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Vol. 9
No. 19
Pick Hits
Off The
Record
Cold - Year of the Spider
The
world is a big scary place and just as every generation
sends a hero up the pop charts, it also seeks solace
with singers who connect with the inner angst-ridden
teenager in all of us. This makes way for Cold who play
atmospheric hard rock that fits neatly alongside contemporaries
such as 3 Doors Down and Staind. With singer Scooter
Ward, the band has the pre-requisite howling frontman
who turns life into tragedy and tragedy into song and
song into operatic last stands. Though Cold's music
has become more melodic and accessible, that doesn't
mean that they've turned over a new leaf. With Scooter
Ward's powerful vocals, inventive guitar interplay,
and Sam McCandless' nonstop primal bashing, Cold, after
15 years together, are outshining mentors Limp Bizkit.
Limited Edition also contains a bonus DVD approximately
one half hour in duration that contains the video for
Stupid Girl as well as footage from the recording of
the album and the making of the video.
At The Movies
Daddy Day Care
Two
fathers (Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin) lose their jobs
in product development at a large food company and are
forced to take their sons out of the exclusive Chapman
Academy and become stay-at-home fathers. With no job
possibilities on the horizon, the two dads open their
own day care facility, Daddy Day Care, and employ some
fairly unconventional and sidesplitting methods of caring
for children. As Daddy Day Care starts to catch on,
it launches them into a highly comedic rivalry with
Chapman Academy's tough-as-nails director (Anjelica
Huston) who has driven all previous competitors out
of business.
On Video
Catch Me if You Can
Based on the autobiography of a brilliant
young master of deception and the FBI agent hot on his
trail, Catch Me If You Can stars Leonardo DiCaprio and
Tom Hanks in the extraordinary true story of Frank W.
Abagnale Jr. (DiCaprio), a runaway teenager successfully
passed himself off as a pilot, a lawyer and a doctor
all before his 21st birthday. A master of deception,
he was also a brilliant forger, whose skill at cheque
fraud had netted him millions of dollars in stolen funds.
FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) had made it his prime
mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but
Frank is always one step ahead of him, baiting him to
continue the chase. Directed by Steven Speilberg, the
two leads are definitely fun to watch, and there are
plenty of laugh out loud moments.
The Buzz...
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BIG
FAT WEDDING? |
Kirsten
Dunst has been pictured in a wedding dress
on the set of the Spider-Man sequel heightening speculation
her character will marry the superhero in the new film.
Dunst, who sizzled opposite lead star Tobey
Maguire in the hit first film, was snapped
on set in New York wearing a beautiful white wedding
dress. However, film insiders refused to confirm whether
Dunst and Maguire's characters, Mary Jane Watson and
Peter Parker, will wed in the eagerly awaited next installment.
After
seven seasons as the fashionable Nina Van Horn on Just
Shoot Me, Wendie Malick has her own
new television pilot. My Life With Men features the
ex-model as a woman in a house full of males.
Hoping
Grease lightning can strike a third time, Paramount
Pictures is drawing up plans for Grease 3, a continuation
of the hit musical franchise.
Rainn
Wilson, who plays Arthur the mortuary intern
in HBO's Six Feet Under has joined comedienne Janeane
Garofalo in ABC's midseason comedy pilot Slice
o' Life.
Jackass
star Johnny Knoxville will star in
and produce an untitled comedy, based on his idea, about
a war that develops between two hot dog vendors in downtown
Los Angeles.
Former
WWE Superstar Jeff Hardy failed a drug
test a few weeks back and was asked to go to rehab by
WWE officials. He refused to do so, giving WWE no choice
but to release him. Many feel that if he opts to go
down the road, WWE will likely rehire him.
Surprising
no one, last season's NFL flavor of the month is now
the EA Sports cover star for Madden NFL 2004. All-Pro
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick
will grace the cover of all versions of the game, and
he's contributed some of his own advice to the game's
design.
Former
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy
Lee and his fiancée, dancer Mayte
Garcia, have called it quits.
MAXIM
Magazine is shopping a reality show project based on
their popular website feature "Hometown Hotties."
The feature runs for ten weeks, wherein people send
in pictures of themselves or people they know that they
think are good looking. Readers then vote on their favorites.
The project could hit the air as early as Fall 2003.
Diana
Krall's father has confirmed that the jazz
songbird is engaged to Elvis Costello.
A wedding date was not announced.
Green
Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong,
AFI singer Davey Havok,
A Perfect Circle drummer Josh
Freese and former White Zombie
bassist Sean Yseult are among the musicians
who have voiced characters for an upcoming animated
flick titled Live Freaky! Die Freaky!.
Jane
Pauley wants to start a magazine and work on
a television series after leaving NBC next month.
Friends
star Matt LeBlanc married fiancée
Melissa McKnight on the Hawaiian island
of Kauai. LeBlanc's co-stars Jennifer Aniston,
Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox
attended the event, but Matthew Perry
was in London and David Schwimmer was
in Chicago.
The
online iTunes music store reportedly sold more than
one million songs for 99 cents each in its first week.
The Apple Computer service allows users to download
tracks from a selection of 200,000 songs licensed from
all five of the leading multinational music corporations.
At present the service is limited to Apple users, the
company says that a Windows version will be available
by the end of the year.
John
Nash, the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning
movie A Beautiful Mind has been awarded an honorary
degree from the University of Charleston.
Matrix
star Keanu Reeves and Sum 41
have shot cameo appearances for the new Anthrax
video, Safe Home.
Mister
Rogers has been immortalized in astronomy ledgers
as the namesake of Misterrogers, the asteroid formerly
known as Number 26858.
Just
days after his release from a Manhattan mental institution,
not only has the rapper otherwise known as Ol'
Dirty Bastard changed his name to Dirt
McGirt, but he's also inked a new deal with
Roc-A-Fella Records.
The
Strokes have parted ways with producer Nigel
Godrich after a trial period of sessions intended
for the group's second RCA album.
Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. has pulled the men's magazines MAXIM, Stuff
and FHM from its shelves, deeming them too racy for
its customers. The retail giant made the decision after
hearing opinions from customers and associates. Wal-Mart
accounts for less than three percent of newsstand sales
for MAXIM and Stuff.
Jay-Z
and 50 Cent are putting aside their
much-publicized riff and are touring together. The Rock
the Mic Tour finds the two titans of hip-hop co-headlining,
with Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes,
Missy Elliott, Sean Paul,
and Fabolous joining in the fun.
Country
station KKCS has suspended two disc jockeys for playing
the Dixie Chicks, violating a ban imposed
after the group criticized President Bush.
Publishers
of the best-selling Harry Potter books launched an investigation
after a newspaper reported that advance copies of the
long-awaited fifth installment were found dumped in
a field.
Bloomsbury Publishing said it suspected first editions
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, had been
stolen from a nearby printworks.
CBS
has tapped former MTV VJ Brian McFayden
to host the reality series CUPID. The show, from Simon
Cowell (American Idol), sets out to find the
right man for a single woman. Viewers will be able to
vote off one male each week.
Apparently
Colin Farrell wants the lead role in
Joel Schumacher's film adaptation of
Phantom of the Opera. The problem is, he can't sing.
However, it seems that he's turning to Russell
Crowe for vocal lessons to help him in getting
the part.
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