Off The Record...
Finger Eleven
The Greyest of Blue Skies
Finger Eleven is a Canadian five-man band that has been around since the middle of the '90s. There second recording is pretty impressive. FE manage the difficult maneuver of sounding original and fresh. They are pop without being predictable, primarily by virtue of seamless songwriting that moves effortlessly from section to section, providing independent, memorable tunes at each stop. The production and mixing by Arnold Lanni is fantastic. The guitars crunch and rip like you want, but leave room for Scott Anderson's alternately underplayed and dramatic vocals.

At the Movies...
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
In an attempt to remove his Buddy Love personality, Dr. Klump extracts the Buddy DNA from his system, but this only leads to Buddy becoming his own person. Buddy and Dr. Klump soon become locked in a race to claim a new youth serum that Klump has created, which he hides in the home of his family, the Klumps. Universal seems to know the Klumps were popular, because this time around, they get the spotlight, and this movie delivers lots of laughs.
 

On Video...
My Dog Skip
A delightful coming-of-age tale about a young boy and his constant companion, a Jack Russell terrier he receives on his 9th birthday. Willie is a shy, sensitive, retiring boy, and his experiences with Skip teach him a variety of life's lessons about friendship, bravery and death as he grows to become a strong young man. He realizes that love and loyalty are the most important things that one can nourish in life. A wonderful tale for youngsters and adults alike and one guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes and heart. Diane Lane (as the mother) and Kevin Bacon (as dad)
turn in their best performances ever.

The Buzz...

Universal Pictures has already shipped more than 1 million copies of the Jaws Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD.

When NBC announces its revised fall schedule later today, 3rd Rock From the Sun will be sitting in a new timeslot. The aliens-out-of-water comedy will air 8:30 on Tuesday nights, following the new offering The Michael Richards Show.

Producers at Fox are going all out to sign an impressive list of talent for its upcoming Twilight Zone-like anthology series Night Visions. Bridget Fonda, Brian Dennehy, and Aidan Quinn have already agreed to appear on the show, with Dennehy signing on to direct an additional episode.

CBS will cough up approximately $23 million in order to broadcast this year's top movie Mission: Impossible 2. The deal will allow the network to run the Tom Cruise action flick five times over a period of four years beginning late 2002.

Patrick Stewart (Prof. X) confirmed that there would definitely be a second X-Men movie.

Chart-topping, all-female band the Bangles is back together for the first time since their 1989 break-up, writing songs for a new album and hitting the stage for a short club tour kicking off September 13 in San Diego.

A studio audience cheered when Barbara Walters announced that she has canceled a scheduled appearance by O.J. Simpson this week on her syndicated talk show, The View.

Disney has plans for a new theme park. The still-unnamed park would be built on 89 acres next to 45-year-old Disneyland, on property already controlled by the Walt Disney Co. The park, scheduled to be fully completed by 2010, may house water rides based on the movies The Little Mermaid or Winnie the Pooh. It will also have a shopping mall and hotel.

The members of rock band Pearl Jam, in self-imposed seclusion since nine fans were killed during their June 30 performance in Denmark, have broken their silence to defend their actions at the show and demand that authorities investigate the tragedy more closely.

Studios USA and Fox Broadcasting Co. have struck a groundbreaking pact with the producers of The Blair Witch Project to revive the classic series In Search Of... as a weekly primetime offering on both Fox and cable's USA Network.

Dr. Dre made good on his threats, filing suit against the city of Detroit for more than $25 million. The rapper claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated when police stopped him from showing part of the video presentation of his Up in Smoke road show when it hit the Motor City July 6.

Artisan Entertainment has finished making the half-hour mock documentary The Burkittsville 7 to help promote Showtime's exclusive showing of The Blair Witch Project and to generate interest in the upcoming theatrical release of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2.

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