News

Jun
16 2001

Lack of urgency apparent in talks

By: Robert Sims
7:45am EDT
The actors guilds and the studios resumed talks Wednesday after almost a week off. Sort of. Instead of meeting face-to-face, reps from both sides met separately in committees, Variety reports. Insiders say this is an indication that talks will go...
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Jun
16 2001

"Blonde" ambition

By: Noah Davis
7:45am EDT
The inaugural National Blonde Day will be observed Monday, July 9, the Blonde Legal Defense Club has announced. "Everyone's heard blonde jokes," said Fern Magnin, the BLDC's recently named official spokeswoman, said in a statement. "People...
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Jun
16 2001

R-rated movies walloped

By: Lew Irwin
7:41am EDT
Ticket sales for R-rated films have plummeted since movie theaters, bowing to political pressure, began tightening their enforcement of age restrictions, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing a study by research group MarketCast. The study...
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Jun
16 2001

Philbin: don't blame me

By: Lew Irwin
7:41am EDT
With ABC's decline to No. 2 for the season being attributed to a ratings slide for its Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the show's host, Regis Philbin, denied Friday that Millionaire represents a "problem" for the network. In an interview with AP...
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Jun
16 2001

Payola probe could jolt industry

By: Lew Irwin
7:41am EDT
In a development that could have devastating consequences for giant media corporations, the Los Angeles Times has disclosed that several independent record promoters keep detailed logs of songs played by radio stations, the amount of money the...
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Jun
16 2001

Universal: "Grinch" not profitable

By: Lew Irwin
7:41am EDT
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, last year's biggest box office hit with $260 million in the U.S., has yet to make a profit for Universal, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The studio, the newspaper said, is still struggling to make expenses...
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Jun
16 2001

Lauer rapped

By: Lew Irwin
7:41am EDT
A Salt Lake City newspaper columnist has sharply rapped Today show host Matt Lauer for his handling of an interview with Utah bigamist Tom Green on Monday's telecast. Scott Pierce, the TV writer for the Deseret News, particularly objected to...
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Jun
15 2001

Evolution Review

By: Stacie Hougland
2:44pm EDT
When science professors Ira (David Duchovny) and Harry (Orlando Jones) are first to discover microscopic organisms on a meteor from outer space that smashed into the nearby Arizona desert they're anticipating leaving their community college for...
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Jun
15 2001

Left-Eye to marry Spiderman

By: Noah Davis
2:36pm EDT
She burned his house down once, but now he's coming back for more. Singer Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes of TLC will wed football star Andre 'Spiderman' Rison on July 5, Rison announced Wednesday on WHTA-FM in Atlanta. Lopes and Rison were sharing Rison's...
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Jun
15 2001

Jimi's ax for sale

By: Noah Davis
2:35pm EDT
Adding to the already lengthy list of celebrity auctions, one of the late Jimi Hendrix's guitars will be placed up for sale by Bonhams and Brooks, Reuters reports. The auction is being organized by Hendrix's one-time girlfriend Kathy Etchingham...
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Jun
15 2001

Intellectuals say "Doh!"

By: Jason Alcorn
2:35pm EDT
Doh!: "Expression of frustration used when a person has done something stupid; popularized by Homer Simpson. Antedate: 1993." It's official: Homer Simpson has made it into the Oxford English Dictionary. The Simpsons' beer-guzzling...
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Jun
15 2001

Annie get your bra

By: Noah Davis
2:35pm EDT
Dolly Parton is fixing to bust in on Broadway's Annie Get Your Gun. Crystal Bernard (TV's Wings) is set to replace Reba McEntire as the gun-toting Annie when McEntire departs on June 22, but Parton has been wooed to replace Bernard soon after, says...
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Jun
15 2001

McGowan confirmed for "Charmed"

By: Noah Davis
2:33pm EDT
Rose McGowan's entrance on Charmed is now official: she's the long-lost sister of the original trio of siblings. The WB has confirmed that McGowan will take Shannen Doherty's place on the three-year-old show, Reuters reports. Doherty announced last...
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