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Vol. 8  No. 8

Pick Hits

Off The Record

The Quireboys - This Is Rock 'N' Roll

The Quireboys came out right around the same time as the rest of the late'80s early'90s post Guns N' Roses wave of bluesy hard rock bands around the globe. The band was all the rave in the UK where they were heralded as the second coming of the Faces and the Stones, but were quickly overshadowed by the Black Crowes' rise to fame and faded away. Now in 2002, the Quireboys are back in action with almost all original members and an 13 song album of swaggering whiskey biscuits that rock, roll and weep in all the right places. This Is Rock 'N' Roll covers every nuance of the blues-rock palate, the boozy rockers, the soulful ballads, the boogie piano, the twin guitar attack, the Hammond organ swells, and so on. Nice one boys.

 

At The Movies

The Queen of the Damned

The Vampire Lestat has become a rock star, and it's that music that awakens the 6,000-year-old Egyptian vampire, Akasha (aka The Queen of the Damned). She soon sets out on a plan of revenge against many of the male vampires that followed her, in the hopes of ruling the Earth with Lestat at her side. Meanwhile, there's a young female vampire hunter, Jessie Reeves, who begins to fall in love with Lestat. This is one of the most ambitious vampire movies in a long time. The costumes and special effects are major elements in the film's most crowd-pleasing moments. With a blistering heavy rock soundtrack and several original songs by Jonathan Davis (lead singer of Korn) and Richard Gibbs that are performed by Lestat and his band, "Queen" is a change of pace for Rymer, and the widescreen production shows affection for the genre and some respect for the viewer.

 

On Video

Don’t Say A Word

In this edge-of-your-seat suspense flick, Michael Douglas plays an Upper West Side N.Y. psychiatrist who's summoned by a colleague (Oliver Platt) to a psychiatric hospital to help a crazy teenage girl (Brittany Murphy) with viscous tendencies who's spent the past 10 years in mental institutions. Douglas is intrigued by the girl, who doesn't speak, and gets drawn into her case even further when his daughter is kidnapped by a nasty Englishman (Sean Bean) and he is forced to try to pry from the disturbed girl's mind a six-digit number that is somehow connected to a bank robbery 10 years earlier. Shades of Alfred Hitchcock show up here and there. It's kind of The Man Who Knew Too Much on steroids.

 

The Buzz...

NBC Studios and the Jim Henson Co. have inked a deal to develop an original Muppet movie targeted to premiere this year during the holiday season. It's a Wonderful Muppet Christmas Movie will incorporate parodies of classic Christmas films and feature guest shots and cameo appearances for NBC stars.

 

New Line's John Q, starring Denzel Washington was last week’s top film with an estimated four-day gross of $24.1 million. This opening marks the biggest debut ever for President’s Day weekend, topping The Wedding Singer, that tuned in $21.9 million in 1998.

 

Britney Spears is set to play Samantha's sex-crazed niece on Sex and the City, and will seduce Samantha's lover. Kim Cattrall who plays Samantha, also plays Spears' mom in Crossroads.

 

Josh Lucas is poised to reteam with his A Beautiful Mind co-star Jennifer Connelly in Universal Pictures' big-screen adaptation of the Marvel comic book The Hulk for director Ang Lee. The computer-generated, effects-laden project is targeted for a spring start and a tentative release June 20, 2003.

 

Sabre Holdings Corp. offered $34.5 million for the shares leading travel Web site Travelocity.com that it doesn't already own.

 

A publicist for 21-year-old pop singer Jessica Simpson is confirming her engagement to 28-year-old Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees. The couple, who've been together for three years, have yet to announce a wedding date.

 

ABC is confirming that veteran news anchor Diane Sawyer has landed the first TV interview with Rosie O'Donnell in which the popular talk show host is expected to talk about her homosexuality. The interview will air in March while O'Donnell's new book, Find Me, is due out in April.

 

Kevin Smith, a 38-year-old New Zealand actor who played the leather-clad God of War, Ares, opposite Lucy Lawless on TV's XENA: Warrior Princess, died after suffering head injuries in a fall while filming a movie in Beijing, China.

 

Former Sweet drummer Mick Tucker, 54, passed away on February 14th around noon from complications brought on by the leukemia he survived five years ago.

 

BILLY IDOL STORYTELLERS LIVE COMING SOON

Look for the new Billy Idol storytellers live CD due out on February 26th, followed by the March release of the extended storytellers DVD and VHS.

 

A group of Holocaust survivors has threatened to boycott an upcoming exhibit of Holocaust-related art that features a depiction of a concentration camp built from Lego blocks.

 

For the first time, the public is getting a large-scale view of the CIA's and KGB's real-life James Bond gadgets, from a replica of the Russians' deadly poison-dart umbrella to some of America's most ingeniously hidden cameras.

 

Sylvester Stallone has filed a lawsuit against a former business manager, claiming the manager told him not to unload more than $7 million in Planet Hollywood stock while telling others that the restaurant chain was headed for bankruptcy.

 

After having negotiated out of his recording contract last year with Columbia Records, his label of 20 years, saxophonist Branford Marsalis launched Marsalis Music, which will focus on jazz artists not quite ready for prime time.

 

David Lee Roth has posted a video for a brand new song on his website www.davidleeroth.com, a cover of a Lords of Acid track called Crablouse.

 

Oasis is releasing its first single in nearly two years in April. The track, titled The Hindu Times, is the first song from the band's as yet untitled fifth studio album, scheduled for release in July.

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HOT 20 SONGS

1. Fuel Injected – Swollen Members

2. Too Bad – Nickelback

3. Blurry – Puddle of Mudd

4. Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue

5. You Got It Bad - Usher

6. Wherever You Will Go – The Calling

7. Hands Clean – Alanis Morrisette

8. Whenever, Wherever – Shakira

9. My Sacrifice – Creed

10. Superman – Five for Fighting

11. Fade – Staind

12. Hey Baby – No Doubt

13. First Date – Blink 182

14. Last Nite – The Strokes

15. Lateralus – Tool

16. Deny – Default

17. The Middle – Jimmy Eat World

18. Defy You – The Offspring

19. Angels – The Tea Party

20. The One – Foo Fighters


TOP 10 ALBUMS

1. Silver Side Up – Nickelback

2. 2002 Grammy Nominees – Various Artists

3. Drive – Alan Jackson

4. Laundry Service - Shakira

5. Muchdance 2002 – Various Artists

6. Weathered - Creed

7. Big Shiny Tunes 6 – Various Artists

8. Hybrid Theory – Linkin Park

• Complete Greatest Hits – The Cars (New)

• Sea of No Cares – Great Big Sea (New)


T.V.

1. Winter Olympics Monday

2. Winter Olympics Tuesday

3. Winter Olympics Thursday

4. Winter Olympics Wednesday

5. Winter Olympics Sunday

6. Winter Olympics Friday

7. Winter Olympics Saturday

8. Everybody Loves Raymond

9. CSI

10. 60 Minutes


BOX OFFICE

1. John Q

2. Crossroads

3. Return to Never Land

4. Collateral Damage

5. Big Fat Liar

6. A Beautiful Mind

7. Hart’s War

8. Black Hawk Down

• Dragonfly (New)

• Queen of the Damned (New)


ON VIDEO

1. Rat Race

2. Hearts In Atlantis

3. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

4. American Pie 2

5. The Glass House

6. Rock Star

7. Kiss of the Dragon

• Don’t Say A Word (New)

• “O” (New)

• Hardball (New)

 

 

 
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