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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 - Cats & Dogs (*** No Spoilers ***)
6. Celebrity Profile - Claire Danes
7. Celebrity Birthdays
8. Trivia Answer

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1. TRIVIA BLITZ
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The movie "The Green Mile" reunites not only director Frank
Darabont with author Stephen King but also actors Jeffrey DeMunn,
William Sadler, and Brian Libby, all of whom worked on what other
film together?

A) Phenomenon
B) The Shining
C) The Shawshank Redemption
D) Rocket Man

¤ Correct answer can be found at the bottom

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2. IN THE NEWS - Movies & Entertainment
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CASTING SET FOR 'RUSH HOUR 3'
While in London doing press for "Rush Hour 2," Jackie Chan
revealed to Empire Online that he and Chris Tucker have both
signed up to do "Rush Hour 3." In regards to when and where Chan
says, 'Probably after Shanghai Knight we make Rush Hour 3. We
just make the deal today." Asked where the action would take
place, Jackie said "He [Chris Tucker] said South Africa, but I
prefer Egypt - somewhere we're both fish out of water."

'BLACK KNIGHT' RELEASE DATE CHANGED
Twentieth Century Fox has changed the release date for its Martin
Lawrence comedy "Black Knight" to Nov. 21. The picture, which is
currently in post production, was expected to hit theaters in
2002. According to Variety, Lawrence plays a con man and medieval
theme park worker named Jamal Walker. After a bizarre moat
accident, Walker finds himself in 14th century England, where he
uses his street smarts to help a down-and-out knight and a
beautiful woman defeat an evil king.

MELISSA GILBERT TO RUN FOR SAG PRESIDENT
Melissa Gilbert, the actress best known to fans as the wholesome
Laura Ingalls from the 1970s television series "Little House on
the Prairie," said on Wednesday she will run for president of the
nation's largest actors union. Gilbert made her decision to run
after being approached by several board members of the Screen
Actors Guild. "I have been a working member of this union since I
was two years old," she said in a statement. "I have seen
first-hand what this wonderful union of ours can accomplish when
its forces are joined."

WITHERSPOON ATTACHED TO 'HONEY WEST'
Miramax Films will produce a big-screen version of the 1960s
television detective series "Honey West" with Reese Witherspoon
attached to star. Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, who
wrote "Legally Blonde," will pen the script, based on a series of
pulp novels written by Skip Fickling about a female private
investigator named Honey West. The feature film version will be
set in present day and will be a comic-action picture in the vein
of "Foul Play."

'KILL BILL' DELAYED?
Word of Uma Thurman's surprise pregnancy may place Quentin
Tarantino and Miramax in a difficult position. The actress was
due to begin working with her "Pulp Fiction" director on "Kill
Bill." According to Variety, Tarantino has two decisions - either
recast his leading actress and adapt the script to fit someone
new, or wait until Thurman has delivered her baby and is ready to
get back to work. The latter could set the film back as much as
a year. Although recasting the role is said to be an option,
Miramax spokesman Hiltzik told Variety the discussion was mere
speculation and that "we are not recasting the role".

McCULLOCH TO HELM 'EVE' REMAKE
Bruce McCulloch ("Dog Park") is in negotiations to helm a remake
of the 1941 comedy "It Started With Eve." The film, according to
the Hollywood Reporter, is about a young man who asks a woman to
pose as his fiancee in order to please his dying father. Trouble
begins when the father's health takes a turn for the better.
Charles Laughton starred as the dying man in the original film,
with Robert Cummings and Deanna Durbin as the supposedly engaged
couple.

GAYLORD ACQUIRES UNTITLED N.Y. COP STORY
Warner Bros.-based Gaylord Films has optioned the rights to
Bergen County, N.J., Police Chief Jerry Speziale's untitled
manuscript based on his experience as a New York police officer.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the manuscript details
Speziale's younger days as an ambitious New York cop who was
recruited by the Drug Enforcement Administration and assigned to
an elite drug task force whose main purpose was to infiltrate and
dismantle the powerful Cali drug cartel. Against policy, he
employed the help of an internationally blacklisted informant,
and the relationship transformed him into the ultimate undercover
operative. After learning the ropes, Speziale discovered that his
informant was betraying him all along.

REVOLUTION GETS 'CHUPACABRA'
Revolution Studios has inked a deal with scribe Ravel
Centeno-Rodriguez ("The Thirteenth Floor") to write "Bloodlust:
Legend of the Chupacabra." According to Variety, the chupacabra
(literally, "goat-sucker") is part of Puerto Rican folklore,
stemming from incidents in which goats were found with their
blood drained and two peculiar puncture marks on their necks.
Reports of animals dying inexplicably in Puerto Rico have
surfaced periodically since the 1970s.

ZETA-JONES IN TALKS FOR 'CHICAGO' ROLE
Catherine Zeta-Jones is in early negotiations to star in
"Chicago," Miramax's adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Bob
Fosse musical. Zeta-Jones, is negotiating to play the role of
homicidal vaudevillian Velma, the role originated by Chita Rivera
in 1977 and played by Bebe Neuwirth in the Tony-winning Broadway
revival. Hugh Jackman has been mentioned to play sleazy lawyer
Billy Flynn, while Kathy Bates may play prison matron Mama
Morton.

DEL TORO'S WRIST STILL HEALING
A few weeks back we reported that actor Benicio Del Toro broke
his wrist during a fight scene with actor Tommy Lee Jones while
filming "The Hunted." Del Toro was expected to be sidelined for
a month, but apparently will be sitting out another month before
returning to the set of his new movie. "I have to have this on at
least four weeks," Del Toro said at Havana news conference,
referring to the sling on his wrist. "After that, there is
rehabilitation, then I can restart filming," he added.

STILES' 'CAROLINA' BACK ON TRACK
Miramax Films is in final talks to become the U.S. distributor
for the Julia Stiles romance '"Carolina," a troubled project that
almost capsized. According to Variety, The film was originally
slated to be funded fully by indie producer IAC, but ran into
finacial complications. Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris
("Antonia's Line") will replace Jon Amiel ("Entrapment") as
director for the film, which will begin production in Los Angeles
on July 23.

KAUFMAN SETS SIGHTS ON 'SUSPICION'
Philip Kaufman ("Quills") is in negotiations to direct
"Suspicion," a remake of the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock suspense
thriller. Based on Francis Iles' novel "Before the Fact,"
"Suspicion" originally starred Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine in
the story of a reserved young woman who marries a man after a
brief whirlwind romance but begins to suspect that he is trying
to kill her for her money.

HEFTY PAY DAY IN VOICING 'SHREK' SEQUEL
Variety reports that Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz
could make as much as $35,000 an hour to voice "Shrek 2," which
could amount to the trio making $5 million apiece if they decide
to return. negotiations to have the actors back for a second run
are expected to start later this week.

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'TENDER-HEARTED' SPLIT SAYS JULIA ROBERTS
On Tuesday Julia Roberts spoke publicly for the first time about
her split with Benjamin Bratt, while on "The Late Show with David
Letterman." "It has come to a kind and tender-hearted end and my
only regret is that it seems that in some odd form...the media
can't accept that it is tender-hearted and kind," Roberts said.
"It (the media) has to make it messy. It has to be all about me
going out with George Clooney, a kind, lovely man but not my
boyfriend," she said.

HARRISON FORD RESCUES BOY SCOUT
On Tuesday Harrison Ford came to the aid of a missing Utah Boy
Scout who had accidentally strayed into the Wyoming wilderness.
E! Online reports that Ford flew his trusty Bell 407 helicopter
into the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park and, at
approximately 8:30 a.m., spotted 13-year-old Cody Clawson,
looking miserable and soaked to the bone after having spent a
cold, rainy night alone in the woods.
Ford, a part-time resident of nearby Jackson, Wyoming, swooped
down and landed the chopper, picked the boy up and airlifted him
back to civilization.

NEW STARS ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
Entertainers in film, television, radio, recording and live
theater-performance are honored each year with stars along
Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. Sandra Bullock, Dino De
Laurentiis, Martin Landau, Al Pacino, Jack LaLanne, Regis
Philbin, Rose Marie, Juan Gabriel, Amy Grant, KC and the Sunshine
Band, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Rodney Dangerfield and Fabian will
all be getting stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002.

BARRYMORE, GREEN GET MARRIED
This time, they say it's for real. "Charlie's Angels" star Drew
Barrymore formally married actor-comedian Tom Green in a small
outdoor ceremony last weekend, her publicist said Tuesday. "It
was a more formal ceremony, something they wanted to do for close
friends and family," said Eddie Michaels. "It was a beautiful,
low-key event. They wanted to keep everything as private as
possible." The couple has routinely joked about being married on
talk shows and during other public appearances in recent months.

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3. Online Celebrity Chat
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¤ Simon West - Chat with the director of "Tomb Raider" on Friday,
July 13 at 10:30am ET.
http://chat.yahoo.com/c/events/info/2001/07/13/071301west.html

¤ John Tesh - Chat with the former host of "Entertainment
Tonight" on Monday, July 16 at 8pm ET.
http://chat.yahoo.com/c/events/info/2001/07/16/071601tesh.html

¤ Delta Burke - Chat with the star best known for her role as
Suzanne Sugarbaker on the hit television series "Designing
Women." Monday, July 16 at 11pm ET.
http://chat.yahoo.com/c/events/info/2001/07/16/071601burke.html

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4. In The News - Television
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'SAPRANOS' LEAD EMMY FIELD, 'WEST WING' A CLOSE SECOND
Mafia drama "The Sopranos" claimed 22 Emmy nominations on
Thursday to 18 nods for White House show "The West Wing,"
setting up a rematch of last year's heated rivalry for
television's top awards. The Emmy Awards will be broadcast
from Los Angeles on CBS on Sept. 16.
http://www.emmys.org/awards/index.htm

'BIG BROTHER' CONTESTANT EXPELLED
A contestant on the CBS reality series "Big Brother 2" was kicked
off the show on Wednesday after he put a knife to the neck of a
woman "house guest." The contestant, known only to viewers as
Justin, the muscular 26-year-old bartender and office worker from
Bayonne, New Jersey, was expelled a short time after the 12:30
a.m. incident involving fellow player Krista. According to a CBS
account taken from a transcript of the encounter between Justin
and Krista, the two were intermittently kissing and talking in
the kitchen of the house when Justin picked up a large knife and
put it to her throat and said, "Wait, hang on. I'm going to slash
your throat. Would you get mad if I killed you?" Without
appearing to react, Krista replied, "No, but I want some water."
Moments later, he repeated the question, "No, seriously, would
you get mad if I killed you?" Justin then put the knife away, the
two kissed again and parted company. "This certainly wasn't a
stunt that was staged by anyone," the shows producer said. "It
was a spontaneous event that Justin thought would be funny, and
it wasn't."

'MILLIONAIRE' CONTESTANT SUES SHOW
Reuters reports that a former contestant on the ABC TV game show
"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" has sued the show's producers and
the network challenging a $16,000 question that he was told he
answered incorrectly. In a suit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles
Superior Court, Richard Rosner claims the correct answer to the
question, "What capital city is located at the highest altitude
above sea level?" was not among the four choices he was given.
Rosner seeks to resume play on the show at the level he was at
when eliminated a year ago, his attorney, Rene Tovar said.
Otherwise, he plans to seek $1 million in damages, Tovar said.

'SURVIVOR' PIG KILL WOES CONTINUE
In an effort to determine to see if Kucha tribesman Michael
Skupin violated the country's animal-cruelty laws by killing a
pig on the show, Australia's leading animal-rights group is
demanding CBS turn over unedited footage from "Survivor: The
Australian Outback." "Once we've obtained it we will view it with
our solicitors to determine whether or not an actual offense has
been committed," RSPCA chief inspector Bryon Hall tells the
British entertainment Website Ananova. "If we believe there's
been an offense committed then it's likely the offender will be
charged."

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

Cats & Dogs (Rated PG)
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock,
Alec Baldwin, Tobey Maguire.
Release Date: July 4, 2001

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

Unbeknownst to us humans, a struggle for control of our planet
has been waged between cats and dogs for centuries. And the
balance of power is tipping. Professor Brody (Jeff Goldblum) is
working on a medication for people who are allergic to dogs,
causing an edgy, maniacal white Persian cat, Mr. Tinkles (Sean
Hayes), and his reluctant henchcat Calico (Jon Lovitz) to declare
war, targeting the Brody home, including Mrs. Brody (Elizabeth
Perkins) and their 11 year-old son Scott (Alexander Pollock) as
their newly adopted pocket beagle, Lou (Tobey Maguire), becomes
pivotal in the canine counter-spy network. Working to prevent a
cat-astrophe are Butch (Alec Baldwin), a jaded Anatolian
shepherd; Ivy (Susan Sarandon), a wise Saluki hound; Peek (Joe
Pantoliano), a small Chinese Crested who's a computer whiz; Sam
(Michael Clarke Duncan), a bumbling Old English sheepdog; and
Mastiff (Charlton Heston) in charge of Central Dog Command.
Their adversaries include a secret agent known as The Russian,
along with a team of Devon Rexes as Ninja cats, armed with knives
and grenades, and 6700 "infected" mice. And it all leads up to a
confrontation in Mr. Mason's Flocking Factory, filled with
industrial-size tree-flockers, plus snowmen, Christmas trees.

Despite the ad copy, writers Glenn Ficarra & John Recqua don't
allow you to "root for" pet rivals, since they stack the doggone
deck against the sneaky felines. And director Lawrence Gutterman,
working with renowned animal trainer Boone Narr, is far more
concerned about seamlessly combining live-action with puppetry
and CGI.

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Cats & Dogs" is a
purr-snickety 6. For a matinee, it's frisky, fanciful,
furr-ocious family fun!

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6. CELEBRITY PROFILE
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CLAIRE DANES
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Birth Name: Claire Catherine Danes
Born: April 12, 1979 - New York, New York

You probably would never expect 22 year old talented actress
Claire Danes to act like most of her Yale classmates. She eats
junk food she worries about her schoolwork and obsessively
E-mails her long distance boyfriend. She is adjusting to wearing
sneakers something she has never done before, it may not seem
like a challenge to most students but it's something that she
worried about - she does not want to become a sloppy gross mess.
Danes is not just a typical student she reportedly pulled in $3
million a picture. Played Juliet to Leonardo DiCaprio's Romeo on
screen, despite her academic responsibilities Danes has also
found time to promote the movies "The Mod Squad" and "Brokedown
Palace" in the spring of 1998. Film producer Steven Spielberg
described Danes as one of the most exciting actress' to debut in
10 years. At the age of 10 she signed for the prestigious lee
strasberg theater Institute. And at 12 she turned down a role in
a soap opera, she did not want to leave prints on her acting
style. She also declined her first movie offer in "Schindler's
List" because schooling would not be provided on location. All of
which makes her sound poised.
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Filmography - Most Recent
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Brokedown Palace (1999) .... Alice Marano
The Mod Squad (1999) .... Julie Barnes
Les Misérables (1998) .... Cosette
Polish Wedding (1998) .... Hala Pzoniak
The Rainmaker (1997) .... Kelly Riker
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Upcoming Project(s)
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Flora Plum (2002) .... Flora Plum
It's All About Love (2002) .... Elena
The Hours (2001) .... Julia
Igby Goes Down (2001) .... Sookie Sapperstein

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7. CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS - Week of July 12th - July 18th
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<D>=Deceased

JULY 12
Seann William Scott (24)
Kristi Yamaguchi (30)
Brian Grazer (50)
Cheryl Ladd (50)
Richard Simmons (53)
Bill Cosby (64)

JULY 13
Louise Mandrell (47)
Cheech Marin (55)
Harrison Ford (59)
Robert Forster (60)
Patrick Stewart (61)

JULY 14
Joel Silver (49)
Gerald Ford (88)

JULY 15
Brian Austin Green (28)
Brigitte Nielsen (38)
Forest Whitaker (40)
Lolita Davidovich (40)
Willie Aames (41)
Jesse Ventura (50)
Linda Ronstadt (55)
Jan-Michael Vincent (57)

JULY 16
Jenna Lewis (24)
Corey Feldman (30)
Will Ferrell (33)
Phoebe Cates (38)

JULY 17
David Hasselhoff (49)
Lucie Arnaz (50)
Donald Sutherland (67)

JULY 18
Vin Diesel (34)
Elizabeth McGovern (40)
Audrey Landers (45)
James Brolin (61)
Red Skelton (88) <D> September 17, 1997

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8. Answer to this weeks trivia is..
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C) The Shawshank Redemption
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