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Vol. 10
No. 5
Pick Hits
At the Movies
Miracle
Based on the exciting true story of one of the greatest moments in hockey
history, Miracle is the inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport
and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. In 1980, the United States
Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell), challenged a ragtag squad of
college kids to take on the awesome juggernaut from the Soviet Union, the
greatest hockey team in the world at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds,
Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning for a distraction from world
events. With the world watching, the team rose to the occasion, prompting
broadcaster Al Michaels's now famous question to the
millions viewing at home: "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" You’d have to work
extra hard to botch this feel-good film.
On Video
Thirteen
A provocative portrait of what teens today are thinking, doing, feeling and
going through. This is a fast-and-furious, unblinking picture of the cliques
and clashes, hidden dangers and secret rituals, dashed hopes and unrelenting
dreams of two American girls looking to make their way in a new world for which
few maps exist. The story follows the transformation of Tracy who enters the
hyper-sexualized peer-pressure cooker of junior high. Tracy learns to remake
herself, step by step, into the ultimate ideal of a 2003 teen. She discovers how
to do the makeup, the clothes, the hair, and the act. She cracks the code of
popularity. And yet, the further Tracy dives into premature adulthood, the
higher the stakes get. A gripping look at reality.
Read It
George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead #1
When There’s No More Room in Hell… The Dead Will Walk the Earth! A group of four
mismatched survivors take refuge from a zombie plague inside a shopping mall.
The sequel to George A. Romero’s horror classic, Night of the Living Dead, takes
on a new life in this official comics adaptation by Steve Niles and new art star
Chee, the creative team behind IDW’s recent hit mini-series, Wake The Dead.
The Buzz...
Pixar
Animation has decided to terminate its relationship with the Walt
Disney Company effective 2006. Together, the two studios will be releasing
two more movies until then, The Incredibles, due out this Thanksgiving, and
Cars, due out 2005. Negotiations between the two studios have been on-going for
the past 10 months, but failed when Pixar CEO Steve Jobs decided
not to renegotiate a new contract with Disney's chairman Richard Cook and CEO
Michael Eisner.
Amidst speculation that Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire will be split
into two movies due to the book's incredible length, director Mike Newell has
stated he will try to keep the fourth Harry Potter movie as one piece. The
fourth book in the widely successful J.K. Rowling series will have its film made
in April for a 2005 release. The third movie, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of
Azkaban, will be released this June.
Andre 3000 from OutKast will join the cast of Be Cool the Get
Shorty sequel starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman,
Harvey Keitel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson,
Cedric the Entertainer, Christina Milian, and
Vince Vaughn.
When Justin Timberlake tore at Janet Jackson's
leather outfit during Sunday's Super Bowl half-time show, TiVo users took
notice. TiVo said that particular halftime stunt was the most replayed moment
not only of the Super Bowl but also of all TV moments that the young company has
ever measured.
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That '70s Show cast members Topher Grace
and Ashton Kutcher are not expected to
return after their seventh, and apparently final, season
in 2005, according to several reports.
Finding Nemo writer David Reynolds will be adapting Have
Spacesuit, Will Travel for Warner Bros. Pictures. David Heyman (Harry Potter)
will be producing the picture. The film will be based on the 1958 sci-fi novel
by Robert A. Heinlein.
The live-action feature film version of G.I. Joe is "definitely" set-up
at Paramount Pictures with former Warner Brothers exec Lorenzo di Bonaventura
producing and Michael Gordon scripting. G.I. Joe will use the characters
popularized by the 1980s animated TV series, comic books and toy line as the
basis for the new film.
Halle Berry will join Tulia, a drama that will have her playing a
lawyer investigating a drug bust. She'll portray the NAACP's key attorney in a
case involving the 1999 arrests of 10 percent of the black population of Tulia,
Texas.
The long in-development Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy remake has cast
rapper/actor Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, and Martin Freeman for the film.
Luke Wilson will join the Mike Judge directed comedy, 3001. Wilson
will play an average man who goes to sleep, only to wake up 1,000 years later as
part of an experimental hibernation process. When he wakes up, he finds that
society has dumbed down and that he is the most intelligent person alive.
Beyonce Knowles is up for the role of Lois Lane and Johnny
Depp is up for the role of Lex Luthor in Superman.
The Sharon Osbourne Show reportedly has been canceled. The
syndicated daytime program hosted by Ozzy Osbourne's wife/manager has taken a
ratings nosedive since its September debut. Some reports also claim that Sharon
asked to be let out of her contract following her hubby's near-fatal ATV
accident in December.
Beyonce Knowles, the Destiny's Child front woman and chart-topping
solo artist has been tapped as the new face of Tommy Hilfiger
perfume. The fragrance is slated for a global launch this fall.
Producer Mary-Ellis Bunim, who brought television into the age of reality
with MTV's The Real World and whose latest hit series was The Simple Life, has
died at age 57.
Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb has teamed with her college roommate
and former Liz & Lisa performing partner, Elizabeth Mitchell, for a children's
project. The CD/book package Catch the Moon features text written by their
longtime friend Erin Courtney and illustrations by Mitchell's mom, Bonnie Brooke
Mitchell.
Comic book publisher Marvel Enterprises Inc. has filed a lawsuit against
the movie arm of Sony Corp, claiming Sony used deceptive accounting
tactics to deny Marvel royalties on merchandising related to the Men in Black
series of films.
Def Jam is being accused of manipulating Nielsen SoundScan's sales
data in a $22 million lawsuit filed by a former music executive.
Selma Blair and rock-scion beau Ahmet Zappa have
capped their six-month whirlwind romance with a walk down the aisle.
The Oscar and Emmy-winning actress Helen Hunt and beau Matthew
Carnahan are expecting their first baby this summer.
In the latest round of pilot pickups, NBC gave a green light to Foster Hall, a
comedy produced by Conan O'Brien.
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HOT 20 SONGS
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Hot 20 Songs
1. Hey Ya! - Outkast
2. Just Like You - Three Days Grace
3. Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
4. It's My Life - No Doubt
5. Figured You Out - Nickelback
6. Into Your Hideout - Pilate
7. Feeling This - blink 182
8. Numb - Linkin Park
9. My Immortal - Evanescence
10. Hard Road - Sam Roberts
11. Powerless - Nelly Furtado
12. Taking My Life Away - Default
13. The Way You Move - OutKast
14. Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
15. Me Against The Music - Britney Spears
16. Me, Myself & I - Beyonce
17. Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas
18. Come Clean - Hilary Duff
19. The First Cut Is The Deepest - Sheryl Crow
20. Hold On - Good Charlotte |
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BOX OFFICE
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1. You Got Served
2. The Butterfly Effect
3. Along Came Polly
4. The Perfect Score
5. LOTR: The Return Of The King
6. Big Fish
7. Win A Date With Tad Hamilton
• Barbershop 2: Back in Business (New)
• Catch That Kid (New)
• Miracle (New) |
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ON DVD
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1. Radio
2. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
3. Cabin Fever
4. Out of Time
5. Open Range
6. Johnny English
• Secondhand Lions (New)
• The Fighting Temptations (New)
• Under The Tuscan Sun (New)
• Lost In Translation (New) |
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VIDEO GAMES
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1. Need For Speed: Underground
2. True Crime: Streets Of L.A.
3. DragonBall Z: Budokai 2
4. Madden NFL 2004
5. Tony Hawk's Underground
6. Medal Of Honor: Rising Sun
7. NFL Street
8. SOCOM II: U.S. Navy Seals
9. The Sims Bustin Out
• Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (New) |
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