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Vol. 12
No. 23
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Cars
Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), a hotshot rookie race car
driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish
line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of
Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship
in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the
town's offbeat characters, including Sally, a snazzy 2002 Porsche, Doc Hudson (Paul
Newman), a 1951 Hudson Hornet with a mysterious past, and Mater, a rusty
but trusty tow truck, who help him realize that there are more important things
than trophies, fame and sponsorship. Another piece of Pixar magic.
On DVD
Glory Road
For Don Haskins, the dream was always about winning even when the odds were
completely stacked against you. What Haskins didn't know in 1966 is that his
underdog team's incredible victory would transcend sport and change not only his
life and the lives of his players, but the country itself. Haskins and his
scrappy Texas Western Miners were unwittingly about to revolutionize basketball
when Haskins decided to play an all African American opening lineup at the NCAA
championships against the all white juggernaut of the University of Kentucky
Wildcats. Haskins did it to win. But his bold decision would help break down
barriers of segregation as his team played their hearts out.
The Buzz..
Rock the
Fort, the biggest classic rock festival in Northwestern Ontario, happens
Friday June 16th through Sunday June 18th in Thunder Bay Ontario Canada. This
year's stellar line-up features Heart, Randy Bachman and
Burton Cummings, Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe,
Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Sweet, Quiet Riot,
Helix, Alannah Myles, Lee Aaron, The
Northern Pikes and The Stampeders plus more! Tickets
for the entire three day event are under $35 us.
Avi
Arad recently revealed that there aren't just three villains in
Spider-Man 3, there are four. Arad stated "Right we have four villains.
Pretty soon [we'll reveal the fourth villain] I believe. Maybe around Comic Con
we'll reveal something and the madness will begin." He confirmed that the three
villains so far are Venom, Sandman, and the new Green Goblin.
The Black Eyed Peas are working with Snickers. The group have
created a series of comic-book style online films in which they become
superheroes. In the digital episodes, the four members pose as Snickers factory
workers by day and then become defenders of old school hip hop by night.
Superman Returns will be moving from its June 30th release date up
two days to June 28th. This will give the Man of Steel additional time to reap
in some box office bucks before Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest hits theaters on July 7th.
Green Day have not abandoned their plans to turn American Idiot
into a movie. In fact, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says,
"It's definitely going to happen." The trio had been kicking around the idea
since the album's release, but no definite plans have been made yet.
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Jay-Z
may soon be adding another credit to his long list of accomplishments by
becoming a casino boss. Associates for the rap mogul are reportedly in talks to
franchise his popular Atlantic City hotspot the 40/40 Club with a casino in Las
Vegas. A rep for the club also confirmed plans to open up franchises in Tokyo,
Hong Kong, Shanghai and South Korea.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Foo Fighters
have signed on to headline the second annual Amsterjam Festival at Randall's
Island in New York on August 19th. Last year the festival paired up rock acts
and rappers to create live "mash-ups" on stage, and this year festival
organizers say that the Heartbreakers and Foo Fighters will play their own sets
and then join together on stage to "mash-up" one of each band's songs.
Jessica Simpson has made an insulting divorce settlement offer to
her ex Nick Lachey. Several sources report the pop star has
offered Lachey a paltry US$1.5 million dollars. In 2004 alone Simpson raked in
$30 million dollars.
Mariah Carey was finally rewarded for all those short short shorts
and mini skirts she wears. The diva was the first-ever recipient of the
Gillette Venus Celebrity Legs of a Goddess award.
Fresh off a ratings dominating second season, the cast of Grey's
Anatomy has a new milestone to celebrate, a bigger payday. The show's
principal cast members have each pocketed a cool $200,000 bonus from Touchstone
Television as thanks for a timeslot well done.
Justin Timberlake fans excited to see the pop star in his next
film, Alpha Dog, may not have to wait as long as they thought.
Variety reports that the early 2007 release for the film may be moved to
December 2006 so it qualifies for the next Academy Awards.
Paris Hilton has some more barbed words for her former BFF and
Simple Life costar, Nicole Richie. "I'm the nice one,
she's the evil one,” says Paris. She goes on to say that fame changed Richie.
Nicole, however, responded from the moral high ground, characterizing their
falling out as a simple case of losing touch.
Last summer's Wedding Crashers was the big winner at the 2006
MTV Movie Awards, collecting three prizes, including the coveted Golden
Popcorn trophy for best movie.
Warner Bros. has purchased the script Take My
Wife, which was written by Broken Lizard member Paul Soter (Super Troopers).
Jay Chandrasekhar will direct the comedy about an average Joe who swaps wives
with a Hollywood superstar, setting off a disastrous chain of events afterwards.
Len Wiseman (Underworld) is in talks to direct Bruce Willis in
Die Hard 4. Previously titled Die Hard 4.0, the feature will have Detective
John McClane going against an Internet terror organization.
Sean Bean will be joining The Hitcher, a remake of
the 1986 horror film. Sophia Bush (TV's One Tree Hill) is already
on board. The script follows a young couple driving across the country who falls
victim to a maniacal killer (Bean), who blames all of his murders on the young
man.
Topher Grace will star in Kids in America for Universal
Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. The film follows one
night in the life of a group of recent college grads. One guy pursues his dream
girl at a Labor Day weekend party while he, his twin sister, and their best
friend deal with their burgeoning adulthood over the course of the night.
Universal Pictures has purchased the rights to Hurricane
Season, a drama that takes place in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Both
the movie and the documentary will tell the true story of the football team at
East St. John High outside New Orleans. The team struggled with integrating
displaced students from surrounding high school teams, and tried to help rebuild
their community after Katrina.
Sarah Jessica Parker will star in A Family Affair
for New Line Cinema. Parker will play a real estate agent
who becomes engaged to a man. She meets the man's family, but only to find that
her future father-in-law is a man she had a one night stand with in the past. |
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HOT 20 SONGS
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1. Move Along - The All–American Rejects
2. I Write Sins Not Tragedies - Panic! At The Disco
3. 3 2 1 - Hedley
4. Hips Don't Lie - Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean
5. Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
6. Adventure - Angels And Airwaves
7. Devil in a Midnight Mass - Billy Talent
8. The Gate - Sam Roberts
9. Out Of My Head - Mobile
10. Rush The Floor - Massari ft. Belly
11. S.O.S. (Rescue Me) - Rihanna
12. Barely Listening - Pilate
13. When You're Mad - Ne–Yo
14. Steady As She Goes - The Raconteurs
15. Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
16. A Little Less Sixteen Candles - Fall Out Boy
17. Buttons - Pussycat Dolls ft. Snoop Dogg
18. Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace
19. Wisemen - James Blunt
20. Savin' Me - Nickelback |
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BOX OFFICE
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1. The Break Up
2. X-Men: The Last Stand
3. Over The Hedge
4. The Da Vinci Code
5. Mission: Impossible 3
6. Poseidon
7. RV
8. See No Evil
• The Omen (New)
• Cars (New) |
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ON DVD
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1. Freedomland
2. Munich
3. Cheaper by the Dozen 2
4. Rumour Has It
5. Date Movie
6. The Family Stone
• Underworld: Evolution (New)
• Running Scared (New)
• Firewall (New)
• Glory Road (New) |
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TV
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1. American Idol
2. House
3. CSI: Miami
4. Lost
5. Two And A Half Men
6. CSI
7. Deal Or No Deal
8. Old Christine
9. Without A Trace
10. 24 |
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