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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Trivia Blitz
2. In The News - Movies & Entertainment
3. Online Celebrity Chat
4. In The News - Television
5. Movie Review - Spy Kids
6. Celebrity Profile - Keri Russell
7. Celebrity Birthdays
8. Trivia Answer

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Hi Movie Fans!

Have a happy Passover for those of you who celebrate it. Eat some
Mahtza balls for me!

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It's Showtime!

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1. TRIVIA BLITZ
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In Pointbreak what other Patrick Swayze movie is mentioned?

a) Ghost
b) Youngblood
c) Uncommon Valor
d) Roadhouse

¤ Correct answer can be found at the bottom

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2. IN THE NEWS - Movies & Entertainment
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'SPIDER-MAN' COSTUMES MISSING
Four "Spider-Man" costumes, designed for star Tobey Maguire, have
gone missing from the film's set in the Los Angeles suburb of
Culver City and Columbia Pictures has posted a $25,000 reward for
their safe return. Local police are investigating. In related
news, just a month after a tragic accident took the life of a
construction worker on the set another mishap has left actor
Tobey Maguire's stunt double injured. Zack Hudson, the guy whose
job it is to perform all the hair-raising daredevil Spidey
maneuvers Maguire's contract won't allow, fractured his leg
Tuesday after one tricky stunt went way wrong. It's not known if
the mishap will set back production on the movie, which is
scheduled for release in May 2002.

NO KAHLO FOR LOPEZ
Variety reports that Jennifer Lopez has dropped her plans to
portray Mexican artist Frida Kahlo on the big screen and is
instead negotiating to star as an FBI agent for director Tony
Scott in a Warner Bros. crime thriller, "Taking Lives." The film
would star Lopez as an FBI profiler on the trail of a prolific
murderer who kills strangers and assumes their identities. The
studio and Lopez's agents are said to be working on a deal that
would pay her in excess of $10 million to make the drama her next
film.

'NO FLOWERS' FOR KAPLAN AND ELFONT
Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont the directors behind "Josi and
the Pussycats have signed up to rewrite and direct "Send Me No
Flowers," a remake of the 1964 comedy starring Rock Hudson and
Doris Day. The film is a comedy about a hypochondriac who sets
out to find his wife a new mate because he's convinced that he's
dying.

DOLLY PARTON TAKES ON FILM ROLE
Dolly Parton is returning to the big screen after almost a decade
away, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Dolly is set and Randy
Quaid is in negotiations, to star as husband and wife in Disney's
comedy "Frank McKlusky, C.I.," to be directed by Arlene Sanford.
The project will go into production later this month with
comedian Dave Sheridan in the title role. The film is about an
insurance claims investigator (Sheridan) who takes his job a
little too seriously, dressing up in disguises to uncover a
conspiracy. But limiting his ability to solve cases is the fact
that he is a safety freak, a trait instilled in him by his
overbearing mother (Parton) because 20 years earlier, her
daredevil husband, known as Madman McKlusky (Quaid), went into a
coma after attempting a spectacular stunt. Madman continues to
lie unconscious in his daredevil suit in the McKlusky home.

WALKEN IN 'BEARS'
According to Variety, Christopher Walken will play a nasty banker
who is trying to foreclose and demolish the old Country Bear Hall
in the coming "Country Bears" movie, based on Disney's Country
Bear Jamboree attraction.

'FIRESPILL' FOR MPD
Variety reports in an article via Cinescape Online that MDP
Worldwide has acquired Matt Oppenhiemer's script Firespill, based
on the book by Ian Slater. The film tells the story of two
supertankers, Russian and American, that crash into each other
off the coast of Canada in the Pacific Ocean causing a massive
oil spill. Things get even worse when the oil gets set afire
resulting in a massive firestorm that threatens the coast and
millions of lives, including the President, who is on vacation in
Washington state with his family.

RAY CHARLES BIOPIC
The life story of R&B legend Ray Charles is being prepped for the
big screen by Philip Anschutz's Crusader Entertainment. The film
"Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story" will follow Charles'
rags-to-riches story from his poor beginnings in Albany, Ga., to
his rise through the music industry while battling racism, drug
use and problems in love.

INDIE 'SPOILS' FOR GREENWOOD, FIORENTINO
Bruce Greenwood and Linda Fiorentino will topline the indie
feature "Spoils" for co-writer/director Nick Meyer and
Belgium-based production and financing company Corsan Films.
Budgeted at about $20 million, "Spoils" is scheduled to start
shooting on July 10 in Luxembourg before moving to Toronto,
according to the Hollywood Reporter.

'BROTHERS' STAR GABRIELLE UNION NABS NEW ROLES
According to Variety, Gabrielle Union who can currently be seen
at theaters in "The Brothers" has nabbed back-to-back roles in
"Welcome to Collinwood" also starring George Clooney, Isaiah
Washington, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Esposito and Sam Rockwell and
in "Abandon," where she will join Katie Holmes and Benjamin
Bratt.

'SCARY 2' CASTING
Natasha Lyonne is the latest addition to the cast of the
currently shooting "Scary Movie 2." According to Variety, Lyonne
will have an unspecified cameo role in the coming film.

NORTHAM GETS 'COMPANY'
Jeremy Northam is in negotiations to topline suspense thriller
"The Company Man" for director Vincenzo Natali. According to the
Hollywood Reporter, the film centers on an unsuspecting,
disenchanted man (Northam) who finds himself working as a
corporate spy in a world of deadly espionage. He quickly
discovers that he is a pawn in a much bigger game, and his only
chance of survival is a mysterious woman.

DUKE, LEE BEEF UP 'SECURITY'
Bill Duke ("Exit Wounds") and Robinne Lee ("Hav Plenty") have
joined Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn in Columbia Pictures'
"National Security," which is scheduled to begin shooting next
month. Written by "Spin City" scribes Jay Sherick and David Ronn,
"Security," is described as in the vein of "48 HRS." According to
the Hollywood Reporter, The project is about a white cop (Zahn)
who is kicked off the force after being wrongly accused of
beating a black man (Lawrence). Through a series of incidents and
coincidences, the pair find themselves partners in pursuit of the
people trying to kill them while unraveling a smuggling operation
led by the cold-blooded Nash (Roberts). Duke plays Lt.
Washington, the senior police officer at the precinct, and Feore
plays Detective McDuff. Lee plays Lawrence's love interest.

ARONOFSKY, PITT WORKING ON SCI-FI EPIC
Independent filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is writing and will direct
an untitled sci-fi epic for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow,
with Brad Pitt in serious negotiations to star. The plot is being
kept under tight wraps. Aronofsky and Pitt have met about the
project, and sources said they are keen on working together.

'ALI' CREW RESCUES BOY
A film crew working on "Ali," a movie based on the life of
Muhammad Ali, rescued an 8-year-old boy whose foot got stuck
under a hotel escalator rail. Nicolas Potolsky was on an upward
escalator in the Fontainebleau Hilton late Wednesday when his
rubber beach shoe got sucked under the rail of the top step,
hotel spokeswoman Lisa Cole said. Crew members filming a victory
scene in a nearby ballroom heard the boy scream and ran over to
help. A hotel worker who also heard Nicolas' cry quickly shut off
the escalator, officials said. About a dozen movie workers used
crowbars to pry the rail open and free the child after they tried
unsuccessfully to pull back the rubber handrail.

GOODING, SANZ TAKING 'BOAT TRIP'
Cuba Gooding Jr. and "Saturday Night Live" comedian Horatio Sanz
are in negotiations to star in the indie buddy comedy "Boat
Trip." The story revolves around two straight men (Gooding and
Sands) who embark on a Caribbean cruise in search of love and
romance only to slowly realize that they are on a gay cruise.
Shooting is slated to start May 9 in Brazil.

DEPARDIEU AND SON SET FOR 'HONOR'
Gerard Depardieu and his son, Guillaume, are set to star together
in "Honor Thy Father," a feature film about a complex father-son
relationship. The $4.8 million movie will shoot in September.

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FOSTER PREGNANT WITH SECOND CHILD
Jodi Foster's publicist confirmed on Tuesday that the actress is
pregnant for the second time, she is not revealing who the father
is or providing any other details except to say that the baby is
due in November. {We wish Mom and baby the best.}

WATCH OUT LADIES, 'MAN BAND' ON THE WAY
Check this out -- London publicity company 15 Minutes said on
Monday it was searching for five men over 50 to prove to the
music industry that youth is not necessarily the key to success.
"We came up with the idea after a company meeting when staff
began complaining about talentless, manufactured boy bands with
all the longevity of a butterfly," said Kizzi Nkwocha, media
consultant at 15 Minutes.
"We decided we should put together a band of men over the age of
50 with real musical ability, real singing ability, and some
experience, but who the music industry have ignored,'' he said.
"Just because there's snow on the roof doesn't mean the fire's
gone out down below." 15 Minutes has had 2,416 applicants in 10
days. The band -- provisionally called Man Band -- will be formed
over the next two weeks, and a single should be out within six
weeks.

BALDWIN, PHILLIPS EXPECTING
Actor Billy Baldwin and Chynna Phillips, one-third of the pop
group Wilson Phillips, are expecting their second baby.

GREEN, BARRYMORE REALLY MARRIED THIS TIME?
During a USA Today chat for his upcoming film, "Freddy Got
Fingered," Tom Green broke the news that he and Drew Barrymore
have indeed gotten married (for real this time.) "We were
recently married. People will figure it out soon," he said. "It
has been a year of everyone asking us when we were going to do
it. Now it is all over, and we're happy." Green says he and
Barrymore exchanged vows in a private ceremony in Los Angeles "a
couple of weeks ago." Barrymore's publicist, Eddie Michaels, even
insists it's true this time. The catch however is that
Barrymore's publicist said the pair were married out of the
country. {Go figure.}

REALNETWORKS TEAMS WITH RECORD LABELS
RealNetworks, maker of a popular Internet-based music and video
player, is partnering with record label owners AOL-Time Warner,
Bertelsmann AG and EMI Group to create an online music
subscription service, the companies announced Monday. Called
MusicNet, the venture will allow music fans to download their
favorite songs over the Internet, but will require them to pay
for it.

LISA MARIE SINGLE AGAIN
Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis' twice-married daughter and sole heir
to the King of rock and roll's fortune, is single again. Presley,
33, and her rock musician fiance - Hawaiian-born John Oszajca -
have parted ways, People magazine online reported. Presley and
Oszajca plan to remain "very good friends," Presley's publicist
told People, adding that Presley is not currently dating anyone.

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¤ Brittany Daniel - Chat with the star of "Joe Dirt" on Friday,
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¤ Alexondra Lee - Chat with the star of "Party of Five" and most
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¤ Kyle Lowder and Nadia Bjorlin - They play Brady and Chloe on
the popular daytime soap "Days of our Lives" Chat with them on
Wednesday, April 11th at 9pm ET.
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4. In The News - Television
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CHICAGO ITALIAN GROUP SUES 'SAPRANOS'
An Italian-American legal group on Thursday sued the producers of
cable TV's popular show "The Sopranos," saying it paints Italians
as born criminals. The suit against Time Warner Entertainment Co.
seeks no money or modifications in the show, but asks a court to
proclaim that the program violates the Illinois Constitution's
guarantee of individual dignity. "This is like no family I know,"
said attorney Enrico Mirabelli, pointing to a poster of the
fictitious mob family in whose name the letter "R" is depicted by
a pistol. "I don't know Italian mothers, ever, who try to have
their son killed. That's not realistic," he told a news
conference called by the American Italian Defense Association.
The association issued a statement saying the series "suggests
that criminality is in the blood or in the genes of Italian
Americans and that Italians as early immigrants to this country
had little opportunity other than to turn to crime."

'SURVIVOR' IN HOT WATER OVER REEF
Did you catch the last episode of "Survivor"? In it Colby and
Jerri won an obstacle course type race against the other cast
members. For doing so they were treated to a nice scenic
helicopter ride from their camp to the Great Barrier Reef, where
they enjoyed some scuba diving and a nice dinner on the beach.
While scuba diving, Colby thought it would be a good idea to
bring back pieces of coral as souvenirs for other cast members.
It turns out that it is illegal to take coral from the World
Heritage listed reef without a permit. Penalties include fines of
up to $52,800. Authorities in Australia are investigating the
situation.

REGIS TO HEAD ROSE BOWL PARADE
Regis Philbin, host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Live
With Regis and Kelly," will be the grand marshal of the 113th
Tournament of Roses on New Year's Day.

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5. MOVIE REVIEW(s)
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Spy Kids (Rated PG)
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Alan Cumming, Carla Gugino, Teri
Hatcher, Cheech Marin.
Release Date: March 30, 2001

Review by Susan Granger
SSG Syndicate
http://www.susangranger.com

The family that spies together, stays together. That's the
homespun philosophy behind this fantasy that pairs two "retired"
spies with their unsuspecting children in a rousing adventure. It
all begins with the Cortez kids, 8 year-old Juni (Daryl Sabara)
and 12 year-old Carmen (Alexa Vega), listening to their favorite
bedtime story, "The Two Spies Who Fell In Love," which reveals,
through flashbacks, how their parents (Carla Gugino, Antonio
Banderas) met and married. The Cortezes are now "consultants" but
eagerly jump back into action when former associates mysteriously
disappear. But their past still mystifies their squabbling
siblings who protest, "Our parents can't be secret agents.
They're not cool enough!" However, after a hasty trip down a
hidden passageway to an escape pod that becomes a submarine, not
only are Carmen and Juni convinced, but they're propelling the
action, rescuing their parents from the evil clutches of Fegan
Floop, a TV kiddie-show host (Alan Cumming, resembling Pee-Wee
Herman), and his Floogle army of robotic children and Gumby-like
"thumb-thumbs."

Innovative, imaginative film-maker Roberto Rodriguez
("Desperado,""From Dusk Till Dawn") creates empowered junior
James Bonds, wide-eyed with delight at their wacky, Willie
Wonka-like gadgetry, while fostering pride in Hispanic culture.
Teri Hatcher, Tony Shaloub and Cheech Marin head the supporting
cast - with a quirky George Clooney cameo and groovy music.

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, the PG-rated "Spy Kids" is
a fast-paced, family-friendly 7. You can bet your electroshock
bubble gum that, given the proper marketing, this could develop
into a formidable franchise.

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6. CELEBRITY PROFILE
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KERI RUSSELL
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Keri was born Keri Lynn Russell on march 23, 1976 in Fountain
Valley CA, the second of her parent's three children. The family
spent much of her early childhood living in Texas, before
relocating to Mesa Arizona. Keri took interest in performing, she
found her passion in dancing applied herself to lessons in
ballet, jazz, and other forms. She toured the country as a member
of the Mesa Stars Dance and Drill team, practice between six and
seven hours a day, and eventually won a number of prestigious
dance scholarships. At 15 she caught the eye of a fashion model
that suggested to her to pursue a career in modeling. Shortly
before High School her family moved to Denver Colorado she was a
loner at Denver's Highland Ranch High School she kept to herself.
Her appearance on Star search brought her to the attention of
talent scout at Disney. Keri Russell became a household name with
her starring role in "Felicity" for which she won a Golden Globe
for best actress in a TV series drama. She worked as a musketeer
that led to Disney's "Honey I Blew up the Kids." early Television
appearances included roles in Married with children, "Boy meets
World", and " 7 Heaven". She has starred in several TV and
independent films and played an Irish dancer in the feature film
"Mad About Mambo".

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Mad About Mambo (2000) .... Lucy McLoughlin
Cinderelmo (1999) (TV) .... Princess
"Felicity" (1998) TV Series .... Felicity Porter
The Curve (1998) .... Emma
Eight Days a Week (1997) .... Erica
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7. CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS - Week of Apr. 4th - Apr. 10th
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<D>=Deceased

APRIL 4
Natasha Lyonne (22)
Heath Ledger (22)
Barry Pepper (31)
Nancy McKeon (35)
Robert Downey Jr. (36)
Christine Lahti (51)
Craig T. Nelson (55)
Anthony Perkins (69) <D>

APRIL 5
Krista Allen (29)
Michael Moriarty (60)
Colin Powell (64)
Roger Corman (75)
Bette Davis (93) <D>

APRIL 6
Marilu Henner (49)
Barry Levinson (59)
Billy Dee Williams (64)

APRIL 7
Russell Crowe (37)
Hugh O'Connor (39)
Jackie Chan (47)
Francis Ford Coppola (62)
James Garner (73)

APRIL 8
Patricia Arquette (33)
Richard Hatch (40)
John Schneider (41)

APRIL 9
Austin Peck (30)
Dennis Quaid (47)
Marty Krofft (64)

APRIL 10
Haley Joel Osment (13)
Mandy Moore (17)
Orlando Jones (33)
Steven Seagal (50)
John Madden (65)

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8. Answer to this weeks trivia is..
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d) Roadhouse
Roadhouse was referred to as "Patrick's Roadhouse" in dialogue
spoken by Keanu Reeves. Keanu insisted that the line be added
because Roadhouse was one of his favorite films during the
production of Pointbreak.
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