NOW SHOWING ON THE WEB; INTERNET FILMS CHANGING THE WAYS MOVIES ARE MADE, SEEN
When Madonna gets behind the wheel again, she won’t have to worry about ruffling the finer sensibilities of MTV and VH1. Unlike her “What It Feels Like for a Girl” video her wild ride in a Camaro was banned to one-time, late-night showings this time the singer will be tooling…
Yahoo Releases Most Popular Terms for 2001
Sunnyvale, CA — Dec. 27, 2001 — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO – news), a global Internet communications, commerce and media company, today announced the annual release of its most popular search terms for the year 2001. The list is compiled using the Yahoo! Buzz Index http://buzz.yahoo.com), an interactive market research tool…
LET DEAD CELEBRITIES LIE, NOT GO INTO SALES; THE UPCOMING AUCTION OF MARILYN MONROE’S FAMOUS “RED VELVET” PHOTOS RAISES THE ALARM: WHAT WILL HER POSTHUMOUS FATE BE?
WEAREABOUT to raise the dead yet again. On March 22, Ventura photographer Tom Kelley Jr. will put up for eBay/Butterfields auction the “Red Velvet” series the famous photographs depicting a young nude Marilyn Monroe. His father, Tom Kelley Sr., took the original shots in 1949 (one made it as the…
DOWNLOADING GOES ON IN FACE OF FILTERS; MUSIC LOVERS FIND IT EASY TO GET AROUND TECHNOLOGY MEANT TO BLOCK ACCESS TO COPYRIGHTED SONGS ON NAPSTER
WHEN ROSE BIE of Oakland logged onto Napster Monday, she found it business as usual. She downloaded “Je T’aime” by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, “Spirit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum and the Emotions’ “The Best of My Love.” She wasn’t alone. A day after Napster enacted a filter…
KILL AND KILL AGAIN; “HANNIBAL” EXPOSES OUR FORBIDDEN PASSION FOR THE SERIAL MURDERER
When Anthony Hopkins met with Jonathan Demme for his casting as Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs,” the actor had to ask, “Why me?” The director, who had seen him as the doctor in “The Elephant Man,” admired Hopkins’ humanity in the part. “I think Hannibal Lecter has…
ROMANTIC COMEDIES A SIGN OF THE TIMES
When Minnie Driver inadvertently slaps David Duchovny, it’s endearing. Not that Duchovny is making any untoward advances in the Bonnie Hunt comedy “Return to Me.” In the film, he’s a grieving widower and Driver is the woman who, unbeknownst to both of them, is the recipient of his wife’s heart….
NEW, SWEET TREATS SELL LIKE HOTCAKES; KRISPY KREME BRINGS ITS SOUTHERN-FRIED DOUGHNUT DELICACIES TO THE EAST BAY WITH A STORE IN UNION CITY
Who knew a Southern-bred delicacy could cause such fuss at a West Coast shopping center? And yet, a laid-back, well-mannered pack of sugar hounds waited under a hot Union City sun to get a taste of A lowly doughnut. About 65 customers were in line, taking in the savory smell…
DEEP SPACE; OFF-WORLD TRAVEL TO MARS ESPECIALLY HAS CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF EARTHLINGS EVERYWHERE, ESPECIALLY IN HOLLYWOOD
It’s the year 2020, and the first manned mission to Mars has ended in catastrophic disaster, with nothing but a cryptic message to explain what’s happened to the Mars One crew. Four astronauts, including a Mars rescue specialist, are sent to investigate and to see if there are any survivors…
BAD CHOICE ON BAD GUYS? “The Siege” again finds Hollywood under attack for ethnic casting
“This film does not intend to demean or to ignore many of the positive features of (fill in race here) and specifically (fill in ethnicity here) communities. Any similarity between the depiction in this film and any associations, organizations, individuals or (fill in ethnic hangout here) that exist in real…
HOW DO YOU SPELL FEMINISM?; FOR TV AND MOVIES, IT’S W-I-T-C-H-C-R-A-F-T
The witching hour has arrived. If you doubt it, just turn on your television. For two years, ”Sabrina the Teenage Witch” has been blending magic and teen angst Friday nights on ABC. On the darker side, there’s the new WB drama ”Charmed” with three sisters – they’re gorgeous, of course…