News

Jun
19 2001

Martha, Martha, Martha

By: Noah Davis
7:57am EDT
Media mogul and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart's autobiography will be published by Clarkson Potter, The Associated Press reports. "To many onlookers, what I have accomplished may appear easy, but it was all done with hard work, old-fashioned elbow...
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Jun
18 2001

Ashley Judd settles lawsuit

By: Noah Davis
1:50pm EDT
Co-defendants Ashley Judd and Entertainment Tonight have settled a lawsuit with reporter Larry Birkhead out of court, The Associated Press reports. The Louisville-based freelance entertainment writer accused Judd of making libelous remarks on...
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Jun
18 2001

R.I.P. with Kiss

By: Erika Gimenes
1:44pm EDT
Kiss fans can now take their love for Kiss to the grave. The blood-spitting rock mogul of Kiss, Gene Simmons, has added yet another product to the glam rock band's ever-growing merchandising universe: the "Kiss Kasket." The coffin features the...
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Jun
18 2001

Pinewood celebrates 65th birthday

By: Lew Irwin
11:28am EDT
With the 65th anniversary of Britain's Pinewood studios being marked by a theatrical documentary, A Celebration of Pinewood Studios, and a picture book, the Pinewood Story (Reynolds & Hearn), media mogul Michael Grade, a co-owner of the studios...
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Jun
18 2001

Time, Newsweek review "A.I."

By: Lew Irwin
11:27am EDT
The two national news weeklies Time and Newsweek are out with ambivalent reviews of Steven Spielberg's A.I., set for release next weekend amid numerous predictions that it will wind up as the biggest blockbuster of the year. Richard Corliss in Time...
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Jun
18 2001

Ted Turner to make indie films

By: Lew Irwin
11:27am EDT
Ted Turner is setting up an independent film company, based in Atlanta, that will produce theatrical and television features and documentaries, a Turner spokeswoman said on Friday. As reported by Reuters, Ted Turner Productions will have a "first...
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Jun
18 2001
One week after George Lucas appeared to bless efforts by student filmmakers to devise "corrected" versions of Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Lucasfilm posted a copyright warning on the Star Wars Web site on Friday implying that the...
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Jun
18 2001

"Croft"'s raid nets $48.2 million

By: Lew Irwin
11:27am EDT
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider blasted into movie theaters over the weekend amassing a far-higher-than expected $48.2 million, according to box-office estimates--the most ever earned by a debuting movie based on a video game. (The previous record holder:...
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Jun
18 2001

Reality show contestant sues BBC for libel

By: Lew Irwin
11:27am EDT
A contestant on the BBC reality show Castaway is suing the broadcasting corporation and the production company Lion TV, claiming that they libeled him by editing scenes in the shows so that he would appear to be "aggressive and temperamental," the...
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Jun
18 2001
British commercial broadcaster ITV has been hit harder than expected by the downturn in advertising spending, the London Sunday Times reported. The newspaper, citing confidential documents that it had obtained, says that ITV's ad revenue for June...
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Jun
18 2001
The Weakest Link is expected to debut as a syndicated daytime feature in January, Daily Variety reported Monday. The trade paper said that the show, which currently airs on NBC in primetime, will be carried by the CBS flagship station in New York...
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Jun
18 2001
News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch has told investors that he is close to nailing down an agreement to take over control of Hughes Electronics, operator of the DirecTV home satellite service, the London Financial Times reported on its online site on...
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Jun
18 2001
Viacom is looking at the possibility of acquiring Telemundo Communications, the second largest Spanish-language broadcaster in the U.S. (behind Univision Communications), the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal reported Monday citing...
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