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May
16 2001
Baz Luhrmann is planning to produce a stage version of his upcoming film Moulin Rouge, which opened the Cannes Film Festival last week, the film's producer, Martin Brown, said in Cannes Tuesday. Screendaily.com, the online offshoot of the British...
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May
16 2001

"Weakest" to go twice weekly

By: Lew Irwin
10:27am EDT
NBC is expected to make The Weakest Link a twice-weekly feature beginning next season, published reports said Friday. The network, which officially announces its fall schedule on Monday, is also dropping the sitcoms DAG, The Fighting Fitzgeralds...
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May
16 2001
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones will grace the cover of People magazine on Friday when it will reveal its annual "50 Most Beautiful People" list. Julia Roberts makes the list for the sixth time, Halle Berry for the fifth and actor George Clooney for...
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May
16 2001

Kinnear, wife lose baby

By: Erika Gimenes
10:09am EDT
Actor Greg Kinnear and wife Helen Labdon lost the baby they were expecting this summer, a spokeswoman for the couple told USA Today on Wednesday. Labdon, 31, miscarried almost one month ago when she was about five months pregnant, the rep said...
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May
16 2001

Miss Colombia upset over Letterman drug joke

By: Erika Gimenes
8:24am EDT
Andrea Noceti, who competed last week in the Miss Universe competition in Puerto Rico, threatened to sue David Letterman on Tuesday for joking Friday during his talk show that swallowing bags of heroin ranked among Noceti's top talents, Reuters...
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May
16 2001

Noah Wyle renews "ER" contract

By: Erika Gimenes
8:22am EDT
ER's Noah Wyle has signed a deal to extend his run for two seasons, Reuters reports. ER will establish Wyle's Dr. John Carter as the medical drama's linchpin, ensuring that the series will run at least through a 10th season. Wyle's decision to...
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May
16 2001

Downey exit boosts "Ally" ratings

By: Erika Gimenes
8:16am EDT
Actor Robert Downey Jr.'s final Ally McBeal on Monday boosted the series to its best ratings since February. According to Reuters, the high ratings helped Fox win the key demos for the second night in a row. Nielsen reported that Ally topped CBS'...
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May
16 2001

Brad Pitt launches clothing line

By: Erika Gimenes
8:13am EDT
Brad Pitt and his stylist Todd Shemarya will launch a clothing line with the help of three Hollywood costumers, according to DNR, a men's retail and fashion magazine. The actor will work closely with designers to develop the clothes, but his name...
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May
16 2001

MTV develops new animation series

By: Erika Gimenes
8:12am EDT
MTV plans to air nine animated series during the next three years. "Animation has always been a part of MTV since the day we went on the air," MTV Animation president Abby Terkuhle told the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. Among the projects under...
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May
16 2001

McCartney to tour after eight years

By: Erika Gimenes
8:10am EDT
Paul McCartney is ready to take the stage again for the first time in eight years. McCartney said he's "very excited to go out on the road with a new album and I'm very excited by this one," Reuters reports. He is currently recording his new studio...
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May
16 2001

Country Music Hall of Fame ready to open

By: Erika Gimenes
8:08am EDT
The $37 million, 135,000-square-foot Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will open Thursday in downtown Nashville, Tenn. According to The Associated Press, the new hall will replace a much smaller building that opened in 1967 on Music Row, an...
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May
16 2001

May Eye pleased

By: Lew Irwin
7:21am EDT
CBS last week continued to dominate the May ratings sweeps, helped by its new police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and the hit comedy Everybody Loves Raymond, each of which finished in the Nielsen top 10. A Survivor epilogue, Back from the...
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May
16 2001

"Crouching Tiger" continues awards sweep

By: Robert Sims
6:49am EDT
Fresh from winning four Oscars, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon dominated Sunday's Hong Kong Film Awards. The martial arts epic won eight of its 16 nominations, including best picture and best director for Ang Lee, according to Reuters. In the Mood...
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