'Fahrenheit 9/11' tops U.S. box office
HOLLYWOOD, June 27 (UPI) -- "Fahrenheit 9/11," distributed by Fellowship Adventure Group, topped the U.S. Box office grossing $22 million its debut week, box officemojo.com reported.
"White Chicks," distributed by Sony, grossed $19.6 million its premier week.
Fox's "DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story" added $18.5 million to its box office of $67 million.
"The Terminal," distributed by DreamWorks, added $14 million to its box office of $42 million.
"The Notebook," distributed by New Line, grossed $13 million its debut week.
"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," distributed by Warner Bros., added $11 million to its box office of $212 million.
"Shrek 2," distributed by DreamWorks, added $10.5 million to its box office $397 million.
Fox's "Garfield: The Movie" added $7 million to its box office of $56 million.
Universal's "Two Brothers" grossed $6.2 million in its debut week.
Paramount's "The Stepford Wives" added $5.2 million to its box office of $49 million.
Thompson brews mischief in Harry Potter film
LONDON, June 27 (UPI) -- Britain's Emma Thompson says brewing up mischief in the movie "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is nothing new for her.
"I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals, Thompson told More magazine
Thompson and her "Sense and Sensibility" co-star, Greg Wise, had a child, Gaia Romilly, and Thompson had announced she was giving up Hollywood for motherhood.
But her hiatus was short-lived: she played a professor battling ovarian cancer in HBO's "Wit," received accolades for her role in "Angels in America," and the latest Harry Potter movie has landed her again on the red carpet -- something the 45-year-old actress admits may be harder and harder to do.
"It will take longer and longer to fight a bad photo until one day, when I resign myself to defeat, I will go out wearing a tea cozy," she said.
Former 'ER' star wants to be closer to ocean
LOS ANGELES, June 27 (UPI) -- Maria Bello, who played feisty Dr. Anna Del Amico on NBC's "ER," has listed her Los Angeles-area home at just under $2.7 million.
The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday Bello, who costarred as a Las Vegas cocktail waitress in the movie "The Cooler," and her screenwriter husband Dan McDermott, a former TV executive, bought the property in 1999.
They said they wanted to move closer to the ocean.
Their 4,200-square-foot country English-style house has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. The house, with city-to-ocean views, was built in 1932 as a lodge, but has since been expanded.
Bello recently costarred in John Sayles' "Silver City," due out in September. and "Assault on Precinct 13," to be released in 2005.
McCartney performs at Glastonbury
PILTON, England, June 27 (UPI) -- For the first time since 1970, Paul McCartney headlined at the Glastonbury Festival -- a sort of Woodstock -- near Pilton, England.
The BBC reported Sunday McCartney's performance capped his European tour -- he performed in Lisbon, Portugal; Leipzig, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; St. Petersburg, Russia; Madrid; Paris; Zurich, Switzerland; Gothenburg, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; and Helsinki, Finland.
Basement Jaxx, the Black Eyed Peas and jazz artist Jamie Cullum were among dozens of other acts performing at the festival.
After an appeal from the government for festival attendees not to urinate in nearby streams, Britain's Environment Agency said streams on the site were free of concert-generated pollution.
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