Caught In The Act...

Ozzfest ’99

Rocks biggest and loudest perennial show, Ozzfest ‘99 is a spectacle of pure fist pumping power.  While Ozzy and the rest of Black Sabbath put on a memorable show with classics abound, it was the new breed that drove the masses.  Energetic sets from System of A Down, Deftones and Slayer whipped the crowd into a frenzy, but it was the monster laden grooves of Rob Zombie that iced the cake, as he commanded the crowd like a freaked out Messiah in a post apocalyptic world.  Heavy metal never tasted so good.

At The Movies...

American Pie

A return to the ever-popular teen sex comedy, American Pie leans more towards the crudeness of Porky’s than the slickly produced style of the ever popular Risky Business.  Not that teen audiences will notice the difference, or care for that matter.  This market segment has been booming as of late, and this trend shows no signs of stopping.  The laughs come at a fast and furious pace.  This isn’t Shakespeare, but it is mindless self-indulgent fun. 

Toy Box...

Star Trek Figures

Of all the bizarre worlds Star Trek has shown us, few were as entertaining as the alternate reality of the Mirror, Mirror episode.  Playmates Toys has been issuing an exclusive line of 9" action figures based on this show, which has so far included Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and Lt. Uhura in mirror universe garb. Now the line concludes with two of the coolest figures yet, Security Chief Sulu and Lt. Marlena Moreau, the episode’s Captain’s woman.

The Buzz...

Tiger Woods was killing time, doing trick moves during the making of a Nike commercial. The result was an entirely different ad.  The director captured Woods on tape bouncing the ball off his wedge for 28 seconds, then taking a full swing as the ball was in the air.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, is set to flex his muscles as a pulp magazine superhero.  He will star in Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze, which revolves around a millionaire philanthropist turned superman.

Will Smith and Jennifer Lopez are said to be ready to sign to star together in yet another remake of A Star Is Born, the movie that originally starred Judy Garland and was redone in the 70's with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.

Garth Brooks will play the part of the fictional pop star Chris Gaines.  Brooks has also said that he will release the greatest hits album of Chris Gaines in September, which will also be used for the movies soundtrack.                

Limp Bizkit lead vocalist Fred Durst is now senior vice president of Interscope Records.

Lit have joined Pearl Jam as contributors to MOM III: Music for Our Mother Ocean, which will benefit the environmentalist Surfrider Foundation.  Pearl Jam will start recording the follow-up to Yield in October.

The fourth in Bruce Willis' Die Hard action movie series will reportedly be set in the Caribbean but filmed in Australia.  Ben Affleck and Michelle Yeoh will join Willis.

Disney's Inspector Gadget is in trouble before it even debuts.  After recent mediocre or negative test screenings of the film, the filmmakers have reportedly cut the movie to 81 minutes.

The working title for the new Star Trek series is Star Trek: Flight Academy.  Brannon Braga and Rick Berman are reportedly working on a 2-hour pilot.

20th Century Fox is close to signing Halle Berry as Storm and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Mystique in the upcoming X-Men movie.

Todd McFarlane will produce action figures of Bob and Doug McKenzie, Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis' beer-swizzling Canadians, and the hockey-playing Hanson Brothers from Slapshot.  Look for them next year.

Mark Sandman, lead singer of Morphine, died of an apparent heart attack after collapsing on stage in Italy.

Rob Moritz is spending his own time and cash to register famous names online. He then hands them over to the celebrity, free of charge.  Moritz has registered at least 300 names in the interest of keeping them from webmasters who would use the famous monikers for dubious reasons.

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