The Rundown Tops Weekend Box Office in Los Angeles
The Rock action comedy The Rundown led weekend grosses with an estimated 18.5 million in Hollywood, followed by Diane Lane romance Under the Tuscan Sun at 9.41 million. Last weekend’s No.1 Underworld fell to third with 9.4 million, while Secondhand Lions, The Fighting Temptations, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Duplex, Cold Creek Manor, Matchstick Men, and Lost in Translation rounded out the top ten.
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Diane Lane
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50 Cent Buys Tyson Mansion in Farmington Connecticut
Rapper Curtis James Jackson III known as 50 Cent purchased a 48,000 square foot mansion once owned by Mike Tyson for 4 million dollars. The 52 room estate, with servants quarters and a boathouse, was sold by Tyson’s ex wife Monica Turner Tyson. Police say they track his past but emphasize public safety concerns.
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50-Cent
Mike Tyson
Curtis James Jackson III
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Monica Turner Tyson
50 Cent
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New York City
The
Herald of New Britain
James Rio
Costner Opens Festival With Open Range at San Sebastian
Kevin Costner arrived in San Sebastian to promote his western drama Open Range shown out of competition at the festival. The actor director and producer of Dances with Wolves spoke about cinema and the enduring appeal of westerns.
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Spain
Kevin Costner
Costner
UFK
Celebrity memorabilia auction at Christie's today
The People for the American Way Foundation hosts a fantasy auction with Hollywood items and walk on roles. Items include golf with Michael Douglas, signed scripts by Meryl Streep, cast of Frasier, Norman Lear memorabilia, Billy Joel posters, and lunches with Richard Dreyfuss and Bob Balaban. Admission is 100 dollars.
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New York
Hollywood
Michael Douglas
Christie's
People For the American Way Foundation
PFAWF
Liberal Foundation
Law & Order
Richard Dreyfuss
Bob Balaban
Meryl Streep
Norman Lear
People For the American Way
Billy Joel
Paul Newman
John Sayles
History Journal Highlights From September 29
This edition recalls Pope John Paul I’s death in 1978 soon after his papal dawn, London's Scotland Yard formation in 1829, the 1953 ABC premiere Make Room for Daddy, Vatican Council II’s second session opening in 1963, and the 1982 Tylenol cyanide tragedy in Chicago with seven fatalities.
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Vatican
London
Scotland Yard
Daddy
Danny Thomas
ABC
Rome
Chicago
Birthdays of Jerry Lee Lewis and peers
Today's birthday list includes Jerry Lee Lewis turning 68 with fiery celebration. Jan McShane is 61, Patricia Hodge 57, Bryant Gumbel 55, Andrew Dice Clay 45, Jill Whelan 37, Emily Lloyd 33, Natasha Gregson Wagner 33, and Jerry Lee Lewis again noted.
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jan McShane
Patricia Hodge
Bryant Gumbel
Andrew “Dice” Clay
Jill Whelan
Emily Lloyd
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Tennis pioneer Althea Gibson dies at 76 in New Jersey
Althea Gibson, the first black player to win Wimbledon and the U.S. national title, died at 76 from respiratory failure in East Orange, New Jersey. The trailblazing athlete helped civil rights through tennis and golf, with a storied career including 1957 58 major wins and later recognition at the Smithsonian.
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U.S
Gibson
East Orange
Fran Gray
Gray
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History
Harlem
Silver, S.C
New York
Fred Johnson
Aura Gibson
Darlene Hard
Elia Kazan Dies at 94 a Life in Film and Stage
Elia Kazan, famed director writer and producer of stage and screen, died at 94 in Manhattan. He staged Pulitzer Prize plays including Streetcar and Death of a Salesman and won Academy Awards for Gentlemans Agreement and On the Waterfront. He also directed East of Eden Splendor in the Grass and The Last Tycoon and wrote six novels and an autobiography.
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New York
Elia Kazan
Kazan
Manhattan
Floria Lasky
Lasky
Hollywood
Brooklyn
East of Eden
Kari Malden
America
House Wars and Monday Night TV Highlights
TV listings note USA presents House Wars at 9 p.m. with four families remodeling one room weekly over eight weeks. CBS's Everybody Loves Raymond at 8 p.m. features Marie meddling in Robert and Amy. NBC premieres Third Watch at 9 p.m. ABC offers PrimeTime at 7 p.m. with a piece on Miami’s illegal plastic surgery market. Bears at Packers on MNF at 8 p.m. ABC. Martha Inc. repeats at 8 p.m. Lifetime. Two and a Half Men at 8:30 p.m. CBS.
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Marie
Robert
Amy
Raymond
CBS
NBC
ABC
Miami
Danny
Las Vegas
Chicago Bears
Green Bay Packers
Cybill Shepherd
Martha Inc
Martha Stewart
Lifetime
Jake
Best Bets Screenings and Live Music In Kansas City Tonight
A program shows Afropunk The Rock and Roll Nigger Experience at Liberty Hall and features live acts Appleseed Cast Volara and Ricky Fitts at 7 30 p.m. Also Lake Trout performs at The Bottle Neck at 10 p.m. The Cougars This is My Condition play Replay Lounge at 10 p.m. Starflyer 59 Map The Billions All Things Bright and Beautiful perform at New Earth Coffee House at 7 30 p.m. Kansas City Missouri.
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Appleseed
Volara
Ricky Fitts
Liberty Hall
Mass
N.H
Replay Lounge
Starflyer
Map
The
Billions
New Earth Coffee House
Walnut St
Kansas City
Evening music lineup across venues in Kansas City
Tuesday slate features Leo Kottke at Liberty Hall and The Belles with Patrick Park at Eighth Street Tap Room. Open Mic starts at 10 p.m. The Bottle Neck hosts Yellowman and the Sagittarius Band while Green Card performs at Grand Emporium.
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Liberty Hall
Mass
the Belles
Patrick Park
Eighth Street
N.H
the Bottleneck
Yellowman
The
Sagittarius Band
Grand Emporium
Main St
Kansas City
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