Oscars 'will not be beaten by terror'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Oscars ceremony will be staged as "normal" despite fears of further terrorist attacks in the US. The president of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, Frank Pierson, has vowed that the events of 11 September will not stop the Oscars. But acknowledging that the ...
| 'Training Day' Tops Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Movie-goers preferred violent crime to the comedic variety as "Training Day'' remained the No. 1 weekend film, edging the bank-robbery comedy "Bandits,'' which had a weak debut. "Training Day,'' starring Denzel Washington as a corrupt narcotics detective, was the top film for the ...
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'Training Day' tops box office
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) - Even mean and crooked, Denzel Washington can pack a movie theater. "Training Day," in which the nice-guy actor departs from his typical heroic roles to play a villain, debuted as the No. 1 weekend film with $24.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Serendipity," ...
| Kim Basinger In Talks To Be Eminem's Movie Mom
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oscar winner Kim Basinger is negotiating to star as Eminem's mother in a film loosely based on his life. In the still-untitled flick, slated to begin shooting in Detroit later this month, Eminem plays a character named Jimmy � a young man who learns to express himself through music ...
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Michael Douglas has first 'Word' at box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three new movie releases, led by the Michael Douglas kidnap thriller "Don't Say A Word,'' helped rejuvenate the lackluster North American box office, propelling total weekend receipts to their highest level in three weeks. According to studio estimates issued Sunday, "Don't Say ...
| Movie List at N.Y. Film Festival
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The 27 films appearing at the New York Film Festival, which opened Friday: "Va Savoir,'' Jacques Rivette, France "What Time Is It There?'' Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan "I'm Going Home,'' Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge,'' Shohei Imamura, Japan ...
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Terrorist Attacks Make Films Timely
NEW YORK (AP) - International films may be more important than ever since terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, said Richard Pena, chairman of the New York Film Festival's selection committee. "Certainly, the recent tragic events of Sept. 11 perhaps showed us in horrible detail ...
| 'Hardball' No. 1 at Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP)LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Hardball'' played just that, remaining the nation's No. 1 movie as ticket sales plunged on the lowest grossing weekend so far this year. The Little League drama starring Keanu Reeves took in $8.2 million in its second weekend of release for a total of $19.4 million, ...
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Box Office Remains Strong Despite Tragedy
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Movie attendance remained strong this weekend despite the terrorist attacks on the United States, with a slate of new films nearly matching last weekend's box office returns, according to industry estimates Sunday. The Keanu Reeves drama Hardball, about an inner-city Little ...
| Madge Makes Movie
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Madonna is to make her debut as a movie producer. After years of trying to break into film acting, she's moved swiftly to a behind the scenes role. Madonna is to produce a film about female rodeo riders. "Rodeo Queen" is to be directed by Dewey Nicks, a former fashion photographer, ...
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Toronto film festival to resume Wednesday
TORONTO, CANADA (AP) -- The Toronto International Film Festival was thrown into confusion Tuesday as those involved tried to comprehend the horror of terrorist attacks in the United States. At festival headquarters at the midtown Park Hyatt Hotel, news conferences featuring film directors and stars ...
| 'Musketeer' dashes to box office victory
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - "The Musketeer," a martial arts take on the classic Alexandre Dumas tale, rode to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, while Mark Wahlberg's "Rock Star" hit a flat note in its first weekend. According to studio estimates issued Sunday, "The Musketeer" (Universal) ...
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Indian film scoops top Venice prize
VENICE, ITALY (AP) - An Indian film, Monsoon Wedding, has won the Golden Lion award at the 58th annual Venice Film Festival in Italy. The film, directed by Mira Nair, is a comedy about an extended family reuniting from around the globe for an arranged marriage in India's capital, Delhi. Miss Nair earned ...
| Review: 'Rock Star' glitters fitfully (Acting can't save featherbrained heavy metal... )
LOS ANGELES (CNN) - "Rock Star," a generic fame-and-fortune fantasy starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston, badly wants us to question the meaning of All-American success. Unfortunately, unless you consider mid-1980s heavy metal to be the pinnacle of musical expression, it's more likely to make ...
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Who was hot, who was not
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Every movie has its winners and losers, and so does every summer movie season. Some of the good and not so good from 2001: Winners Shrek. It took something big to steal moviegoers' attention from the much-hyped Pearl Harbor, and this big green monster with no social skills was ...
| Third Eye Blind's a Rock Star!
LOS ANGELES (AP) - As Mark Wahlberg's rocker rival in Rock Star - opening Friday - Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins stirs the pot with snarly gusto. In one scene, the sexy bad boy even gets fresh with Wahlberg's on-screen squeeze, Jennifer Aniston! So who minded his octopus hands more � Aniston's ...
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Studios gear up for autumn!
LOS ANGELES, (CNN) - Despite a summer in which they released dozens of movies, sold hundreds of millions of tickets and grossed a record $3 billion-plus, movie studios are not taking a breather. More than 130 movies are scheduled to open between Labor Day and the Christmas holidays. Do the math, moviegoer: ...
| Who's On First?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The top 10 grossing films this weekend generated a total of 76.8 million dollars; 78.7% of the total combined take of 97.6 million this weekend. Still leading the charts after 2 weeks is AMERICAN PIE 2 from UNIVERSAL with a weekend gross of $12.52 million at 3157 locations averaging ...
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Summer Movies Not As Big As Expected
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pretty much everyone in Hollywood foresaw a summer of record revenue. A relentless stream of blockbusters such as "Pearl Harbor,'' "Planet of the Apes,'' "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' and "Jurassic Park III'' were expected to shatter the summer 1999 record of just under $3 billion. Who ...
| Violent scenes shake Venice agenda
VENICE (AP) - Sex and violence have been the main themes of the first movies on show at the 58th Venice Film Festival. As the festival got under way on Thursday, the most talked about films were Bully, Y Tu Mama Tambien and Address Unknown - all containing graphic and disturbing scenes. American movie ...
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