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Aug
14 2001

Director Smith: Only kidding, Tim

By: Lew Irwin
1:03pm EDT
Director Kevin Smith says he was only joking when he accused fellow director Tim Burton of stealing the ending of Planet of the Apes from one of his Jay and Silent Bob comic books. In a message posted on his View Askew Web site, Smith wrote...
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Aug
14 2001

MTV's "Jackass" no more

By: Lew Irwin
12:47pm EDT
MTV has yanked its controversial Jackass series following the resignation of its popular host, Johnny Knoxville. The show set off a blaze of political controversy after several youths were injured attempting to recreate stunts performed on the show...
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Aug
14 2001

Quote of the Day: Sigler on TV kisses

By: Erika Gimenes
11:23am EDT
The Sopranos actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, to Maxim magazine, about describing her onscreen kiss to overprotective costar James Gandolfini: "[He] asked, 'How was it? Did he use tongue?' ...I was like, 'Well, yeah. He did.' Jim got so mad. He...
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Aug
14 2001

News Roundup: Aug. 14

By: Guylaine Cadorette
11:23am EDT
Top Story Ewan McGregor may enjoy working in Hollywood, but he would never live there. McGregor said he loathes the Los Angeles studio system because it dehumanizes actors by putting them on A, B and C lists according to how much money...
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Aug
14 2001

Britney to duet with Michael Jackson

By: Erika Gimenes
10:58am EDT
The self-proclaimed King of Pop plans to unite with today's biggest names in music to perform his hit songs at his 30th anniversary gala, scheduled for Sept. 7 and 10 at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Jackson and pop Britney Spears...
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Aug
13 2001
A secret report by British police officials has concluded that the producers of a TV spoof about how the media treat pedophiles should be prosecuted under the Protection of Children Act, the London tabloid News of the World reported Sunday. It...
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Aug
13 2001

A 15-hour "Snow White"

By: Lew Irwin
1:29pm EDT
Disney's DVD release of its 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will contain 15 hours of material on two discs, according to Newsweek magazine, and will include the movie itself (in four languages), a "making of" documentary, an...
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Aug
13 2001

The Cuban junket crisis

By: Lew Irwin
1:29pm EDT
The Treasury Department is questioning CBS President Les Moonves, MTV Chairman Tom Freston, William Morris Agency President Jim Wiatt, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter and producer Brad Grey about their trip to Cuba last November, which included...
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Aug
13 2001
A London court has barred the World Wrestling Federation from using the initials WWF. The ruling came on a demand for an injunction sought by the World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as the World Wildlife Fund, which had complained that the...
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Aug
13 2001
Woody Allen has conceded that he is the toughest critic of his films and often concurs with negative reviewers. "When I make a film, after I labor over it and sit in the editing room, nothing, in the end, seems funny or wonderful or delightful. You...
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Aug
13 2001
News Corp does not intend to raise its bid to acquire Hughes Electronics, the operator of DirecTV, Bloomberg News reported Saturday, citing people familiar with the media company's plans. In a report filed from Sydney, the headquarters of the...
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Aug
13 2001
The executive producer of the Washington, D.C.-based drama The District says that the show's season premiere on Sept. 22 will have a plot line with similarities to the case of missing intern Chandra Levy. John Wirth told the current issue of TV...
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Aug
13 2001
Comcast President Brian Roberts and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates met secretly last week to discuss forming an alliance to compete against AOL Time Warner to acquire AT&T's cable business, the New York Post reported Monday. The newspaper...
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