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“We’ve always believed that
things happen in a sense when
they’re supposed to happen.”
The gosd of reuniting was
never far from their minds,
partly because of their philoso
phy that the group is sort of a
nest from which they may fly
the coup, but eventually
return back home — hence the
title of the album, “Home
Again.”
“Overall, I think our No. 1
priority is keeping the mother-
ship going,” said Gill.
“Because, this is where it all
started, and we definitely have
a love for that and realize if it
wasn’t for New Edition - the
mothership - there’s no telling
where our careers might he.”
Although the focus of the
album was obviously New
Edition, the men tried to incor
porate some of the characteris
tics of the solo acts while stay
ing true to the musical thrust
of the group. The result is a
smooth collection of R and B
times with a touch of hip-hop
flavor.
“We kind of blended all of the
different talents of this group
a lot more than we utilized all
the different talents on any
album before this,” Tresvant
said.
The group used producers
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
once again for the disc, but
also called on some of the
younger hit-makers, such as
Sean “Puffy” Comhs and
Jermaine Dupri, to update the
group’s groove, not necessarily
to create a new “sound.”
“I don’t think you can really
even pinpoint a New Edition
sound,” Gill said. “I think
when you listen to this album
what you’re going to get is the
fact that we’ve lived more,
we’ve learned more and just
experienced more.”
Although the group just
kicked off its tour in its home
town of Boston, New Edition’s
status after that is unclear.
The group wants MCA, the
record label for the group and
all members except Gill, to
give them a contract that
would allow them to continue
recording together, but also
keep their solo careers intact.
“I think our intentions are to
basically be able to do both
and I think we want to try and
figure out a way to balance it
out,” said Gill.
Hollywood makes heroes out of aliens
By Lynn Elber
I: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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LOS ANGELES -Aliens and
^ tornadoes were Hollywood’s
I' heroes in 1996 as
“Independence Day” and
'i “Twister” conquered duds like
^ “The Cable Guy” and
• | “Striptease” to lead the film
?! industry to a record $5.8 bil-
I; lion year.
;■ Megabits were the key, with
12 films breaking the $100
million mark in North
•I American ticket sales, indus-
'ij try observers ssdd.
“The momentum created by
these blockbusters set the pace
for the year,” said Paul
I Dergarabedian of Exhibitor
^ Relations Co. Inc., which
I tracks movie receipts.
; The number of tickets sold
also rose, reversing 1995’s
slight decline.
^ “It’s been a tremendous year
^ for the industry, even with the
■J Ol3rmpics biting into the late-
IJ summer box office,”.
^ Dergarabedian said. “It’s
unprecedented to have this
many films over $100 million
■» already.”
Other movies opening late in
the year could go on to join the
$100-million club, making
1996 a record year for block
busters. Right now, it shares
the honor with 1994, but those
dozen films include late-open-
ers that year.
1996’s projected $5.8 billion
take represents an 8 percent
increase over last year.
“This is the fifth consecutive
year of improved box office,”
send A.D. Murphy, who watch
es the financial end of the pic
ture business for The
Hollywood Reporter trade
paper. “The last short-term
low was 1991.”
Industry history indicates a
“stumble” is inevitable, but the
old pattern of three years up,
one down seems to have been
broken, Murphy said.
Attendance for 1996, based
ORTH
on a $4.40 average ticket price
calculated by Exhibitor
Relations, is projected to be
1.33 billion. In 1995, 1.25 bil
lion tickets were sold, down
from 1994’s 1.29 billion.
The average ticket was fig
ured by including prices for
children’s admissions, dis
count theaters and bargain
matinees. In most major cities,
adult tickets are $6 or more for
evening shows.
Raking in the biggest pot, as
of Dec. 23, was the alien-inva
sion drama “Independence
Day” with $306.1 million -
making it the sixth-highest
grossing film domestically of
all time.
It takes its place behind “E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrial,”
“Jurassic Park,” “Forrest
Gump, “Star Wars” and “The
Lion King.”
“Twister” was second for
1996 with a domestic take of
$241.7 million, followed by
“Mission: Impossible” at
$180.9 million. Those films are
12th and 28th on the all-time
top receipts list, respectively.
Other 1996 top grossers were
“The Rock” ($134.1 million);
“The Nutty Professor” ($128.8
million); “The Birdcage” ($124
million); “Ransom” ($120.3
million); “A Time to Kill”
($108.7 million);
“Phenomenon” ($104.4 mil
lion); “The First Wives Club”
($102.1 million); “Eraser”
($101.3 million) and Disney’s
animated “The Hunchback of
Notre Dame,” just edging the
$100-million mark as of Dec.
23.
Although Jim Carrey’s “The
Cable Gu3r” grossed $60.2 mil-
hon, the movie needed bigger
returns to justify the star’s $20
million paycheck and costly
promotional campaign.
For Hollywood, domestic box-
office receipts are far from the
whole story: Of all movie tick
ets sold, just over half are pur
chased in the United States
and Canada.
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