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MOVIE & TV NEWS
The Long Jump From Alien to Flash Gordon  Keep Your Motor Running Ewan McGregor will spend the next three months accomplishing a round-the-world motorcycle trip, with the trip to be edited for a TV documentary. He began in London this week with friend Charley (son of John) Boorman, with their route to take them into Europe, Siberia, then across the Bering Straight and into Alaska. Then the pair will continue on across the US to the Atlantic Ocean. The film is set to air sometime next year. 
Ewan McGregor SEC Aims New Charges at Time Warner The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to allege that Time Warner, parent company of Warner Bros. and Cartoon Network, accounted more than $400 million in questionable revenue during and after its merger with America Online (AOL), the Washington Post reported. Although Time Warner has admitted that there were questionable accounting practices at AOL before the merger, these new charges refer to deals created by Time Warner after the merger and supported by its current management. The Post reports that the SEC may have to seek financial sanctions against Time Warner for its failing to cooperate with the investigation. 
Disney Revisits Willows Mark Friedman has been hired to write a script adaptation for the Walt Disney Co.'s live-action/computer-animated The Wind in the Willows movie, says The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the Kenneth Grahame book about Mole, Badger and Mr. Toad and their various adventures, Disney had already done short animated film in 1949, which was release in "The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr. Toad". WB Series Hung Up On Bad Singers "Superstar USA," a new WB series, is not about finding talent. Just the opposite, it gives terrible singers a shot at fame but doesn't let them know that they're being mocked. The seven-episode series, claiming to be a satire of talent contests, premieres May 17. For those of us who remember "The Gong Show," nothing new here. Mike Fleiss, whose production credits include "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire" and "The Bachelor" series, created the show. "These people believe they're the next pop superstar, even though they're horrible singers," Fleiss announced to the trade paper Daily Variety. He refered to the show as "a bizarro version of `American Idol.'" When auditions were held around the country (Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Orlando, Fla., and Philadelphia), the production team turned away best singers, the WB said. This left a dozen "uniquely talented" performers who were picked to get dancing and singing lessons and the chance to compete for a "talent and recording deal" the network valued at $100,000. Jordan Levin, the WB's chief executive officer, said, "This is a genre that is ripe for parody. And in the end, viewers will be won over by our superstar." Those who cringe at the idea can thank William Hung, who auditioned for "American Idol," whose, at best, inept singing and dancing have gained him a his own "Mrs. Miller" kind of fame. How sad are we as a country, that other people getting their dreams dashed is funny? 
William Hung Some Casting On The Ring 2 Simon Baker (CBS' The Guardian) has been cast in The Ring 2. Baker, 34, is joining fellow Aussie Naomi Watts, which continues the tale of a videotape that kills its viewers. Hideo Nakata will direct the DreamWorks project, when it begins shooting in mid-May. Light Dawns For Winger Debra Winger has won the title role of the upcoming Lifetime original film "Dawn Anna." "Dawn" (based on a true story) tells the story of a single mother of four who suffers from a brain disease. After she recovers with the help of her family, she then has to face the mortality of one of her children. Winger will produce the film with her husband, Arliss Howard, who will direct. "Dawn" begins production in July.  Plummer Is The Law Christopher Plummer has been cast as Cardinal Bernard Law in "Our Fathers," Showtime's TV movie concerning the Catholic Church's sexual abuse scandal. Plummer was chosen to bring "authority, humanity, and an appropriately chilling detachment" to the part, Robert Greenblatt, Showtime Networks' entertainment president, announced Tuesday. Law was forced to resign as archbishop of Boston under fire for mishandling abuse cases. "Our Fathers" is based on a book by Newsweek's David France. Production on "Our Fathers" will begin in June. No air date has been announced. Lineup for Third Annual Digital Media Summit Announced iHollywood Forum, Inc. announced the lineup for its third annual Digital Media Summit (www.digitalmediasummit.com), that will take place April 28-29, 2004, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The summit will host senior entertainment and technology executives for the purpose of high-level networking, roundtables, and panel discussions, exploring and debating the future of digital media and its delivery. More information at Business Wire. Wonderfalls Gone, But The Creator Goes On Bryan Fuller, co-creator and executive producer of Fox's canceled series Wonderfalls, has signed a two-year deal with series co-producer 20th Century Fox TV, reported The Hollywood Reporter. The deal, rumored to be in the seven-figure range, has Fuller's primary focus on developing new shows for the studio. He might while also work on an existing 20th TV series, the paper reported. "Bryan has an incredibly fresh and unique voice for television," 20th TV president Dana Walden told the Reporter. "He is one of the people we've identified over the past couple of years who sort of defines what this studio is trying to do in terms of distinctive and groundbreaking television." Premiere Magazine Lists The 100 Greatest Film Characters Of All Time The Complete List 1. Vito Corleone of The Godfather 2. Fred C. Dobbs of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 3. Scarlett O'Hara of Gone With the Wind 4. Norman Bates of Psycho 5. James Bond of Dr. No 6. Annie Hall of Annie Hall 7. Indiana Jones of Raiders of the Lost Ark 8. Ellen Ripley of Alien 9. Jeff Spicoli of Fast Times at Ridgemont High 10. Gollum of Lord of the Rings 11. Margo Channing of All About Eve 12. Charles Foster Kane of Citizen Kane 13. Atticus Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird 14. Randle McMurphy of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 15. Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs 16. Robin Hood of The Adventures of Robin Hood 17. Dorothy Gale of The Wizard of Oz 18. Carl Spackler of Caddyshack 19. Rick Blaine of Casablanca 20. Virgil Tibbs of In the Heat of the Night 21. Susan Vance of Bringing up Baby 22. Travis Bickle of Taxi Driver 23. Eathan Edwards of The Searchers 24. The Little Tramp of Mabel's Strange Predicament 25. Gordon Gekko of Wall Street 26. E.T. of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 27. Marge Gunderson of Fargo 28. Captain Quint of Jaws 29. Daphne/Jerry of Some Like it Hot 30. King Kong of King Kong 31. Norma Desmond of Sunset Boulevard 32. Holly Golightly of Breakfast at Tiffany's 33. Ratso Rizzo of Midnight Cowboy 34. Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde 35. Dr. Evil of Austin Powers 36. Alex Forrest of Fatal Attraction 37. Jake Gittes of Chinatown 38. Willy Wonka of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 39. Michael Dorsey/Dorthy Michaels of Tootsie 40. The Terminator of The Terminator 41. Jane Craig of Broadcast News 42. "Dirty" Harry Callahan of Dirty Harry 43. Forrest Gump of Forrest Gump 44. Jules Winnfield of Pulp Fiction 45. Mary Poppins of Mary Poppins 46. John McClane of Die Hard 47. Mrs. Robinson of The Graduate 48. John "Bluto" Blutarsky of Animal House 49. Chance the Gardener of Being There 50. Blondie of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 51. Freddy Krueger of A Nightmare on Elm Street 52. Howard Beale of Network 53. Ninotchka of Ninotchka 54. Frank Booth of Blue Velvet 55. The Dude of The Big Lebowski 56. Alan Swann of My Favorite Year 57. Tom Powers of The Public Enemy 58. Phyliss Dietrichson of Double Indemnity 59. Lt. Kilgore of Apocalypse Now 60. George Bailey of It's a Wonderful Life 61. J.J. Hunsecker of Sweet Smell of Success 62. John Shaft of Shaft 63. Carrie White of Carrie 64. Rocky Balboa of Rocky 65. Edward Scissorhands of Edward Scissorhands 66. Navin Johnson of The Jerk 67. Inspector Clouseau of The Pink Panther 68. Alex DeLarge of A Clockwork Orange 69. Terry Malloy of On the Waterfront 70. Judy Benjamin of Private Benjamin 71. Rev. Harry Powell of The Night of the Hunter 72. Lloyd Dobler of Say Anything 73. Norma Rae of Norma Rae 74. Tony Montana of Scarface 75. Dr. Strangelove of Dr. Strangelove 76. Tony Manero of Saturday Night Fever 77. Annie Wilkes of Misery 78. "Mad" Max Rockatansky of Mad Max 79. Hans Beckert of M 80. Sam Spade of The Maltese Falcon 81. Aurora Greenway of Terms of Endearment 82. Jack Torrance of The Shining 83. William Cutting of Gangs of New York 84. Darth Vader of Star Wars 85. Stanley Kowalski of A Streetcar Named Desire 86. Melanie Daniels of The Birds 87. Captain Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 88. Raymond Babbitt of Rain Man 89. Sandy Olsson of Grease 90. John Malkovich of Being John Malkovich 91. Mrs. Iselin of The Manchurian Candidate 92. Dil of The Crying Game 93. Harry Lime of The Third Man 94. Rose Sayer of The African Queen 95. Oda Mae Brown of Ghost 96. Tommy DeVito of GoodFellas 97. Ace Ventura of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 98. Antoine Doinel of The 400 Blows 99. Kevin McCallister of Home Alone 100. Roger "Verbal" Kint of The Usual Suspects There they are, according to Premiere, now, open up this can of worms for discussion at your next party and see how heated the discussion gets. (The guy from "Caddyshack?" Please.) 
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