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Entertainment News in Brief
3/28-4/4
Robin W illiams divorces wife of l 4) years
Popular TV anil nun ic actor Robin Williams is divorcing with his
wile. Marsha Garces Williams, alter lb scars of marriage. Garces
Williams filed for the divorce in a San Francisco Superior Court
March 21. claiming irreconcilable dillerenees. While Robin
Williams has had no comment on the ordeal, his agent continued
that the couple is splitting, according to CNN.
Steve-O's court date postponed
.l(i(ka\s host Ste\c-(). whose real name is Stephen Glover, has
had his court dale postponed. Ihe accusations stemmed trom an
incident where Glover got into an altercation with a tenant where
he lived. During the investigation. Yilioo AT us reports, police
found cocaine in the daring comedian's apartment. Glover contin
ues to claim that he is hoping to reform Ins life. "I'm not ready to
die." reads a message on his blog. "I'm ready to live. I'm ready to
breathe (properly even). I'm ready to tall in love. I'm ready to
become readv to start a I'amilv "
Idol down to nine
Chike/ie. the one-name singer from Inglewood. Calilornia. was
eliminated tmm Amcnum Idol. Simon C'owell eritiei/ed his
Tuesdax perl'ormanee. saving "It wasn't original." Nine eontest
ants now remain. Source: CNN. Yahoo I
Beacon Entertainer of the Week
Upcoming releases:
Movies
Leatherheads '
-April 4-
George Clooney plays
Dodge Connolly, a football
player trying to draw atten
tion to the nation's failing
pro football league in
1925. He recruits a college
star to try to garner nation
al appreciation.
Rating: PG-13
P.O.D.
-April 8-
When Angels &
Serpents Dance
Ruins
-April 4~
A group of tourists travel
to a remote area to search
for a missing friend. They
end up unearthing an
ancient, power and awak
ening something darker
than they had ever imag
ined.
Rating: R
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Music
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Colin Meloy
-April 8~
Colin Meloy
(Decembrists ’
singer’s songs from
his solo album)
ntarts
Horton stampedes box
Seuss screenplay
making a run to be
next successful ani
mated movie
By Connor Sattely
entertainment editor
cisso6o@psu.edu
The newest animated movie by
20th Century Fox. Horton Hears
a Who. ended another week sit
ting pretty atop the box office.
The movie, featuring the voices
of popular comedians Steve
Carrell and Jim Carrey, has once
again found the gold mine for
animated movies. In its opening
weekend, it raked in over $45
million, the largest opening of
the year: after ten days its total
had climbed to almost $B6 mil
lion.
Jim Carrey(Horton) made his
own appearance in a Dr. Seuss
tale eight years ago, in How the
Grinch Stole Christmas. While
that movie opened with a week
end grossing over $55 million,
Horton is on pace to match the
movie’s income if it can keep up
its sales in the coming weeks.
Horton is one of several high-
“lf you don’t have a
kid, chances are you
didn’t go to the movies
this weekend.”
-Manhattan Box Office
grossing animated films to hit
theaters since the turn of the cen
tury. Eight of the 10 lop grossing
animated movies of all time have
been released since 1999. They
Jericho next
show to be
cut for fall
Post-apocalyptic
drama fails in its
second attempt
By Connor Sattely
entertainment editor
as.So6o(?’ psu.edu
One of CBS's young drama
shows. Jericho , has been can
celled by the network, CNN
announced last Monday. The
network cited declining audi
ences as the reason for the cut.
This isn't the first time that
Jericho has met difficulties. The
show was cancelled last May,
but faithful viewers mailed
thousands of peanuts to the net
work's executives, a reference to
a well-known defiant line,
'‘Nuts!” uttered by one of the
show's characters. The network
relented, and offered seven new
episodes to be aired this past
February.
“Without question,
there are passionate
viewers... we simply
wish there were more.”
-CBS’s Nina Tassler
This was one of the only times
that viewers affected a net
work’s decision - CBS’s
“Cagney & Lacey” was can
celled in 1983, but returned to
run for four successful years
after viewers protested.
"Without question, there are
passionate viewers watching
this program; we simply wish
there were more,” said CBS
Entertainment President Nina
Tassler.
Although the return of the
show was a victory for viewers,
the show was unable to increase
its audience. In fact, it declined;
last fall, it averaged over 10 mil
lion viewers, while its return in
the spring averaged a little over
eight million. Its return averaged
around 6 million viewers per
Him Bui
include hits such as Shrek, Shrek
2. Finding Nemo and The
Incredibles.
There scents to be a trend mov
ing towards animated movies. In
an age sometimes devoted to toi
let humor in movies trying to
appeal to young teenagers, pro
ducers are tapping once again
one of the most profitable mar
kets: parents and small children.
“If you don’t have a kid.
chances are you didn’t go to the
movies this weekend." quips the
Manhattan Box Office, which
claims that in Manhattan alone,
the movie made almost a quarter
of a million dollars in its opening
weekend.
One of many Dr. Suess-based
movies to hit theatres. Horton
has received mostly favorable
reviews. Carina Chocano of the
Los Angeles Times comments
that often the movie tries too
hard to appeal to popular culture.
“The movie retains much of
the gentleness and sincerity of
the book, if only at intermittent
intervals,” she writes. "The rest
of the time, it tries too hard to act
cool around the other animated
movies
Hollywood Reporter's Kirk
Honeycutt had a more favorable
outlook on the movie. “A delight,
brimming with colorful, elastic
characters and bountiful wit." he
Among audiences, the movie
has found a large measure of suc-
cess. Yahoo's “user rating" sys
tem puts the movie at a “B+"
average, generous by Yahoo’s
standards. In comparison,
Carrey's Grinch now sits at a
"B-" average.
in second week
office
The movie features Horton, a
lovable elephant, going through
trials and tribulations to save a
microscopic community on a
clover. He is constantly contact
ing JoJo. voiced by Jesse
McCartney, a resident of
Whoville.
Carell (The Mayor of
Whoville) and could attract tans
of his movies or his hit TV show.
The Office.
Also featured in the assembly
Scenes from 20th Century Fox’s Horton Hears a Who.
Friday, March 28, 2008
of voices arc Jonah Hill
(Superbad). Amy Poehler
{Saturday Night Live, Mean
Girls). Seth Rogan ( Knocked Up,
Superbad) and Carol Burnett.
Horton has a long way to go
before it can claim a spot on the
top 10 animated movies, howev
er: Shrek holds the 10th spot on
the list at $484 million while its
sequel. Shrek 2, is in first with
$921 million.