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Entertainment Thursday, April 21, 2005 Page 20 A 'SURVIVOR' WEDDING 'Love': Wacky and warm i'i 13 i i 1 ..1. A 'A Lot Like Love' Rated: PG-1 3, for sexual content, nudity and language Starring: Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet Director Nigel Cole Running time: 1 hour and 37 minutes Rating: I if) If Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and Emily (Amanda Peet) are good friends until they realize they may just be right for each other romantically in "A Lot Like Love," in theaters Friday. (AP photo) By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic Ashton Kutcher is an easy target He's pretty, he's popular. He has a hit TV series '70s and a hot girlfriend (Demi Moore) who might be more than that, if you track the tabloid pregnancy rumors. The "Dude, Where's My Car?" star's previous attempt at being taken seriously last year's At the "The Butterfly Effect" was ITIOVieS met with nearly universal critical derision.

But Kutcher should silence the cynics in "A Lot Like Love." He shows unexpected depth and range as the slightly nerdy half of a star-crossed "When Harry Met Sally duo, opposite the lovely, slightly bo-hemian Amanda Peet (And if you're going to be pilfering material from others, one of Rob Reiner's best movies is certainly a worthwhile source.) The TV commercials for "A Lot Like Love" in which Peet and Kutcher spit water at each other and shove things up their noses make it look like a wacky, gross-out romp. While the two do have a goofy playfulness, their relationship is surprisingly warm and sweet. Kutcher has a stillness about him we've never seen before, considering he's made his name with a jittery brand of comedy, and he effectively uses the softness of his brown eyes to express vulnerability. Even his voice sounds different it's deeper, more low-key. Amber Brkich and her fiance, Rob Mariano, fell in love on TV's "Survivor: All-Stars," and CBS announced Tuesday that their nuptials also will be shown on TV in a two-hour prime-time special to air May 24.

They married April 1 6 in the Bahamas. (AP photo) house, wife. She's fresh out a rock band and seemingly aimless. A few years after hooking up on a cross-country flight and walking around New York City together, Oliver ends up forming an online diaper delivery service with a friend (Kal Penn) in San Francisco. Emily, back in Los Angeles, tries be an actress and finds she has a talent for photography.

They could have been sitcom-my opposites like "Dharma Greg," but director Nigel Cole and screenwriter Colin Patrick Lynch (in his first script to make it to the screen) never turn them into easy types. It's also refreshing to watch them spend time together without neurotically analyzing what they mean to each other. They Disney forms studio, buys developer of video games Anwar Robinson cut from 'Idol' Peet, meanwhile, steps easily into the leading-lady role after years of supporting parts in movies like "The Whole Nine Yards" and "Something's Gotta Give," and has an effortlessly sexy energy. Their characters, Oliver and Emily, repeatedly meet each other over a seven-year period and form an easy, comfortable friendship that morphs into an amorphous romance. They're always in other cities and involved with other people but (of course) they're destined to be together, although on paper they seem totally wrong for each other.

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But this is a romantic comedy, so inevitably you have some conventional trappings of the genre including the unfortunately nondescript title. As in "When Harry Met Sally there's a crucial New Year's Eve party. There are the obligatory meddlesome friends (played by Kathryn Hahn and Ali Larter). And the film climaxes at a wedding, complete with misunderstandings. Oliver awkwardly serenades Emily in hopes of winning her heart with Bon Jovi's "I'll Be There For You," a great '80s high-school make-out ballad but again, that's a scene in the commercials that's played for big laughs.

It's actually a poignant moment, much more so than a similar one Kutcher played out in the recent "Guess Who," in which he nervously warbled Lou Rawls' "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine." And it's just another wonderful surprise in a movie that's full of them. (10 Coupon Not Good On Monthly Specials) OPEN 11-8 Closed Sundays -We Deliver To Businesses coupon not applicable Eat-In or Take-Out I 2045 S. 6th St. 724-349-7191 Seasoned Breakfast Sausage 1.29 Country Style Sausage (Breakfast Sausage In Casing) LB. 1 b39 lb.

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"It's a natural evolution of our business," said Angela Emery, Buena Vista Games' director of communications. "We're migrating from being PC and kid-centric to a more broad portfolio. We'll always have the Disney sensibility, but we want more growth. There's a lot of potential in that arena." Disney's stock closed up 21 cents at $27. 15 on Tuesday.

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Prior to agreeing to the sale, Avalanche executives gathered the staff together and took a vote on whether to join with Disney. An overwhelming majority voted in favor of the union, attracted by the opportunity to develop games based on Disney's family fare. "We're guys with young kids," said John Blackburn, vice president and general manager of Avalanche. "We did a lot of violent games earlier in our career, Mortal Kombat and things like that, so we wanted to make games our kids could play." The developer will remain in Utah, where Blackburn expects to hire on more employees to supplement his current staff of 115. As they handle titles aimed at younger players, Disney's newly formed Canadian operations will A Lot Like Love pg-13 Friday at 7:00 9:00 p.m.

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