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| Misc. Matters |
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| News that, well, Just Can't Be Categorized |
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked longtime friend and Democrat Rob Lowe to take on a role as celebrity wrangler in his gubernatorial campaign, Lowe's publicist confirmed to E! News. |
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No Doubt's Gwen Stefani will launch a limited-edition series of purses and accessories this fall under her L.A.M.B. (love, angel, music, baby) label. LeSportsac is partnering with Stefani on the accessories, which include a "concert bag." |
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Peter Fonda was honored with a Mid-Life Achievement Award July 19 at the Maine International Film Festival, following a screening of his 1971 film The Hired Hand. |
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Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman will be awarded with the 18th American Cinematheque Award for her contribution to cinema. The hardware will be handed out November 14 in Beverly Hills. |
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Adam-12 star Kent McCord, the Screen Actors Guild's national treasurer, is going up against incumbent Melissa Gilbert in the union's national presidential elections. |
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Adam Sandler and Cameron Diaz were ranked as Hollywood's highest-paid performers in the latest book of Guiness World Records. The comedian pulled down $47 million in 2001, while the Charlie's Angels star pulled in an estimated $40 million that year. |
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Nine of Billy Wilder's most memorable films, including Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, will be released in a brand new DVD collection July 15 from MGM Home Entertainment. |
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Disney-Pixar's Finding Nemo has surpassed The Lion King at the box office to become the biggest animated feature of all time, with $328.7 million in tickets by the end of August 21. |
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Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, John Cleese, Richard Kiel, Shannon Elizabeth, Willem Dafoe and Heidi Klum are all scheduled to appear in virtual form in EA's videogame James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, due out this fall. |
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James Bond star Pierce Brosnan was bestowed an honorary Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth for his outstanding contributions to drama. |
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Malcolm in the Middle mom Jane Kaczmarek and hubby-West Wing star Bradley Whitford are asking all their fellow Emmy nominees and TV actors to donate their designer wears to the second annual "Clothes Off Or Back" celebrity auction for Cure Autism Now. |
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| Top 10 Bestselling Books BarnesandNoble.com 10/12/03 |
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1. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
2. The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-Designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss by Arthur Agatston
3. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember by Fred Rogers
4. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
5. Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore
6. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren
7. Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
8. Who's Looking Out for You? by Bill O'Reilly
9. The Year Ahead 2004 by Susan Miller
10. The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom by Phil McGraw |
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In Sickness and In Health |
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Jay Leno announced July 22 that he's penned a picture book, If Roast Beef Could Fly, based on a family cookout in which mischief leads to a ruined rotisserie of meat. The illustrated book will hit stores next summer. |
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Courtney Love is teaming up with publisher Tokyopop to create a comic book based on the former Hole singer's love of manga, the name for Japanese comics. The series will be released sometime next year. |
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Orson Welles' 1942 Oscar for Citizen Kane was withdrawn from auction at Christie's after AMPAS exercised its right to buy it back for $1. |
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Thanks to blockbusters like Bruce Almighty, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Hulk, Seabiscuit and American Wedding, Universal Pictures has set a new studio record domestic summer box-office by earning $668 million as of August 13. That exceeds the studio's previous best of $666 million in 2001. |
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| Brutally blunt American Idol judge-creator Simon Cowell has snagged $2 million from Random House to publish a book he's writing about the hit TV talent show. |
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Jennifer Lopez is preparing to launch her new perfume, "Still Jennifer Lopez," which will be designed for older women. No word on a release date. |
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100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains |
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| Casting Calls |
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Broadway's Best |
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Rapper 50 Cent has announced plans to launch a line of menswear this holiday season, with womenswear and accessories to follow, the Associated Press reports. All items will have a "50-cent" price point, such as $29.50 for a T-shirt. |
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Bill ?Clinton will release a cookbook featuring recipes from his celeb buddies, including Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones, Elizabeth Taylor, Christie Brinkley, Chevy Chase and Whoopi Goldberg. The Clinton Presidential Center Cookbook goes on sale in August for $35 to benefit Clinton's library foundation. |
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Horror buffs descended on the steel town of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, which was featured in the 1958 cult classic The Blob starring Steve McQueen, July 11-13, to kick off the Fourth Annual Blobfest weekend. |
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| The Walt Disney Company is loosening grooming restrictions for workers at its theme parks. Under the policy, male workers can wear braids as long as they're above the collar and in straight rows. |
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A trust set up from the revenues of British director Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning film Gandhi is aiding hundreds of poor and forgotten Indian actors over 45, providing medical coverage for those having a hard time making ends meet. |
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