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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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Jun
15 2001
Thursday night marked the induction of singer-songwriters Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton into New York's Songwriters Hall of Fame. Also inducted were Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren, Oscar-winning composer Paul...
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Jun
15 2001

Humanitas finalists announced

By: Noah Davis
2:31pm EDT
The Humanitas Awards, established 27 years ago to reward writers whose work explores the complexities of human experience and sheds light on the positive values of life, announced its list of finalists Thursday, Variety reports. Lee Hall for Billy...
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Jun
15 2001

Stone joins agency exodus

By: Noah Davis
2:30pm EDT
Is it a conspiracy? Oliver Stone (Platoon, JFK, Nixon) has become the latest A-list movie director to leave Creative Artists Agency and join Artists Management Group, according to Reuters. Super-agent Michael Ovitz built CAA, before leaving in 1998...
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Jun
15 2001

Sony faked it again

By: Kit Bowen
2:27pm EDT
Having just been cited for deceptive advertising by inventing a critic to hype Columbia Pictures' films, Sony Pictures Entertainment is under the gun again. This time it's fake fans. Seems that in a nationally televised ad for the Mel...
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Jun
15 2001

Movie chain to be bought out

By: Noah Davis
2:26pm EDT
General Cinemas, the ailing movie chain that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, has received a proposal from investment firms Onex Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management to restructure the organization, according to the Hollywood...
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Jun
15 2001

Gwyneth's stalker stymied

By: Noah Davis
2:25pm EDT
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert O'Neill ruled Thursday that Gwyneth Paltrow's stalker should not be released anytime soon from the mental institution where he's incarcerated. Dante Michael Soiu, 51, who was convicted and sentenced to a...
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Jun
15 2001
At an announcement marking the start of an MTV-organized anti-bias scholarship program, rapper Method Man says he feels discrimination almost every time he gets on an airplane and settles into a first class seat: "I don't know whether it's in the...
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Jun
14 2001

2001 MTV Movie Awards

By: Noah Davis
2:40pm EDT
Forget the stuffed shirts, the tuxedos, the Hollywood insiders, and the race for a small statue of a gold man. The MTV Movie Awards are about the people, and the stars pay homage to their crowd by acting and dressing like one of them. The stars...
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Jun
14 2001

"Survivor" Skupin attacked

By: Guylaine Cadorette
2:25pm EDT
Survivor: The Australian Outback cast member Michael Skupin was allegedly pepper sprayed by an animal rights activist in Columbia, Mo. on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. David Cravens was arrested following the incident and was charged...
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Jun
14 2001

HBO takes a shot at reality TV

By: Guylaine Cadorette
2:24pm EDT
According to Variety, HBO will run its first sports-based reality series, Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Baltimore Ravens, beginning in early August. The series will recount the daily lives of players and coaches as they prepare for the 2001...
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Jun
14 2001

Wes Craven to remake "Harry"

By: Guylaine Cadorette
2:23pm EDT
According to Variety, director Wes Craven is in talks with Miramax Films to helm the English-language remake of the French film With a Friend Like Harry. The original version, directed by Dominik Moll, premiered at the Cannes International Film...
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Jun
14 2001

Quote of the Day: Jolie on cup size

By: Kit Bowen
2:22pm EDT
Actress Angelina Jolie to Variety, on the cup-size differences between herself, the Lara Croft character she plays in "Tomb Raider'' and the character as she appears in the video game: I'll make it real simple. I'm a 36-C. In the game, she's a...
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