RUDY, RUDY, RUDY
The USA Network is planning a two-hour movie about former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, based on the book by Village Voice writer Wayne Barrett called “Rudy!”
An Investigative Biography of Rudolph Giuliani. Producers hope to debut the movie late this year or early 2003.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Brimming with Ads
Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue will be bursting in more ways than one when it hits newsstands this week, with the eye-catching guide to the latest in swimwear boasting a near- record number of ad pages.
“The ad pages are way up from last year,” said magazine spokesman Rick McCabe. “We’re in a near-record year in one of the worst ad climates certainly in the last few years.”
This year’s 232-page swimsuit issue, featuring Victoria’s Secret model Yamila Diaz-Rahi on the cover, has 110 ad pages, just shy of the record-setting total from the 25th anniversary issue in 1989.
Do you remember who was on the cover that year?
That’s right, it was Kathy Ireland. Well done!
Two of my favourite theatres in the whole world are closing! Keep The Uptown and The Eglington open!
We’re here! They’re here! Let them stay open!
We’re here! They’re here! Let them stay open!
Spears To Appear in ‘Sex and the City’
For being such a good girl, Britney Spears is really sexing it up in the roles she picks.
Spears loses her virginity in her movie, “Crossroads.” Now she’s set to play Samantha’s sex-crazed niece on “Sex and the City.” The New York Post reports Spears will come off as virginal, but she’ll seduce Samantha’s lover. Spears is not expected to appear nude.
Kim Cattrall, who plays Samantha, also plays Spears’ mom in “Crossroads.”
Man Makes Oscar Speech Suggestions
A public relations exec has written an open letter in the Los Angeles times asking celebrities to keep their Oscar speeches short.
Howard Bragman tells nominees that it’s OK to “thank the one or two people who really made a difference in your life and this project.” He doesn’t think mentioning a long list of boring names is needed.
He suggests thanking agents, managers and publicists in person or with a nice gift. Bragman says the best thing all Oscar nominees can do is write a little speech ahead of time รณ no matter what their chances of winning. He says even if all they do is wind up giving the speech to the dog, they should be prepared.
He’s responsible for some of the greatest movies ever made. “Fast Times At Ridgemont High”, “Say Anything”, “Singles”, “Jerry Maguire” and “Almost Famous.” They are all his! Well, okay, I guess he’s responsible for “Vanilla Sky” as well. Now, find out everything there is to know about Cameron Crowe.
And get ready for the DVD debut of “Say Anything” on March 5th, 2002!
Oasis releasing new single in April
Oasis will be releasing its first single in nearly two years in April, the British pop band announced Tuesday. The group first performed the track, titled “The Hindu Times,” at a series of gigs late last year celebrating its 10th anniversary. It’s the first song from the band’s as yet untitled fifth studio album, scheduled for release in July.
Oasis has released no new singles since “Sunday Morning Call” in July 2000.
The group is finalizing plans for a world tour and is to headline the Coachella Festival in Palm Springs, Calif., in April. “The Hindu Times,” with its Eastern-influenced guitar riff, will be released on April 15, the band said in a statement posted on its Web site.
Oasis, led by the brash, outspoken brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, was wildly popular in the mid-1990s. Their 1995 album “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” debuted at No. 1 in the U.K. and became the second-best selling album in British history.
I’LL BE BACK…IN L.A
Producers of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “T3: Rise of the Machines” have announced that the film will shoot entirely in Los Angeles, after director Jonathan Mostow complained about having to split time in Vancouver.
Who does he think he is, David Duchovny?!?
Here are the new CD releases for Tuesday, February 19, 2002.
GREAT BIG SEA Sea Of No Cares (WEA)- The band everyone knows from Newfoundland releases their latest collection of songs today. Unfortunately SEA OF NO CARES has more in common with bad commercial pop music than it does with Great Big Sea’s past releases. Sorry guys!
BREEDERS Safari (Reissue) (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
CARS Complete Greatest Hits (Rhino)
DAKOTA MOON A Place To Land (Elektra)
DAVIE STEWART Go On, Sing Another Song (Rounder)
DOOBIE BROTHERS Doobies Choice (Rhino)
ELVIS COSTELLO This Year’s Model (Rhino)
ELVIS COSTELLO Blood & Chocolate (Rhino)
ELVIS COSTELLO Brutal Youth (Rhino)
LOUISE GOFFIN Sometimes A Circle (DreamWorks)
MARY J. BLIGE No More Drama (expanded re-release) (MCA)
MIDNIGHT OIL Capricornia (Liquid 8/BMG)
RICK NELSON Greatest Hits (EMI)
ROBIN BLACK AND THE INTERGALACTIC ROCK STARS Planet: Fame (Sextant Records)
SNEAKER PIMPS Bloodsport (Tommy Boy)
TANYA DONELLY Beauty Sleep (4AD/Beggars Banquet)
THE ASSOCIATION Anthology (Rhino)
TURTLES Anthology (Rhino)