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Vol. 9 No. 15
Pick Hits
Off The Record
Lisa Marie Presley
To Whom it May Concern
She's got the toughest act
in history to follow, but Lisa Marie has a genuinely great voice that falls
somewhere between
Tanya Tucker and Cher.
Lights Out, the first single, is a descendant of Cher's great cover of Walking
in Memphis. Opener S.O.B., and So Lovely all have actual memorable hooks.
Tabloids will of course have a field day with some of the oblique lyrical
references to both
Michael Jackson and Nicolas Cage. In many ways, To Whom It May Concern reveals
Lisa Marie Presley, the entertainer, to be as nondescript as her dad was.
Nothing here is remotely cringe-worthy. It's a small favor but we should be
grateful for all we get these days.
At The Movies
Anger Management
After a misunderstanding
aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik
(Adam Sandler) is
ordered by a Judge to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy
Rydell (Jack Nicholson), which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men
and women. Buddy’s unorthodox approach to therapy is confrontational and
abrasive and Dave is bewildered by it. Then, after yet another mishap, Judge
Daniels orders Dave to step up his therapy or wind up in jail. So, Buddy moves
in with Dave to help him battle his inner demons. This film will definitely
transform Sandler back to his Happy Gilmore God status.
On Video
Harry Potter and the Chamber of
Secrets
Cars fly, trees fight back
and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter of danger all at the start of
the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year at
Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to
speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue
Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall
announces The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To save Hogwarts will require
all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage in this
spellbinding adaptation of
J.K. Rowling's second book.
Get ready to be amused and petrified as Harry Potter shows he's more than a
wizard, he's a hero. Fast moving, involving story with enough action for kids of
all ages.
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STONE COLD SETBACK |
Stone Cold Steve Austin
went into his match with The Rock at WrestleMania knowing it could very
well be his final match ever. At this point, Austin may be looking at retirement
from his in-ring career due to a neck injury. As used in the promo that got him
"fired" last week on Raw, Steve Austin did indeed spend the night before
WrestleMania XIX in the hospital. Austin is expected to remain as a character on
Raw in some non-wrestling role to threaten Eric Bischoff's reign as GM.
Now that she's been declared
cancer-free, Sharon Osbourne is concentrating on her next battle: the
launch of her syndicated one-hour national chatter, The Sharon Osbourne Show,
which is slated to hit the small screen this fall.
Daredevil beauty Jennifer
Garner has separated from her husband of three years Scott Foley.
The
2003 Juno Awards belonged to Avril Lavigne. The new comer cleaned up
taking home four trophies including: Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Best
Pop Album, as well as the Best single award for Complicated.
Penelope Cruz
is suing an Australian magazine for defamation over an article it published. The
action relates to a story the magazine published about Cruz and
Tom Cruise,
whom she's been dating since summer 2001.
Actor
Jason Mewes
(Jay from Jay and Silent Bob) will be the subject of an HBO documentary about
his heroin addiction. The New York Post says Mewes' personal manager is
producing the show called Rock Bottom.
Foo Fighters
frontman Dave
Grohl has laid
down the drum tracks for the new Killing Joke album, tentatively titled
Axis of Evil.
Before his third solo album, Chicken & Beer, drops later this year, we'll
hear Ludacris on the majority of the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack, due May
20. The mouth of the South has the lead single, Act a Fool.
Disney will begin testing
its long-awaited video on demand service, dubbed Movie Beam, later this fall.
Unlike current video on demand services, which send movie files over the
Internet, Disney's system will use the same broadcast spectrum the company uses
to send its ABC Television network to homes.
Deftones
will embark on a "guerilla-style" club tour in May to support their self-titled
fourth album, due May 20 through Maverick Records. All shows will be announced
the day before they're played.
Staind's
upcoming album, 14 Shades of Grey, will include a limited-edition bonus DVD disc
with footage of the band from throughout its career. The disc is due May 20 and
will be preceded by the single Price to Play.
J. K. Rowling
persuaded a Dutch court to halt the publication of a popular Russian children's
book about a girl magician titled Tanya Grotter. Rowling says Grotter's writer
ripped off her mega-selling series, Harry Potter.
An online betting site has
shut down wagers on
Survivor: The Amazon's battle of the sexes, claiming four CBS employees were
discovered placing money on the series.
Steve Buscemi,
known for his shady roles in flicks like Fargo, Con Air and Reservoir Dogs, is
in negotiations to star as a recurring character for the upcoming fifth, and
possibly sixth season of HBO's
The Sopranos.
Hearts and Minds, a drama set in the world of
military intelligence, is in the works for HBO by writer and television academy
chairman Bryce Zabel.
Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sum 41 and
Avril Lavigne have signed on to take part in MTV's Metallica
mtvICON special. The event, to be broadcast May 6, will find artists performing
Metallica's songs and saluting the group's influential career. Metallica will
perform during the finale of the taping.
Former
Neurotica
frontman Kelly
Shaefer has
reportedly tried out for the
Drowning Pool
singer slot left vacant by the death of
Dave Williams.
WWE's WrestleMania 19 buyrate
was 35%-40% below what the WWE originally expected. The WWE was hoping for
850,000 buys, but in the end the much hyped Vince McMahon vs
Hulk Hogan
street fight failed to make a significant impact in the ratings.
Pantera
guitarist Dimebag
Darrell's book,
Riffer Madness, a collection of the lessons the axeman wrote for Guitar World
magazine, has been published by Warner Brothers Publications.
Beethoven's
final manuscript of the Ninth Symphony, marked with the composer's revisions and
insults to the copyist who produced it, could fetch up to $4.6 million at a sale
in London next month.
Luciano Pavarotti
and Bono
will share the stage in a May 27 benefit concert in Modena, northern Italy, the
Italian tenor's home town, to help Iraqi war refugees.
Queen Latifah
will reign as host of this year's VH1 Divas concert, which will feature
performances from
Mary J. Blige,
Jewel
and Chaka Khan.
Beau Bridges'
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled, right next to stars for his
younger brother, Jeff Bridges, and his father, Lloyd Bridges.
The movie offers have come
in, along with proposals for book deals, as companies jockey to cash in on the
dramatic rescue of former POW Army Pfc.
Jessica Lynch.
Japanese game manufacturer
Nintendo Co. lowered
its earnings forecast for the recently ended fiscal year, citing slower than
expected sales of its GameCube console.
The ABC reality show
The Bachelor, now featuring
tire scion Andrew Firestone, finished an unspectacular 34th place in its
third-season premiere.
Britney Spears'
problems from her ill-fated eatery Nyla, plauged by dismal reviews and
disappointed diners, has stiffed creditors to the tune of more than $350,000 in
unpaid bills.
A contestant and two
audience members from an episode of
Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire were found guilty in a
London court of cheating
their way to the jackpot by using a system of strategic coughs.
Robin Williams
will star in Lions Gate's feature film Final Cut from first-time writer-director
Omar Naim.
Impact Pictures and
Constantin Films will bring Tecmo's
Dead or Alive fighting video
game franchise to the big screen in association with Mindfire Entertainment.
Impact concurrently has video game-to-movie titles Driver and Resident Evil 2 in
the works.
Rap star
50 Cent
has inked a label deal with Interscope Records. Under the terms of the deal, 50
Cent will sign and develop artists under the imprint G-Unit Records.
Seth Green
has joined the cast of Warner Bros. Pictures' Scooby-Doo 2 for director Raja
Gosnell.
Britney Spears
continues to plug away at her upcoming album. Her label, Jive, estimates that
she should be done recording in mid-May, at which point they'll set a release
date.
Hip-O Records has reissued
the remainder of the Mötley Crüe catalog. Most of the new CD's will
contain one or two new bonus songs that where not released when the catalog was
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