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Daily Record, Morris County, N.J., Tuesday, November 27, 2001 E3 Entertainment Peter Boyle loves playing the lout TUNE IN TONIGHT Tear Factor' bugs game celebrities 'Harry Potter' villain had fun being bad BY CLAUDIA PUIG USA TODAY Veteran actor's career had been filled with off-center performances BY FRAZIER MOORE ASSOCIATED PRESS 3 Summer's most degrading reality show returns, as Joe Rogan hosts a celebrity edition of "Fear Factor" (8 p.m., NBC.TV-PG). Kelly Preston, I 1 i- Ii til ft i i i 1 li I KEVIN MCDONOUGH like Howard Keel," the Philadelphia native recalls. "But then God saw fit to take the hair off my head at age 24." Switching his focus to "a variety of roles that were challenging and different," he settled on a new goal: "To not be a bus driver going the same route every day as an actor." "I'm fascinated by the subtext of everybody's life," he goes on. "If I played Hitler, I'd play him as a guy who cries when anybody's mean to a dog. Not a consistent guy, you know what I mean? The things that don't fit together in people are what make them interesting." Many things in Peter Boyle resist a cozy fit.

From monk to beatnik He lists some early phases of his life: "I was a child during World War II, in high school during the Korean War, went into a monastery in the mid-'50s" he was a monk in the Christian Brothers order "came out and turned into a beatnik, worked as an actor, got into psychedelia." At the 1968 Democratic convention, "which I still call the police riot, I knew Abbie Hoffman. I went from being an antiwar liberal to being radicalized. Then I came back to New York and did playing this hard-hat hippie hater. I thought it was a goof." Moviegoers didn't. They were chilled by his career-launching performance.

Boyle became pals with John Lennon, whom he met through his wife-to-be, a friend of Yoko Ono. Lennon would serve as Boyle's best man at his NEW YORK Frank Barone is an unrepentant clod. On the CBS sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond," he's forever riding sons Ray and Robert, needling daughter-in-law Debra, waging war with wife Marie, and unbuttoning his trousers for some after-dinner breathing room as he settles in for a night of TV Frank is scrappy, sly and defiant and funny. No wonder Peter Boyle was hired to play him. Boyle won this role as patriarchal foil to Ray Romano's title character after getting lost en route to the audition.

He arrived flustered and angry. Voila! thought the producers. Since then on "Raymond" (Mondays at 9 p.m.), Boyle has worn Frank as comfortably as Frank wears his tatty cardigans, while dining out on lines like "You can tell it's good art, 'cause it follows you when you move" and "Try to please the wife? When are ya gonna learn?" Of course, Frank is just one in Boyle's long career of shrewdly off-center performances, also including those in two of the best movies ever made. He was the tap-dancing ogre in "Young Frankenstein" and the guru cabbie Wizard in "Taxi Driver." New movie Next month brings Boyle's latest film, "Monster's Ball," in which he plays the racist father of a prison guard (Billy Bob Thornton) who falls in love with a black woman widowed by the man he put to death. MONTY BRINTON CBS Peter Boyle plays Frank Barone, Irascible father of Raymond on the hit TV series 'Everybody Loves The snarling young villain in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," Draco Malfoy, has a most befitting first name: It means both "snake" and "dragon" in Latin.

He also resides in the wizardly equivalent of a prep school fraternity house aptly named Slytherin. So it comes as no real surprise when Tom Felton, the 14-year-old actor playing Draco, reveals that of all the animals on the "Potter" set, his favorite was a boa constrictor. "I really liked the snake that breaks out of the cage in the beginning of the movie," Felton says. "I saw it in real life, and it was really cool. Really big and fat." He was drawn to the most mysterious animals on a set with plenty of creatures both real and computer generated.

"The owls are cool as well, but you can't really pet them," he says. It's hard to imagine Draco Malfoy (which means bad faith in French) befriending a bird. From the way his menacing character is described in J.K. Rowling's four books, he would be more likely to pluck its feathers out or cast a spell on it. And it's just that malicious spirit that Felton relishes about playing Draco.

"It's definitely more fun playing a bad guy," says the actor. It's just as well that he didn't get the Harry Potter role, for which he auditioned. "It feels a lot better than playing one of the good guys." Felton fell right into "the sneering and snarling. I'd never really done that sort of stuff before. I got my 20-year-old brother to get me angry, and we sort of practiced that." He nailed the persona by studying the passages in the book that involved his character.

"Draco's not really a bully," he says. "He's not exactly the biggest, strongest guy in the world. He's more a rich, snobby person. He thinks of himself as really cool." And though he plays a cruel character, in real life he and the other kids on the set got along famously. "The moment we met, we just clicked together perfectly," he says.

But week in and week out for "Raymond's" six-and-counting seasons, "I play a guy who sits at home watching the Knicks on TV," Boyle says contentedly, "and then I come back home and watch the Knicks on TV" Vastly oversimplifed on both counts. The 65-year-old Boyle has welcomed a reporter to the light, airy Upper East Side co-op he has occupied since 1983 with his wife (journalist Loraine Alter-man) and their two daughters. The view looking east toward Long Island "Raymond" land is spectacular as a rainstorm rolls in. But Boyle unquestionably holds the room. A looming figure in tan slacks and an oxford-cloth shirt, he is soft-voiced yet expansive; "opinionated and full of hot air," he volunteers.

But not particularly weird, he insists, however offbeat his characters may be. "When I was in high school I wanted to be a leading-man guy, On the Net: www.cbs.com primetime everybodyloves raymond 1 1 1 1 David Hassel-- hoff, Coolio, Brooke Burns, Joanie Laurer (formerly known as Chyna) and Donny Osmond are contestants playing for charity. The grossest moments take place in the second round when the surviving contestants place their heads into a plastic box of worms, millipedes and scorpions. How disgusting is this? Coolio makes the night's most cryptic comment with the observation: "It smells like somebody's mom is in here!" Donny Osmond sums up the spirit of the enterprise while brushing bugs out of his hair: "Forty-two years of show business and it's come to this." John Travolta offers moral support to his wife, Preston. He should have brought some insecticide.

Dick Clark hosts "American Classics" (9 p.m., History Channel, nightly through Friday, TV-G), a four-night roundup of the icons, images and symbols of America's popular culture. While no one would confuse Clark with a historian, he is just the man to preside over this cultural-hit parade. "American Classics" makes no real distinctions between the legendary images (the figure of Uncle Sam), commercial advertising (Coca Cola) and products of Hollywood's star-making machinery (Marilyn Monroe). On one hand, this postmodern sendup of American mythology seems like something Andy Warhol would have loved. But perhaps this concept is not entirely contemporary.

Americans have mixed their national symbols with commercial advertising for centuries. George Washington's image has sold soap since the early 1800s. In fact, Uncle Sam was commercial before he became patriotic. On tonight's "American Classics," we learn that the term "Uncle Sam" actually emerged when a businessman named Sam Wilson got the contract to supply the army with meat during the War of 1812. He stamped his barrels with the initials "U-S" for United States, but many assumed that they stood for Uncle Sam, his popular nickname.

The association between Uncle Sam and the United States stuck. Wednesday's "Classics" covers the icons of transportation from the covered wagon to Route 66; Thursday looks at symbols like the smiley face, and Friday's hour examines the classic pop stars Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Lucille Ball. Ja Rule's rise has been meteoric BY NEKESA MUMBI MOODY ASSOCIATED PRESS Question: When you debuted, many people compared you to DMX or Tupac Shakur. How did you react to that? Answer: I just did things that were uncharacteristic to the ones that I was being compared to; things they wouldn't do. Make records like "Between Me and You." That's something I feel 'X would never do.

We don't make the same kind of records. I'm harmonizing on the records. This is something these other dudes that I've been compared to just didn't do on their records. I had to create my own space. Do you ever come across some of your old raps? I've heard some of them, and I've put them on some records, and y'all dance to those grooves like they was brand-new.

It's cool. I think I was really bad when I was like 14. By the time I was about 16 or 17, 1 was good. You say the politics involved in making records can be frustrating. What's the worst part? People don't understand the artist.

The artist kind of gets pushed out. A company would rather have a businessman than a great artist. NEW YORK In just three years, Ja Rule has gone from an unknown rapper to a multimedia star. He's released two multiplatinum albums, and his third, "Pain Is Love," debuted at No. 1 on the charts last month.

His films include this summer's "The Fast and the Furious," starring Paul Walker and Vin DieseL He'll also appear in an upcoming film with Steven SeagaL He also crafted Jennifer Lopez's No. 1 hit "I'm Real (the Remix)." 1 JIM COOPER ASSOCIATED PRESS In three years, Ja Rule has released two multiplatinum albums and appeared In movies. 'Harry Potter' keeps its lead over Thanksgiving weekend Weekend Box Office 10. "Life as a House, New Line, $2.7 million, 1,119 locations, $2,426 average, $12.2 million, five weeks. 11.

The Wash," Lions Gate, $2.4 million, 749 locations, $3,160 average, $6.5 million, two weeks. 12. 'K-PAX, Universal, $2.34 million, 1,256 locations, $1,865 average, $48.2 million, five weeks. 13. "Amelie," Miramax, $2.3 million, 217 locations, $10,582 average, $7.8 million, four weeks.

14. "13 Ghosts, Warner $1.5 million, 905 locations, $1,700 average, $39.6 million, five weeks. 15. The Man Who Wasnt There," USA Films, $1.2 million, 246 locations, $4,970 average, $4.6 million, three 16. "Bandits," MGM, $751,802, 602 locations, $1,249 average, $40.7 million, seven weeks.

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 2,011 locations, $3,332 average, $6.7 million, one week. 7. "Domestic Paramount, $5.3 million, 2,386 locations, $2,209 average, $39.8 million, four weeks. 8. "Heist," Warner $4.1 million, 1,711 locations, $2,392 average, $20 million, three weeks.

9. "The One," Sony, $3 million, 1,727 locations, $1,712 average, $41.9 million, four weeks. Kevin McDonough is a syndicated TV columnist. He can be reached in care of the Daily Record, 800 Jefferson Road, Par-sippany, N.J. 07054.

THINGS TO DO LOS ANGELES (AP) "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" conjured up $82.4 million over the long holiday weekend to easily retain its top spot at the box office for a second straight week. The movie's five-day total was $1.1 million less than distributor Warner Bros, had estimated Sunday. But the first film adapted from the series of adventure novels has rung up a whopping $187 million in just 10 days. "Spy Game" led the new movies, debuting in third place with $30.6 million. "Black Knight" opened at No.

4 with $15.4 million. Here are the top movies at North American theaters Wednesday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. and ACNielsen EDI 1. 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Warner $82.4 million, 3,672 locations, $22,437 average, $187 million, two weeks.

2. "Monsters, Disney, $32.5 million, 3,649 locations, $8,912 average, $192.2 million, four weeks. 3. "Spy Game," Universal, $30.6 million, 2,770 locations, $11,035 average, $30.6 million, one week. 4.

"Black Fox, $15.4 million, 2,571 locations, $5,994 average, $15.4 million, one week. 5. "Shallow Hal," Fox, $12.1 million, 2,643 locations, $4,581 average, $55 million, three weeks. 6. "Out Cold," Disney, $6.7 million.

si i BERKELEY CINEMA Monsters, Inc. (G) 7:00 BERNARDSVILLE CLEARVIEW'S BERNARDSVILLE CINEMA 3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 8:45 Monsters, Inc. (G) 7:00 Shallow Hal (PG-13)- 7:15 BOONTON DARESS THEATRE No films until November 24, 2001. BOUND BROOK Closed tor renovations. BRIDGEWATER Black Knight (PG-13) -noon 2:10 4:45 7:00 9:30 Domestic Disturbance (PG-13) 1:20 3:30 5:40 7.45 9:50 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 1:00 1:45 4:15 5:00 7:30 8:15 10:30 Monsters, Inc.

(G) 2:40 4:50 7:00 9 00 Shallow Hal (PG-1 3) 1 1 :00 2:00 4:30 7:40 10:10 Spy Game (R) 1:50 4:30 7:15 10:00 CHATHAM ROBERTS CHATHAM CINEMA Sidewalks ot New Mb (R). 5 05 7:15 CHESTER CLEARVIEW'S CHESTER CINEMA 0 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 7:30 6 30 Monsters, Inc. (G) 8 45 Out Cold (PG-13) Shallow Hal (PG-13) Spy Game (R) 7:00 EAST HANOVER LOEWS THEATRES Black Knight (PG-13) 1:20 3:35 5:50 8:15 10:25 Domestic Disturbance (PG-13) 2:25 4:35 7:20 9:55 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 11:00 11:30 noon 1:45 2:15 3:15 3:45 5:30 6:00 7:00 7:30 9:00 9:30 10:15 10:45 Heist (R) 4:05 6:16 K-PAX (PG-13) 7:10 9:45 Monsters, mc. (G) 12:20 1:00 2:40 3:30 5:00 5:45 8:00 10:05 The One (PG-13) Out Cold (PG-13) 210 4:25 8:30 8:35 10:40 ShaHow Hal (PG-13) 2:45 5:15 7:50 10:20 Spy Game 2:00 4:45 7:45 10:30 CLEARVIEW'S KINNELON 11 Black Knight (PG-13) 6:15 8:45 Domestic Disturbance (PG-13) 7:30 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 5:30 630 7:30 6:30 Heist (R) 7:00 Monsters, Inc. G- 5 45 6:45 8:00 8:50 Out Cold (PG-13) 8:40 Shallow Hal (PG-13) 7:15 Spy Game (fl)-6 00 9:00 HACKETTSTOWN CLEARVIEW'S MANSFIELD 16 13 Ghosts (R) 9:00 Black Knight (PG-13) 5:10 610 Domestic Disturbance (PG-13) 5:10 7:25 Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone (PG) 4:45 8004 00 7:15 330 7:00415 7:30 Lite as a House (R) 5:30 Monsters, Inc.

(G) 3:45 6:454:00 7:10 5 00 7:45 Moulin Rouge (PG-13) 4:55 7:55 Out Cold (PG-13) 7:45 Shallow Hal (PG-1 3) 4:40 7:40 Spy Game (R) 4:15 7:05 HACKETTSTOWN MALL TWIN Don't Say Word (R)-7 15 Serendipity (PG-13) LIVINGSTON CLEARVIEW'S COLONY Call theater tor schedule. MADISON CLEARVIEW'S MADISON CINEMA 4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone (PG) 8:45 Life as a House (R) 7:15 Monsters. Inc. (G) 7:00 ShaHow Hal (PG-13) MONTCLAIR CLEARVIEW'S CLAIRIDGE CINEMA Amelie (R) 7:00 5:20 7:50 Lite as a House (R) 5:10 7:40 The Man Who Wasnt There (R) 5:00 7:20 Moulin Rouge (PG-13) 5:30 8:00 Sidewalks ot New York (R) 5:40 8:10 NEWTON -TWIN THEATRE Monsters. Inc.

(G) 7:15 Spy Game (R) 7:20 MONTCLAIR CLEARVIEW'S SCREENING ZONE King of the Jungle Waking Lite (R) 7:00 MORRISTOWN CLEARVIEW'S HEADQUARTERS 10 Black Knight (PG-13) 7:45 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 4:15 7:306:30 Heist (R) 4:20 6:50 Lite as a House (R) 7:15 Monsters. Inc. (G) 5:00 7:10 4:30 7:40 Out Cold (PG-13) 7:50 Spy Game (R) 4:30 7:20 PARSIPPANY CLEARVIEW'S CINEMA 12 Black Knight (PG-13) 7:40 10:00 Domestic Disturbance (PG-13) 6:50 9:40 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 4:40 7:506:20 9:30 4:00 7:20 Heist (R)- 4:30 7:00 9:40 Lite as a House (R) 3:50 6:30 9:10 Monsters, Inc. 7:20 9 504:20 6:40 9:00 Out Cold (PG-13) 8:00 10:00 ShaHow Hal (PG-13) 7:10 9:50 Spy Game (R) 3:50 6:30 9:20 ROCKAWAY OUTER THEATRES Black Knight (PG-13) 8:15 Domestic Disturbance (PG-13) 5:40 8:10 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 5:00 6:00 Monsters, Inc. (G) 5:30 7:40 ShaHow Hal (PG-13) 5:20 7:50 Spy Game (R) 5:10 7:45 SPARTA Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 7:15 Shallow Hal (PG-13) SUCCASUNNA CLEARVIEW'S CINEMA 10 Black Knight (PG-13) 6:30 8:10 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 3:00 6:00 9:004:15 7:30 Heist (R) 3:40 6:40 9:00 Life as a House (R) 3:50 6 50 9 30 Monsters, Inc.

(G) 2:30 5:00 7:10 9:104:00 6:20 6:45 Out Cold (PG-13) -2 40 4:50 7:00 8:20 ShaHow Hal (PG-13) 7:40 9:50 Spy Game (R) 4:30 7:05 9:40 SUMMIT CLEARVIEW'S BEACON HILL I Domestic Disturbance (PG-13) 7:30 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PG) 5 00 6:45 8:00 TM Man Who Wasn't There (R)-5. 15 7:45 Monsters, Inc. (G) 5 00 7:00 VV' HANOVER Karaoke with Pat today at 9 p.m. at Durkins Irish Cafe, 235 Ridgedale Cedar Knolls. Call (973) 540-0264.

MONTCLAIR Paul Meyers, Jazz guitarist, performs today from 8 p.m. to midnight at Trumpets Jazz Club Restaurant, 6 Depot Square. Call (973) 744-2600. NEWARK Conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov with violist Marvin Moon and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra plays Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, and the NJS0 plays music of Prokofiev and Beethoven today at 1:30 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One Center St.

Tickets are $49, $38, $28, $21, $15. Call (800)255-3476. R0CKAWAY Karaoke with Loody today at The Exchange, 160 E. Main St. Call (973) 627-8488.

R0XBURY Win Michaels today at 9 p.m. at Muldoon's, 1447 Route 46 West, Ledgewood. Call (973) 927-1951. lIIDCDCBDQlT Is I 1 PG-i3Oi www.blackknightmovie.tom TWwruc FAIRLAWN CINEMA HADLEY CINEMA 16 (unnwt (WsnwumWATIt MAZLET MULTIPLEX CINEMAS Hum x7jrm HEADQUARTERS 10 THEATRES HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS HUDSON MALL CTNEMA 7 MAYFAIR GPHT MEGAMOVIES CWMtEI HtlfON MFNI PARK MALL CINEMAS ow imumt LOFWS METFOPLEX tWtw.10 WII.M I9M Ctr'wwrwws MtDDLEBROOK GALLERIA CINEMA 10 i.iHiP mnmtm LOFWS MONMOUTH MALL i i "--T JE JC" ALL-JERSEY MULTIPLEX CINEMAS mt Ml ifliflfj AMBOY MULTIPLEX CINEMAS 8ERGENFIEL0 CINEMA 5 LOFWS BRICK PLAZA THEATRE GFntai mm BRIDGEWATER COMMONS 7 rniiti CINEMA 23 GfNFBl rjWTMt CLIFTON COMMONS At CtWS COMMERCE CENTER CRANE 0R0 THEATRE CRWi)iMill LOEWS EAST HANOVER EWJEWATER MULTIPLEX CINEMAS PASCACK mi LOEWS PLAZA 8 stcx.us nuiMna LOEWS RIDGEFffLD PARK AMCROCKAWAY TWELVE CltfMX OCT (HI ROUTE 4 TENPLEX ISBJ SUCCASUNNA CINEMA 10 such! mnjiwn SUMMIT QUAD CW4TH P(Tf ffTUMWTNT UNION SEVENPLEX cif wwwnNFwts WARNER QUAD KM-) LOEWS WAYNE wk iiiumtm WAYNE LOFWS PALtSADES CENTER The Grout Guy Tile Restoration and Repair Clean Tile Walls Floors Stain St Seal the Grout RecaulkTile fit Fixtures LOEWS MOUNTAINSIDE LOEWS NEW BRUNSWICK wsw iiiihwi NEW PARK CINEMAS LOFWS NEWARK METROPIEX (haw NEWPORT CENTRE CINEMAS jc- I'-'-i wait nil OCEAN COUNTY MALL PARSIPPANY CINEMA 12 HUDSON STREET CINEMAS LOFWS JERSEY GARDENS 20 AOvTVI CMMAS KfNNELON 11 LINCOLN CINEMAS MANSFIELD CINEMA IS rt mi; MAJWlmjLEX MAPLEWOOO 7MJ10I Reset Loose tile or Cracked Grout a I UWe can make all your tile sparkle again! Won tt iviriiuu) iui iii? ii i iiuiiiu vtjtiiiiuiv The Grout Guv 1-866476-8848 I NO MSSCS HONORED DUPING TH'S ENGAGEMENT Movie times often change from day to day and are furnished by CinemaSource. The DAILYRECORD assumes no responsibility as to their accuracy.

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