News

Jul
19 2001

Letterman sends singer DiFranco packing

By: Lew Irwin
11:43am EDT
Singer Ani DiFranco was booted off CBS's Late Show with David Letterman after she refused to substitute a more "upbeat" song for one dealing with "white flight" to the suburbs, the Washington Post reported Thursday. DiFranco's manager, Scot Fisher...
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Jul
19 2001
Advancing its cachet, the 5-year-old Hollywood Film Festival announced Wednesday that it will screen Woody Allen's latest movie, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion at the close of this year's session on Aug. 6. The festival said that it had selected 42...
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Jul
19 2001

Warner's needs a "Sorcerer"

By: Lew Irwin
11:43am EDT
The importance of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone loomed large Wednesday as AOL Time Warner issued second-quarter results that were below analysts' expectations. Shares in the media giant plummeted nearly 10 percent to $44.65 as analysts...
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Jul
19 2001

No Brando in "Scary Movie 2" DVD

By: Lew Irwin
11:43am EDT
Scary Movie 2 director Keenen Ivory Wayans has revealed that although he got "a good amount of footage of [Marlon] Brando" before the actor was forced to pull out of the film, none of it will be used on the Scary Movie 2 DVD. "That would be...
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Jul
19 2001

Napster back in business

By: Erika Gimenes
7:11am EDT
A federal appeals court gave Napster Inc. permission Wednesday to resume business over the Internet, overruling a lower court judge who had demanded more assurances on copyright protection. Napster, which has been voluntarily offline since the...
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Jul
19 2001
The California Supreme Court in San Francisco has denied film legend Francis Ford Coppola's petition to review a lower court's reversal of an $80 million damage award, Reuters reports. In 1998, the Academy Award-winning Coppola originally won a...
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Jul
19 2001

Aussie animals will "Survive"

By: Jason Alcorn
5:58am EDT
It was the squeal heard 'round the world: Survivor contestant Michael Skupin sinking a hunting knife into the back of an Outback pig earlier this year on the popular reality-based program. But soon, such practices will carry a hefty fine in...
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Jul
19 2001

"Puffy" in trouble with the law again

By: Guylaine Cadorette
5:57am EDT
Rapper Sean "Puffy" Combs has had another run-in with Miami police, according to the Miami Herald. Sgt. Gene Kowalski was working off duty Saturday at Club Space in Miami Beach when he noticed a silver Ferrari-which Combs was driving--blocking...
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Jul
19 2001

Supermodel Niki Taylor returns home

By: Guylaine Cadorette
5:48am EDT
Supermodel Niki Taylor, who was hospitalized following a car accident in Atlanta in April, returned to her home in Davie, Fla., on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Taylor was released from Grady Memorial Hospital and admitted to a rehabilitation center...
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Jul
18 2001

News Roundup: July 18

By: Robert Sims
12:34pm EDT
In Court The Sopranos's Robert Iler will have to wait until an Oct. 25 court hearing to find out whether the charges of second-degree robbery and marijuana possession against him will be dropped, Entertainment Tonight reports. At a...
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Jul
18 2001

Fox chief confronts reality

By: Lew Irwin
12:17pm EDT
Speaking to television critics in Pasadena Tuesday, Fox TV Chairman Sandy Grushow warned that the industry could face problems down the road if it relies too heavily on "reality" programming. "In the long run, networks that use unscripted...
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Jul
18 2001

Chile ousts film censorship board

By: Lew Irwin
12:17pm EDT
Chile has decided to do away with its official film and TV censorship board, the Consejo de Calificación Cinematografica, Screen Daily, the daily online edition of the British trade publication Screen International, reported Wednesday. The...
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Jul
18 2001
A procession of European and Asian filmmakers speaking at a Korean film festival Wednesday have warned of Hollywood's cultural invasion and urged united resistance against it. Speaking at the Puchon International Festival of Fantasy Film, Korean...
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