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Vol. 12
No. 33
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Snakes On A Plane
When a young man witnesses a brutal mob murder, it falls to FBI agent
Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) to escort his charge safely from
Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify. But in an act of self-preservation, the crime
boss facing prison smuggles hundreds of poisonous snakes onto the commercial
aircraft in a crate timed to release its deadly cargo halfway over the Pacific.
Flynn, along with a frightened flight crew and passengers, must then band
together in a desperate attempt to survive.
On DVD
RV
An overworked Bob Munro (Robin Williams), his wife Jaime, their
15-year-old daughter Cassie and 12-year-old son Carl are in desperate need of
some quality time together. When Bob decides to rent an RV for a trip to
Colorado, everything that can go wrong, does. The RV life is a far cry from
their comfortable life in Los Angeles, and every attempt Bob makes to get them
into the spirit of the vacation threatens to tear them further apart. At an RV
camp, the Munro family is befriended by the Gornicke family, a happy clan of
full time RVers. The more they try to elude the Gornickes, the more their paths
seem destined to cross. But adversity has a way of uniting even the most
dysfunctional family members and each setback the Munros experience
inadvertently helps them become a true family again.
The Buzz..
It doesn’t seem
like Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie will have any
problems going solo. Her first single, London Bridge, is number one on the
Billboard charts, and is also the top downloaded tune across Canada. Fergie is
set to drop her debut album, The Dutchess on September 19th.
Red Hot Chili Peppers will get the ultra high octane treatment next month
when NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer tricks out his car with a
paint scheme honoring the band. Bowyer's Chevrolet will sport the group's logo
and colors for the Emerson Radio 250, which takes place at Virginia's Richmond
International Raceway on September 8th.
Unite the United, the charity started by Warped Tour founder Kevin
Lyman, is re-launching its auction site to raise money for charitable
relief organizations. Up for bids are a pair of Vans signed by members of
The Offspring, Senses Fail, Anti Flag and
others, as well as a guitar autographed by Joan Jett and members
of NOFX, Fall Out Boy, Less Than Jake, Rise
Against, Aiden and others. To get more information or bid on an item,
log onto UniteTheUnited.com.
Marvel Entertainment is calling on Zak Penn (X3, The
Incredible Hulk) to pen a screenplay based on The Avengers comic
series. The Avengers comprised of many characters from the Marvel Universe and
has a long history of decades of storylines. Some of the members who joined the
team include The Hulk, Black Panther, Captain America, Iron Man, Luke Cage,
Spider-Man, Wolverine, Quicksilver, Thor, Nick Fury, and Ant Man.
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Dave
Navarro, who recently split with wife Carmen Electra, is
reportedly dating adult film star Jenna Jameson. Her publicist has
confirmed that Jameson left her husband and is now with the former Jane's
Addiction guitarist. Navarro was married to Electra for three years. Carmen is
rumoured to be dating actor Jamie Foxx, though she has denied the
claims.
Call it the curse of the newlywed reality shows. Former blink-182 drummer
Travis Barker has filed for divorce from his Playboy Playmate wife
Shanna Moakler. The Meet the Barkers stars are the latest reality
show couple to split up. Barker and Moakler were married less than 2 years.
Beck has titled his next album The Information. The disc, due out in late
October, was produced by Nigel Godrich, who worked with Beck on Mutations and
Sea Change. Fans have been getting previews of the album all over the Internet,
as six different videos for album tracks have appeared on either Beck's site,
his MySpace page or on YouTube.
Andre 3000 has denied rumours that Outkast snubbed Oprah
Winfrey. Dre says the reason they didn’t appear on her show to talk about
their upcoming movie Idlewild, was because they kept pushing back the film’s
release date. And since Oprah’s show doesn’t film in the summertime, they missed
the opportunity.
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson will reunite for
Fool's Gold for Warner Bros. The How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days stars will play
married treasure hunters whose eight year search for gold leaves them broke and
out of gas. But just as they near their divorce, they come across a clue that
just may lead them to the treasure they were looking for.
Kanye West is reportedly engaged to his longtime girlfriend,
according to People magazine. The mag says that Kanye proposed to his gal
pal Alexis while they were overseas recently. West’s rep had no comment on the
engagement. It will be the first marriage for the 29 year old artist.
Photographs of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ baby
Suri, will finally surface this fall. According to the New York Post,
Vanity Fair has secured the rights to the photos. And renowned
photographer Annie Leibovitz took the pics. Baby Suri was born in
April and has yet to make a public appearance.
Universal Pictures, Microsoft, and 20th Century
Fox have announced that Neill Blomkamp will take the helm
of the Halo movie, due for release summer of 2008. Surprisingly, with a
picture of this scale, Blomkamp will make his feature film debut with this
project. He's currently directed only commercials, short films, and a few TV
projects.
Paris Hilton's new career as a singer keeps rolling along. The
heiress will soon embark on a mini-tour to promote her upcoming album. Paris
will be making stops in Miami, New York City and Los Angeles. Hilton will do
double duty during the tour, with in-store autograph signing events during the
day, and CD release parties at night.
Jay-Z has joined forces with the United Nations, to raise
awareness about the world’s water crisis. The rap mogul will be embarking on a
world tour to visit poor regions where clean water is lacking.
Ellen DeGeneres namesake talk show has been locked up for three
more seasons by NBC-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and
seven other big cities.
Evanescence have announced the North American tour dates for their new
album, The Open Door. The band will be making stops in Toronto on October 5th
and Minneapolis on October 15th. Tickets go on sale August 19th.
Pamela Anderson phoned into Ryan Seacrest's radio
show recently, gushing about her new hubby, Kid Rock. When
Seacrest asked Pam abut any plans to add to their family, the actress said,
"There might be one in there now."
The Pussycat Dolls have been deemed too racy for Malaysia.
Malaysian authorities have fined the organizers of a Dolls concert for allowing
the singers to wear skimpy costumes on stage. The group, who recently performed
in Kuala Lumpur, were also targeted for "gross indecency" and "sexually
suggestive routines."
Gearing up for the October release of his first album, Playing with Fire,
Kevin Federline announced Friday that he is launching his own record
label, Federation Records. K-Fed's own album will, of course, be the label's
first official release.
Jessica Simpson has denied that her upcoming album, A Public
Affair, is about her failed marriage to Nick Lachey. She said that
even though that's what people expect, it's really about her trying to lead a
normal life.
Brett Ratner will direct a remake of The Boys from Brazil for New
Line Cinema.
Elton John has set a September 19 release date for his new studio
album, The Captain and the Kid.
The 1978 thriller starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Oliver was based on an Ira
Levin novel and told of a plot by the Nazis in South America to revive the Third
Reich through the use of cloning.
Panic! At The Disco are being sued by their former bass player. Brent
Wilson is taking taking legal action against the band, claiming that he is still
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HOT 20 SONGS
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1. Buttons - Pussycat Dolls ft. Snoop Dogg
2. Steady As She Goes - The Raconteurs
3. Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera
4. Far Away - Nickelback
5. Miss Murder - AFI
6. Unfaithful - Rihanna
7. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
8. Since You've Been Gone - Theory of a Deadman
9. Stars are Blind - Paris Hilton
10. Hate Me - Blue October
11. Through Glass - Stone Sour
12. But It's Better If You Do - Panic At The Disco
13. Bridge to Nowhere - Sam Roberts
14. (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me - Sean Paul ft. Keyshia Cole
15. Bossy - Kelis ft. Too Short
16. Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland
17. Ridin' - Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone
18. London Bridge - Fergie
19. Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace
20. Woman - Wolfmother |
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BOX OFFICE
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1. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2. Step Up
3. World Trade Center
4. Barnyard
5. Pulse
6. Pirates of the Caribbean 2
• Accepted (New)
• The Illusionist (New)
• Material Girls (New)
• Snakes on a Plane (New) |
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ON DVD
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1. Inside Man
2. Benchwarmers
3. She's the Man
4. The Shaggy Dog
5. V for Vendetta
6. Final Destination 3
• I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (New)
• Hoot (New)
• Scary Movie 4 (New)
• RV (New) |
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TV
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1. CSI: Miami
2. Without A Trace
3. CSI
4. NFL Pre-Season
5. Two And A Half Men
6. America's Got Talent
7. 60 Minutes
8. So You Think You Can Dance
9. Cold Case
10. Law And Order: SVU |
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