News

Jun
04 2001

Vote on videos

By: Erika Gimenes
2:33pm EDT
Those who have always wanted to voice their opinion on the music videos showcased on music channels will now have the chance to do so. Rainbow Media's MuchMusic USA will launch a new 90-minute primetime interactive music video block on their...
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Jun
03 2001

Yearwood blocks old demo sale

By: Guylaine Cadorette
1:40pm EDT
Country singer Trisha Yearwood has won a federal lawsuit against Michael J. Young to stop the songwriter/producer from manufacturing, selling or distributing the recording of her 1990 single, "Love What Ya Do To Me," Launch.com reports. Young...
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Jun
03 2001

Eminem's film debut

By: Erika Gimenes
1:40pm EDT
Controversial rapper Eminem will not have to do too much research when he makes his film debut. He will play a troubled young rapper in urban Detroit struggling to make it big. Curtis Hanson, who directed films such as Wonder Boys and L.A...
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Jun
03 2001

Monroe remembered

By: Erika Gimenes
1:40pm EDT
On June 26, 1953, Marilyn Monroe received her star along Hollywood's Walk of Fame. She wrote her name in the wet cement in front of Grauman''s Chinese Theater and dotted the "i" in her first name with a rhinestone. The blonde bombshell had...
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Jun
03 2001

Shrek Review

By: Robert Sims
9:47am EDT
Based on a book by William Steig the deliriously warped Shrek unfolds as a vividly rendered computer-animated romp with a heart as big as its hero. It also lovingly evokes the spirit of traditional fairy tales while spoofing such contemporary...
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Jun
03 2001

Angel Eyes Review

By: Kit Bowen
9:45am EDT
Lopez plays Officer Sharon Pogue a tough cop who lives primarily for her job. She arrives one day on the scene of a horrific accident to find a woman and a young boy dead inside a smashed-up car. She tries to keep the remaining occupant alive...
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Jun
03 2001

The Mummy Returns Review

By: Robert Sims
9:44am EDT
"We do not want to wake the gods " warns one unscrupulous henchman while raiding the tomb of the Scorpion King (The Rock) an ancient Egyptian warrior frozen in time after promising his soul to the god Anubis. Too late. The henchman's employees...
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Jun
03 2001

What's the Worst That Could Happen? Review

By: Robert Sims
9:42am EDT
In this docile farce from George of the Jungle director Sam Weisman Lawrence and DeVito try to destroy each another--unimaginatively though--over a ring both consider lucky. Lawrence receives the ring as a token of love from girlfriend Carmen...
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Jun
03 2001

Shyne sentenced

By: Noah Davis
8:38am EDT
Convicted of assault, rapper Jamaal "Shyne" Barrow was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his part in an incident that left three people wounded. The same jury that acquitted Sean "Puffy" Combs and his bodyguard Anthony Jones convicted Shyne in...
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Jun
03 2001

Columbia: critic is fake

By: Noah Davis
8:37am EDT
In a bizarre episode Columbia Pictures has admitted that recent rave reviews for some of their movies were made up by the studio itself and attributed to a fictitious movie critic. Newsweek magazine reports that David Manning, who called Australian...
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Jun
03 2001

Imogene Coca dies

By: Noah Davis
8:32am EDT
Comedic actress Imogene Coca passed away on Saturday at the age of 92. Coca died at home in Westport, Connecticut, of natural causes, says Reuters. Coca was best known for her work with famed comedian Sid Caesar on TV's Your Show of Shows in the...
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Jun
01 2001

Downey legal teams clash

By: Guylaine Cadorette
3:16pm EDT
Robert Downey Jr.'s old legal team is claiming that the trouble-plagued actor's new legal team has no right to take credit for his tentative plea agreement, People reports. Downey will reportedly plead no contest to two drug-related charges and...
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Jun
01 2001

Arlene Francis dies at 92

By: Guylaine Cadorette
9:56am EDT
Actress Arlene Francis, a panelist on What's My Line for its 25-year run, died Thursday at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco of natural causes. Though the theater was the actress' first love, she gained her fame and fortune through television. In...
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