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Vol. 15
No. 25
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf return to join with the
Autobots' battle against the evil Decepticons. When Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) finds
out some crucial information about the Transformers' creation and their history
on our planet, the Decepticons set out to catch him and pick his brain. Optimus
Prime must join forces with armies from nations all over the world in order to
stage an epic battle against the Decepticons in the enigmatic land of Egypt.
Many secrets about both human and Cybertronian history are revealed amid
spectacular clashes of robot vs. robot.
On DVD
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher) is a sweet and charming New York
City girl who has a tiny, little problem that is rapidly turning into a big
problem: she's hopelessly addicted to shopping and drowning in a sea of debt.
While Rebecca has dreams of working for a top fashion magazine, she can't quite
get her foot in the door until she snags a job as an advice columnist for a new
financial magazine published by the same company. Overnight, her column becomes
hugely popular, turning her into an overnight celebrity, but when her compulsive
shopping and growing debt issues threaten to destroy her love life and derail
her career, she struggles to keep it all from spiraling out of control and is
ultimately forced to reevaluate what's really important in life.
The Buzz..
Perez
Hilton had fodder of his own for his gossip blog after he alleges that
Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.I.Am assaulted him. Hilton says he was
attacked after the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto.
Hilton claims that Will.I.Am had followed him and demanded that Hilton stop
writing about the Black Eyed Peas and bandmate Fergie on his website. And
then he says that Will's manager Polo Molina punched him in the
head "two or three times." Molina has been charged with assault.
Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett plan to finally make their
longtime relationship official. O'Neal revealed to Barbara Walters on 20/20 that
they plan to marry. "I've asked her to marry me, again, and she's agreed," says
O'Neal, 68.
In a surprising move, Sony and Columbia Pictures have shut
down the Brad Pitt Steven Soderbergh movie
Moneyball just before start of production. The movie was to begin production
in Phoenix, but according to the trades, was put on "limited turnaround" late
last week by Columbia chief Amy Pascal. Pascal reportedly was
unhappy with the latest script rewrite by Soderbergh. The movie was to be based
on Michael Lewis' 2004 book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,
which followed the 2002 Oakland Athletics baseball team as they tried to field a
competitive team on a miniscule budget. There's no word on how that story was
changed, or why Pascal was uncomfortable with those changes.
The Top 10 from this past season of American Idol have the usual
compilation CD coming out June 30th. The tracks have now been announced. Each
finalist has one song apiece, with runner-up Adam Lambert and
winner Kris Allen contribution two songs each.
Get ready for ladies' night. After the surprising box office success of The
Hangover, producers Chris Bender and J.C. Spink have
started work on a female version. Business Trip will follow a
group of women who go on the titular excursion and are distracted by
misadventure. The concept is still in its earliest stages; it will join a
Hangover sequel, which is currently being written with a planned fall 2010 start
to production.
Scrubs, the beloved series we said goodbye to last month when J.D. (Zach
Braff) made his exit from Sacred Heart, will return to the schedule this
winter, but it won't be the same show. When the sitcom comes back, it'll no
longer take place in the hospital, but in a medical school with professors Cox (John
C. McGinley) and Turk (Donald Faison) instead. Sacred Heart
won't disappear completely though. Dr. Cox and Dr. Turk's students will end up
seeing several familiar faces while doing rotations there every now and then.
Braff, Sarah Chalke (Elliot), Judy Reyes (Carla) and
Ken Jenkins (Dr. Kelso) have signed on to appear as guest stars
throughout the season.
Well, T.R. Knight (George O'Malley) may not be returning to Grey's
Anatomy this fall, but Katherine Heigl will be. Heigl's option
on Grey's has been picked up, which likely means her character, Izzie Stevens,
who is suffering from brain cancer, will still be on the show come September.
Whether she will stick around for the entire season, however, who knows.
What do you do when you've already scored hit albums, hot girlfriends and the
cover of Rolling Stone? If you're the Kings Of Leon, you
start your own record label. The Kings will be launching their own label in
conjunction with Bug Music, a well known music publishing outfit
based in Los Angeles.
Bret Michaels has made People magazine's list of the
hottest bachelors. He's in the company of the magazine's number one male hottie,
Chace Crawford. Other runners-up include members of the
Entourage cast, X-Men Origins: Wolverine co-star Taylor Kitsch,
Prince Harry, tennis player Rafael Nadal,
Transformers star Shia LaBeouf, American Idol contestant Adam
Lambert and Twilight's Robert Pattinson.
Dancing with the Stars Julianne Hough will star opposite Chace
Crawford in the Footloose remake.
blink 182 will have a new song ready when their tour kicks off on
July 23rd. The track, called Up All Night, borrows its influences
from Pink Floyd and Rush, but also maintains the trademark
blink sound.
Four books that have been long out of print by the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. will be published again under a new deal with Beacon Press
brokered by King's youngest son.
Model Gisele Bundchen is expecting a baby with her husband,
football star Tom Brady.
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HOT 20 SONGS
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1. Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas
2. Anybody Listening - Classified
3. If You Seek Amy - Britney Spears
4. Africa - Karl Wolf
5. If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback
6. We Made You - Eminem
7. Know Your Enemy - Green Day
8. Kiss Me Through The Phone - Soulja Boy
9. Day 'N' Night - Kid Cudi
10. Please Don't Leave Me - Pink
11. Goodbye, You Suck - Shiloh
12. Dead End Countdown - The New Cities
13. I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson
14. Audience Of One - Rise Against
15. Don't Forget - Demi Lovato
16. Waking Up In Vegas - Katy Perry
17. Rusted From The Rain - Billy Talent
18. Gimme Sympathy - Metric
19. Welcome To Wherever You Are - Ten Second Epic
20. Young Cardinals - Alexisonfire |
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BOX OFFICE
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1. The Proposal
2. The Hangover
3. Up
4. Year One
5. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
6. Night at the Museum 2
7. Star Trek
8. Land Of The Lost
• My Sister's Keeper (New)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (New) |
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ON DVD
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1. Gran Torino
2. The International
3. One Week
4. He's Just Not That Into You
5. Friday the 13th
6. Defiance
• Crossing Over (New)
• The Pink Panther 2 (New)
• Inkheart (New)
• Confessions of a Shopaholic (New) |
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TV
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1. The Mentalist
2. NCIS
3. 48 Hours Mystery
4. Two And A Half Men
5. CSI
6. Criminal Minds
7. CSI: Miami
8. CSI: NY
9. So You Think You Can Dance
10. 60 Minutes |
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