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April 19, 2001 Arts & Entertainment Page 9 Warner Bros, unspools 2001 releases MikeSzymanski TMS Campus Warner Bros. Pictures showed a select group of jour nalists and critics some sneak peeks and the rest of its line-up for the year. Haley Joel Osment’s blue eyes as the robotic boy in Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial In telligence” got some gasps as he uttered his Pinocchio-like whine of “Please make me a real boy.” Bill Murray got some laughs as animated creatures inside his body take over in “Os mosis Jones,” but the biggest laugh came from the summer movie “Cats and Dogs.” “That’s going to be the sleeper of the year, this year’s “Babe,” said one critic on the way out of the screening. The film, about the struggle for world domination between cats and dogs while the human race remains oblivious to it, is simply hysterical. The power-mad Persian cat Mr. Tinkles, played by the voice of Sean Hayes, is organizing all the cats in the world and fight ing against pups led by a Beagle named Lou. “This is our show and tell,” said Brad Ball, the president of domestic theatrical releases for WB, introducing the film clips to the three dozen journalists. “I hope this is not a Friday night opening,” he laughed. He also quipped that the journalists would be viewing “Pokemon 16” and that he would be handing out rare Pokemon cards at the end of the screen ing. (Although Warner Bros, is releasing Pokemon movies, there were no clips of future films in the patch of trailers the journalists saw.) cc- We’re releasing three pictures every four weeks for the rest of the year. 55 “We’re releasing three pictures every four weeks for the rest of the year,” Ball said. The race-car film “Driven” and Jennifer Lopez’s action/ro mance “Angel Eyes” seemed to spark interest, as did John Travolta playing an brutal heavy in “Swordfish” and David Mamet’s crime drama “Heist” with the golden cast of Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Rebecca Pidgeon and Patti LuPone. The Mametisms like “He’s so cool, the sheep count him” met with great laughs. The movies that seemed to be met with some skepticism included the Western action comedy “American Outlaws” starring Colin Farrell, Kathy Bates and Scott Caan; “The Salton Sea,” starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D’Onofrio; and “Affair of the Necklace,” the 18th century period film star ring Best-Actress Oscar winner Hilary Swank. The long-anticipated Mark Wahlberg comedy in which he becomes an 80s rock star, “Rock Star,” met with giggles and the high-tech horror film “13 Ghosts” seemed to send shivers up a few spines. Other movies this year for WB include “Summer Catch” with Freddie Prinze Jr., “Train ing Day” with Denzel Washing ton, “Juwanna Mann” with Vivica A. Fox, Jim Carrey in “The Majestic,” Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray, “Hearts in Atlantis” with Anthony Hopkins and an all-star cast in “Ocean’s 11.” A shocking explosion rocked the audience for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Collateral Damage” when terrorists blow up his wife and son, and Robert DeNiro reprises a role as a gritty cop in a seemingly exciting drama “City by the Sea.” Finally, one of the most anticipated movies of the year met with applause as the audi ence watched special effects of incredible proportions in the new trailer for “Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone.” Look for that Nov. 16. ! Madonna has released the dates of her long-awaited world tour. She'll kick of ;her "Drowned World Tour/' i her first in eight years, June 5 in Cologne and wrap up ! the 18-date tour September 9 in Los Angeles. Joey Ramone, frontman, cofounder and driving force behind America's premier punk band, the Ramones, died Sunday after a battle with lymphoma. ' Actors Josh Brolin, 33, and Minnie Driver, 30, are ; engaged; however, their s wedding date has not been set, according to People ^ magazine. Famke Janssen ("X-Men") is in negotiations to star as the leading villainess in Columbias Pictures' "Men in Black 2." Director Barry Sonnenfeld is bringing back Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. A 30-year-old graduate student of Santa Barbara became the eighth top prize winner Sunday on ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Bernie Cullen won the $1 million prize by correctly identifying "N" as the letter that must appear at the beginning o the registration number for all non-military aircraft in the United States. industry News is a collection of stories from E! Entertainment, Billboard.conij, - ^ Entertainment Weekly and ETOnline.com that are compiled by Jason Chick, J A&E Editor) Morissette in D.C. to support Napster Jason Chick A&E Editor The pace of theater closings increased dramati cally during the first quarter of 2001. Twice as many theatres closed this year. Alanis Morissette testified last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee because she said Con gress ought to know how the artis tic community feels about Napster. Morissette voiced her opinions along with Eagles front-man Don Henley on the controversial song swapping site before a packed house of Napster fans, music in dustry executives and Napster’s CEO, Hank Barry. During the hearing, Morissette and Henley said artists tend to be second-class citizens to the labels when it comes to Web-based mu sic. Both singers voiced their sup port for Napster and asked Con gress to heed artist concerns if they decide to write any laws regarding the future of the recording indus try. “Though I cannot speak for ev ery artist, my initial resistance to the new services created online was based on the debate having been framed in terms of piracy,” Morissette said. “Being labeled as such by recording companies, it understandably sent a ripple effect of panic throughout the artistic community. But what I have since come to realize is that for the ma jority of artists, this so-called ‘pi racy’ may have actually been work ing in their favor.”. She sided with Henley, a long time proponent of artists’ rights, in arguing that the recording industry ’ s lawsuits against Napster should not stunt the growth of the Internet as a viable portal for art ists to distribute their songs. “I am here to emphasize how important I believe it to be, as you are considering constructing legis lation that will govern the future of digital music distribution, that I, along with all artists, be actively involved in helping to develop what I know can be gratifying solutions for ail involved,” Morissette said.
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