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Murphy’s ‘Metro’ misses the No. 1 spot
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - The slap
stick comedy “Beverly Hills
Ninja” debuted in first place at
the U.S. box office, earning
$12.6 million to narrowly edge
out Eddie Murphy’s “Metro.”
“Metro” took in $12.5 million
in its debut, followed by
“Evita,” which earned $8.6
million over the four-day
weekend that included the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
holiday, according to Exhibitor
Relations Co. Inc.
“Evita” won three Golden
Globe Awards on Sunday,
including one for Madonna as
best actress in a musical or
comedy.
Meanwhile, “Jerry Maguire”
was expected to finish the
‘Diff’rent Strokes’
curse strikes star
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES - Todd
Bridges, child star of the
“Diff’rent Strokes” 'TV show,
was arrested for allegedly
ramming a friend’s car after a
fight, police said.
Bridges, 31, was arrested
Sunday for investigation of
assault with a deadly weapon.
He was jailed for five hours
before posting $20,000 bail. ■
Bridges and a friend, whose
name was withheld, were at a
shopping center when they got
into an argument, said Officer
Don Cox.
'The friend got in his car and
left. Bridges followed and
rammed the friend’s car some
where in Culver City and
again in the West Los Angeles
area, Cox said.
“As a result of that collision,
he hit a couple of parked cars,”
Cox said. “Police came by and
arrested Bridges. 'They were
called by somebody.”
Bridges, who played Willis
on the 1978-86 NBC-TV sit
com, has been arrested several
times before.
In 1990, he was acquitted of
assault with a deadly weapon
in the near fatal shooting of a
narcotics dealer in Los
Angeles. Bridges was earlier
acquitted of attempted murder
in the case.
Bridges testified in his
November 1989 trial that he
became depressed and turned
to drugs after the situation
comedy was canceled in 1986.
One of his co-stars on the
show, Dana Plato, also had a
series of highly publicized run-
ins with the law as well as
drug and alcohol rehabilita
tion.
Lee, Wallaee Foundation
at odds over interview
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gized enough.”
The Wallace Foundation,
formed by the ex-govemor’s
children and supporters to
raise money for a museum, has
contacted the Richard Nixon
Foundation in Yorba Linda,
Cahf., asking how it dealt with
Oliver Stone’s movie “Nixon,” a
fictionalized film critical of the
former president.
“With all the media interest
of late we’re considering copy
righting (Wallace’s) image so
we can protect it,” said Wallace
foundation spokesman David
Azbell.
'The family also has consult
ed lawyers about a possible
lawsuit over the TNT project,
Wallace’s son said.
Wallace and his family have
objected to several scenes in
an early script of the "INT
movie, including one in which
Wallace contemplates suicide
after being shot by a would-be
assassin in 1972 while cam
paigning for president.
The shooting left Wallace
paralyzed from the waist
down, and he is now deaf and
suffering from Parkinson’s dis
ease. But the former governor
denied ever contemplating sui
cide.
“I haven’t guts enough to kill
myself,” Wallace, 77, said in an
interview published 'Tuesday
in The Birmingham News.
“You wouldn’t commit suicide
when you’re in your right
mind. It would be sinful.”
A spokeswoman for TNT
refused to say whether
Wallace’s complaints resulted
in changes to the script.
“We are confident that the
movie, when presented in its
final form, will fairly portray
the historical record through
the medium of docudrama,”
said TNT publicist Karen
Flanzbaum.
Tlie movie, directed by John
Frankenheimer and starring
Gary Sinise as Wallace, is in
its second week of production
in California. The Alabama
Film Office refused to assist in
the project, which also has
been criticized by current Gov.
Fob James.
The dispute with Lee centers
around a lengthy interview he
filmed with Wallace last year
for an HBO documentary
about a 1963 church bombing
that killed four black girls in
Birmingham.
Wallace, then in his first
term as governor, condemned
the bombing and posted a
reward in the case.
The younger Wallace said
Lee asked his father to sign a
release allowing “carte
blanche” use of the interview,
but the family refused. Aides
want the use limited to the
HBO show, which the younger
Wallace called “a worthwhile
project.”
“This came up when we were
still under the impression that
the TNT movie was going to be
a fair portrayal,” said the
younger Wallace. “'This is not
ultra-sensititivity on our part.”
Wallace also said Lee acted
“imcivilized” and “sullen” dur
ing the interview, refusing to
speak with people who stood in
halls to see him and wearing
shorts and a ballcap.
A publicist at the New York
office of Lee’s company, 40
Acres and a Mule Film Works,
did not return a telephone call
seeking comment.
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four-day period- a traditional
ly slow one for films despite
the national holiday- by top
ping the $ 100 million mark.
The Tom Cruise comedy placed
fourth with $ 8.1 million for a
six-week total of $ 103.4 mil
lion. Cruise won the Golden
Globe as best actor in a musi
cal or comedy.
'Two horror films, “The ReUc”
and “Scream,” tied for fifth
place with $ 8 million each.
The top 10 films and their
estimated grosses for Friday
through Monday with final fig
ures to be released today:
1. “Beverly Hills Ninja,”
$12.6 million.
2. “Metro,” $12.5 million.
3. “Evita,” $8.6 million.
4. “Jerry Maguire,” $8.1 mil
lion.
5. “The Relic,” $8 million
(tie).
5. “Scream,” $8 million (tie).
7. “Michael,” $7.1 million.
8. “The People vs. Larry
Flynt,” $4 million.
9. “Mother,” $3.5 million (tie).
9. “Jackie Chan’s First
Strike,” $3.5 million (tie).
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