FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, March 23, 2003
ALL THAT JAZZ: Despite raging war in Iraq and protesters thronging the streets outside the Kodak Theater, the 75th Annual Academy Awards goes on Sunday, with Chicago winning six awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Catherine Zeta-Jones.
PIANIST PLAYS, TOO: Meanwhile, The Pianist, took home three trophies, including upset wins for director Roman Polanski and lead actor Adrien Brody. The film also won for Best Adapted Screenplay.
MORE MASTER THESPIANS: Nicole Kidman was named Best Actress for The Hours, and Chris Cooper won Supporting Actor props for Adaptation.
STILL MORE OSCARS: Disney's anime import Spirited Away was named Best Animated Feature. Germany's Nowhere in Africa scored Foreign-Language Film honors.
HOUSE PARTIES ON: For a third weekend, Bringing Down the House topped the weekend box office. The Queen Latifah-Steve Martin comedy pocketed $16.2 million, just beating down the horror flick Dreamcatcher, which captured $15.3 million.
HEAVEN-LY SPIRITS: Far from Heaven dominating Saturday's Independent Spirit Awards, winning trophies for Best Feature, Best Director (Todd Haynes), Best Actress (Julianne Moore), Best Supporting Actor (Dennis Quaid) and Best Cinematography.
RAZZIES SWEPT AWAY: Madonna's painful Swept Away sweeping the Golden Raspberry Awards--Hollywood's anti-Oscars--taking home a leading five dishonors, including for Worst Movie, Worst Actress for Madonna and Worst Director for the Material Hubby, Guy Ritchie.
MORE MADONNA: Madonna tweaking her antiwar video for "American Dream"--the title cut off her upcoming album--due to the conflict in Iraq. Her publicist tells the New York Post that Madonna has "fine tuned" graphically violent images to be "sensitive to what's going on in the world right now."
HOMEWARD BOUND: Matchbox Twenty, Lisa Marie Presley and Tenacious D among the acts canceling European tour plans after the State Department issued a travel warning about possible terror acts against Americans abroad.
SUE DRU: Dru Hill being sued for $30 million by former manager Kevin Peck. Peck says the R&B group owes him for unpaid royalties and management fees. No comment from the band.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAYS GOODBYE: The producers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood announcing a May 3 public memorial for the late Fred Rogers, who died February 27 of stomach cancer at age 74. The service will be held in his home town of Pittsburgh.
THE NUTTY IMPERSONATOR: Jerry Lewis considering suing a disc jockey for Los Angeles' Kevin and Bean show who pretended to be the comedian and called French President Jacques Chirac last week to talk about the war on Iraq. French officials have denied that it was Chirac on the phone.





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