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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 - Tomb Raider (*** NO Spoilers ***)
6. Celebrity Profile - Angelina Jolie
7. Celebrity Birthdays
8. Trivia Answer

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1. TRIVIA BLITZ
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Steven Spielberg asked Steve McQueen to play the lead
role in Close Encounters of the Third Kind which
eventually went to Richard Dreyfuss. McQueen read the
script and turned down the role. What was the
rejection reason he gave to Spielberg?

A) "I don't believe in aliens."
B) "I don't think I can cry on camera."
C) "I have other obligations."
D) "I feel it would be a bad move for my career."

¤ Correct answer can be found at the bottom

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2. IN THE NEWS - Movies & Entertainment
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JOHN WOO'S 'TURTLES' TOON
Director John Woo ("Mission: Impossible 2" "Face/Off") is
developing a computer-animated feature film based on the "Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise. "I've always loved the 'Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles,'" Woo said in a statement. "It's one of the
greatest action-adventure properties ever." The picture will
return the rad shelled heroes "to their darker, edgier comic book
roots," according to "Turtles" co-creator Peter Laird. The
picture is tentatively scheduled to hit theaters around Christmas
2002.

ACTOR' CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS STALLED
With just 10 days to go before the deadline expires, negotiations
for a new Screen Actors Guild film and TV contract appear to have
stalled, with very little give-and-take between reps for the
union and producers. According to an industry source familiar
with the talks, "There is no appreciable progress. They're not
doing sh*t. (The unions) are still doing presentations on what
all their different proposals mean."

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Harvey Keitel is set to star
in and produce the dark comedy "Murder Trust" for Millennium
Films. The trade reports that the film is based on a true story
centering on a group of five working-class barflies who come up
with a scheme to kill people in order to get their insurance
money. But one of the guys they try to kill (Keitel) won't seem
to die, and they must come up with several ways to off him.


FOX SEARCHLIGHT JOINS SONY IN FAKE ADS
Following the false advertising fiasco's that have engulfed Sony
in controversy, rival studio Fox Searchlight Pictures has now
acknowledged that, yes, it too turned out fake commercials. Daily
Variety reports the Fox marketing department planted one of its
own as a fan in national TV spots for the movie "Waking Ned
Devine." This may be nothing new, and it probably isn't, but
recently Fox Searchlight boasted about "truth" in advertising for
print ads of its current release "Sexy Beast." Those ads urged
moviegoers to "read honest-to-God rave reviews at
www.foxsearchlight.com."

'DRAGON' NOT FOR KIDS SAYS JET LI
On his Web site, Jet Li, the Chinese action star this week warned
parents to keep their kids away from his upcoming movie "Kiss of
the Dragon." "The movie utilizes very realistic, hard-core,
action-packed fight sequences,'' Li said. "I'm very proud of the
final result and hope that my fans enjoy the movie, however, this
is a movie that I do not feel is appropriate for children. "Kiss
of the Dragon" is an adult movie and deals with adult themes of a
man keeping his promise and understanding his responsibilities.
The action scenes are also directed towards an adult audience and
as such the movie is rated R. I ask that you please do not take
your young children to see "Kiss of the Dragon." He added, "If
you would like a movie to share with your children please wait a
few more months. On November 2 my film The One will be released.
This is a PG-13 film and more appropriate for younger children to
view." http://www.jetli.com

McGREGOR PREPS FOR 'ADAM'
Ewan McGregor is headed for Scotland, where he and Tilda Swinton
will topline the Scottish feature "Young Adam" for director David
Mackenzie. "Adam" is about a drifter who finds work on a barge
traveling between Glasgow and Edinburgh only to discover a
floating female corpse.

'ANACONDA 2,' 'BEVERLY HILLS COP IV' NEWS
E! Onlines Anderson Jones reports that Jennifer Lopez (aka J.Lo)
will not star in the sequel to the campy creature-feature
Anaconda, now on the fast track at Columbia. Meanwhile, Eddie
Murphy, who voices Shrek's donkey sidekick, remains attached to
Beverly Hills Cop IV, from a script by guitarist turned
screenwriter Jason Richman.

DEL TORO BREAKS WRIST FILMING 'HUNTED'
Academy Award-winner Benicio Del Toro has broken his wrist while
doing his own stuntwork in "The Hunted" forcing a delay in
filming. According to a Paramount Pictures spokeswoman, Del Toro
broke his wrist as he dived for a knife during a fight scene with
Tommy Lee Jones. "This probably won't impede the production
process," the spokeswoman said. "Even if he is in a cast for a
few months, there
are ways to work around it. He can work with a brace or a glove."
"The Hunted" is scheduled for release in spring 2002.

SIERCHIO TO PEN 'HEAVEN'
Variety reports that Castle Rock Entertainment has hired scribe
Tom Sierchio to pen the screenplay for "Made in Heaven," a remake
of the 1987 Alan Rudolph film of the same title. "Made in Heaven"
centers on two souls who meet in heaven and fall in love.
However, their happiness is short-lived when circumstances
separate them and they end up on earth with new identities and
are forced to struggle to find each other and fall in love again.
The original starred Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis, and was
released by Lorimar Pictures.

NICOLAS CAGE EYEING 'GHOST'
According to Variety, Nicolas Cage is in early negotiations to
star in "Ghost Rider," the Steve Norrington-directed live-action
adaptation of the Marvel Comics franchise, at Miramax's Dimension
Films unit. "Ghost Rider" is a drama about a motorcycle stuntman
named Johnny Blaze, who sells his soul to a dark force to save
the life of his girlfriend. When the pact goes awry, Blaze
becomes a fiery demonlike entity who takes out his wrath on bad
guys. In related news, Cage has been tapped to receive the 16th
annual American Cinematheque Award. The tribute, slated for
broadcast Oct. 10 on TNT, will be hosted by Samuel L. Jackson
with co-chairs Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Dolgen and Gerry
Harrington.

McQUARRIE ON BOARD 'CHIMERA'
Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie ("The Usual
Suspects") has come aboard to develop with an eye to direct
Warner Bros. "Chimera" for Joel Silver and Robert Zemeckis' Dark
Castle Entertainment, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The
project is about a group of boat salvagers who find a lost 1953
passenger ship floating aimlessly in a remote region of the
Bering Sea. After claiming the ship and attempting to tow it to
land, mysterious things begin to happen aboard the derelict
vessel.

THE FIRST STAR WARS MOVIE IS NOW ON DVD
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
announce the worldwide DVD release of George Lucas's "Star Wars:
Episode I The Phantom Menace, beginning October 16, 2001.
The highly anticipated arrival of Episode I marks the first film
of the Star Wars saga to debut on DVD. Packed with over six hours
of additional material, including exclusive documentaries and
never-before-seen footage, this 2-Disc set will transport the
viewer deeper into the Star Wars universe than ever before.
Thanks to the Arizona Reporter web site for the heads up!
http://www.azreporter.com/entertainment/news/starwarsdvd.html

HONG KONG CINEMA BUILDS PRIVATE ROOMS
Reuters reports that a Hong Kong theater owner is offering movie
lovers a chance to act like movie moguls with near private
screening rooms and waiters at their beck and call -- all for
just $22 a ticket.
Two of the 16-seat "super-luxurious" cinemas, dubbed "Directors'
Clubs," opened on Thursday inside a seven-screen cinema complex
in eastern Hong Kong island.

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SUPERMODEL NIKI TAYLOR IMPROVING
Supermodel Niki Taylor, hospitalized for abdominal injuries
suffered in an April auto accident, has been moved out of
intensive care. Lou Taylor, the model's manager, released a
statement saying that Taylor, one of the world's best known
models, "has been upgraded to good condition at Grady Memorial
Hospital in Atlanta and was moved from the intensive care unit to
a private room."

RADIO DJ'S FIRED OVER BRITNEY-JUSTIN HOAX
Kramer & Twitch, the Dallas deejays responsible for the Britney
Spears-is-dead hoax that tore through the Internet last week,
have been shown the door. Clear Channel Communications, the
parent company of Dallas' KEGL-FM, confirmed that the shock duo
was fired Monday for their unfunny joke. Last Tuesday, on their
Extreme Night Time Radio show, Kramer & Twitch perpetrated the
story that Spears died in a Los Angeles auto accident and her
boy-band boyfriend, 'N Syncer Justin Timberlake, was left in a
coma.

BACKSTREET BOY DONATES $10,000 TO SHERIFF'S DEPT.
Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys was so grateful that
Cherokee County deputies recovered his two Chihuahuas that he
donated $10,000 to the Sheriff's Department to buy new
bulletproof vests. "Out of the blue, we received a check from
Brian Littrell, who lives in Cherokee County," said Sheriff Roger
Garrison, who showed off the new vests Wednesday. "The $10,000
enabled us to buy 30 vests." Littrell's missing pets, Tyke and
Litty, were taken from his home last July.

PEOPLE'S TOP BACHELORS
People Magazine has compiled their annual list of 50 sensational
single guys based on a poll by 47,000 readers. 25 of the
bachelors are revealed on their website, with the other 25
revealed in their magazine, on newsstands Friday. Some notable
names mentioned are Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Josh Hartnett,
Benicio Del Toro, Joey McIntyre and Tiger Woods.
http://people.aol.com/people/index.html

"SURVIVOR" JERRI TO POSE FOR PLAYBOY
Former "Survivor: The Australian Outback" contestant Jerri
Manthey will be au naturel in an upcoming issue of Playboy. The
info was leaked to the public on Monday night when fellow
contestant Amber Brkich said that Manthey would be appearing in
the men's magazine on the "Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn."

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4. In The News - Television
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TV PIG SAVED FROM SLAUGHTER
Grunty the pig was saved from slaughter Thursday when a judge
ruled that the TV star sow did not pose a threat to Britain's
efforts to end foot-and-mouth disease. The 6-year-old pig, kept
as a pet on a farm in southwest England, was condemned for
slaughter after a nearby farm visited by her owner was found to
be infected. High Court Justice Michael Harrison denied a
government request for an injunction that would have forced
Grunty's owner, Rosemary Upton, to allow slaughtermen onto her
property. The pig did achieve a measure of British television
fame after being selected by Channel 5 to become a "My Fair Lady"
of swine. Like the heroine of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion,"
Grunty underwent intensive etiquette training for "Pig at the
Ritz," a program about a pig so well-mannered it could daintily
eat at one of London's finest restaurants.

'WEST WING' CREATOR ESCAPES JAIL TIME
On Tuesday Aaron Sorkin, creator of the popular drama "The West
Wing" pleaded guilty to possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms,
crack cocaine and marijuana. In exchange for his plea, he must
enroll in a drug rehab program. His progress will be monitored
through a series of periodic court hearings and if he manages to
stay sober for 18 months the drug charges will be wiped from his
record.

ANNE HECHE LOOKING FOR OWN TV SERIES
After a stint on "Ally McBeal," Anne Heche is warmed to the idea
of regular series duty. It's been reported that Heche will begin
meeting with heads of networks and studios next month in an
attempt to seal a deal to develop a series for her to star in.

'BABY BOB' ON CBS
CBS has ordered up six-episodes of the TV sitcom "Baby Bob"
starring Joely Fisher. The show will revolve around the life of a
family in suburban Ohio through the eyes of their talking baby.

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5. MOVIE REVIEW(s)
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( *** N O S P O I L E R S ***)

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Rated PG-13)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Daniel Craig, Iain Glen,
Leslie Phillips.
Release Date: June 15, 2001

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

(Note: In March, my son, Don Granger, was named President of
Mutual Pictures, which co-partnered this film with Paramount. For
my own integrity, I feel this personal disclosure is necessary.)

There are video-gamers and non-gamers. I fall into the latter
category. I knew nothing about this brave, bold, buff female hero
clad in black hotpants and a tight T-shirt. Intrepid, acrobatic
British heiress/archeologist Lara Croft has been described as a
cross between James Bond and Indiana Jones. So when she discovers
a ticking clock hidden under the stairs, she soon realizes it's
the first clue to complete her late father's quest to find and
destroy both halves of a mystical, ancient triangle, an artifact
whose owner can control time. Opposing her is a power-crazed
consortium, the Illuminati, and their death-defying race takes
them to Ankor Wat in Cambodia, battling massive Stone Monkey
Warriors in the ancient Tomb of the Dancing Light, and frozen
Siberia, where terror lurks deep in the icy Temple of Ten
Thousand Shadows.

As Lara, long, lanky Angelina Jolie is perfect, lending a wicked
playfulness and dangerous darkness to the cyberspace figure while
Jon Voight, Jolie's real-life dad who plays her father, embodies
Lord Croft. Iain Glen proves a worthy adversary, along with
Daniel Craig as Alex West, who has a past personal relationship
with Lara. Despite the somewhat murky script, director Simon West
creates an exciting action-adventure, a summer popcorn picture.

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Tomb Raider" is a
fast-paced 8. Like Wonder Woman, Lara Croft is an icon to girls
and a sexy, female fantasy to guys. But where can I get an orange
fluorescent stick like Lara's?

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ANGELINA JOLIE
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Birth Name: Angelina Jolie Voight
Born: June 4 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA

Wide-eyed full lipped beauty Angelina Jolie has made a name for
herself separate from her famous father Jon Voight. Angelina 's
talent definitely speaks for itself, with multiple awards and
nominations for her performances including a Golden Globe for
best supporting actress in "Girl Interrupted." The now
24-year-old is an Oscar winner, also for her role in "Girl
Interrupted" as the sociopath down the mental hospital hall.
Accompanied in the arms of her own brother James Haven to the
Oscar's which looked to many like an excess of sisterly love, her
own father was quoted saying she was never normal. She married at
20, writing the name of her groom across the back of her wedding
blouse in her own blood. Her behavior is not news to most people,
she jumped into a hotel pool in a $5,000 crystal beaded dress in
1999 after wining a Golden Globe. Angelina was still a toddler
when her father John voight split from her mother mesmerizing
French actress Marcheline Bertrand. She worked as a professional
model in London, New York and Los Angeles, and has also appeared
in music videos for such artists as 'Meatloaf', Lenny Kravitz,
Antonello Venditti and The Lemonheads. In addition, she has acted
in five student films for the USC School of Cinema, all directed
by her brother, James Haven. You can currently see Angelina on
the big screen starring in "Tomb Raider."

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Filmography - Most Recent
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Tomb Raider (2001) .... Lara Croft
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) .... Sarah 'Sway' Wayland
Girl, Interrupted (1999) .... Lisa Rowe
The Bone Collector (1999) .... Amelia Donaghy
Pushing Tin (1999) .... Mary Bell
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7. CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS - Week of June 21st - June 27th
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<D>=Deceased

JUNE 21
Prince William (19)
Juliette Lewis (28)
Jim Breuer (34)
Meredith Baxter (54)
Maureen Stapleton (76)
Jane Russell (80)

JUNE 22
Carson Daly (28)
Amy Brenneman (37)
Freddie Prinze (47) <D> January 29, 1977
Cyndi Lauper (48)
Lindsay Wagner (52)
Meryl Streep (52)

JUNE 23
Joss Whedon (37)
Ted Shackelford (55)
Bert Convy (68)

JUNE 24
Peter Weller (54)
Michele Lee (59)

JUNE 25
Jimmie Walker (52)
Michael Lembeck (53)
Carly Simon (56)
June Lockhart (76)

JUNE 26
Chris O'Donnell (31)
Chris Isaak (45)

JUNE 27
Tobey Maguire (26)

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8. Answer to this weeks trivia is..
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B) "I don't think I can cry on camera."

While at a bar with Spielberg, McQueen said, "I'm sorry but
I don't think I can cry on camera. I have to turn down the
picture." He's referring to the final scene where Dreyfuss
says his goodbyes with tears in his eyes and boards the ship.
Spielberg offered to remove the crying aspect of the scene,
but McQueen said, "No, the crying should stay...it makes the
scene." Spielberg accepted his answer and gave the role to
Dreyfuss.
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