News

Jul
09 2001

When Yoda and the Godfather clashed

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
If any of the high drama that played out behind the scenes of the upcoming The Score was captured by set photographers, the ensuing "making of" feature ought to make the DVD a best seller. As reported in the current issue of Time, feuding between...
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Jul
09 2001

Go Hollywood, says U.K. film minister

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Kim Howells, who was appointed Britain's minister for tourism, film and broadcasting last month, touched off an uproar over the weekend by condemning some of Britain's biggest movie hits and urging local filmmakers to follow the lead of their...
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Jul
09 2001

TVnewsweb is latest dot-com calamity

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Last week's collapse of TVnewsweb, an Internet company that sold breaking news stories from freelancers, local TV stations and the BBC to TV stations, was being blamed on the slower-than-expected roll-out of broadband connections. The company...
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Jul
09 2001

Who's watching "Big Brother 2"?

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
George Orwell's "Big Brother Is Watching You" warning may sometimes ring true, but the reverse did not on Saturday night as the second episode of Big Brother 2 failed to attract ratings that were any larger than those for a mediocre summer...
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Jul
09 2001

A Titanic price for "Harry"?

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Warner Bros. is hoping to persuade one of the major television networks to shell out $70 million for the rights to air Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Time magazine is reporting in its current issue. The figure dwarfs the $30 million...
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Jul
09 2001

"Raider" DVD may differ from movie

By: Guylaine Cadorette
10:19am EDT
Director Simon West says that he has produced a special and altered version of Tomb Raider for release as a DVD, including some scenes that were dropped from the original and cutting other scenes. In an interview with the online edition of...
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Jul
09 2001

Time's Isaacson new CNN chief

By: Lew Irwin
10:19am EDT
Time Inc. Editorial Director Walter Isaacson has been named to replace Tom Johnson as chairman and CEO of CNN. In a statement, Isaacson said that he expected to keep CNN practicing "great journalism" and also to convey "the enthusiasm and fun that...
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Jul
09 2001

Brosnan to "quietly" remarry

By: Erika Gimenes
7:50am EDT
James Bond star Pierce Brosnan will marry fiancée Keely Smith on Aug. 4 at an Irish church that was featured in the 1951 John Wayne film The Quiet Man, Reuters reports. After the ceremony at St. Mary's Church, the couple will hold their...
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Jul
09 2001
U.K. university official John Kerrigan, defending an English exam question about the Bee Gees song "Tragedy," to Reuters: "The line in the Bee Gees song where he sings, "The feeling's gone and you can't go on,'' is a fair summary of the end of...
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Jul
09 2001

Harrison "fine" after treatment

By: Guylaine Cadorette
7:32am EDT
George Harrison says he feels "fine" in the wake of newspaper reports that the ex-Beatle has received treatment at a Swiss cancer clinic. "I am feeling fine and I am really sorry for the unnecessary worry which has been caused by the reports...
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Jul
09 2001

Harry Potter rides broom incorrectly

By: Noah Davis
7:32am EDT
A British White Witches high priest is taking Warner Bros. to task. The trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone shows apprentice wizard Harry riding a broom with the brush part behind him. "Warner Bros. claims the...
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Jul
08 2001

TV writer Peyser dead

By: Kit Bowen
12:09pm EDT
Television writer Arnold Peyser, part of a successful husband-wife writing team who wrote for such popular '70s shows as The Brady Bunch and My Three Sons, died of cancer on July 1. He was 80. He and his wife, Lois, worked on other shows such as...
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Jul
08 2001

John's AIDS benefit raises $1.4 million

By: Kit Bowen
11:30am EDT
Pop superstar Elton John raised $1.4 million Thursday in the fight against AIDS when he hosted his annual celebrity studded party White Tie and Tiara Ball at his mansion in Windsor, west of London. One anonymous guest reportedly donated $420,000...
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