Pick Hits

Off The Record

Hootie & The Blowfish - Musical Chairs

The band's new album certainly does nothing to break the mold in branching out, Musical Chairs is yet another solid collection of toe-tapping, impossibly pleasant sing-alongs that should easily earn Hootie at least a bazillion more dollars. This album presents a radio-friendly blues-rock sound with touches of bluegrass, country and R&B, elements that bring the band one step closer to its goal of becoming the Eagles of the '90s.

At The Movies

Rush Hour

A Hong Kong detective joins forces with a renegade L.A. cop to rescue a kidnapped young girl from bomb-wielding gangsters. Starring Jackie Chan, Rush Hour is the film that could finally put him on the action-movie A-list. An adrenaline rush of pedal-to-the-metal action-comedy for those testosterone-pumped action fans who can't suffer through another Lethal Weapon and need some fresh blood.

On Video

My Giant

Billy Crystal plays a third-rate talent agent who's convinced he's headed for the big time when he takes under his wing, so to speak, a 7-foot 7-inch Shakespeare-quoting giant. On location in Romania, he meets up with the giant, whisks him back to the States and promises to reunite him with a long-lost sweetheart, all the while planning for fame and fortune. Naturally, both learn new things about values and priorities in life.

The Buzz...

That yellow smiley face that was omnipresent in the 70's leads the voting for a stamp to represent the decade, with Sesame Street a close second.  Maybe this will help cheer up disgruntled postal workers everywhere.

Representatives of Monica Lewinsky are attempting to work out a deal for their client to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey after turning down as much as $2 million offers from other shows.  Too bad, this has Springer written all over it...

Garth Brooks sold out nine shows in Minneapolis in a record breaking frenzy with the first show selling out in 11 minutes and the second show 14 minutes. They just kept adding shows and they all sold out within four hours.

The stopwatch whose insistent ticking has introduced every broadcast of the television news magazine 60 Minutes since its 1968 beginning entered the Smithsonian Institution's popular culture collection Tuesday

After bombing on the Grand Ole Opry stage over 24 years ago, Elvis will join Tammy Wynette as an inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame.  Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Billy Joel will join the Hall's rock counterpart after being nominated earlier this year. 

Steven Spielberg has received the Army's highest civilian honor due to the graphic success of Saving Private Ryan, which introduced a whole new generation to the sacrifices made during war. 

Mel Gibson may have said no to a sequel for Mad Max, but he is thinking of starring in the big screen remake of the television classic, Hogan's Heroes, playing Hogan of course.

Candice Bergen is calling it quits on her ten year stint as the spokesperson for Sprint. The parting was amicable, with both parties deciding to go in different directions.

Planet of the Apes actor Roddy McDowall has terminal cancer. McDowall's cancer was not specified, although it appeared to develop quickly.

Larry King is about to become the latest member of the geezer daddy club. The 64-year-old CNN host and his 38-year-old wife, Shawn Southwick King, are expecting a little bundle of joy.

Just a year after the tragic death of her ex-sister-in-law Princess Diana, the Duchess of York has also lost her mother, who was killed this weekend in a car crash in Argentina.

David Bowie and producer Tony Visconti are working together again after nearly 20 years apart. They have connected to record a track, Skylife, for the Rugrats soundtrack.

After years of ruling the concert stage with their highly influential ska-rock sound, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have decided to venture into the arena of live recordings with an LP taken from a series of memorable hometown gigs.