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Off The
Record...
Sugar Ray
14:59
The cheekily titled 14:59
extends Sugar Ray’s 15 minutes of fame, to be sure. Loaded with retro pop
nuggets that allow the thirtysomething group to show its stripes, add a
collaboration with old-school rapper KRS-One and you've got an album that delays
the inevitable where are they now?.
At The
Movies...
In Dreams
Claire Cooper's (Annette Bening)
nightmares are coming true. Unable to interpret the fragmented visions clearly
enough to stop a series of murders before they are committed, Claire's husband
(Aidan Quinn) goes to the authorities with the information that his wife has
psychically received. This is one of the most visually stunning films to come
along for awhile, and definitely much more of a psychological thriller than a
modern horror film.
On Video...
Rush Hour
This high-octane thriller teams
up international action star Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker (as a misfit L.A. cop)
for fantastic stunts, action and comedy. Both stars get to do what they do best:
Chan's martial arts and acrobatic skills come to the fore and Tucker gets to
lip-off non-stop. The duo fight off the bad guys while eluding the FBI,
entertaining the audience all the while.
The Buzz...
Eating a burger at McDonald's
for a scene on his TV show may cost Drew Carey $600,000, or maybe even
more. A lawsuit that that was filed by A&W Restaurants which is refusing
to pay him as well as asking that Carey return part of the $450,000 he has
already received from the endorsement deal.
Sharon Lawrence has
angrily left ABC's NYPD Blue, charging that the show's producers failed
to live up to their promises to develop provocative story lines for her
character.
Metallica filed
suit in a California federal court Thursday against Victoria's Secret for
trademark infringement and other offenses. The lingerie company had been
distributing lip pencils in a color called Metallica and told the band they
would stop only when their inventory was sold out.
The management for teen
sensation 'NSYNC is trying to hide a secret love affair between
member Lance Bass and
Danielle Fishel, who plays Topanga on Boy Meets World.
Spin Executive Editor
Craig Marks Monday filed suit in New York against Marilyn Manson,
alleging the star had his bodyguards assault him. Marks is seeking $24 million
in damages.
A fan of Elvis Presley
has just received a letter from him, 39 years after asking for his autograph for
her 11th birthday. Karen Golz, formerly from West Germany where Presley was
stationed with the Army, had her letter mislaid by his barracks landlady. When
the landlady died, relatives found the letter, and fans of the King tracked down
Golz.
Mike Tyson failed to take
a bite out of the pay-per-view box office, inducing only about 750,000
households to pony up the $45.95 to watch the boxer knock out Francois Botha
in the fifth round.
The X-Men live-action
movie is now out of limbo, but into a more perilous realm as Fox and producer
Bryan Singer's people square off over the amount of violence and darkness in
the script.
Roger Christian has
agreed to direct Battlefield Earth starring John Travolta. The
story concerns a man who leads the defeated people of Earth against their
oppressors, a race of ten-foot-tall aliens called the Psychlos. Interestingly,
Travolta is on tap to play the alien leader, not the human hero, who remains
uncast.
Kevin DuBrow, frontman of
'80s hair-metal act Quiet Riot, was arrested for failing to pay a
$105,000 judgment to a fan injured at a 1994 concert. DuBrow has pleaded
poverty, claiming he hasn't been paid royalties since 1987.
Despite persistent speculation
that he will return for another season of Home Improvement if the price
is right, Tim Allen has stated that this is the end of the road.
Guns N' Roses are
currently considering signing on as headliners for this year's Lollapalooza
festival.
CBS's debut of 60 Minutes 2
made it the second straight week that a brand new show made the top 10. The
newsmagazine teamed with its more famous father to help CBS beat NBC for the
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