Summer box office sets new record Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Almost everything worked for movie studios during their key season, but there were some notable duds. 'Meet Dave,' anyone?
EDDIE MURPHY'S career was on the rebound. Until this summer.
Drake Bell: 'Acting's tough' Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Costar of Nickelodeon's 'Drake & Josh' stars in the 'American Pie'-style 'College.'
GRADUATING CAN be a tough transition for any kid, but young fans of Drake Bell, erstwhile costar of Nickelodeon's "Drake & Josh," are in for an uncultured shock at his resoundingly R-rated "College."
Scene Stealer: 'Hamlet 2' Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Production designer Tony Fanning looked to his own past stage productions at Yale to capture the low-budget, avant-garde aesthetic.
When designing the look of a feature film, the natural impulse is to make everything look better than reality. But for "Hamlet 2," production designer Tony Fanning had to rein in those impulses to make the high school production within the film appear believable. "Everything had to feel like it could be found and done by the kids themselves," Fanning said. A mirror ball in the film was constructed from shards of broken mirrors. And an Albuquerque sculptor specializing in found objects was drafted to construct the time machine in the shape of Yorick's skull. "There's not much to the set itself," he said. "It's some scaffolding and lighting and stuff. But it comes across as being a big production." For inspiration, Fanning looked back to the stage productions from his grad student days at Yale to capture the low-budget, avant-garde aesthetic. For Fanning, it's all done in the spirit of star Steve Coogan's character: "He's all about highlights and not about substance."
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'Suge' Knight Busted For Assault, Drugs In Vegas Police say rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight is in a Las Vegas jail on drug and assault charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife. Blogger Arrested Over Guns N' Roses Leaks Federal authorities say they have arrested a blogger suspected of streaming songs from Guns N' Roses unreleased album, "Chinese Democracy," on his Web site. T.I. Sets New Record With Hot 100 No. 1 Jump T.I. establishes the mark for biggest jump to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, as "Whatever You Like" soars 71-1 in its third week on the list. The new chart will be published tomorrow (Aug. 28) on Billboard.com.
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