Michael Douglas' troubled half-brother Eric was discovered inside a Manhattan, New York, apartment on July 6. New York authorities ruled Eric, who was the youngest son of screen legend Kirk Douglas, was killed accidentally by alcohol and prescription drugs. August Snatch star Jason Statham vowed to give actor Billy Zane "a good slap" this month, when he found out he was dating his actress girlfriend, Kelly Brook. Statham was left fuming after seeing photos of Brook in a passionate embrace with Titanic star Zane. Zane and Brook emerged as an inseparable couple later in the year. Hollywood stars Diane Lane and Josh Brolin married at a secret ceremony on the west coast of America. The Oscar-nominated Unfaithful actress and her Hollow Man beau exchanged marital vows on Aug. 14. News emerged this month that superstar couple David and Victoria Beckham were expecting their as-yet-unborn third child, amid rumors their marriage was floundering, following allegations the Real Madrid ace had an affair with his personal assistant Rebecca Loos. Lethal Weapon star Danny Glover was arrested outside the Sudan Embassy in Washington D.C. during a heated protest march on Aug. 25. Glover was charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly after he spoke to a crowd calling for a peace-keeping force to stop violence in western Sudan. Meanwhile, tough guy actor Russell Crowe confessed he fought with his bodyguard on the Canadian set of Cinderella Man. In a letter to an Australian newspaper, the Oscar-winner confirmed recent reports of a brawl with long-term pal Mark "Spud" Carroll during a party on the set of the film--in which Crowe plays a boxer--in July. He wrote, "Spud and I had a push around after work on a Friday night. The misunderstanding arose when Spud came over to tell me what he thought other people in the room might have been thinking of my conversation. I thought he was accusing me specifically of something and I took offence to it. Spud was passing on other people's 'perceptions' and I shot the messenger." Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron suffered an injury to her neck while shooting stunts for her upcoming movie Aeon Flux in Germany on Aug. 30. The production was shut down while Theron recovered at home in Los Angeles. Legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson died at the age of 95 on Aug. 3, after a successful career snapping leading figures of the mid-20th century. Cartier-Bresson--whose work appeared in leading American publications Vogue, Life and Harper's Bazaar--died at his home in the south western Luberon region of France. Other August deaths included film editor Geraldine Peroni who died at her New York home on Aug. 3 after reportedly committing suicide. She was 51. The city's medical examiner's office ruled Peroni--who frequently worked with director Robert Altman, most spectacularly on his 1993 masterpiece Short Cuts--had killed herself, however, her family are disputing that finding. And actress Fay Wray--best known for her role in 1933 movie King Kong--died on Aug. 8. She was 96. In tribute to the famous scene from King Kong that featured Wray hanging in the giant ape's grasp from the top of the Empire State Building, officials at the skyscraper dimmed the building's lights for 15 minutes on Aug. 10. September Former President Bill Clinton underwent heart surgery in a New York hospital on Sept. 6, and went on to make a full recovery. After complaining of chest pains and tiredness, medics discovered he had four clogged arteries that needed to be bypassed. Gorgeous Italian actress Monica Bellucci and her actor husband Vincent Cassel were celebrating on Sept. 12 when their first child, Deva, was born. Terminator 2 star Edward Furlong was arrested after attempting to free live lobsters from a grocery store while drunk. The 27-year-old, a longtime animal rights supporter, was caught with pals trying to help the creatures escape from a store in Florence, Kentucky, on Sept. 15. Furlong was on location shooting Jimmy & Judy. Former child star Macaulay Culkin was arrested and charged with two misdemeanor drug counts in Oklahoma City. Culkin and a friend were in a rental car on Sept. 17, when police pulled them over and discovered marijuana and a dangerous controlled substance without a prescription. On Sept. 21, Oklahoma City prosecutors charged the troubled star, who was freed on bail after posting a $4,000 bond. Kevin Costner wed fianceé Christine Baumgartner on Sept. 25. The Dances With Wolves star, 49, rode in on a horse-drawn carriage while handbag designer Baumgartner, 30, traveled in a pick-up truck to the Aspen, Colorado, wedding. Cult filmmaker Russ Meyer died in Los Angeles from dementia and complications of pneumonia on Sept. 18. He was 82. Meyer made 23 films in total, but he is most famous for his saucy 1960s and 1970s movies, featuring scantily-clad buxom women--most notably Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Beyond The Valley of the Dolls. October Golf superstar Tiger Woods married Swedish beauty Elin Nordegren on Oct. 5 in an extravagant Barbados ceremony. Former child star Mark Everett was placed on America's most wanted list in early October, after being accused of beating his girlfriend to death and then kidnapping their son Benjamin. The star of Pee Wee's Big Adventure and Stand & Deliver is accused of murdering Stephanie Spears in her Hawthorne, California, apartment and remains on the run. Rape charges against Barbershop star Anthony Anderson were dismissed on Oct. 6. A woman seeking a job as an extra on the set of the actor's movie Hustle and Flow in Memphis, Tennessee, had claimed Anderson and director Wayne Witherspoon attacked her in a trailer on the set. The unnamed plaintiff also alleged she had forced sex with both men over a period of several days before the reported rape took place in July. But in court, a Tennessee judge said the accuser's testimony did not produce probable cause to let the charges stand and that the woman's testimony was the most "incredulous" he had ever heard. American lifestyle guru Martha Stewart began serving her five-month jail sentence in West Virginia, after being found guilty of lying about a suspicious stock sale. Stewart entered Alderson Prison Camp in the early hours of Oct. 8, sneaking by the photographers and reporters who had been posted there for more than a week. Billy Bob Thornton had further reason to celebrate on Oct. 7, when he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actor, who has been married five times, and girlfriend Connie Angland had their first child together in September, when daughter Bella was born. Lisa Bonet was awarded a restraining order against an alleged stalker who the The Cosby Show actress claims regularly performs voodoo rituals outside her Californian home. Bonet, who once dated Lenny Kravitz and has starred in a string of films including Enemy of the State, claims Francesca Jacobs Assandri has also sent her over 100 letters and packages. A Santa Monica, California, judge ordered Jacobs to remain at least 24,100 yards away from Bonet, her home, her place of work and her car. Teen actress Lindsay Lohan was hospitalized in Los Angeles with a mystery fever. The Mean Girls star, who spent "a relaxing" five nights at Cedars Sinai hospital recovering later claimed she was overworked and exhausted. The actress' family problems didn't help matters--her father Michael claimed he did not approve of his daughter's partying lifestyle and the friends she chose to hang out with. The young Lohan later released a statement blasting her father for his insensitive comments upon her release. The hospital stay topped a troubling year for the actress. Her father was arrested after beating up her uncle at a family party in the summer and her ended the year in police custody again after violating a restraining order filed by his estranged wife Dina--Lindsay's mum. Meanwhile, upon her release from hospital, she ended her six-month romance with fellow pin-up Wilmer Vanderrama. Former French movie siren Brigitte Bardot was celebrating after a Paris court threw out a defamation lawsuit against her. Radio Courtesy host Marc-Olivier Fogiel infuriated the actress during a May 12, 2003 broadcast, when he insisted she talk about her controversial best-selling book Un Cri Dans Le Silence (A Cry In The Silence). Bardot, 70, was convicted in June of inciting racial hatred in her 2003 book with her comments comparing Muslims to "invaders, cruel and barbaric". The Parisian court ruled Bardot had been provoked into calling Fogiel "a little jerk". Judge Nicolas Bonnal agreed that "the expression little jerk seemed injurious" toward the presenter. News circulated around Tinseltown that longtime couple Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell had split. Hawn was reported to be romancing Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan. The couple seemed to have patched up their differences in November when they bought a house together in Pacific Palisades, California. Actor Rip Torn was cleared of drunk driving charges by a New York court at the end of the month. The Emmy-winning star, real name Elmore Torn, had stood accused of driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing into the back of a taxi in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, in January. Psycho star Janet Leigh died on Oct. 2 at the age of 77. The actress had been suffering from vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels, for a year and died peacefully at her Beverly Hills, California, home with her husband, Robert Brandt, and her daughters, actresses Kelly and Jamie Lee, at her side. Leigh was best known for her Oscar-nominated part as Norman Bates' first victim in Alfred Hitchcock's notorious shower scene, but also starred in classic movies Little Women, The Manchurian Candidate and Touch of Evil. On Oct. 5 comedian Rodney Dangerfield died in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 82. The funnyman slipped into a coma following a heart-valve operation in August and never recovered. Nearly 400 mourners turned out to pay their respects at the Caddyshack star's funeral, including Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Jay Leno and Tim Allen. And Hollywood mourned the loss of paralyzed Superman actor Christopher Reeve, who died of heart failure on Oct. 10. He was 52. Reeve had been receiving treatment from the hospital for several weeks for a pressure wound--a common complication for people living with paralysis--which had become infected. He fell into a coma after suffering a heart attack in his home. November Kiefer Sutherland's troubled year continued when he was sentenced to serve 50 hours of community service after pleading no contest to a drunk driving charge in Los Angeles. The 24 star was arrested by police in late October. As well as the community service, Sutherland was also ordered to pay a $500 fine. Supermodel Claudia Schiffer gave birth to her second child with husband Matthew Vaughn, a baby girl named Clementine, on Nov. 11. The tot, a sister for the couple's 22-month-old son Caspar, was born at London's exclusive Portland Hospital. Greek lawyers attempted to force maverick movie maker Oliver Stone to admit his Alexander The Great epic, Alexander, was a pure work of fiction by filing a class lawsuit against him. The proud Greeks were upset that Stone had focused on the historic hero's bisexuality in the film. The Greeks later dropped the lawsuit after seeing the film in its entirety. They were, it seems, among the few who actually liked the epic, which was one of the year's big flops at the when it opened in November. Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor admitted she was suffering from congestive heart failure to W magazine. The 72-year-old actress was hospitalized with the condition, but told fans she hopes to recover. Meanwhile, Johnny Depp was so keen to explain himself after Germany's Stern magazine misconstrued a comment he made about America in a 2003 interview, he chose to personally call the patriots who had bombarded him with hate emails. Depp was nationally blasted as being unpatriotic when a reporter quoted him as saying America was "an ignorant puppy dog", but he insists the quote was taken out of context. He told Vanity Fair, "I called them, three or four people, and I said, 'It's very easy for a publication to print whatever they want to print as a representation of me, but it's not me. If you would allow me just a moment to represent myself...if you still feel like I'm a s**thead or a schmuck afterwards, then fine. But at least hear me out.' These were heavy, right wing, military people: one was a cop, one had a nephew who'd been wounded in Iraq. I told them, 'What was printed was ugly, but this is what I meant...' And each one of them said, 'I understand.'" Movie legend Omar Sharif proved he still had his hell-raising ways intact at 72, after he became involved in a drunken brawl with a fellow actor in India. The Doctor Zhivago star was quarrelling with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King villain John Noble in a Jodhpur hotel--before reportedly hitting him with a lamp. The two stars, in India filming One Night with the King with Sharif's Lawrence of Arabia co-star Peter O'Toole, stopped fighting as soon as the lamp smashed. Gossips found the possibility of a romance between Nicole Kidman and Liz Hurley's ex, Steve Bing, mouth watering. The pair were spotted out and about together in New York and Los Angeles as insiders buzzed about the prospect of another high-profile love match. Two Los Angeles photographers launched legal proceedings against Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake for assault and battery. The snappers claim the pair attacked them as they tried to take pictures of them in the street outside a Los Angeles hotel on Nov. 6. Saul Lazo and Jose Gonzalez allege the couple taunted and threatened them before Diaz took Lazo's camera after beating him. The alleged attack was caught on camera by another snapper, who sold his pictures to Us Weekly. Diaz later handed Lazo's camera over to police, insisting she only took it so she could find out who the snapper was. In a lawsuit filed on Nov. 12, the photographers blasted allegations from Diaz and Timberlake's publicists that they harassed the couple and jumped out of bushes on them in a bid to stir up an angry reaction. The snappers insist they did nothing to harass the couple and stood more than three feet away from them at all times. The photographers claim they suffered emotional distress and physical harm. In a clampdown, Hollywood film studios began a legal assault on Internet pirates across America, after announcing their quest to sue anyone caught swapping or downloading digital copies of films. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) pledged to take perpetrators to court in an effort to abolish the threat posed to future film production. Officials said the civil suits would seek damages of up to $30,000 per movie, to combat the billions of dollars piracy is costing film studios every year. Bridget Fonda and her composer husband Danny Elfman were celebrating after discovering the actress was pregnant with her first child. The latest member of the famous Fonda clan is due to arrive next February. Shelley Long suffered an alleged drug overdose this month, prompting mass media reports the former Cheers actress was struggling with depression. The 55-year-old actress' spokesman Martin Mickelson later denied, an American newspaper reports, the star took an overdose following the break-up of her 22-year marriage. Mickelson said Long merely took one pain pill too many to combat a severe backache. Dustin Hoffman confessed to Playboy magazine that he had enjoyed sexual threesomes in his youth and once had sex in the DJ booth at New York's famed Studio 54 nightclub. Actress Julia Roberts gave birth to twins on Nov. 28--more than a month before they were due. The actress is now a proud mother to a boy and a girl, named Phinnaeus Walter and Hazel Patricia. The babies' safe delivery came after Roberts had a pregnancy scare in October, when she was confined to bed after suffering early contractions. TV star Robert Conrad was sentenced to six moths house arrest for a 2003 car accident that left another driver seriously injured. A Paris court ruled Jean-Pierre Jeunet's new film A Very Long Engagement is not French enough to qualify for funding from the country's film agency. The Amelie filmmaker was furious about The Centre National De La Cinematographie's (CNC) claims the drama was not Gallic, despite having a French cast speaking their native language, directed by a Frenchman in a Paris setting. The CNC argued the film had partial backing by Warner Bros and therefore was not French. The Paris administrative court ruled it was too American to compete in French film festivals, including Cannes and Deauville. Drew Barrymore's actor father John D. Barrymore died in Los Angeles at the age of 72 near the end of the month. In a statement issued by her publicist, Drew said, "He was a cool cat. Please smile when you think of him." Meanwhile, Dutch film-maker Theo Van Gogh was shot dead in Amsterdam on Nov. 2 by a radical Islamist. Van Gogh, 47--who was related to legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh-- had received death threats since his controversial film Submission, which depicted violence against women in Islamic societies, was broadcast on Dutch television. After the attack, police arrested a man in a nearby park but, before they restrained him, there was a vicious exchange of gunfire that left a policeman and the suspect with bullet wounds. Both were taken to hospital. A 26-year-old man was arrested by Dutch police investigating the killing. Other deaths in November included that of French movie maker Phillipe De Broca, who lost his battle with cancer at the age of 71. And Dallas star Howard Keel lost his battle with colon cancer on Nov. 7 He was 85. The Illinois-born actor launched to fame in 1950 as Betty Hutton's love interest in musical film Annie Get Your Gun. Keel went on to play the romantic lead in MGM classics Kiss Me Kate, Show Boat, Calamity Jane and Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. Author and screenwriter Arthur Hailey also lost his life in November. The 84-year-old novelist died in his sleep. December An interview Will Smith gave to a German newspaper in which he downplayed the effect Sept. 11, 2001 had on black Americans prompted angry activists to call for a boycott of his films at the start of December. The I, Robot star had unleashed his controversial comments in Frankfurter Allgemeine four months previously, when reporter Johanna Adorjan asked Smith if the events had personally changed him. He'd replied, "No. Absolutely not. When you grow up black in America you have a completely different view of the world than white Americans. We blacks live with a constant feeling of unease. And whether you are wounded in an attack by a racist cop or in a terrorist attack, I'm sorry, it makes no difference." New mother Julia Roberts was given an extra reason to celebrate when she topped The Hollywood Reporter's annual list of highest-paid actresses yet again. The Oscar-winning star pulled in a salary of $20 million per picture. Others named in the Women In Entertainment issue included Cameron Diaz, who also takes in $20 million, and Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Drew Barrymore, who each earn $15 million. Natalie Portman wrote a letter to style magazine Allure to explain herself for comments she made in an interview in which she empathized with being a black American. The star insisted the attributed quote, "I'm not black, but I know what it feels like," was "personally offensive" when she read the article in August's Allure. She said, "If I had spoken more articulately, I might have conveyed what I truly feel: I could never know what it is like to be a black American." Not such good news for Catherine Zeta Jones and her husband Michael Douglas, whose legal woes continued unabated when British showbiz magazine Hello! decided to appeal the damages awarded to its rival OK! after it printed photographs of the couple's wedding. However, Hello! doesn't dispute the $27,740 awarded to Zeta Jones and Douglas for breach of confidence, but insisted the $1,982,197 awarded to OK! was "far too high." Luscious Liv Tyler and her rocker husband Royston Langdon became first-time parents on Dec. 14, after she gave birth to a boy called Milo. Articles Copyright World Entertainment News Network All Rights Reserved.
  • News, April 22: Michael Jackson Indicted by Grand Jury, Sony in Talks To Buy MGM, Vivica Fox on Her Ex 50 Cent, More...
    By: Guylaine Cadorette April 22, 2004 11:20am EST
    Top Story: Jackson Indicted by Grand Jury Michael Jackson was indicted Wednesday by a California grand jury investigating child molestation accusations against the pop oddity, Reuters reports. Jackson was charged in December with seven counts of lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 and two counts of plying the boy with alcohol in order to seduce him. The 45-year-old singer has pleaded innocent. Last month, prosecutors in Santa Barbara, Calif., presented evidence to the grand jury in connection with accusations that Jackson sexually molested a young boy who was seen in a British documentary filmed partly at his Neverland Valley Ranch--the playground where the singer has been known to hold sleepovers with children. But because of the secrecy surrounding the grand jury and strict gag orders imposed by Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville, who is presiding over the case, few details of the testimony have been made public. An indictment would supersede the previous charges and allow Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon to proceed directly to trial without having a public preliminary hearing on the evidence. In 1994, Jackson reportedly paid about $20 million to the to the family of a young boy to settle a molestation case out of court. Criminal charges were never filed in the case. Sony In Talks To Buy MGM Sony Corp. is in talks to acquire film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. in a cash deal valued at around $5 billion, a source familiar with the talks told The Associated Press Wednesday. To buy MGM, 74 percent of which is owned by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, Sony would join with private equity firms Texas Pacific Group and Providence Equity Partners. The deal would be lucrative one for Sony, which likely is interested in acquiring MGM's library of more than 4,200 titles, including the Pink Panther and James Bond series. MGM has been seeking to become larger either through an acquisition or merger for almost two years now. MGM made an unsuccessful bid for Universal Studios last year. Vivica Fox Misses Ex 50 Cent Kill Bill Vol. 1 star Vivica A. Fox says in Maxim magazine's May issue that she still misses her ex, rapper 50 Cent, even though he said some pretty nasty things about her after their breakup. "He still means a lot to me and I miss him very much," Maxim quotes Fox as saying. Just last month, the actress had decided not to grant any interviews because she said all anyone wanted to ask her about was 50 Cent. The couple made headlines last year when they attended the MTV Video Music Awards hand in hand. Newman Wants End to Princeton Drinking Day Paul Newman has appealed to Princeton University to end Newman's Day--an annual campus tradition in which participants try to consume a beer an hour for 24 hours, the AP reports. Newman's Day, set for April 24th, originated from a quote wrongly attributed to the actor: "24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not." Since the day falls on a Saturday this year, there was concern some students would also observe it Thursday, the week's last day of class for most students. Newman's lawyer sent the university a letter last week calling for the tradition to stop, stating the actor is disturbed his name is associated with the alcohol-related event. The university responded by stating it does not endorse the event. Newman is often credited with the quote but it was in fact comedian Steven Wright who said it. Natalie Portman Tours Uganda Star Wars actress Natalie Portman is touring charity projects in Uganda and appealing to international donors to do more to help African women deal with poverty and the spread of AIDS, the AP reports. Portman also met with one woman who successfully started her own small restaurant in the village of Iganga on just $100. Naima Omar, a 46-year-old single mother of 10, used a $100 loan from the Washington-based Foundation for International Community Assistance to open her restaurant and has gone from poverty to earning an average income in just four years. "It is amazing ... to see women with such courage and diligence creating money from such little funds," Portman said. "The women are resourceful. And it is amazing that the world is not capitalizing on this resource." Princess Diana's Family Miffed at CBS CBS's decision to broadcast photographs of Princess Diana taken as she lay dying in a Paris road tunnel has outraged her family. "Lord Spencer and his family are shocked and sickened by CBS's actions," read a statement released on behalf of Diana's brother, Earl Charles Spencer. On Wednesday, the network broke what British media considers the ultimate taboo by showing photocopies of pictures of The People's Princess at the scene of her death in a 1997 car crash. CBS defended its decision, saying they were "placed in a journalistic context--an examination of the medical treatment given to Princess Diana just after the crash--and are in no way graphic or exploitative." According to the AP, however, the program did not reveal many new details of the story that has been oft repeated in the last seven years. Role Call: Spielberg To Revisit the 1972 Olympics, Knoxville in Dick Steven Spielberg will direct a film based on the 1972 Munich Olympics, where Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes. Production on the DreamWorks project is set for June with Spielberg eyeing actor Ben Kingsley for a leading role ... Johnny Knoxville of Jackass fame will star in a feature film for New Line Cinema based on the comic book Hawaiian Dick. Set in 1953, Knoxville will play a big-city detective who is exiled to Hawaii and gets involved in a kidnapping case of a local island girl who just won't stay dead. The comic first appeared as a three-issue series in 2002.
  • Hulk Review
    By: Guylaine Cadorette June 30, 2003 7:04am EST
    Based on a series of six Marvel Comics created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby in 1962 The Hulk revolves around a scientist named Bruce Banner (Eric Bana) who following a laboratory snafu absorbs a normally deadly dose of gamma radiation. Bruce thinks he has escaped unscathed--until he gets mad ... real mad which causes him to turn into a huge rampaging green monster known as the Hulk. In order to make this 40-year-old gamma theory somewhat more believable for today's science-savvy moviegoers screenwriter James Schamus and his team decided to arm the script with a somewhat more convincing scientific rationale. The story follows Bruce's father David Banner (Nick Nolte) who as a young scientist conducted prohibited genetic experiments on himself thus changing his son's life before he was even out of the womb. While modernizing the scientific reasoning behind Bruce's transformation makes sense it's a pity it had to be done in such a heavy-handed way. By adding such an elaborate layer to the story The Hulk becomes more about Bruce and David's tormented past and any semblance of a plot is buried in melodramatic dialogue between the characters. The result is a comic book adaptation that is much too serious for its own genre. Despite the theatrical discourse don't expect complex characters to emerge from The Hulk. Although Bana (Black Hawk Down) is a good choice for the lead of the nerdy scientist and reluctant hero his character is so busy pretending he doesn't have any problems that the audience never gets to see his emotional side. Bana's character grimaces convincingly as he represses his anger for example but he fails ever to open up on a personal level to his love interest in the film his co-worker Betty played by Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind). Betty is Bruce's old flame but the two are obviously still in love: she is obsessed with fixing whatever is broken about him. As the Hulk Bruce need only look at Betty once for his anger to subside and allow him to morph back into human form. They have weighty discussions about the significance of their dreams and Bruce's past yet they never seem to connect on any level. One of the film's best performances comes from Nolte (The Good Thief) in the role of Bruce's mad scientist father David. Almost Shakespearean at times Nolte--scraggly hair and all-- completely immerses himself in the role. The cast's performances however are muted by the general heaviness of this would-be actioner. Look for quick cameo appearances by Lou Ferrigno (from the 1970s TV series The Incredible Hulk) and Marvel legend Stan Lee. For his follow-up to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Ang Lee has turned to bigger greener matters. The Hulk the director's visual effects-intense picture (with a little help from Industrial Light & Magic) is stunning and startlingly well done. The green beast's computer generated movements from his heaving chest to the single leaps that spring him well into a different zip code are convincingly real. Not only does the ground shake when this goliath lands but his momentum even throws him off balance at times sending his lumbering arms flailing. But while the CGI Hulk has been meticulously honed Lee's homage to the world of print comic books--using multiple screens to present concurrent storylines and alternate angles of the same scene--is off-putting: Rival researcher Glenn Talbot (Josh Lucas) suspiciously walks out of the lab Betty reacts in one panel Bruce sits back in another. The simultaneous screens don't necessarily show anything pertinent going on making the far and wide close and medium shots of the character's reactions a distraction rather than a helpful storytelling technique. But the most disconcerting thing about the film is that in its leap from the four-color paneled pages to the big screen it lost its wit.
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review
    By: Guylaine Cadorette July 31, 2002 2:39pm EST
    If you have ever been embarrassed by your big loud family then you will certainly relate to Toula (played by Nia Vardalos) the narrator and main character in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. After all her suburban home is modeled after the Parthenon and her father (played by Michael Constantine) believes a squirt of Windex can cure anything--including bursitis--and that every word in the English language derives from a Greek root. At 30 Toula is still living at home and kowtowing to her strict father--who believes that every Greek woman's ambition should be to marry a Greek man have Greek children and feed everyone until she dies. Suffice it to say he is less than happy when Toula becomes engaged to Ian (played by John Corbett)--a non-Greek. What ensues is a hilarious tale of what happens when two families--one loud Greek Orthodox the other conservative Episcopalian--must reconcile their differences for the sake of their children's happiness. Vardalos' narration of the events that are occurring--and how she feels about them--helps draw the viewer into Toula's world. Vardalos is great as Toula and presents her character's traits and peculiarities fittingly well like her low self-esteem and the way she slouches. More importantly Vardalos made Toula's character believable. When Toula begins taking classes at a local college her confidence improves she puts on a little makeup combs her hair and voila! She's transformed into a beautiful person oozing happiness. It's quite charming. Corbett is well cast as the sweet and accepting fiancé but he comes across as a little bland. That really dated haircut certainly doesn't win him any points either. Constantine as Toula's strict father is chauvinistic and thick-headed but he plays his cards just right so you can never really hate the character straight out even though he treats his wife and kids like a Neanderthal would. As Aunt Voula Andrea Martin is by far the most hilarious of the bunch and she delivers each line with zany conviction. For all you 'N Sync fans Joey Fatone has a small role as Toula's cousin and has maybe three lines in the film. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is based on comedy writer Vardalos' one-woman show. Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson saw the show and apparently liked it so much they decided to produce it through their Playtone studio. Directed by Joel Zwick the film is not the first to deal with big weddings and what happens when too many family members get involved. Ang Lee did it better with the 1993 romantic comedy The Wedding Banquet about a gay Taiwanese-American man who marries a young Chinese woman to satisfy his parents as did Mira Nair with last year's Monsoon Wedding about an arranged Indian marriage. But Zwick who has directed a slew of TV shows from Happy Days to The Wayans Brothers keeps things fresh and funny despite the tired storyline. Set in Chicago but filmed in Toronto the film feels authentic especially the scenes in the family's diner Dancing Zorbas their house and their neighborhood. But the movie could have done without the cartoonish old-world granny with anti-Turkish sentiment.
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