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Vol. 9 No. 8
Pick Hits
Play It
The Getaway
New for you PlayStation 2
owners comes this high riveting action packed blast. When Mark Hammond finally
got out of prison, he thought he'd never get involved with a life of crime ever
again. Boy, was he wrong. Play as Hammond in this mission-based action title set
in London,
England. Quite a bit of the
game play centers on driving (there are more than 70 licensed vehicles), and the
landscape includes 20 miles of real London terrain. Among the many modes of
play, one challenges you to take snapshots of particular London landmarks, and
another lets you play a corrupt cabby. With more than 52 missions, there's
plenty here to keep you busy.
At The Movies
Old School
For all you guys out there who
are 30 + with a baby in your arms and another little guy who fights endlessly
with the little whiner, while longing for dear old alma mater, this is the film
for you. Old School is a raucous comedy about a trio of twenty something buddies
that try to recapture the outrageous, irrepressible fun of their college years
by starting their own off-campus frat house. This film proves that you can go
home again and what's more age need not prevent you from enjoying the coeds,
even the high-school seniors, as you wished you did before. Blessed with some
gifted comic actors, particularly with Vince Vaughn playing well against
his "Psycho" type with Will Ferrell as the fall guy and Luke Wilson
as straight man. Like Animal House on Geritol.
On Video
One Hour Photo
Robin Williams delivers
an eerie performance in this creepy thriller. Sy Parrish (Williams) is a loner,
hiding from the world in his one-hour photo kiosk. Without a life of his own, he
turns to his customers to fill his void. For years he has lovingly and
painstakingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a
baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until
he eventually convinces himself he's part of their family and tries to insinuate
himself into their lives. When Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an
ugly dose of reality, what happens next is evil and frightening.
The Buzz...
Limp Bizkit frontman
Fred Durst has posted (limpbizkit.com) a studio version of a new track
called Just Drop Dead, taken from the group's forthcoming album, Bipolar, due on
May 13.
P.O.D. have recorded the
lead-off single for The Matrix: Reloaded, the sequel to the hit Keanu Reeves
movie. Also set to appear on the soundtrack, due in May, are Rob Zombie
and Deftones, both of whom will contribute new, previously-unreleased
tracks to the collection.
American Idol creators are
ready to pull the plug on a phony operator. The star-makers are suing a sneaky
telemarketing firm they accuse of setting up a number that snags callers who
misdial Idol's toll-free number. According to the suit filed by the shows
producers, a Utah firm called Telemarketing Inc. has set up an 800 number that
shares the same final digits as the talent show's toll-free 866 number.
Queens rapper 50 Cent rolled over several sales landmarks to
become 2003's newest superstar. The former crack-peddling rapper, known as
Curtis Jackson on his extensive criminal rap sheet, debuted at number one
with Get Rich or Die Tryin', which sold 872,000 copies. 50 Cent's monster bow
gives him the best single week sales of 2003, the best single week sales of any
rapper besides Eminem, and the best first week ever for a major label
debut.
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NO OLD SPICE REUNION? |
The Spice Girls got back together - but it was just
for dinner. All five former Girls - including Geri Haliwell - gathered
together for the first time since 1998 and rumors were rampant that the meeting
was part of a reunion plan. Despite claims that the event was purely social, a
greatest hits package and reunion tour could indeed be on the way.
Beatles fans received a
double treat with announcements of a new world tour by Paul McCartney and
the release of a DVD of a 1994 jam session by McCartney, Ringo Starr and
George Harrison.
After exploring the
New York
dating scene with its hit comedy Sex and the City, HBO is setting its sights on
Los Angeles. The cable network has inked a deal with indie writer-director
Valerie Breiman for her to write an untitled adult ensemble comedy pilot
about male and female friends in the City of Angels.
Judi Dench is in final
negotiations to star opposite Vin Diesel in Universal Pictures'
Chronicles of Riddick for writer-director David Twohy, Radar Pictures and
One Race Prods. Production begins in Vancouver in April. Colm Feore has
come aboard to play the lead villain in the project, which is a sequel to the
2000 film Pitch Black, about an intergalactic prisoner named Riddick who has the
ability to see in the dark.
Mike Myers is furthering
his relationship with the DreamWorks, signing a unique feature film production
deal. The deal will include several projects that will be examples of what Myers
and DreamWorks have dubbed "film sampling. The plan is for DreamWorks to acquire
the rights to existing motion picture hits and classics, write new story lines
and insert Myers and other actors into the film to create an entirely new piece
of entertainment.
The Los Angeles sheriff's
department is granting a request by TV journalist Barbara Walters to
interview actor Robert Blake who has seen two defense lawyers quit his
murder case because of his insistence to go on TV.
The Dead, singer
James Brown, the Allman Brothers, Ben Harper, and Medeski,
Martin and Wood are set to headline the 2003 Bonnaroo Music
Festival. The 2nd annual event featuring more than 30 acts will be
held June 13 through 15 in Manchester, Tennessee and is expected to draw up to
80,000 music fans.
A Los Angeles judge has tossed
out a lawsuit by the Allman Brothers Band because the rockers waited too
long to sue Universal Music Group for the return of a decade's worth of their
recordings.
Australian police raided a home
in western Sydney and seized reel-to-reel tapes apparently recorded by The
Beatles and believed stolen from the band's studios in
London
more than three decades ago. The tapes were either original recordings or
professionally-made copies of the group's
Abbey Road
album and The White Album.
Star Wars has created almost
400,000 Jedi’s in Britain. Over 390,000 people wrote "Jedi" on their 2001 census
form, more than those who registered their faith as Jewish, Buddhist or Sikh in
the optional question on religion. The Jedi’s declared their belief after a
campaign on the Internet asked people to "do it because you love Star Wars" or
"just to annoy people."
Jimi Hendrix's body has
been yet again exhumed and relocated under a giant marble dome, which will
nearly complete a very lavish memorial in Renton, WA. Hendrix's father Al and
his step-mother Ayako have also been placed in the vault under the dome in the
center of the memorial, and his grandmother Nora’s cremated remains will join
them later.
Jane's Addiction still
haven’t announced an exact release date for their forthcoming studio album,
Hypersonic, but vocalist Perry Farrell guarantees it will be out before
Lollapalooza.
The current working plan for
the WrestleMania main-event is to have the big Steve Austin vs. The
Rock rematch. Originally the WWE was hoping to have Goldberg vs. The
Rock headline the annual classic, but negotiations between both sides seem to
have fallen flat at this point.
If you want to see Ozzy
Osbourne perform his one-off gig at The Joint at the Hard Rock Café in
Las Vegas
on Friday, March 14th, be prepared to fork over $150+ for general admission, and
$300+ for balcony seats.
Def Leppard have begun
lining up US tour dates. You can check them out live in
St. Paul
Minnesota
at the Excel Energy Center on April 4th.
AC/DC will be inducted
into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.
The 18th annual induction ceremony will also feature U2 inducting The
Clash, No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani representing The
Police, Billy Joel speaking for The Righteous Brothers, and
Elton John inducting Elvis Costello & The Attractions. An edited
version of the induction ceremony will air March 16 at 9 p.m. ET on VH1.
Venture capitalists from
Chicago
are behind an effort to start a liberal-leaning radio network that would offer
an alternative to conservative talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh.
Television writer-producer
Joe Connelly, who co-created the wholesome family comedy Leave It to Beaver,
died Thursday of complications from a stroke he suffered late last month. He was
86.
AC/DC will perform a
special one-off show at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Tuesday, March
11. Tickets for the show are not available for sale, and the only way for fans
to get into the gig is to win tickets from select retail, radio promotions or
the group's official web site, www.acdcrocks.com.
WWE Diva
Torrie Wilson's nude photo spread will be in the April edition of Playboy
magazine which will hit newsstands on March 28th, just two days before
WrestleMania. |
