Advance 'Potter' Tickets Sell Quickly
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tickets to "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'' already are vanishing a week before the movie debuts. Although most box-office outlets decline to disclose totals, they said the tickets were selling faster than any other film this year. In London, theaters have already sold nearly ...
| Gorillaz Set Sights On Film, Soundtrack Project?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Animated U.K. act Gorillaz are reportedly planning to follow-up their platinum self-titled debut with a soundtrack to their own movie. Animator Jamie Hewlett, who draws the characters in the virtual group (made up of Blur's Damon Albarn, Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, and Del Tha Funky ...
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'Monsters Inc.' Tops Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Monsters Inc.'' scared away the weekend competition. The film about a monster factory that collects kids' screams recorded the best debut ever for an animated film and the sixth-best opening of all time, bringing in $63.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Monsters Inc.,'' ...
| 'K-Pax', '13 Ghosts' top box office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Aliens and ghosts dominated the box office this weekend as the mental-ward drama "K-Pax," starring Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey as a possible visitor from space, took in $17.5 million to debut as the No. 1 film. A close second was the Halloween horror remake "13 Ghosts," which grossed ...
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Enya Sings for 'Rings'
NEW YORK (AP) - While Enya's recent release, A Day Without Rain, has been steadily climbing the charts over the last forty-seven weeks and landing at the Number Two spot this week, the Celtic singer has recorded two new songs to be released by year's end. "Aniron . . . (I Desire)" and "May It Be" will ...
| Movie-Goers Flock to 'From Hell'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was an odd mix of kiss kiss, slash slash at the weekend box office as movie-goers split their attention between a 1960s chick flick and a tale of Victorian-era mass murder. Johnny Depp's Jack the Ripper thriller "From Hell'' debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $11.3 million. ...
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Oscars 'will not be beaten by terror'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Oscars ceremony will be staged as "normal" despite fears of further terrorist attacks in the US. The president of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Science, Frank Pierson, has vowed that the events of 11 September will not stop the Oscars. But acknowledging that the ...
| 'Training Day' Tops Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Movie-goers preferred violent crime to the comedic variety as "Training Day'' remained the No. 1 weekend film, edging the bank-robbery comedy "Bandits,'' which had a weak debut. "Training Day,'' starring Denzel Washington as a corrupt narcotics detective, was the top film for the ...
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'Training Day' tops box office
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) - Even mean and crooked, Denzel Washington can pack a movie theater. "Training Day," in which the nice-guy actor departs from his typical heroic roles to play a villain, debuted as the No. 1 weekend film with $24.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Serendipity," ...
| Kim Basinger In Talks To Be Eminem's Movie Mom
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oscar winner Kim Basinger is negotiating to star as Eminem's mother in a film loosely based on his life. In the still-untitled flick, slated to begin shooting in Detroit later this month, Eminem plays a character named Jimmy � a young man who learns to express himself through music ...
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Michael Douglas has first 'Word' at box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three new movie releases, led by the Michael Douglas kidnap thriller "Don't Say A Word,'' helped rejuvenate the lackluster North American box office, propelling total weekend receipts to their highest level in three weeks. According to studio estimates issued Sunday, "Don't Say ...
| Movie List at N.Y. Film Festival
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - The 27 films appearing at the New York Film Festival, which opened Friday: "Va Savoir,'' Jacques Rivette, France "What Time Is It There?'' Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan "I'm Going Home,'' Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge,'' Shohei Imamura, Japan ...
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Terrorist Attacks Make Films Timely
NEW YORK (AP) - International films may be more important than ever since terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, said Richard Pena, chairman of the New York Film Festival's selection committee. "Certainly, the recent tragic events of Sept. 11 perhaps showed us in horrible detail ...
| 'Hardball' No. 1 at Box Office
LOS ANGELES (AP)LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Hardball'' played just that, remaining the nation's No. 1 movie as ticket sales plunged on the lowest grossing weekend so far this year. The Little League drama starring Keanu Reeves took in $8.2 million in its second weekend of release for a total of $19.4 million, ...
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Box Office Remains Strong Despite Tragedy
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Movie attendance remained strong this weekend despite the terrorist attacks on the United States, with a slate of new films nearly matching last weekend's box office returns, according to industry estimates Sunday. The Keanu Reeves drama Hardball, about an inner-city Little ...
| Madge Makes Movie
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Madonna is to make her debut as a movie producer. After years of trying to break into film acting, she's moved swiftly to a behind the scenes role. Madonna is to produce a film about female rodeo riders. "Rodeo Queen" is to be directed by Dewey Nicks, a former fashion photographer, ...
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Toronto film festival to resume Wednesday
TORONTO, CANADA (AP) -- The Toronto International Film Festival was thrown into confusion Tuesday as those involved tried to comprehend the horror of terrorist attacks in the United States. At festival headquarters at the midtown Park Hyatt Hotel, news conferences featuring film directors and stars ...
| 'Musketeer' dashes to box office victory
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - "The Musketeer," a martial arts take on the classic Alexandre Dumas tale, rode to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office, while Mark Wahlberg's "Rock Star" hit a flat note in its first weekend. According to studio estimates issued Sunday, "The Musketeer" (Universal) ...
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Indian film scoops top Venice prize
VENICE, ITALY (AP) - An Indian film, Monsoon Wedding, has won the Golden Lion award at the 58th annual Venice Film Festival in Italy. The film, directed by Mira Nair, is a comedy about an extended family reuniting from around the globe for an arranged marriage in India's capital, Delhi. Miss Nair earned ...
| Review: 'Rock Star' glitters fitfully (Acting can't save featherbrained heavy metal... )
LOS ANGELES (CNN) - "Rock Star," a generic fame-and-fortune fantasy starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston, badly wants us to question the meaning of All-American success. Unfortunately, unless you consider mid-1980s heavy metal to be the pinnacle of musical expression, it's more likely to make ...
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