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Renee is getting back in the saddle, with a full workload after filing for an annulment from Kenny Chesney:
The Oscar winner… is switching gears, signing on to star in Paramount’s remake of the Pang brothers’ Japanese horror flick, The Eye, according to the trades.
The original 2002 frightfest, which centered on a blind woman who […]

I’m not supporting illegal file-sharing, but these lawsuits seem to be a shoddy solution. Sometimes, they don’t even get it right and end up suing innocent folks. It reminds me of putting a bandage on a bullet wound.
A trade group representing the U.S. music industry said on Thursday it filed lawsuits against 757 people […]

I’m wondering if they still have it, given the years, personal drama, etc.:
The Fugees, which include Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Michel, are definitely back together, and the group’s label, Sony Records, has set a December 27 release date for their new untitled album. The group’s first new single in almost 10 years, “Be […]

An update of the U.S. film calendar for this week and next. Dates are subject to change, and films initially may open only in select cities, mentioned wherever possible.
September 30, 2005
Wide

The Greatest Game Ever Played (Directed by: Bill Paxton. Shia Laboeuf)
Into the Blue (Directed by: John Stockwell. Starring: Paul Walker, Jessica Alba)
Serenity (Directed by: Joss […]

Rank, Movie Title, Estimated Weekend Gross, Cumulative Gross
1. Flightplan $24,646,000 $24,646,000
2. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride $20,130,000 $20,641,000
3. Just Like Heaven $9,800,000 $29,997,000
4. Roll Bounce $8,000,000 $8,000,000
5. The Exorcism of Emily Rose $7,500,000 $62,308,000
6. Lord of War $4,900,000 $17,247,000
7. The 40-Year-Old Virgin $4,272,000 $96,906,000
8. […]

Wow, more surprising than Neil Diamond at #1 is the pairing of Def Leppard and Bryan Adams:
The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided […]

Hard to believe it’s been so long:
After an eight-year absence, Francis Ford Coppola is returning to the director’s chair.
He will begin filming “Youth Without Youth” in Romania on Oct. 3. Starring Tim Roth, the film is adapted from a novella by Romanian philosopher-author Mircea Eliade.
“It’s a parable, it’s a fable. It’s almost like an intellectual […]

It appears that love doesn’t quite conquer all. Better luck to both parties in their next relationships.
Less than a week after Renee Zellweger filed for an annulment from Kenny Chesney, the country music star assured fans, “I’ll be OK.”
“I’m all right. I’m good. There have been better times, but I’ll be OK,” Chesney told […]

And does anyone really trust a Madonna movie critique???
Singer Madonna defended her husband Guy Ritchie’s latest film “Revolver” on Tuesday, when the couple attended the London premier after a series of damning reviews.
The film stars Ritchie regular Jason Statham as a man out to get revenge on a mob killer played by
Ray Liotta.
It is the […]

Rank Movie Title Estimated Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross
1. Just Like Heaven $16,500,000 $16,500,000
2. The Exorcism of Emily Rose $15,300,000 $52,009,000
3. Lord of War $9,200,000 $9,200,000
4. The 40-Year-Old Virgin $5,847,000 $90,606,000
5. Cry Wolf $4,551,000 $4,551,000
6. Transporter 2 $4,025,000 $36,507,000
7. The Constant Gardener $3,695,000 […]