'NSync Members To Appear In Attack Of The Clones
NEW YORK (AP) - A few members of 'NSync have turned a childhood obsession into a nice little cameo appearance. According to a spokesperson for Lucasfilm, Ltd., a few members of the boy band will make an appearance as extras in Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones, due in May from 20th Century Fox. There ...
| Hollywood enjoys record year
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Movie-ticket sales for 2001 will total an estimated $8.35 billion (�5.7 billion) by the end of New Year's Eve, up from last year's record of $7.7 billion (�5.2 billion), according to a Los Angeles box office tracker. Exhibitor Relations said admissions were up 5%, and with the average ...
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Hobbits Take Over Box Office!
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hobbits were lords of the box office as the opening chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy took in $45.3 million Friday to Sunday for an easy No. 1 debut. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' - which opened Wednesday - also grossed nearly $28 million in its first ...
| Paul McCartney, Sting, & Enya Up For Golden Globe Awards
NEW YORK (AP) - It might not be music's biggest night, but scoring a Golden Globe nomination is still high on many artists' wish lists. This year, Paul McCartney, Sting, and Enya lead the artist list for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture at the 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 20. The awards ...
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Eminem, Director Work on Movie
DETROIT (AP) - Eminem and director Curtis Hanson had a lot of goals in mind when they decided to film the rapper's movie in the Motor City. Shooting wraps up on "8 Mile'' next month, and the pair will have made a film about the city, in the city - a desire they shared for the movie, formerly known as ...
| 'Vanilla Sky' Tops Weekend Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Cruise bested a band of crooks as ``Vanilla Sky'' opened atop the box office, sending ``Ocean's Eleven'' to No. 2. An erotic thriller that reunites Cruise with ``Jerry Maguire'' director Cameron Crowe, ``Vanilla Sky'' took in $25 million over the weekend, according to industry ...
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MTV Plans to Make Tupac Shakur Film
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - MTV plans to make a documentary film on the life of Tupac Shakur, the 25-year-old rap star killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. His mother, Afeni Shakur, will be the documentary's executive producer. "The past five years have been extremely painful watching and ...
| 'Ocean's Eleven' No. 1 at Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Slick Las Vegas crooks swiped Harry Potter's crown this week as a wave of big box office swept "Ocean's Eleven'' into the top spot. The star-powered caper film opened atop the box office, taking in $39.3 million over the weekend for the best December opening ever, according to industry ...
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Snoop Dogg, Britney Spears, Mya Continue Building Film Resumes
NEW YORK (AP) - Despite recent box office duds from Mariah Carey (Glitter) and 'NSync's Lance Bass and Joey Fatone (On the Line), musicians are continuing to pile up the film roles. Rapper Snoop Dogg, who most recently starred in Bones and The Wash (with Dr. Dre), has signed on to appear in the upcoming ...
| Britney Gets Shagadelic
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Britney Spears and Beyonce Knowles are the latest babes to sign on to appear in the upcoming Austin Powers flick, Austin Powers in Goldmember. Spears will play herself in the film, while Knowles will play Foxy Cleopatra. Quincy Jones will also make an appearance in film as himself. ...
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'Harry Potter' Tops Box Office Again
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Harry Potter'' is laughing all the way to Gringott's Bank, where wizards stash their cash. However, while the boy wizard conjured up record gobs of money over the Thanksgiving weekend, overall box office revenues were down compared to last year's holiday period. 'Harry Potter and ...
| 'Potter' Topples Box Office Record
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wizards vanquished lizards as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' grossed $93.5 million in its first weekend, shattering the box-office debut record held by the dinosaur sequel "The Lost World: Jurassic Park.'' Other records also fell by the wayside. "Harry Potter'' posted the ...
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Mandy Moore A Walk To Remember Soundtrack Set For Jan. 15; Movie Due Jan. 25
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Walk To Remember, the Warner Bros. film that teen popster Many Moore is starring in, is now set for a Jan. 25 release, with the soundtrack hitting record stores on Jan. 15 on Epic. The soundtrack includes four songs sung by Moore - "Cry" (which is her next single), "It's Gonna Be ...
| Merry 'Monsters' braced for Harry Potter
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With less than a week until Harry Potter bewitches moviegoers, the Disney cartoon ''Monsters, Inc.'' enjoyed its second - and likely last - weekend as the No. 1 movie at the North American box office. According to studio estimates issued Sunday, "Monsters,'' Inc.'' earned $46.2 ...
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Advance 'Potter' Tickets Sell Quickly
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tickets to "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' already are vanishing a week before the movie debuts. Although most box-office outlets decline to disclose totals, they said the tickets were selling faster than any other film this year. In London, theaters have already sold nearly ...
| Gorillaz Set Sights On Film, Soundtrack Project?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Animated U.K. act Gorillaz are reportedly planning to follow-up their platinum self-titled debut with a soundtrack to their own movie. Animator Jamie Hewlett, who draws the characters in the virtual group (made up of Blur's Damon Albarn, Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, and Del Tha Funky ...
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'Monsters Inc.' Tops Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Monsters Inc.'' scared away the weekend competition. The film about a monster factory that collects kids' screams recorded the best debut ever for an animated film and the sixth-best opening of all time, bringing in $63.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Monsters Inc.,'' ...
| 'K-Pax', '13 Ghosts' top box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aliens and ghosts dominated the box office this weekend as the mental-ward drama "K-Pax," starring Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey as a possible visitor from space, took in $17.5 million to debut as the No. 1 film. A close second was the Halloween horror remake "13 Ghosts," which grossed ...
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Enya Sings for 'Rings'
NEW YORK (AP) - While Enya's recent release, A Day Without Rain, has been steadily climbing the charts over the last forty-seven weeks and landing at the Number Two spot this week, the Celtic singer has recorded two new songs to be released by year's end. "Aniron . . . (I Desire)" and "May It Be" will ...
| Movie-Goers Flock to 'From Hell'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was an odd mix of kiss kiss, slash slash at the weekend box office as movie-goers split their attention between a 1960s chick flick and a tale of Victorian-era mass murder. Johnny Depp's Jack the Ripper thriller "From Hell'' debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $11.3 million. ...
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