Jeanine Noce, A & E Editor
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‘Moulin Rouge’ shines
at Golden Globe awards
by Jeanine Noce
A & E editor
What television event did more
than 50 million viewers in the
United States watch on Sunday?
The answer is the 59th annual
Golden Globe awards, a.k.a.
Hollywood's biggest party. The
gala was held in Beverly Hills,
Calif, at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
Dick Clark hosted the awards
show and interviewed
Hollywood's best as they walked
through the aisles. This gave the
viewers an opportunity to hear
from the winners and get their re
actions.
The musical “Moulin Rouge"
came out on top. Nicole Kidman
won the best actress in a musical
or comedy and Craig Armstrong
received the best original score
award. Kevin Spacey presented
“Moulin Rouge" with the award
for best musical or comedy.
Another big winner was the
movie “A Beautiful Mind." Akiva
Goldsman won best screenplay
for the movie and Russell Crowe
received the best actor in a drama.
Jennifer Connelly won best perfor
mance by an actress in a supporting
"A Beautiful Mind" also won the
biggest award of the night - best
drama - which was presented by Mel
Gibson. “A Beautiful Mind" was
up against “In the Bedroom,” “Lord
of the Rings," “The Man Who
Wasn’t There” and “Mulholland
Drive."
Jennifer Garner received the best
actress in a television series drama
award for “Alias." Robert Downey
Jr. presented the supporting actress
in television award to Rachel
Griffiths lor “Six Feet Under." Tom
Hanks presented the best actress in
New U 2 CD
by Kevin Fallon
assistant news editor
Rock's hardest working hand has The Cl) features three B-sides and
done it again. U 2 surprised fans hy remixes of songs from "All That You
songs
a motion picture drama to Sissy
Spacek for "In the Bedroom.”
“Until..." with lyrics by Sting,
from the movie “Kate & Leopold"
won the best original song. Sting
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Nicole Kidm_.
for her portrayal of the stage actress
Satine in ‘Moulin Rouge.’
accepted the award and said he was
very proud of the film.
Stanley Tucci won the best sup
porting actor in a television series.
Kelsey Grammer presented HBO's
“Six Feet Under" its award for the
best television series drama. The
best performance by an actor in a
motion picture went to Gene Hack
man for “The Royal Tenenbaums.”
The best performance by an actor in
a supporting role in a motion pic
ture was Jim Broadbent, who won
for "Iris." Charlie Sheen, from
“Spin City," won best performance
by an actor in a television series
musical or comedy.
Robert Altman, who is 76, was
is right on
releasing a new Cl) titled “7”
Tuesday. The seven song disk is
available exclusively at Target.
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named best director for “Gosford
Park.”
“This indeed is an achievement,”
said veteran filmmaker.
The best foreign language film
was Bosnia’s “No Man’s
Land.” HBO’s “Sex and the
City” won best television se
ries musical or comedy award
and Sarah Jessica Parker won
best performance by an actress
in a comedy.
Clark commented that sev-
eral of the actors and actresses
J who were at the Golden Globe
Awards have been and will be
Z visiting the troops overseas,
ij He thinks that this is a very
>. noble thing for them to do and
2 stated that Hollywood has been
coming alive.
“This man is one of my
idols and inspirations,” com
mented Ben Affleck before
presenting Harrison Ford with
the Cecille B. DeMille award.
Clips from 35 Ford movies
were shown. Ten of those have
made $lOO million or more at
the box office.
“I am exceedingly grateful
for the opportunities that I have
had,” Ford said upon receiving this
prestigious award. He also com
mented that there are not too many
more actors alive who are his age
and that is why he keeps getting put
in films.
The evening ended with Clark
stating that there were nine huge par
ties that all of the Hollywood stars
would attend. Clark added that they
would go until the wee hours of the
morning and that a lot of fun was in
store for the Golden Globe award
winners
Target
Can’t Leave Behind.” “If you dream
then dream out loud,” Bono sings on
“Summer Rain,” the disk’s first and
most infectious track. Also featured
is “Always,” which was the original
version of the single
“Beautiful Day.”
As a fan of both big
girls and U 2, my personal
favorite is the upbeat “Big
Girls Are Best.” Remixes
of “Beautiful Day,”
“Elevation,” and “Walk
On” are also included. The
CD ends in dramatic
fashion with an acoustic
version of “Stuck In a
Moment You Can’t Get Out
Of.”
The new CD is the
latest product of U2’s busy
schedule. After releasing
“All That You Can’t Leave
Behind” in 2000, the band
managed a sold-out year of
touring, picked up eight
Grammy nominations, and
is set to play the halftime
show at the Super Bowl.
Not too shabby.
“7” is a must have
for loyal U 2 fans and at
$6.99 it’s not a bad deal
Chris nix’s Picks -
a weekly entertainment guide to movies
From the snowcapped dorms of
Penn State Behrend cries a solitary
voice: “Does anybody know of a good
movie?!” The question echoes from
the far comers of Ohio Hall to the
slushy Hammermill parking lots. Out
of this resonating cry, the answer takes
its form. This is Chris Flix,
your bright Beacon of light
to what’s hot and what’s not
in the world of movies
For this week’s Flix pick,
I was planning on
recommending “American
Pie 2” but another movie
caught my attention and
made me change my mind.
Don’t feel too disappointed,
for I am sure 99 percent of
this campus has already seen
the latest antics and
shenanigans of Stifler and
the gang. I just happened to
stumble across a different,
relatively unheard of movie
that deserves to take the spotlight this
week.
My pick of the week is called
“Color of Friendship.” It is based on
the true story of an African-American
congressman on a quest to crush
South Africa’s apartheid, and his
teenage daughter who signs up to
‘ Black Hawk Down’s’ ratings are high
by Daniel J. Stasiewski
staff writer
The name Jerry “Hollywood”
Bruckheimer is synonymous with mo
tion-picture trash. His brain-dead big
budget blockbusters (“Armageddon,”
for example) are rarely entertaining,
let alone notable.
Bruckheimer’s newest film teams up
the infamous producer with the legend
ary director Ridley Scott. Even with
Bruckheimer’s track record, “Black
Hawk Down” proves to be a timely, un
precedented war film destined to be
come a classic.
It was a mission that was only sup
posed to take 30 minutes. The United
States Rangers and Delta Force are sent
to arrest the top officials of a genocidal
Somali warlord’s cabinet in the middle
of hostile territory. Supervised by Ma
jor General William Garrison (Sam
Shepard), the forces engage in a raid,
but the warlord’s militia has more than
enough firepower to compete with the
soldiers. When a UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopter is shot down, the initiative
changes from seek and capture to res
cue. By the end of the confrontation,
18 American soldiers are dead, hun
dreds of Somalis are killed, and two
Black Hawks are down.
The last word 1 ever thought I would
use in a Bruckheimer film review is
classic. “Black Hawk Down” certainly
changed that idea. Shades of a usual
Bruckheimer action flick are not absent,
especially when two of the soldiers are
portrayed as an Abbot and Costello-like
pair. “Black Hawk Down” as a whole,
however, is a completely different film
for the action producer.
The unrelenting, overwhelming fire
power in “Black Hawk Down” isn’t just
visual; it’s emotional. For the first time
in his lengthy career of fireworks pic
tures, Bruckheimer has a film that grabs
the audience at the heart along with the
eyes.
Characterization in “Black Hawk
Down” feels hollow at first. The char
foster an exchange student from South
Africa. The story takes an enthralling
twist when a white South African girl
shows up at their doorstep expecting
a regular congressman’s family, while
the family is in total shock, expecting
to see a “regular" African. All in all.
it is a wonderful story of breaking free
from the shackles of racial ignorance,
and discovering true friendship, in a
film that is quite appropriate for the
week in which we celebrate Martin
Luther King. Jr. Day.
Chris Flix’s Grade: B+
In an enormous contrast to my pick
acters come off as the normal shallow
action heroes. It's not until the charac
ters know themselves —after the first
exchange of gunfire or first time help
ing a fallen comrade —that the audience
gets to know them. The self-actualiza
tion these characters achieve on screen
exposes the strength and courage of
each real-life hero. Audacious, touch
ing, but most of all human, the charac
ters make the action take a back seat to
the poignant war story.
What is a well-written character with
out a great actor behind it? For an an
swer to that question you'll have to look
somewhere
other than in
“Black Hawk
Down.” The
cast gives such
a tremendous
ensemble per
formance,
there’s little
chance for any
single cast
member to
stand out.
Shepard, as
Garrison,
doesn’t do
much more
than stare at a
few television
screens for
most of the movie, but his performance
as a helpless spectator is riveting. When
there are several scenarios occurring all
at once, it's hard to think outside of the
particular situation. Shepard’s perfor
mance, however, is strong in every
single moment.
Josh Hartnett is solid in his role as
the sensitive idealist. While this isn’t
his best performance, his work along
side Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore,
and newcomer Orlando Bloom is a
memorable one.
Even with the marvelous writing and
acting, we have to remember this is a
Bruckheimer film and action does mat
ter. Luckily, Scott controls the action.
Movie picks
Outstanding
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So-so
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A Beautiful Mind (PG-13)
Black Hawk Down (R)
Gosford Park (R)
In the Bedroom (R)
Kate & Leopold (PG-13)
Lord of the Rings (PG-13)
Orange County (PG-13)
Snow Dogs (PG)
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‘Black Hawk Down’ tells the true story of the Oct. 3,
1993, battle of Mogadishu during the Somalian Civil
War.
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of the week, I must warn all you
movie watchers out there to stay as
far away from this week’s stinker as
you possibly can. “Jeepers Creepers”
starring, well it doesn’t really matter
who stars in this movie because it
plain stinks!
In all fairness, it had a
somewhat of a good idea for
a story. I give it that, but it
was just very, very poorly
executed. The basic plot is
about a boy and his sister
driving home from college,
and they somehow end up
being chased down by the
boogeyman in some little
village. If for some reason
you end up watching this
movie (perhaps because you
did some horrifically bad
things in a previous life), I
can guarantee that by the last
half hour, you will be hoping
the boogeyman swiftly kills
each and every idiotic person in the
film so you can be put out of your
misery. I won’t bore you with
anymore details of this waste of
video-store shelf space. Thank me
next time you see me because I just
saved you $3.50. Trust me.
Chris Flix’s Grade: F
He proved last year with his Roman
epic “Gladiator” that he could create a
poignant story out of a basic action film.
This time around, his tale of modem
war is the same hard-hitting drama with
even more astounding visual achieve
ments.
Production designer Arthur Max
magnificently creates a booming mar
ketplace teaming with all the essentials
for mob rule. With cinematographer
Slovamir Idziak’s beautiful locations,
Max turns the Moroccan landscapes
into a believable trip to Somalia. Rid
ley Scott’s crew of filmmakers, plus his
own meticulous eye makes the movie
a visual masterpiece.
It's amazing to think Bruckheimer,
the man who produced “Pearl Harbor,”
was behind this movie. Compared to
that pretentious garbage and
Bruckheimer’s other films, “Black
Hawk Down” looks like “Citizen
Kane.” On its own, it is a cinematic
landmark that raises the bar for every
war film to come.
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