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April 19, 2001 Issue Number 128
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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 - Bridget Jones's Diary
6. Celebrity Profile - Kirsten Dunst
7. Celebrity Birthdays
8. Trivia Answer

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1. TRIVIA BLITZ
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In the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," River Phoenix
plays Harrison Ford's younger self. In what film did Phoenix play
Ford's son?

a) Stand By Me
b) The Devils Own
c) The Mosquito Coast
d) The Thing Called Love

¤ Correct answer can be found at the bottom

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2. IN THE NEWS - Movies & Entertainment
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SANDLER, ROBERTS MAY TEAM IN COMEDY
Variety reports that Julia Roberts and Adam Sandler may join
forces on a comedy film revolving around Niagara, a new wonder
drink touted as the female version of Viagra. The project would
be based on a Nerve.com article entitled "Genie in a Bottle: The
Sex Drink That's Rocking Little Rock." Suzi Parker, the
journalist who wrote the story reports that the drink has become
all the rage outside of Little Rock, Ark., where it has been
promoted as a way of getting "a little nookie." Parker writes of
the herbal aphrodisiac: "It's a $4.50 drink that makes women feel
relaxed and tingly in the right places."

'BRIDGET JONES' BREAKS RECORD
"Bridget Jones's Diary," The comedy, based on Helen Fielding's
best-selling novel of the same name shot straight to the top of
the British box office in its first weekend, taking $10 million
and recording the biggest ever opening for a British film.
"Diary" beat the previous record held by "Notting Hill" by two
million.

'JASON X' RELEASE DATE BUMPED
The latest sequel to the long running Friday the 13th film
franchise, has been bumped from its planned August release date
by New Line Cinema, a spokesperson told SCI FI Wire. "It
currently is not on the 2001 release schedule," the spokesperson
said in an interview. The studio currently has a full slate of
movies scheduled for release this year and wanted to hold Jason X
for later. There is currently no new release date for the film.

'STEPFORD WIVES' REMAKE
According to Entertainment Weekly, Paul Rudnick has been hired to
write the remake of "The Stepford Wives" for producers Scott
Rudin and Donald De Line.

'EPISODE 1' DVD COMING SOON
The force.net web site reports (via Sci-Fi.com) that "Star Wars:
Episode I" producer Rick McCallum told convention-goers in
Germany to expect a DVD of the film soon. "Have faith--It will
come soon, I promise you!" McCallum reportedly said. "And I
guarantee you they will be great!" McCallum added, "I think when
you see it, you will see that there are things in there that took
almost as long as the movie, and it will all become clearer to
you why it took so long."

'MINORITY REPORT' CASTING RUMORS
The Coming Attractions Web site reported rumors that Swedish
actors Peter Stormare and Max von Sydow will join the cast of
Steven Spielberg's upcoming SF thriller movie Minority Report,
starring Tom Cruise.

IRVING, HALLSTROM TOGETHER AGAIN
In a deal that reteams the architects of "The Cider House Rules"
Miramax Films will turn John Irving's upcoming novel "The Fourth
Hand" into a feature to be scripted by Irving and directed by
Lasse Hallstrom ("Chocolat"), according to Variety. "The Fourth
Hand" is about Patrick Wallingford, a handsome, womanizing TV
reporter who doesn't realize something's missing from his life
until his hand is bitten off by a lion during a live report.
Suddenly famous, the reporter meets a childless Wisconsin woman
who'll give him the hand of her recently deceased husband if the
reporter will help her to conceive a child. George Clooney is a
possible front-runner for the lead role.

TATUM O'NEAL IN 'SCOUNDREL' ROLE
Oscar-winning "Paper Moon" star Tatum O'Neal will join Tim Curry,
Julian Sands and "Party of Five" star Lacey Chabert in "The
Scoundrel's Wife," according to Variety. The independent project
is set in Louisiana in the summer of 1942, after U-boats have
sunk American ships, when rumors fly in a small Louisiana bayou
town that a local is helping the Germans.

'DIARY' DIRECTOR GETS 'MAIL'
Filmmaker Sharon Maguire, who made her feature debut with the
transatlantic hit "Bridget Jones's Diary," is attached to direct
"Mail," a romantic comedy set in Boston. The film, which is Based
on Mameve Medwed's novel tells the story of a struggling writer
who falls for her mailman.

'COMPANY' FOR LIU, NORTHAM
Variety reports that Lucy Liu ("Charlie's Angels") and Jeremy
Northam ("Enigma") will star in "The Company Man," a suspense
thriller set to begin shooting next month. The film centers on an
unsuspecting man (Northam) who finds himself working as a
corporate spy and discovers that his only chance of survival is a
mysterious woman (Liu). (The project is not to be confused with
the recent spy spoof "Company Man.")

NEW 'SUPERMAN' SCRIBE
Screenwriter Paul Attanasio (Sphere) will pen the script of a
proposed new Superman movie for Warner Brothers, according to The
Hollywood Reporter.

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GELLAR, PRINZE ENGAGED
Sarah Michelle Gellar, star of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is
engaged to marry her boyfriend of more than a year, actor Freddie
Prinze Jr., a publicist for the actress confirmed on Tuesday.
"Access Hollywood" reported that Gellar and Prinze, who star
together in the upcoming film "Scooby Doo," became engaged last
Friday and announced the news to friends at a weekend party to
celebrate her 24th birthday.

RICKY MARTIN TAKES ON 'ZORRO' ROLE
Latino pop sensation Ricky Martin is set to hit London's West End
stage early next year in a musical version of "Zorro," Britain's
top-selling Sun tabloid reported on Wednesday.

SPIELBERG LEAVES BOY SCOUTS
Steven Spielberg stepped down on Monday from an advisory board of
the Boy Scouts of America, saying that he could no longer
associate with a group that engages in "discrimination." Although
he did not name the Boy Scout policy that he considered
discriminatory, it appeared clear that he was referring to the
organization's controversial exclusion of "avowed homosexuals" on
the grounds that they violate the group's values. "The last few
years in scouting have deeply saddened me to see the Boy Scouts
of America actively and publicly participating in discrimination.
It's a real shame. I thought the Boy Scouts stood for equal
opportunity and I have consistently spoken out publicly and
privately against intolerance and discrimination based on ethnic,
religious, racial and sexual orientation," Spielberg said. Marvin
Levy, Spielberg's spokesman, said the director was opposed to the
exclusion of gays or any other group from scouting.

RITCHIE DEAD AT 62
Michael Ritchie, who made his feature directing debut in 1969
with "Downhill Racer" and then shot a string of perceptive,
sardonic spoofs, died Monday from complications of prostate
cancer. The Manhattan resident was 62. Ritchie is also known for
directing such movies as "The Candidate," "Smile," "The Bad News
Bears," "Semi-Tough," "Fletch" and its sequel "Fletch Lives" to
name a few.

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3. Online Celebrity Chat
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¤ Daniel Cosgrove - Chat with the former "Beverly Hills 90210"
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4. In The News - Television
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'WEST WING' CREATOR ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGE
Aaron Sorkin, the Emmy-winning creator and executive producer of
NBC's "The West Wing," was arrested on a drug possession charge
on Sunday at Burbank Airport, authorities said on Monday. Sorkin,
40, was taken into custody by airport police after security
personnel found a quantity of hallucinogenic mushrooms in his
carry-on baggage. Sorkin was released on bail and is scheduled to
be arraigned April 30.

'SURVIVOR' CAST MEMBERS ON 'WEAKEST LINK'
An NBC spokesman was not available for comment, but CBS
spokeswoman Colleen Sullivan confirmed that contestants from the
first "Survivor" will take part in a "Weakest Link" episode set
to air during the important May "sweeps" period.

'SAMMY THE BULL' TELEFILM
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Regency Television has
acquired several of the key players in the Sammy "the Bull"
Gravano case, the true story involving one of the nation's
largest ecstasy drug rings and brought veteran filmmaker Roland
Joffe on to executive produce the telefilm. The project,
tentatively titled "Sammy the Bull," centers around a group of
suburban Arizona kids who were befriended by Gravano, a Mafia hit
man who abandoned the federal witness protection program, and
Gravano's son and wound up being involved in distributing and
selling ecstasy. The unwitting kids wound up helping the
notorious killer build a new crime empire. Those involved are due
to be in court in the summer on state and federal charges. The
project is not yet set up at a network. Sources said Joffe also
is considering adapting the material for the big screen.

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5. MOVIE REVIEW(s)
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Bridget Jones's Diary (Rated R)
Starring: Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth,
Jim Broadbent, James Callis.
Release Date: April 13, 2001

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

Amid a cauldron of controversy, director Sharon Maguire cast an
American, Renee Zellweger, in the title role in this witty, warm
adaptation of the post-feminist best-seller. But with a
pitch-perfect British accent, Zellweger is sensational! She's
totally believable as the "verbally incontinent spinster who
smokes like a chimney and drinks too much," which is how an
eligible neighborhood bachelor, Colin Firth, bluntly describes
her. (In the book, Bridget goes daft for Colin Firth in "Pride
and Prejudice," and Mark Darcy is the name of his character.)
Coping with a massive lack of self-esteem, the well-rounded
Bridget easily falls for a cad, played by Hugh Grant, her sly,
sexist boss at a London publishing company.

Renee Zellweger combines strength and vulnerability with an
irresistible smile. And if she hasn't won your heart already, she
nails it when she answers the phone, "Hello, Bridget Jones,
wanton sex goddess with a very bad man between my thighs" - only
to discover it's her mother (Gemma Jones) calling. But mum's not
too shocked because she's left dad (Jim Broadbent) to shack up
with a sleazy TV shopping network pitchman. And if you're
wondering why author Salman Rushdie ("Satanic Verses") does a
cameo, it's because, when Helen Fielding's novel/diary was
published in 1996, he called it "a brilliant comic creation,
adding "even men will laugh." No argument here. Not only is the
script by Fielding, Richard Curtis and Andrew Davies filled with
hilarious one-liners but it captures the angst of lonely
thirtysomethings.

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Bridget Jones's Diary" is
a fast-paced, funny 9. To paraphrase a key concept of Bridget's
hard-won self-worth, I love it just the way it is! And don't miss
the amusing childhood shots in the final credits.

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6. CELEBRITY PROFILE
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KIRSTEN DUNST
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Born in Point Pleasant, N.J April 30. 1982, Kirsten Dunst set her
sights on a film career shortly after learning to walk and talk.
Her mother is an artist and her father is a medical service
executive. Dunst began her career as a model and a TV commercial
actress by the age of 3, she continued until the age of six. In
1989 she moved to LA with mother and brother when her parents
divorced, and eventually got work on television series such as
"Star Trek" and "Sisters". She made her first film debuted in
Woody Allen's "New York Stories" at just age 7. She quickly
became the sought-after child actor in Hollywood and showed
precocious dramatic range, playing in one year both a dark child
vampire in "Interview With a Vampire" opposite Tom Cruise and
Brad Pitt. Cruise spoke highly of her in in a remark in People
Magazine interview, "We 're all in awe of her maturity as an
actress, There seems to be the experience of a 35-year-old
actress in the body of this little girl". She played the
effervescent Amy March in "Little Women" in 1994. A small part in
the critically hailed satire "Wag the Dog" and a recurring role
as a troubled teen prostitute on the TV series "ER" signaled that
Dunst was ready to emerge from child roles. She has since played
young women in films such as "Drop Dead Gorgeous"and "Dick".
Still in her teens and already a veteran screen actress, Dunst
stars this spring in "The Virgin Suicides" a drama directed by
Sofia Coppola that explores a combustible mix of sex and suburbia
in the 1970s. and also this Friday August 25th she will be
starring in the teen flick "Bring It On" a comedy about two
cheerleading squads who will stop at nothing to get to the top.
She is working on her own production company with her mother
called "Wooden Spoon company". The name symbolizes women and
creativity, and was inspired by her grandmother.

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Get Over It (2001) .... Kelly Woods
All Forgotten (2000) .... Zinaida
Deeply (2000) .... Silly
Bring It On (2000) .... Torrance Shipman
Luckytown Blues (2000) .... Lidda Doyles
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Crazy/Beautiful (2001) .... Nicole

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7. CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS - Week of Apr. 18th - Apr. 24th
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<D>=Deceased

APRIL 18
Melissa Joan Hart (25)
Conan O'Brien (38)
Eric Roberts (45)
James Woods (54)

APRIL 19
Hayden Christensen (20)
Kate Hudson (22)
Ashley Judd (33)
Tim Curry (55)
Dudley Moore (66)
Jayne Mansfield (68) <D June 29, 1967>
Dick Sargent (71) <D July 8, 1994>

APRIL 20
Joey Lawrence (25)
Carmen Electra (29)
Luther Vandross (50)
Jessica Lange (52)
Ryan O'Neal (60)

APRIL 21
Charlie O'Connell (26)
Andie MacDowell (43)
Tony Danza (50)

APRIL 22
Peter Frampton (51)
Glen Campbell (65)
Aaron Spelling (78)

APRIL 23
Michael Bowman (26)
Valerie Bertinelli (41)
Joyce DeWitt (52)
Sandra Dee (57)
Roy Orbison (65) <D December 6, 1988>
Shirley Temple (73)

APRIL 24
Michael O'Keefe (46)
Barbra Streisand (59)
Shirley MacLaine (67)

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8. Answer to this weeks trivia is..
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c) The Mosquito Coast
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