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2. In The News - Movies & Entertainment
3. Online Celebrity Chat
4. In The News - Television
5. Movie Review - A.I. (*** MINOR Spoilers ***)
6. Celebrity Profile - Keanu Reeves
7. Celebrity Birthdays
8. Trivia Answer

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1. TRIVIA BLITZ
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What movie is parodied in the opening of "Ace Ventura:
When Nature Calls"?

A) Star Wars
B) Rocky
C) Cliffhanger
D) The Mask

¤ Correct answer can be found at the bottom

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2. IN THE NEWS - Movies & Entertainment
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RUSSELL CROWE THE NEXT 007?
Probably not, but according to an article over at the IMDB,
Russell Crowe is the bookies' favorite to succeed Pierce Brosnan
as James Bond. Crowe, 37, has been installed as a 3-to-1 favorite
to land the Bond role. Other leading actors in contention for the
role include Jeremy Northam and Colin Wells.

'SHAFT 2' COMING?
"Shaft 2" is coming. When?...Who Knows? But while talking to the
Calgary Sun (via Cinscape) to promote his new film "Baby Boy,"
John Singleton said, "I conceived the idea of updating Shaft. I
wrote, produced and directed Shaft just as I have done with all
my films.. There will definitely be a Shaft sequel. I just don't
know when."

'THE WILD THORNBERRYS' VOICE CASTING
Variety reports that Rupert Everett, Marisa Tomei, Lynn Redgrave,
Brenda Blethyn and Alfre Woodard have joined the voice cast of
"The Wild Thornberrys," a Paramount feature based on kids cable
channel Nickelodeon's highest-rated primetime series. The program
follows the adventures of Eliza Thornberry, a 12-year-old who
can, like Dr. Dolittle, talk to animals. Eliza and her family
travel the world searching for exotic, endangered animals to star
in their nature documentaries.

'PITCH BLACK' SEQUEL?
According to DarkHorizons.com Vin Diesel appeared on "The Late
Late Show with Craig Kilborne" last night and was asked about the
rumoured "Pitch Black" sequel. He responded that the script is
currently being penned by the writer of "X-Men" (David Hayter
presumably),will begin pre-production this August and is
currently being called "The Chronicles of Riddick".

'SCARY POPPINS' GOES TO UNIVERSAL
Universal Pictures has picked up English playwright Andrew
Marshall's comedy spec "Scary Poppins" for Imagine Entertainment
and has hired Saladin Patterson to rewrite the script. The film,
according to the Hollywood Reporter, is about a con artist who is
not only in trouble with other con men but the law as well. To
evade capture from both sides, he poses as a nanny and ends up
overseeing two spoiled children.

BENIGNI'S 'PINOCCHIO' BEGINS SHOOTING
Italian actor and director Roberto Benigni started shooting the
country's most expensive film ever, "Pinocchio," amid tight
security Monday, Variety reported. Benigni plays the title role
in the $45 million fairy-tale picture, while his wife Nicoletta
Braschi plays the Blue Fairy. The film will be released worldwide
by Miramax.

CROUCHING TIGER SEQUEL IN WORKS SAYS YEOH
Michelle Yeoh (Yu Shu Lien in the original film) confirmed for
SCI FI Wire that a prequel to the Oscar-winning martial
arts/fantasy film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is in the works.
Director "Ang Lee is off to work on The Incredible Hulk, and I
have started my own production company, and we're in the blitz of
pre-production on a movie called The Touch," the actress said in
an interview. "At the moment, everybody seems to be over their
heads with work, but I've heard that Ang has found a couple of
writers, and they're working on another Crouching Tiger film.
Until he actually comes out and tells us, though, we're sort of
in the dark."

BLANCHETT EYEING FLICK WITH PITT
Cate Blanchett is negotiating to join Brad Pitt in an untitled
sci-fi project to be directed by Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a
Dream"), Variety reported on Wednesday. There was no word on what
the storyline would be.

FOX 2000 GETS 'TRUCK 44'
Fox 2000 is in final negotiations to catch Radar Pictures' "Truck
44" after Universal Pictures allowed the producers to seek
another buyer.
According to Variety, "Truck 44" tells the story of a group of
firefighters who plan an elaborate heist of a prestigious
apartment building. When they inadvertently set a fire that rages
out of control, the firefighters are forced to prevent disaster.

PANDEMONIUM GETS 'BETTER'
Pandemonium has acquired the rights to British novelist Carole
Matthews' novel "For Better, For Worse," a romantic comedy about
a divorced woman who meets a man while boarding a plane to New
York to attend her American cousin's wedding.

CAMPBELL JUMPS ABOARD 'PATHFINDER'
Martin Campbell ("Vertical Limit") has come aboard to develop and
direct Paramount Pictures' action feature "Pathfinder." According
to the Hollywood Reporter, the film is a cat-and-mouse picture
about a military operative known as a pathfinder who must track
down a rival pathfinder before he can wreak havoc.

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JACK LEMMON DIES AT 76
Jack Lemmon, who brought a jittery intensity to his roles as
finicky Felix Unger in "The Odd Couple," the boastful Ensign
Pulver in "Mr. Roberts" and a cross-dressing musician in "Some
Like It Hot," has died. He was 76. The two-time Oscar winner died
at a hospital Wednesday night from complications related to
cancer, spokesman Warren Cowan said. {God speed Mr. Lemmon and
thanks for the laughs you brought to so many. Our condolences to
his family and friends}

RAPPER EMINEM GETS PROBATION
A judge sentenced Grammy award-winning rapper Eminem to one year
of probation on Thursday for two gun-related charges stemming
from an argument with an associate of a rival rap group. Not bad
considering he could have gotten up to five years in prison.

SPLITSVILLE FOR ROBERTS, BRATT
Oscar winner Julia Roberts and boyfriend Benjamin Bratt have
reportedly broken up after dating nearly four years. The New York
Post and Daily News both reported Thursday that the pair had
split up.
"It's true, they are no longer together," Bratt's spokeswoman Ina
Trakiosis told the Daily News. There was no word on what caused
the couple to go their own way.

COMIC POUNDSTONE FACING CHILD ABUSE CHARGES
E! Online reports that Stand-up comic Paula Poundstone is facing
serious jail time after being arrested on child-abuse charges.
Poundstone was arrested in Malibu Wednesday afternoon on three
felony counts of committing a lewd act upon a young girl,
according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's office. She was
additionally charged with endangering another girl and two boys.
The charges carry a maximum penalty of 13 years in state prison,
authorities say. Poundstone was released on $200,000 bail after
spending four hours at Santa Monica jail Wednesday night.
Poundstone has had several foster children over the years. At
last count, Poundstone, a single mom, had three adopted children
and two foster kids in her charge, ranging in age from 12 to two
months.

LUKE PERRY IN 'ROCKY HORROR SHOW'
Former "Beverly Hills, 90210" heartthrob, Luke Perry is playing
dorky Brad Majors in "The Rocky Horror Show" on Broadway. He
started his five-week run on Tuesday.

MATT LAUER AND WIFE HAVE BABY BOY
Katie Couric announced on NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday that
her co-host Matt Lauer was absent from the show because his wife,
Dutch model Annette Roque, had given birth to a son. Jack Matthew
Lauer was born Tuesday afternoon, weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces.
It's the first child for both parents.

MARK WAHLBERG, JORDANA BREWSTER SPLIT
Mark Wahlberg has split up with his actress girlfriend Jordana
Brewster. Brewster insists the break-up was an amicable one. She
says, "It was a mutual break up, it was friendly, I have no
resentment at all. It's sad."

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¤ Jasmine Guy - Chat with the former star of "A Different World"
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4. In The News - Television
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'SURVIVOR' BEGINS CASTING FOR 4TH SEASON
Applications for the fourth "Survivor," whose location has yet to
be determined, has been posted on the CBS website and will be
accepted through July 27 and must be accompanied by a
three-minute videotape. The show is set to air in the winter or
spring of next year.

ABC GETS 'SCARY MOVIE' AND SPY KID'
The sequels that is. ABC has acquired the broadcast TV rights to
the sequel of "Scary Movie" and "Spy Kids." NBC bought the first
"Scary Movie," while the Fox Network landed the first "Spy Kids"

FOREST WHITAKER HEADS TO CBS WITH PRIMETIME DRAMA
Forest Whitaker has reached an agreement with CBS to develop and
star in a primetime drama project for the 2002-03 season,
according to the Hollywood Reporter. This marks Whitaker's first
stab at a TV series. On the big screen, he will next be seen in
Joel Schumacher's "Phone Booth" and David Fincher's "The Panic
Room."

70s 'GALACTICA' CHARACTERS MAY RETURN
Dan Angel and Billy Brown, who will produce and run The SCI FI
Channel's upcoming Battlestar Galactica series, told SCI FI Wire
that the proposed series will feature some characters from the
classic 1970s Galactica TV series. "Some of the characters will
be revived," Brown said in an interview, but declined to say
which ones.

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

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (Rated PG-13)
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam
Robards, William Hurt.
Release Date: June 29, 2001

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

Steven Spielberg is a cinematic genius. So was Stanley Kubrick.
But this unconventional, collaborative effort may mystify
movie-goers. Some will be beguiled, as I was. Others may be
frustrated and/or disappointed. Told as a sci-fi fairy tale for
adults, the story revolves around a perfect robotic child named
David (Haley Joel Osment), adopted by a Cybertronics employee
(Sam Robards) and his wife (Frances O'Connor) whose own seriously
ill child (Jake Thomas) has been cryogenically frozen. David is
programmed to love, but those around him aren't - because he's
'mecha' (mechanical), not 'orga' (organic) - and, therein, lies
his dilemma.

Like Pinocchio, he yearns to be a real boy. But how? When he's
abandoned with only his supertoy Teddy bear as a companion, he's
sets off in search of a dream. Steeped in romanticism, the plot
is divided into three segments: the domestic drama, the quest or
odyssey, and then the futuristic underwater/ice sequences, a
consequence of global warming. This fragmentation breeds
problems. In the darkly disturbing road trip, for example, David
meets up with Gigolo Joe (Jude Law), a 'love mecha,' who takes
him to the Flesh Fair, a nightmarish carnival, filled with robot
torture devices. Then the eerie, sentimental third segment evokes
"E.T." and "Close Encounters of a Third Kind," moving grandly,
yet tediously. There's a lack of cohesion, a feeling of
schizophrenia.

Hayley Joel Osment is truly amazing and Jude Law is charismatic.
The rich visuals - sets, costumes and creature/make-up effects -
are stunning.

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "A.I.: Artificial
Intelligence" is an unpredictable, intriguing 10. Love it or hate
it, it's a triumph of innovative film-making, a blend of science
and humanity, and a brilliant collaboration of two acknowledged
masters.

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6. CELEBRITY PROFILE
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KEANU REEVES
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Birth Name: Keanu Charles Reeves
Born: September 2, 1964 - Beirut, Lebanon

Keanu will make $15 million for The Matrix II. Not bad
considering he dropped out of high school at age 17 to
become an actor. Keanu's career has had it's ups and downs,
but he is still considered to be a very bankable actor.
Unfortunately, the roles he takes tends to label him as an
idiot and he's been quoted as saying that he's not that
bright. Keanu lives a simple life especially after losing
friend River Phoenix to drugs. Reeves loves ballroom dancing,
playing in his band Dogstar, driving his motorcycle, and admits
to being afraid of the dark. He loves hockey, but surfing
became an all-consuming passion thanks to "Point Break." He's
dated a lot of actresses including Matrix co-star Carrie-Anne
Moss. Keanu has had his bad boy days, like a drunk driving
charge back in 1993, but has settled down into the role of
rocker, actor, and all around regular guy.
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Filmography - Most Recent
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Sweet November (2001) .... Nelson Moss
The Gift (2000) .... Donnie Barksdale
The Watcher (2000) .... David Allen Griffin
The Replacements (2000) .... Shane Falco
The Matrix (1999) .... Thomas A. Anderson/Neo
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Upcoming Project(s)
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The Matrix 3 (2003) .... Thomas A. Anderson/Neo
The Matrix Reloaded (2002) .... Thomas A. Anderson/Neo
Mayor of Sunset Strip (2001) .... Himself
Hardball (2001) .... Conor O'Neill

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7. CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS - Week of June 28th - July 4th
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<D>=Deceased

JUNE 28
Mary Stuart Masterson (35)
John Cusack (35)
John Elway (41)
Kathy Bates (53)
Mel Brooks (75)

JUNE 29
Amanda Donohoe (39)
Maria Conchita Alonso (44)
Richard Lewis (54)
Gary Busey (57)
Slim Pickens (82) <D> December 8, 1983

JUNE 30
Mike Tyson (35)
David Alan Grier (46)
Susan Hayward (84) <D> March 14, 1975

JULY 1
Liv Tyler (24)
Pamela Anderson (34)
Princess Diana (40) <D> August 31, 1997
Dan Aykroyd (49)

JULY 2
Richard Petty (64)

JULY 3
Hunter Tylo (39)
Tom Cruise (39)
Montel Williams (45)

JULY 4
Geraldo Rivera (58)
Neil Simon (74)

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8. Answer to this weeks trivia is..
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C) Cliffhanger
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