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Vol. 12
No. 02
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Hoodwinked
An updated re-telling of the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. The
satire begins where the fable last left off, as there's always more to every
tale than meets the eye. Furry and feathered cops from the animal world, Chief
Grizzly and Detective Bill Stork, investigate a domestic disturbance at Granny's
cottage, involving a girl, a wolf and an axe. The charges are many: breaking and
entering, disturbing the peace, intent to eat, and wielding an axe without a
license. Not to mention, this case might be tied to the elusive "Goody Bandit"
who has been stealing the recipes of goody shops everywhere. Clever satire
abounds in this Shrek inspired parody.
On DVD
Red Eye
Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) hates to fly, but the terror that
awaits her on the night flight to Miami has nothing to do with a fear of flying.
Upon boarding the plane, Lisa is pleasantly surprised to find that she is seated
next to Jackson (Cillian Murphy), the seemingly charming man with
whom she had shared a drink in the airport terminal. But moments after takeoff,
Jackson drops his facade and menacingly reveals the real reason he's on board:
he is an operative in a plot to kill the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security,
and Lisa is the key to its success. If she refuses to cooperate, her own father
will be killed by an assassin awaiting a call from Jackson. Trapped within the
confines of a jet at 30,000 feet, Lisa has nowhere to run and no way to summon
help without endangering her father, her fellow passengers and her own life. Red
Eye takes the viewer on one wild ride.
The Buzz..
The
second-season premiere of ABC's Dancing With The Stars,
averaged 17.5 million viewers. That's nearly triple the audience of previous
time slot occupants Alias and Night Stalker. It's also an
upgrade over Dancing's inaugural episode last summer.
The new Red Hot Chili Peppers album, Stadium Arcadium, will be a
double-disc package. No release date has been announced yet for the follow-up to
2002's By the Way, but the group is working on a tour itinerary. Singer
Anthony Keidis says the CD is "heavy, but it's emotionally heavy with
lots of beautiful melodies."
Pearl Jam have won a ruling against a webmaster who was
controlling a domain called PearlJams-dot-com. The National Arbitration Forum
decided in favor of the group last week, saying that the site caused confusion
with the band and its name, which is a registered trademark. The site's owner
used it to advertise other sites, ranging from online boards about Eddie
Vedder to sites selling freshwater pearls.
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is following in
Dave Grohl's footsteps. Just as Dave stepped out from behind
Nirvana's drums to form the Foos, Hawkins has formed his own side project, the
aptly-named Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.
The hip-hop
group Black Eyed Peas will headline the sixth annual
Honda Civic Tour and help the automaker promote its new
gas-electric hybrid model by giving away a customized car, which the group will
help design.
Lou Reed, Avril Lavigne and Ricky Martin,
among others, have all been tapped to perform concerts after the awards
ceremonies each night at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino. The
Games begin February 10.
Expectations are high for Justin Timberlake’s follow up LP to
Justified, which is why he's enlisted heavy hitters like Will.I.Am of
Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, and Rick Rubin.
Tim Allen and John Travolta are in negotiations to star in
Wild Hogs, a comedy for Touchstone Pictures. The script revolves
around a group of four frustrated middle-aged biker wannabes who hit the open
road in search of adventure only to encounter a real Hell's Angels group.
Felicity Huffman earned Screen Actors Guild nominations for
her role on Desperate Housewives and her big-screen turn as a man
about to complete the journey to becoming a woman in Transamerica. Her
overall three nods were more than any other star.
A movie theater owned by Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller abruptly
changed its screening plans and decided not to show the film Brokeback
Mountain. The film was supposed to open Friday at the Megaplex at Jordan
Commons in Sandy, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Instead it was pulled from the
schedule.
Singer Pink and motocross racer Carey Hart tied the knot in
Costa Rica.
Capote, the screen biography of writer Truman Capote, was named 2005's
best film by the National Society of Film Critics, and Philip Seymour
Hoffman won best actor in the film's title role.
The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour exploded in 2005,
and could end up as the top-grossing tour ever, pending an epic box office
battle with U2's Vertigo tour.
Eager U.S. readers snapped up more copies of Harry Potter's latest
adventure on the first day it was out than any other book sold in the country in
all of 2005, according to sales figures released on Friday.
Husband and wife country stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
are putting the finishing touches on a reprise of their Soul II Soul tour.
Disturbed's latest album, Ten Thousand Fists, has been certified platinum
by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in
excess of one million copies. The CD, which was released in September via
Reprise, has shifted 845,000 copies in the United States, according to
Nielsen SoundScan.
After a summer tour, likely to launch in June, Def Leppard plan to
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HOT 20 SONGS
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1. Run It - Chris Brown ft. Juelz Santana
2. Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day
3. Don't Forget About Us - Mariah Carey
4. Montreal Calling - Mobile
5. If It's Lovin' - Rihanna
6. Do You Want To - Franz Ferdinand
7. Crazy - Simple Plan
8. Hey It's Your Funeral Mama - Alexisonfire
9. Hung Up - Madonna
10. Luxurious - Gwen Stefani ft. Slim Thug
11. Window Shopper - 50 Cent
12. Yearning - The Trews
13. Real Love - Massari
14. Everyday - Kardinal Ofishall ft. Ray Robinson
15. When I'm Gone - Eminem
16. Stickwitchu - Pussycat Dolls
17. Pretty Vegas - INXS
18. Angels Losing Sleep - Our Lady Peace
19. Because of You - Kelly Clarkson
20. Juice Box - The Strokes |
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BOX OFFICE
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1. Hostel
2. The Chronicles of Narnia
3. Fun With Dick And Jane
4. King Kong
5. Cheaper By The Dozen 2
6. Munich
7. Memoirs Of A Geisha
• Hoodwinked (New)
• Glory Road (New)
• Last Holiday (New) |
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ON DVD
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1. Wedding Crashers
2. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
3. Four Brothers
4. Into the Blue
5. The Brothers Grimm
• Red Eye (New)
• Underworld (New)
• Hustle & Flow (New)
• The Constant Gardener (New)
• Transporter 2 (New) |
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TV
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1. CSI
2. Monday Night Football
3. CSI: Miami
4. The OC
5. NCIS
6. Without A Trace
7. Desperate Housewives
8. Two And A Half Men
9. Criminal Minds
10. CSI: NY |
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