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Contact EHzabeth Snyder editor (414) 656-6271 after 9 am or MARCH 30 1999 C7 of beats TV-based films More are on the way Top 10 films Estimated grosses for Friday through Sunday at North American theaters with final figures to be released Monday were: 1 of $96 million 2 $9 million 3 $88 million 4 Mod $61 million 5 1st $44 million 5 In $44 million 7 $33 million 8 Is $32 million 9 $27 million 10 $24 million BY ANTHONY BREZNICAN ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LOS ANGELES The romantic road-movie of blew away competition at the box office in its second weekend beating out new films like the voyeuristic comedy and retro crime-drama Mod of Nature" starring Ben Affleck as an uptight groom-to-be who falls for free-spirited Sandra Bullock on the way to his wedding grossed an estimated $96 million in ticket sales according to figures released Sunday by Exhibitor Relations Co Inc the Ron Howard-directed comedy about a dim-bulb video store clerk played by Matthew McConaughey who agrees to have every minute of his life captured by television grossed $9 million for second place The film did favorable business but came nowhere near the $315 million opening weekend gross of last Truman another tale of a man who lives his life on television dropped to No 3 in its fourth weekend earning an estimated $88 million The comedy about an anxiety-ridden mobster portrayed by Robert De Niro with Billy Crystal as his psychiatrist placed second last week after spending two weeks in the top spot Mod an updated version of the 1960s TV show about three youths who become undercover cops to stay out of jail opened with $61 million for fourth place With its pounding soundtrack MTV-style editing and hip stars Claire Danes Giovanni Ribisi and Omar Epps the film was geared more toward a younger audience than the baby boomers who may remember the original The low-budget cartoon 1st hit the big screens with $44 million in its opening weekend for No 5 tying with in Andy debut album Ever Be will be in stores New kid on the starting April 13 block Named best picture at last Academy Awards rose from last No 9 guess the small screen work for the big said Robert Bucksbaum of Reel Source Inc noting the lackluster business of this new releases three of them were based on television projects or were based on television But Chuck Biane general sales manager of distributor Buena Vista said the small budget makes it an easy success 1st one of those rare films where making a profit is easy because of low production he said is climbed back into the top 10 at No 8 after being named best foreign film at the Oscars where its exuberant star and director Roberto Be-nigni also won for best actor Clint was No 7 with $33 million while and rounded out the top ten with $27 million and $24 million respectively that he had become a national celebrity until the shooting of show when he was finally let in on the joke but not before one final torment Without telling Nasubi that he had reached his goal the producers led him into a where he was sitting naked when the walls collapsed around him to reveal a studio full of guests After months of silence he was greeted with a huge roar that seemed to confuse him you are a the host explained HOLLYWOOD Jon Voight who served as exec-producer of reports that there may be more little on the way With the film having opened surprisingly strong there is he says starting to be a aboutasequeL especially gratifying for Voight and his producing partner Steven Paul because he admits for awhile it looked as though his movie might never get birthed After the Kathleen Turner movie was made well over a year ago says Voight division under which it was made was canceled out Sony know what to do with it been through that before when things shift behind the scenes at a studio and projects get lost Sometimes you lose your momentum Sometimes your movie never sees the light of day But with Geniuses' Steven especially really fought for it He kept the awareness of it up he kept having screenings of it when people started to lose interest and revitalized Sour grapes The aftermath of last Oscars continues Steven Spielberg says he disappointed that Private take home Best Picture hon- ors yet he certainly has a lot of the media convinced he de- served Poor Sport Honors for his refhsal to make a stop in the Oscar press rooms after his pic-f ture lost top honors to speare in One Academy official told this column 1 tried we really to get him to make the expected tour of the press ranks with his Directorial Oscar to no And joining him in the Poor Sport ranks is Fernanda Montenegro 1 Instead of being grateful that she ended up in the Best Actress category for and that the small art-house film was a candidate for Best Foreign Film she now comes out swinging in an interview from Buenos Aires against Gwyneth Paltrow for beating her as Best Actress for in and blasts is for its foreign-film win Unless reports of that interview are way off-base she certainly has changed When we spoke to her a few weeks before the Oscars she was gracious and charming and said she was thrilled simply to be a nominee moves up It looks like 1st be his last Jim Jinkins creatorproducer of Saturday morning TV show and its full-length animated spinoff feature that opened over the weekend reveals already started meeting about possible stories for the second production company is just about to deliver the 65th episode of the award-winning Saturday morning to Disney He says that is considered the extent of an order for a cartoon series but not done telling sto-' ries doing books and a musical that just opened at the MGM theme park in Orlando so Doug is branching out in other Jinkins says if Disney does order more TV segments like to explore entry into puberty 12Vi and gone over the waterfall yet but on the brink my feeling that it could be a lot of fun and maybe the first time ever watched a cartoon boy in a cartoon world grow up with us It would open up so many storytelling Andy Griggs Ever Be real-life finally comes to a conclusion Country Music Memo began playing at festivals and churches There he meet famed gospel singers Jeny and Tammy Sullivan who not only encouraged him but also took him out on the road with them to perform More importantly Andy meet his future bride Stephanie Sullivan It was only after Stephanie repeatedly told him think you can do that Andy decided to take the plunge and try for a career in music After they married in February 1995 the two everything up in a truck and moved to Nashville have a job have a place to stay I was scared to Andy says Now four years and a lot of hard work later debut single Ever Be is rocketing up the charts and his debut album (or the same name) will hit the stores soon His sound is a refreshing mix of gospel and outlaw country In fact one of his biggest fans is oufiaw legend Waylon Jennings In any event he sure sound like everybody else on the radio He sounds like Andy Griggs and a good thing Quibbles bits Hat Rack Dept: At first David Kersh only agreed to pose with- Best Bets BY JONATHAN WATTS THE GUARDIAN TOKYO One of most popular and perverse television game show challenges came to an end Sunday and for the naked star of the show the real-life version of Truman it probably a moment too soon Every Sunday for more than a year 15 million viewers have tuned in to watch the exploits of Nasubi a 23-year-old comedian who has been confined to a tiny apartment since January 1998 His challenge was to eke out an existence until he won $8000 worth of prizes in magazine competitions He had to live only on the prizes he 'won His reward was fame although he was not told exactly how it would arrive Unbeknownst to him top variety program Denpa Go For It Electric has broadcast his progress with the aid of two hidden cameras Over the past 15 months viewers have seen his hair and beard grow longer as the apartment filled with prizes Despite taking part in more than 1000 magazine competitions a week the only clothing Nasubi won was a pair of trousers They fit so he lounged around naked apparently unaware that the country was watching To ensure a modicum of decency NTV covered his genitals with an eggplant icon Nasubi apparently had no idea out his shirt for Playgirl magazine Well word is that at the photo shoot they talked David into shedding more and more clothes until he in fact ended up posing in the except for a cowboy hat So if a David Kersh fan miss the July edition of the magazine The Kids Are All Right Dept: Remember The Moffatts? You know the four singing brothers (a set of triplets plus older brother Bob) who were on just about every country music television show a few years back when they were 10- and 11-year-old cuties Well now the guys are 15- and 16-years-old and are making a huge splash in Canada singing pop music In fact at a recent appearance at a Hamilton Ontario Wal-Mart 5000 fans showed up and almost wrecked the store trying to get close to the boys I guess loss is pop gain Rough Cuts Quote of the Week: just expect to crash in a Jo Dee Messina whose limo rear-ended another vehicle when the limo driver reached down for Jo cell phone Luckily nobody was hurt but Jo manager was catapulted into the front seat On a related note no matter what caused his accident all just pray that George Jones recovers soon love to hear from you so please write me at: Box 12 1438 Nashville TN 37212 and in the episode has increased the grand prize to $100000 and an evening of bowling with the star Those wishing to may mail their entries to: Drew Cary Cox 94971 Cleveland OH 44101 or submit them by filling out the online entry form on ABC's Web site wwwabccom after the episode airs All entries must be postmarked or submitted by April 14 150 I Iamb S52-665S sm tfTBI I Pi kMMMMUUUMM 58t9 Mi Avenue UO'I UFB (0) TH 8 00-090 SAT ft SUN 1290-290-4 90-6 90-0 90 rwNciOFMmpai FMTWTH 6 00-690 SAT ft SUN 12 00-2 00-400-600-6 00 YOU OOt Mft (P lbM BetfhgMp FMTWTHS46 6-16 SAT ft SUN 12 30-300-6 45-0 15 TH 5 46-0 15 SAT ft SUN 12 30-300-6 40-010 BY PAULETTE FLOWERS KING FEATURES A lot of young country stars grew up playing and performing music in family acts or church groups Not newcomer Andy Griggs In fact the Monroe La native even pick up a guitar until he was 18 But he had learned about the healing power of music at age 10 when his father died daddy had this old Merle Haggard album he used to listen to a Andy says he died me and my brother Mason went in his room We never said a word we just sat in the room not speaking and played Unfortunately eight years after losing his father he also lost his beloved big brother Mason Again Andy turned to music for comfort by playing that same Merle Haggard album in old room Up until then Mason had been the family musician was the talent of the Andy remembers was the athletic outdoors kind of guy It until he passed away that I wanted to learn how to pick and sing That was my way of being close to him still That was my cry to learn how to piay his songs For about a year that was all I did I let anybody hear me not even But somehow as Andy continued to play and sing something changed inside him to take him from my little scared Soon he was singing lead with his old group and SCRIPFS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE If you watch but one program a night here is TV critic Greg best bet for TUESDAY: Heaven and Hell: Hollywood Looks at the 9 pm AMC During the week that leads up to Easter mis new installment of AMC's Real to series takes Lakeside Player Inc Presents The Sisters Rosensweig AC amtdf by Wendy tnttla Rhode Opera House 514 56th Street Weekends through April 3 1999 Fridays and Saturdays 8 pro Sundays -2pm Ticket Info: 657-PLAY (7529) Produced through tpecial arrangtmeiw wuh frumataa Play Semce inc PIZZA I am Visit Our Wk $itt MtptJwwuttfltmarfccfm I a look at how the movies have used material from the Bible The documentary covers movies from DW (1916) to Cecil Ten (1956) WEDNESDAY: 8 pm ABC After the success of last April Fool's Day episode in which viewers were asked to find all of the mistakes AFTER SdO PAL AOUUS 575 CHAD 3-12 A SENIORS S0 350 DOUfl'S FIRST MOVE (8) UON-THUS H5-7il500 BABY BEMUSES (PB) UOft-THUR TRUE CRIME (R) M05L-THUR 40-7045 THE DEEP EM) OF THE OCEAN (PS-13) MOM-THUR 540-730 A FtmAmw 857-6191 8021 30th Avenue ATTENTION KENOSHA would like to show their appreciation to the thousands of Kenosheans who have been enjoying Valeo's Pizza for the I past 43 years with a Special Pizza Offer I Monday Thru Thursday Purchase Any I Large Pizza At Regular Price And Receive I I A Second Pizza Free With This Ad I I Open: Mon Thure 4 pm-9 pm Frt A Sat 4 pm-lO pm Closed Sundays I- NwWinyMhowOiorprjfonpir I 5200 Sew CInollr Men dew ImmtvMu -J rMStfgguuSri THE CORRUPTOB (R) MOfL-THUR 9:30 7 ii US 4.