Arts&Entertainment: July 24, 2001
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DMB makes a magical creation
[Times photo: Thomas M. Goethe]
TAMPA -- Dave Matthews Band shows have been getting uneven reviews, but the act bounded onstage Monday and knocked the socks off the sell-out crowd of more than 20,000 at the Ice Palace, a record-breaking crowd for the venue, surpassing even its 1999 Backstreet Boys attendance. |
In the news
MTV picks its "Weapon'
Insatiable Disney acquires Fox Family
Executives are still sorting out the details. But look for repeats of ABC shows on the now-ABC Family channel.
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BOOK OF THE WEEK TO AVOID: The Seven Stories of Love: And How to Choose Your Own Happy Ending, by Marcia Millman. Her premise: Movies portray seven basic love stories. These movies can help us understand our romantic attractions and disappointments. Once we understand, we can ensure that our romances have happy endings.
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HISTORY LESSON I: "When we did Pretty Woman, everything was so simple. We sat around together in a trailer. He played the guitar, she found a dog, she petted the dog. But when we did Runaway Bride, she was on her cell phone booking Notting Hill into theaters, and he's on his cell phone booking the Dailai Lama. . . . Once in a while I would say, "Can we do another take? We're making a movie here!' " -- director Garry Marshall, tracking the development of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
