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IN THIS ISSUE:

1. Quote Of The Week
2. Video Department
3. In The News - Movies & Entertainment
4. In The News - Television
5. Trailers
6. Top Box Office, Video, Soundtracks
7. In Theaters
8. MF Movie of the Week - Chicken Run

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Tommy: You kids better pray to the god of skinny punks this wind
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2.VIDEO DEPARTMENT
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NEW TO DVD AND VHS
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Check out what's new on the shelves this week.

this week's releases: 12/5/00

- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps - Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson
- Scary Movie - Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
- Gone in Sixty Seconds - Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie
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-> Whipped
Cast: Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt, Jonathan Abrahams, Zorie
Barber, Judah Domke, Callie Thorne.
Director: Peter M. Cohen

-> Shaft
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa L. Williams, Christian Bale,
Busta Rhymes, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Roundtree.
Director: John Singleton

-> The Road to El Dorado
Cast: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante,
Edward James Olmos.
Directors: Bibo Bergeron, Will Finn, Don Paul

-> Reindeer Games
Cast: Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, James Frain,
Dennis Farina.
Director: John Frankenheimer

-> The Cider House Rules
Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Michael Caine, Paul
Rudd Director: Lasse Hallstrom

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3. IN THE NEWS - Movies & Entertainment
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PEOPLES CHOICE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks lead nominees for the
People's Choice Awards. The three actors and their movies, "The
Patriot," "Remember the Titans" and "The Green Mile," dominated
the motion picture categories. New TV shows starring Bette Midler
and Geena Davis also fared well, as did Kelsey Grammer's
venerable "Frasier." Nominees were announced Thursday. The 27th
Annual People's Choice Awards will be presented Jan. 7 at the
Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

MURPHY EYES 'SPY'
"Dr. Dolittle" director Betty Thomas and star Eddie Murphy are in
negotiations to team again. This time for Columbia Pictures on
the comedy "I Spy."

'T3' CASTING RUMORS
Ok let me get you up to date here, so far we have heard rumblings
suggest Carrie Anne-Moss (The Matrix) for the female Terminator
in "Terminator 3." Recently rumors were also flying that WWF
wrestler Chyna was a strong contender for the role. Now according
to Variety columnist Michael Fleming, the frontrunner for the
role at this time is Famke Janssen, Jean Grey of the X-Men movie.
There ya go. Did I forget anybody?

'BROCKOVICH' TO BE RE-RELEASED
Universal will re-release "Erin Brockovich" in Los Angeles and
New York on Dec. 1 "to remind Motion Picture Academy voters of
the incredible accomplishment that was achieved by Steven
Soderbergh, Julia Roberts, Albert Finney and the rest of the cast
and crew," Universal Pictures chairman Stacey Snider said.

BERGEN, LOWE JOIN 'VIEW'
Wednesday we reported that Kelly Preston will join Gwyneth
Paltrow in Miramax Films' "A View from the Top." Candice Bergen
and Rob Lowe are now the newest members to join the cast.

'SCOOBY DOO' CASTING
According to reports the possibility of Christina Ricci playing
Velma in the Scooby Doo live-action movie has fallen by the
wayside and that Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks) is in talks
to take on the role of the nerdish ghostbuster in glasses. Also
suggests that the casting of Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah
Michelle Gellar as Fred and Daphne, and Matthew Lillard as Shaggy
are done deals.

WHITAKER IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR 'PHONE'
Forest Whitaker is in final negotiations to join Colin Farrell in
Fox 2000's "Phone Booth" for director Joel Schumacher. The
project is scheduled to start shooting early next month. Whitaker
will then segue to Columbia Pictures' "The Panic Room" for
director David Fincher. Whitaker will play the role of Capt.
Ramey, a tough New York cop who is charged with defusing the
situation. Ray Liotta was previously in negotiations for the role
of Ramey, but a deal could not be reached.

TALKS UNDERWAY TO SELL MOVIES ONLINE
The fear of a "Napster for movies" rearing its head has major
Hollywood studios working on plans to provide feature films via
the Internet, industry sources say. "What appears to be happening
in the market is that Sony and Disney are exploring this area and
there are discussions among all the studios with each other,"
said one source familiar with the situation. Industry sources
also said Disney has been talking with News Corp's Twentieth
Century Fox studio about joining as a partner in an Internet site
that would also allow movies to be downloaded. Neither company
would comment. According to people familiar with the situation
Sony has already developed a platform that will allow customers
to download a movie, which it expects to launch next year.

JANE, 'THE SWEETEST THING'
Thomas Jane ("Deep Blue Sea") has nabbed the lead opposite
Cameron Diaz in Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy "The Sweetest
Thing" for director Roger Kumble. The project is scheduled to go
before cameras in March after Diaz wraps her role in Martin
Scorsese's "Gangs of New York." A bawdy take on the traditional
genre Written by Nancy Pimental ("South Park"), follows a woman
(Diaz) who must educate herself on the etiquette of wooing the
opposite sex when she finally meets Mr. Right (Jane). But she
quickly learns that he is about to be married. Christina
Applegate co-stars in the film as Diaz's best friend.

'WORD' FOR PLATT
Oliver Platt, whose crime drama "Deadline" was yanked by NBC
after just five airings earlier this month, is in final
negotiations to co-star with Michael Douglas in the action
thriller "Don't Say a Word." Based on Andrew Klavan's novel and
last adapted by Tony Peckham, "Don't Say a Word" centers on a New
York psychiatrist (Douglas) whose daughter (Brittany Murphy) is
kidnapped. Guy Torry ("Pearl Harbor") has also joined the cast.

DUGAN, ZAHN IN 'SECURITY' NEGOTIATIONS
Dennis Dugan ("Big Daddy") is in talks to direct "National
Security," a mismatched buddy comedy starring Martin Lawrence. In
the story, a white cop is wrongly accused of battering an
African-American. They are forced to team up, grudgingly, when
they find themselves targeted for termination. They, in turn, try
to hunt down their pursuers. Steve Zahn ("Happy, Texas") is
negotiating to co-star in the Columbia film.

NEW GIGS FOR 'HIGHLANDER' STAR
After six years of hunting heads in the syndicated series
"Highlander," Adrian Paul will next be hunting intergalactic
fugitives. Paul has signed a low-seven figure deal with Lions
Gate that guarantees him the starring role in a feature, and the
starring role in a new syndicated action series that will be
shepherded by writer and producer Gil Grant, whose syndication
credits include "Relic Hunter" and "The Cape."

'SANTA CLAUSE' SEQUEL
Michael Lembeck, best known for directing multiple episodes of
"Friends," is in final negotiations to take the helm of Disney's
bigscreen sequel to "The Santa Clause" As in the first
installment, Tim Allen will star. Filming will begin prior to
potential writers' and actors' strikes next spring; Disney has
penciled in a November 2001 release date.

KRISTOFFERSON JOINS 'APES'
According to Variety columnist Michael Fleming, Kris
Kristofferson is the latest addition to the cast of Tim Burton's
remake of "Planet of the Apes." Kristofferson is playing the part
of a human warrior who is leading a revolt against the apes.
After he wraps his work on Apes, the actor will move over to
"Blade 2."

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DAVID SPADE ATTACKED IN HOME BY EMPLOYEE
The longtime personal assistant of TV sitcom star David Spade
assaulted the actor with a stun gun while trying to rob his
Beverly Hills home, police said on Thursday. Police said Spade's
personal assistant, David Warren Malloy, 29, was arrested on
Wednesday afternoon and charged with burglary and assault with a
deadly weapon. He was taken to a hospital for reasons that police
did not disclose. "David Molloy was a good friend of mine for
five years," Spade, the 36-year-old star of "Just Shoot Me," said
in a statement. "I believe he is a good person who is obviously
mentally troubled right now. I can only hope that he seeks the
help he needs
to get well. My heart goes out to him."

MADONNA MAKES WEDDING PLANS
Recently we reported that Madonna and British boyfriend Guy
Ritchie expect to marry next year and settle in London. It's now
being reported that Madonna will marry boyfriend Guy Ritchie at a
lavish Christmas wedding ceremony in Scotland, Britain's top
tabloid reported Wednesday. The Sun said she would marry the
British filmmaker in a $1.42 million ceremony at Dornoch
Cathedral in northeast Scotland on Dec. 22, with the party at
nearby Skibo Castle.

ROCKEFELLER TREE ALL AGLOW
A cheering crowd of thousands packed Rockefeller Center on
Wednesday night to join singer Marc Anthony and skater Tara
Lipinski for the 68th lighting of one of the country's most
famous Christmas trees. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani led the final
countdown in a light rain before the 80-foot tree's 30,000
lights were switched on to a burst of cheers. In addition to
the lighting of the tree many were there to see performances
from 98 Degrees, Natalie Cole, Destiny's Child and actress
Wendie Malick.

COOPER'S HOUSE ROBBED BY BURGLAR
A burglar apparently welcomed himself into Alice Cooper's
suburban Phoenix, Arizona home. According to police reports, the
thief broke into Cooper's Paradise Valley home Saturday and made
off with more than $6,400 in clothes, shoes and video cameras
belonging to one of Cooper's daughters. The burglar also took
four of Cooper's gold records and a double-gold record from Guns
N' Roses. Cooper was out of town, police spokesman Lt. Ron Warner
said.

MADONNA'S HOME ROBBED TOO
Thieves broke into pop superstar Madonna London home and then
stole her boyfriend's Range Rover. The 42-year-old singer, her
two young children and film director Guy Ritchie were asleep
upstairs when the burglars struck. Police said an investigation
was under way after the robbery early on Friday morning in the
fashionable London district of Notting Hill. "A number of items
were stolen including a set of car keys which were then used to
steal the Range Rover," a police spokeswoman said. "The vehicle
was later recovered in west London and forensic testing will be
carried out on it," she added. No one was hurt in the break-in.

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IN THE NEWS - Television
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MISS INDIA WINS MISS WORLD CONTEST
Miss India, 18-year-old student Priyanka Chopra, was crowned Miss
World 2000 on Thursday in London's Millennium Dome before a
projected television audience of two billion people around the
globe.

DAVIS' LINE ON NBC
Jeff Davis (ABC's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?") is looking at a
bright unscripted future. He has been cast as the lead opposite
rocker Joe Walsh in a partially scripted pilot for NBC from
Warner Bros. TV that pokes fun at the entertainment industry. He
is also part of the foursome cast for "Downer Channel," the
upcoming sketch comedy series for NBC from Steve Martin and Joan
Stein's new producing banner at the Carsey-Werner Co.

NEW WAYANS SHOW STARTS PRODUCTION
Entertainment Tonight reports that production has started in
Burbank on "My Wife and Kids," a new family comedy starring film
and television star Damon Wayans ("In Living Color"). The
half-hour comedy series will air later this season on ABC. Wayans
stars as Michael Kyle, a not-so-modern man living in a very
modern world. He thought he had life all figured out: He had
married his high school sweetheart, had three beautiful kids and,
while his wife stayed at home with the children, he went out and
made a living. But somewhere along the line, things spun out of
control.

"CHILD STAR: "THE SHIRLEY TEMPLE STORY"
Production has begun in Melbourne, Australia, on "Child Star: The
Shirley Temple Story." The two-hour movie-for-television is a
dramatization based on the autobiography of SHIRLEY TEMPLE and
will air as part of "The Wonderful World of Disney" during spring
of 2001 on ABC. 10-year-old Ashley Rose Orr who has performed on
Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun and several other productions,
stars as young Shirley.

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4. Trailers & Teasers
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"The Man Who Cried" Full Trailer - Requires Quicktime
http://www.uip.com/themanwhocried/trailer/1LOW_MAN.MOV

A young refugee traveling from Russia to America in search of her
lost father falls for a gypsy horseman.

Cast: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Johnny
Depp,
Harry Dean Stanton, Claudia Lander-Duke, Oleg Yankovsky
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"Elvira's Haunted Hills" Teaser - Requires RealPlayer
http://www.elvira.com/ehh/vidpics/teaser.html

Last Sunday we did a piece on the upcoming Elvira flick, now we
got the teaser for ya.

Cast: Cassandra Peterson
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"Pokemon 3" Full Trailer - Requires Quicktime
http://www.theatres.sre.sony.com/trailerpark/trailers/1164xx.mov

Third installment of the popular "Pokemon" feature films
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"The Mexican" Full Trailer - Requires Quicktime
http://www.etonline.com/html/Movies/4266.html

A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican,
believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his
girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways.

Cast: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Sherman Augustus, Bob Balaban,
Michael Cerveris, Richard Coca, Castulo Guerra, David Krumholtz,
Carlos Lacamara, Jeremy Roberts, J.K. Simmons, David Windsor
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"Traffic" Full Trailer - Requires Quicktime
http://www.premiere.fr/index.php3?Id=28606

A patchwork of stories that evokes the high-stakes, high-risk
world of the drug trade, as seen through a series of
inter-related stories, some are highly personal, some are filled
with intrigue and danger.

Cast: James Brolin, Michael Douglas, Albert Finney, Salma Hayek,
Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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"Center of the World" Full Trailer - Requires Quicktime
http://www.center-of-the-world.com

NOTE: This trailer is Rated R, with some slight nudity. If you
are not old enough do not watch.

A Silicon Valley venture capitalist and a stripper spend three
days together in Las Vegas.

Cast: Shane Edelman, Balthazar Getty, Carla Gugino, Shirley
Knight,
Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard

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5.Top Box Office, Video Rentals/Sales, Soundtracks
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TOP BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES - week ending 12/3/00

Movie Weekend Gross/Total (millions) Release Weeks

1. The Grinch $27.1 / 172.0 3 week(s)
2. Unbreakable $15.0 / 66.7 2 week(s)
3. 102 Dalmations $8.2 / 36.5 2 week(s)
4. Rugrats In Paris.. $6.5 / 55.6 3 week(s)
5. Charlie's Angels $5.2 / 115.6 5 week(s)
6. Bounce $4.4 / 30.3 3 week(s)
7. Men of Honor $4.2 / 41.2 4 week(s)
8. The 6th Day $4.0 / 30.6 3 week(s)
9. Meet the Parents $3.8 / 153.2 9 week(s)
10. Little Nicky $2.4 / 36.9 4 week(s)
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TOP VIDEO RENTALS/SALES - week ending 12/1/00
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Rentals Sales

1. The Patriot 1. Toy Story 2
2. Rules of Engagement 2. Fantasia 2000
3. U-571 3. American Beauty
4. Mission: Impossible 2 4. The Perfect Storm
5. High Fidelity 5. Pokemon: The Movie 2000
6. The Perfect Storm 6. Sin: The Movie
7. Frequency 7. Playboy's 2001 Playmate
Video..
8. American Psycho 8. Titan A.E.
9. Pitch Black 9. Sleepy Hollow
10. Keeping The Faith 10. Live At Madison Square Garden
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TOP 5 SOUNDTRACKS
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1. Almost Famous
2. Remember The Titans
3. Woman On Top
4. Duets
5. Magnolia: Music from the Motion Picture

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6. IN THEATERS...
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WHAT'S THERE , WHAT'S COMING
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This weeks releases 12/1/00

- A Hard Day's Night - George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul
McCartney. Ringo Starr
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==>Week of December 8, 2000<==

-> Dungeons & Dragons
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Justin Whalin, Lee Arenberg, Marlon Wayans,
Thora Birch.
Director: Courtney Solomon
Official site: http://www.seednd.com
Review(s):
http://www.upcomingmovies.com/dungeons-and-dragons.html

-> Finding Forrester
Cast: Robert Brown, Tom Mullica, Lil' Zane, Anna Paquin, Busta
Rhymes.
Director: Gus Van Sant
Official site: http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/findingforrester
Review(s): http://www.upcomingmovies.com/findingforrester.html

-> Proof of Life
Cast: Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan, David Caruso, David Morse, Pamela
Reed
Director: Taylor Hackford
Official site: http://www.proofoflife.com
Review(s): http://www.upcomingmovies.com/proofoflife.html

-> Vertical Limit
Cast: Bill Paxton, Chris O'Donnell, Izabella Scorupco, Robin
Tunney, Scott Glenn
Director: Martin Campbell
Official site: http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/verticallimit
Review(s): http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?Vertical+Limit

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7. MF MOVIE OF THE WEEK
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Chicken Run (2000) (G)

Facing imminent death while laying eggs at Tweedy's English farm,
a group of chickens led by the determined Ginger (Julie Sawahla)
plan to escape their prison-like coop. The situation goes from
bad to worse when the sinister Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson)
decides to stop selling eggs and use the hens as the main
ingredient in chicken pot pies. However, some hope literally
falls from the sky in the form of Rocky (Mel Gibson), an American
rooster who promises to teach the chickens how to fly. As the
hens begin their struggle to get airborne, the monstrous
pie-making machine arrives, giving the chickens precious little
time to make their great escape.

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