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Jul
31 2001

Box Office Analysis: July 29

By: Martin Grove
8:09am EDT
Planet of the Apes proved to be the 400 pound box office gorilla insiders anticipated, opening to nearly $70 million. 20th Century Fox's PG-13 sci-fi action adventure inspired by the studio's 1968 classic of the same name landed in first...
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Jul
31 2001

'Sopranos' Premiere Gangs Up on the Nielsens

By: Hollywood.com Staff
7:53am EDT
The Nielsens are in and HBO proved to be the big boss Sunday night. The third-season premiere of the hit series "The Sopranos" blew away the networks with 11.3 million viewers in HBO-subscribing homes, and broke some impressive records along...
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Jul
31 2001

'Sopranos' Casting Call Draws a Mob

By: Don Chareunsy
7:53am EDT
It was a mob, but not that kinda Mob. An estimated 14,000 people turned out Saturday in Harrison, N.J., for an open casting call by the producers of the award-winning HBO series "The Sopranos." The turnout was so large -- reporters figured...
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Jul
31 2001

'Mulder, It's Not You!'

By: Steve Ryfle
7:53am EDT
He was an invincible robot in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," but can Robert Patrick defeat the skeptics? Patrick has been named to fill David Duchovny's shoes on the upcoming eighth season of "The X-Files," according to today's Hollywood Reporter...
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Jul
31 2001

'Real World'-er Fights Back

By: Fiona Ng
7:53am EDT
Apparently the real world ain't nothing like "The Real World." Just ask Julie Stoffer, a Brigham Young University student and a current member of the New Orleans edition of "The Real World," who has been suspended from the Mormon school for her...
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Jul
31 2001

'Monday Night' Dennis Miller!

By: Joal Ryan
7:53am EDT
Meet the new Howard Cosell: Smug comic Dennis Miller of HBO's self-titled, self-satisfied talk show is joining the booth of ABC's "Monday Night Football." In an afternoon press conference today, "MNF" producer Don Ohlmeyer announced that Miller...
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Jul
31 2001

'Murphy Brown' Does It

By: Joal Ryan
7:53am EDT
She said she'd do it, and she did. "Murphy Brown" Emmy winner Candice Bergen, 54, wed Manhattan developer Marshall Rose, 63, on Thursday in the groom's Big Apple apartment, it was reported today. It is the second marriage for both. She lost...
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Jul
31 2001

'Monday Night' Madness

By: Joal Ryan
7:53am EDT
Forget "Survivor." What we want to know is who'll survive the "Monday Night Football" cut? Rush Limbaugh? Ex-coach Jimmy Jones? Um, Dennis Miller?!?! Yup, smug comic Dennis Miller, of HBO's self-titled, self-satisfied talk show, is among those...
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Jul
31 2001
Continuing to do her part in strengthening the role of women in society, Darva Conger, who wed a total stranger on national TV in the name of (reputed) multi-millions, has now exposed herself to the nation's magazine readers in the name of a big...
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Jul
31 2001
A host of mid-level blockbusters and some serious classic films highlight the DVD release schedule for the week of Dec. 7. Heading things up is Warner Bros.' special edition of the Renny Harlin-directed action feature "Deep Blue Sea" ($24.98...
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Jul
31 2001

'O' Looking for A Release Date

By: Hollywood.com Staff
7:53am EDT
In these turbulent times, films dealing with high school violence are being shelved -- presenting a serious problem for the film, "O," a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare's "Othello" that takes place in a high school. Dimension Films and...
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Jul
31 2001

'Over the Rainbow' Takes Top Spot

By: Hollywood.com Staff
7:53am EDT
There really is gold at the end of the rainbow. "Over the Rainbow," the 1939 ballad first sung by the legendary Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz," earned the top spot on a list of 365 Songs of the Century, according to a poll sponsored by...
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Jul
31 2001

'N Sync Out-Countries Garth Brooks

By: Joal Ryan
7:53am EDT
How much did them country folks dislike Garth Brooks' soul patch? Well, take a look at the Academy of Country Music nominations. The scorecard reads something like this: Garth Brooks -- zero; 'N Sync -- one. Is 'N Sync a country act? Can you...
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