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Vol. 14  No. 14

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At The Movies

Leatherheads
In 1925, Dodge Connolly (George Clooney) is a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter.
 

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Alvin and the Chipmunks
In a tree farm, three musically inclined chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, find their tree cut down and sent to Los Angeles. Once there, they meet the frustrated songwriter David Seville (Jason Lee), and despite a poor house wrecking first impression, they impress him with their singing talent. Seeing the opportunity for success, both human and chipmunks make a pact for them to sing his songs. While that ambition proves a frustrating struggle with the difficult trio, the dream does come true after all. However, that success presents its own trials as their unscrupulous record executive, Ian Hawke, plans to break up this family to exploit the boys. Can Dave and the Chipmunks discover what they really value amid the superficial glamour around them?
 

The Buzz..

Arrested Development star Will Arnett is the latest addition to the cast of the Kristen Bell vehicle When In Rome. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil), the romantic comedy stars Bell as a successful single girl who can't find love. Everything changes when she goes to a wedding in Rome and steals magical coins from a Fountain of Love. Suddenly, she has more suitors than she knows what to do with.

The return of the freshman season of ABC Family's Greek on scored the network its best ratings ever for an original series in adults 18-34 and women 18-34. It gained triple-digit increases in time period levels in the target demos from the previous year, a whopping 289 percent in adults 18-34, and hit a high of 1.4 million total viewers for the series.

In an unprecedented show of solidarity with Axl, everyone in America will receive a free can of Dr Pepper if the album ships some time in 2008.

The writers who tapped much booty on Pirates of the Caribbean are looking to generate some Silver on The Lone Ranger. Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio are taking a shot at a live-action big-screen version of The Lone Rangers. The franchise focuses, as the title suggests, on the one Texas Ranger to survive an ambush by a group of outlaws. That Lone Ranger and his Native American buddy and rescuer Tonto (and his trusty stallion Silver) fight for freedom wherever there's trouble. Wait. That's G.I. Joe. Well, it's nearly the same thing, as The Ranger, his mask and his silver bullets have become iconic images since the franchise premiered on the radio in the 1930s.

Britney’s lil’ sis Jamie Lynn Spears is engaged, according to one of her fiance’s cousins. The 16-year-old Zoey 101 star, who confirmed that she was pregnant in December, is reportedly getting hitched to her boyfriend and baby daddy Casey Aldridge. She was spotted this week wearing a hefty diamond ring.

Justin Timberlake will soon have an even stronger connection to the world of pro sports since his infamous Superbowl performance of '04. J.T. will host the 2008 ESPN ESPY awards, which celebrates the year's best sports moments. The singer said that he'll try his best, if only to avoid getting roughed up by the athletes backstage.

Fresh off a starring role in the fourth Rambo movie, Julie Benz is joining another aging franchise, landing a lead in Saw V. David Hackl, production designer on the last three Saw films, is directing the new film, which will start shooting on March 17 and will slash its way into theaters on October 24.

Don’t expect Madonna to sing Holiday or Like A Virgin on tour ever again. Madonna recently gave an interview on Z100-FM in New York and said she’d reconsider if someone was wiling to pay her $30-million.

Velvet Revolver is at odds after singer Scott Weiland announced to Scottish fans that they were witnessing the band's last tour ever. Drummer Matt Sorum responded to the claims by releasing a statement saying that Velvet was indeed going through "more turmoil lately". Weiland issued his own statement describing Sorum as immature and said that he's looking forward to rejoining his Stone Temple Pilot band mate's on their upcoming reunion tour.

Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas is ready to claim the title of Busiest Writer in Television. Thomas has landed his third pilot order in the past couple of weeks, this time for a dramedy at ABC about a family of thieves. The network has ordered a comedy pilot called Five Year Plan from writers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman.

Tommy
Lee has helped land a friend a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records simply by getting a tattoo while he was high. Lee actually set a record yesterday by getting inked in-flight at an altitude of about 40,000 feet. He and tattoo artist to the stars Mario Barth were flying from Burbank to Miami in a private G4 jet so Tommy could spin records at the Winter Music Conference, when Tommy had Mario add some new work to his impressive tattoo collection. Guinness reps certified the artist as the first person ever to perform a tattoo at high altitude.

Oliver Stone has picked Elizabeth Banks to play Laura Bush opposite Josh Brolin's George in the untitled film about the life and presidency of our latest commander-in-chief.

Tobey Maguire is set to produce an adaptation of the comic book Afterburn. Afterburn is published by Red 5 Comics and only premiered back in January, from creators Paul Ens and Scott Chitwood, with artist Wayne Nichols. The plot focuses on a postapocalyptic Earth, where the only people in the Eastern Hemisphere to survive a solar flare are mutants and freaks. The main characters are treasure hunters acquiring pre-apocalyptic antiquities like the Crown Jewels and the Mona Lisa.

Elisha Cuthbert has booked a new TV gig, one that ought to keep her safe from mountain lions, terrorists and nuclear attacks. Cuthbert has landed the female lead in CBS' one-hour romantic-comedy pilot Ny-Lon marking the actress' first potential regular television gig since 24.

HBO is beefing up its late-night offerings, adding a pair of comedy series to its lineup this summer. The Australian import Summer Heights High and the animated show The Life and Times of Tim are both scheduled to premiere in June and will air back-to-back on Fridays.

Recent Oscar nominee Hal Holbrook is making a house call to NBC's ER, doing a guest appearance on the first night of sweeps. Holbrook, coming off his Academy Award-nominated turn in Into the Wild, will play a cancer patient who has a strong effect on Luka (Goran Visnjic). The episode is scheduled for Thursday, April 24.

He's already been parodied on Saturday Night Live, and soon Project Runway winner Christian Siriano will earn another stamp of pop-culture approval. Siriano, along with Runway judge and Elle fashion director Nina Garcia, will appear on ABC's Ugly Betty during May sweeps, upping the fierce quotient on the show by a notch or two. The pair will film their cameos in early April, and the episode will air during May sweeps (an exact date hasn't been set).

The Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records over an alleged illegal use of their image in a promotional campaign involving Pepsi. The Pumpkins say that their “credibility” with fans was tarnished after their music and name was used in the campaign. The band was signed to Virgin Records for 17 years before they broke up in 2000.

Move over Dolce & Gabbana, Paul Wall and Travis Barker want you to know about their Expensive Taste. That's the name of the new clothing line by the diamond-mouthed rapper and the ex-Blink 182 drummer. The fashion label is based on the unlikely duo's rap supergroup of the same name. Let's hope it's more popular.

Lindsay Lohan's career might not be dead after all. The actress has landed herself a killer role, having signed on to star in the upcoming flick Manson Girls. Lilo will portray Nancy Pitman, a real-life story about a cult follower of killer Charles Manson.

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HOT 20 SONGS

1. Piece Of Me - Britney Spears
2. Hold Me In Your Arms - The Trews
3. Waiting - City and Colour
4. Scream - Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson, Nicole Scherzinger
5. When I'm Gone - Simple Plan
6. Hearts That Bleed - State Of Shock
7. With You - Chris Brown
8. Out Of My Head (Ay Ya Ya) - Ashlee Simpson
9. Stop And Stare - OneRepublic
10. Ready, Set, Go! - Tokio Hotel
11. Start All Over - Miley Cyrus
12. When You Look Me In The Eyes - Jonas Brothers
13. Like You'll Never See Me Again - Alicia Keys
14. Elevator - Flo Rida ft. Timbaland
15. This Suffering - Billy Talent
16. I Feel It All - Feist
17. With Me - Sum 41
18. Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
19. For The Nights I Can't Remember - Hedley
20. Tattoo - Jordin Sparks


BOX OFFICE

1. 21
2. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
3. Superhero Movie
4. Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
5. Drillbit Taylor
6. Stop-Loss
• Shine A Light (New)
• The Ruins (New)
• Nim's Island (New)
• Leatherheads (New)


ON DVD

1. I Am Legend
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Stephen King's The Mist
4. Atonement
5. Enchanted
6. Hitman
7. The Kite Runner
8. Awake
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (New)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (New)


TV

1. American Idol Wednesday
2. American Idol Tuesday
3. Dancing With The Stars
4. Two And A Half Men
5. 60 Minutes
6. Law And Order
7. Old Christine
8. Lost
9. Moment Of Truth
10. Survivor: Micronesia



 


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