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Off  The Record

Holly Valance - Footprints

Now that reality TV has enabled the pop industry to create stars from an endless supply of desperate wannabes, it's no wonder that few actors hit the charts anymore. Strange then that ex-Neighbours star Holly Valance has managed to make the transition from soap to pop so easily. Holly has struck a chord with one of the oldest tricks in the book, sex sells and there are plenty of buyers. Holly has dispensed with the foreplay and dropped the blonde bombshell straight away. The tried and tested formula of dance tinged pop lasts for the opening trio of tracks, Kiss Kiss, Tuck Your Shirt In and Down Boy, before Holly explores a variety of other styles. If your not one of Holly's legions of fans you soon will be.

At The Movies

The Santa Clause 2

Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Scott's got problems. His son, Charlie, has landed on this year's naughty list and to top it all off, if Scott doesn’t get married by Christmas Eve, he’ll stop being Santa forever. Desperate both to find a wife and help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinition’s of naughty and nice putting Christmas at risk it's up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas. The Santa Clause 2 takes the cuteness of the original and makes a full family fun adventure from it. 

On Video

The Sum of All Fears

Terrorist-themed, nuclear-blasting fourth big-screen Jack Ryan spy adventure (based on the Tom Clancy books), here starring Ben Affleck as a younger Ryan who alone can prevent World War 3. It seems some bad guys have acquired a lost Israeli nuclear bomb and blow up Baltimore in the hopes of causing a face-off between the U.S. and Russia. Fortunately for the good guys, Ryan and partner John Clark are on the case, and track the mushroom cloud to the real villain. Now it's a race against time to prove their case before the American president retaliates and sets off Armageddon. A frightening, harrowing thriller that scored at the box-office, no doubt playing off and feeding post 9/11 fears.

The Buzz...

The Anna Nicole Show will return for a 13-episode second season in early 2003.

Woody Harrelson is tapped to host NBC's Three Stooges' 75th Anniversary Special, a one-hour event celebrating the legendary comic trio via highlights of rare shorts, feature film clips and favorite routines. No air date has been set.

UPN is giving a full-season order to its updated version of The Twilight Zone. The show has been performing strongly on Wednesdays.

A two-year-old Britney Spears concert recorded at London's Wembley Stadium in late 2000, will air November 23 on pay-per-view.

Robert Redford and screenwriter Larry Gelbart are hatching a sequel to their 1972 political drama The Candidate. Redford will reprise his role as idealistic politician Bill McKay.

Popular arts channel Trio is planning to air classic episodes of Late Night with David Letterman starting with a 53-hour Thanksgiving marathon beginning November 28. The reruns officially launch once a week in January.

Filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly planning to direct Stuck on You, a comedy about the adventures of conjoined twins. The brothers are in talks with Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear to star.

Former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was found guilty of tax evasion but was spared jail by a German court which handed him a two-year suspended sentence and a hefty fine.

Work is clearly going well on the story for the fourth and final Indiana Jones film. It's the good old days all over again, with the dynamic George Lucas-Stephen Spielberg duo hammering out a new adventure for Indy, once again played by Harrison Ford.

The studio behind the Godfather movies will likely have first dibs to the screen rights for a new

book about the Corleone family. The novel is still on the drawing board, with publisher Random House looking to commission a writer to take over for original author Mario Puzo, who died three years ago.

Harland Braun, the lawyer who has represented Robert Blake since his wife was murdered last year, resigned as Blake's attorney saying that he objected to actor's decision to go on television and discuss his case.

Even though the World Series went seven games, it still may set a record low for televising ratings. Anaheim's thrilling 6-5 comeback win Saturday night received an 11.8 preliminary national rating and 21 share. Fox's six-game average is 24 percent below the first six games last year.

Linkin Park is wrapping up work on its sophomore album with producer Don Gilmore for an early 2003 release through Warner Bros. Records.

ANNUAL ROCK STAR PIG OUT!!!

Minneapolis' 93X has 2 Holiday Concerts, The 93X Butterball with Korn & Trust Company on November 26th and the 93X Nutcracker with Disturbed, Stone Sour and Chevelle December 20th. Both shows are at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium and you can find out how to get tickets at www.93x.com.

Andrew W.K. has been officially tapped to open for Aerosmith on the December leg of their Just Push Play tour.

Bad-Boy rocker Tommy Lee has been dropped from his label, MCA.

The executive producer and creator of the real-life dating drama The Bachelor has hatched a new reality series called The Will for ABC. The show will revolve around a wealthy benefactor who will bequeath his family fortune to the winner of a game-show style, real-life contest between his relatives.

That '70s Show stars have signed six-figure contract extensions that will keep Fox's nostalgia comedy grooving through May 2005.

The Sonny Bono Concourse has been added to the Palm Springs International Airport.

Rebekah Revels, the North Carolina beauty queen who resigned amid a topless photo scandal, has been selected to represent the United States in the Miss World pageant.

ABC has greenlighted a three-hour biopic about Natalie Wood with Oscar-nominated director Peter Bogdanovich on board to direct and British actress Justine Waddell set to portray the late Hollywood star.

Michelle Yeoh is donning her actress-producer hat again for a stint as a female Robin Hood with a new film, The Masked Crusader, to be directed by Jingle Ma.