This week's 'Star Magazine' is reporting that Jenna Bush is an intern this summer--
Imagine an intern in the 'First' Family!
She's spending July and August in always sunny LA, working for Brillstein Grey Entertainment,
one of the most powerful management and production companies in town.
Their clients include Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt, among others, and they produce several
'little' TV shows like 'The Sopranos' and 'Just Shoot Me'.
Of course, this story isn't on their online site.
But it is on page 10, of the 31 July, 2001, issue (the most current).
The one with "Meg Fights With Nicole - Over Russell Crowe" on the cover.
Lots of Condit stuff, too, both online and in the hardcopy.
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For more on the 'Tequila Twins', AKA 'Jenna & Barb', visit
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OK, OK. You've heard the hoopla about "A.I.", maybe even seen it. Is it worth the
attention? I have to say an unqualified yes. In fact, I say there are a few commercial
movies that qualify as bona fide works of art (Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Schindler's
List for example) - A.I. is a member in good standing of that community.
For those unfamiliar with the story: Global Warming is real and we have lost about all
of our coastal cities. Robots have stepped in to replace the missing workforce, and a
leading manufacturer is about to try out a new model. Since population growth is strictly
controlled, the new robot is a child that will imprint and love whoever says a series of
code words to it forever. The prototype is sent to an employee couple who's son is so
critically ill he has been frozen. The mother resists then accepts the little
artificial boy, then her son is revived.
I'll stop there with the story for those who haven't seen it....and explain some of the bad
press. This is, on the surface, well-explored territory. The artificial boy's quest to
become a "real boy" was done specifically by Pinnochio, and somewhat in the Robin Williams'
film "Millennium Man". However, take a deeper look and you will find so many themes thrown
at you that'll you'll risk my headache.
The meaning of love, abandonment, our interaction (and reaction) to dependence on machines,
corporate responsibility,what exactly is human - all this is in the movie too and in an almost
throw-away manner.
This was the hand of Stanley Kubrick. His style was to put his messages there for those who
wished (or was capable) of picking them up - but he wasn't going to help you out if you missed it.
Kubrick was brilliant, but cold. His films also took the point of view that you were not a
participant, but truly just an observer. This is where events take a happy turn for the movie,
but a sad turn in terms of a great director. Kubrick died before he could turn his A.I. into a film.
Before his passing, Kubrick was having great problems with making the film. The ideas were strong,
but the technology wasn't there yet to film it. After nearly giving up on it completely, he had a
chance conversation with Steven Spielberg. Spielberg offered to take a shot at the movie and Kubrick
agreed.
This is where it turns to improve the final film. If either director had tried this project on their own,
it would have been a complete failure. Kubrick's detachment would have failed to give the audience an
emotional tie to the it's main protagonist. Spielberg would have involved us too much and turned into a
sentimental piece of mush. Working together, Kubrick's script and Spielberg's warmth gave it the perfect
balance.
Combine that with the talents of one of the greatest child actors of all time, Haley Joel Osment, this
movie becomes the "2001" of robot films. If at first you didn't like it, go back and see it again.
If you've stayed away - this film is a treasure and not to be missed.
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HOLLYWOOD is proud to present Charles Manson - the musical.
"Songs composed by the 1960s cult leader as he plotted the slaughter of Los Angeles
celebrities will be heard for the first time in a £40m (little over $50million) film next year.
Manson, 66, who still proclaims his "true vision" from solitary confinement, will not
receive royalties from tunes such as 'They Say I'm No Good', 'Ego' and 'Sick City'.
The money will go to relatives of the nine known victims of his murderous cult, The Family.
The songs reveal Manson's tortured psyche - in 'Ego' he writes of losing his mind, while in
'Sick City' he urges people to start fires. Another work tells of beheadings.
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