Entertainment Week
Compiled by the Buzz
Chart Toppers
TV
1. ER
2. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
3. Friends
4. Law & Order
5. The West Wing
6. Will & Grace
7. CSI
8. Everybody Loves Raymond
9. Who Wants to be a Millionaire
10. The Weakest Link
Box Office
1. Pearl Harbor
2. Shrek
3. The Mummy Returns
4. A Knight’s Tale
5. Angel Eyes
6. Bridget Jones’s Diary
7. Along Came a Spider
The Animal (New)
Moulin Rouge (New)
What's the Worst That Could Happen (New)
On Video
1. Vertical Limit
2. What Women Want
3. Miss Congeniality
4. Dungeons & Dragons
5. Pay It Forward
6. Finding Forrester
7. Antitrust
8. Best in Show
Shadow of the Vampire (New)
Traffic (New)
Top 10 Albums
1. Lateralus - Tool
2. The Green Album - Weezer
3. Exciter - Depeche Mode
4. Reveal - R.E.M.
5. Survivor – Destiny’s Child
6. Hotshot – Shaggy
7. All For You – Janet Jackson
8. Whoa, Nelly – Nelly Furtado
9. No Name Face – Lifehouse
10. Wingspan - Paul McCartney
Hot 20 Songs
1. Survivor – Destiny’s Child
2. All for You – Janet Jackson
3. Make It Right – Econoline Crush
4. Angel – Shaggy
5. Turn Off the Lights – Nelly Furtado
6. Thank You - Dido
7. Follow Me – Uncle Kracker
8. Lady Marmalade – Moulin Rouge Soundtrack
9. Days Like That – Sugar Jones
10. Life – Our Lady Peace
11. Flavor of the Weak – American Hi-Fi
12. Dream On – Depeche Mode
13. Breakdown – Tantric
14. It’s Been Awhile – Staind
15. Drops of Jupiter – Train
16. Fat Lip – Sum 41
17. Hashpipe – Weezer
18. Ride Wit Me – Nelly
19. Striptease - Hawksley Workman
20. Hanging By A Moment – Lifehouse
Read It
Codename: Knockout #0
Vertigo Comics
If your one for the fun action and in your face T&A like Austin Powers and Charlie's Angels then you are
going to love this comic book. Knockout, the super sexy super spy otherwise known as Angela St. Grace,
has to infiltrate the lair of villain Jigger O'Bitters in order to save her outwardly homosexual partner, the
predictably campy but still humorous Go-Go Fiasco. This first issue shows lots of possibilities so it's
worth checking out. Sit down to an enjoyable piece of pop due to a sly, cool intelligence, surprisingly
funny sense of humor and sharp characterization.
At The Movies
The Animal
When a police cadet (Rob Schneider) nearly dies in a car accident while driving through remote
mountains, a strange beast rescues him, performing surgery on him in a barn, using animal parts as
transplants. When he returns to civilization, he discovers that the influences of the animals within himself
are causing him to behave oddly. With a sequel already in the works, one can expect this film to be a huge
hit. Survivor fans will be interested to know that Colleen Haskell will play Schneider's girlfriend.
On Video
Shadow of the Vampire
This delightful take on the vampire horror genre has screenwriter Steven Katz and director
E. Elias Merhige recreating the history of the making of F.W. Murnau's classic 1922 silentera vampire saga Nosferatu with a brilliant conceit. In his search for realism, Murnau (John
Malkovich) casts a real vampire (Willem Dafoe) as the film's lead. In order to entice the
undead actor, the director promises him the neck of the beautiful leading lady (Catherine
McCormack), but the vampire's thirst gets the better of him (and the production). A very
creative take on a familiar story.
The Buzz
Pearl Harbor debuted in first place at the box office over the weekend with $75.1 million in ticket sales,
the second-best Memorial Day opening ever, behind the $90.2 million gross for 1997's The Lost World:
Jurassic Park.
KISS bassist Gene Simmons will release his autobiography Kiss and Make Up in January. The book
will delve into Simmons' rough upbringing, his music career and his headline-making offstage affairs.
Microsoft launched a $50 million marketing campaign to try to lure America Online customers to its
Internet service following AOL's recent announcement of a price increase. The price of Internet access is
rising in the United States as competing providers close up shop and the remaining companies take
advantage of the situation to boost rates.
The biopic Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story wrapped up shooting on May 12th. Post-production is under
way on the film, which is not expected to be completely finished until July 16th, two days before its
scheduled airdate at 9pm EDT on VH-1.
Although rumor has it that Pamela Anderson is back together with ex-hubby Tommy Lee, the blonde
bombshell has been spotted at various hotspots with Kid Rock as of late.
Starting next month, reruns of Law & Order on TNT may include computer-generated ads embedded
inside the show.
New Jersey disc jockey Glen Jones talked for over 100 hours, easily shattering the record for the longest
continuous radio broadcast.
Spinal Tap's will play Carnegie Hall on June 4 as part of the ninth annual Toyota Comedy Festival, which
runs from June 1-10.
Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, all with new video-game machines capable of stunning game play and
special effects, hope to become top dog in the $9.6 billion worldwide market for computer and videogame software.
Nearly 10 million people watched the season finale of the Sopranos, one of HBO's biggest audiences
ever.
A federal judge in California has thrown out a U.S. bankruptcy court ruling that gave Anna Nicole Smith
$475 million from her late husband's estate. The judge says he wants to review the case on his own and
will determine the amount, if any, Smith will receive.
Lollapalooza, the annual road show that helped break bands such as Pearl Jam and Tool, tops Spin
magazine's list of the 10 tours that changed the world. The magazine is due on newsstands June 5. The
Beatles and Madonna also make the cut.
UPN's series finale of Star Trek: Voyager drew 8.8 million viewers, the network's highest ratings in
nearly four years.
Victor K. Kiam, the entrepreneur known for TV commercials in which he said he liked Remington
shavers so much I bought the company, died Sunday at age 74.
Disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events.