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Who will be the break out urban movie star of 2006?

Will it be:

1. Terrence Howard?
2. Gabrielle Union?
3. Halle Barry----nothing since the Oscar
4. Boris Kujoe?----Much potential
5. ?

Cruise, irritating? Naw, he's the biggest star ever!

Cruise, irritating? Naw, he's the biggest star ever!
Posted Dec 30th 2005 11:01AM by Martha Fischer

Filed under: Newsstand, Tom Cruise, Lists

Sure, some negative, evil people might find Tom Cruise just the slightest bit irritating, particularly when he does things like, in the immortal words of England's The Guardian, "Bouncing around on Oprah's sofa like a hormonal adolescent." But the REAL fans know that he's just an irrepressible genius who keeps it real, and that's why, in an online poll of about 10,000 participants conducted by Empire magazine, Cruise was voted the "biggest star of all time." In taking the top spot, he beat out such minor figures as Robert De Niro (#2), and Marilyn Monroe (#5), among others. Yeah! Take that, all you Tom haters.
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Urban/Independent Star Power Guide

We are in the process of creating the first Urban/Independent Star Power Guide to rank the top urban and independent actors and actresses and how the movies they appear in perform either at the box office, in festivals or in the DVD market.

We will attempt to rank the top 30 talents according to our own criteria.

Can Hollywood do anything right?

With the Christmas holiday box office rush over, it seems that 2005 will not be the break out year Hollywood was hoping for. Overall the ticket sales are down a reported 5-6% over 2004. Several big budgeted flops: Stealth, The Island, and others caused the exit of Dreamsworks from the independent production business.

The budgets of most "tentpole" movies are now north of $150 million. Factor in another $75 million for worldwide marketing costs and the gross participation of the stars and you can see why the movie business is hurting. What is the cure for the problem? Make lower budgeted films? Not really. The problem is to make better films that people want to see, rather than making remakes. The urban film segment was mostly positive with several theatrical releases going respectable numbers. However, according to our research there was less than 5 "urban" films that had a theatrical release in 2005:

Hustle & Flow
The Gospel
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Crash
Woman Thou Art Loose

The total box office take for the above five movies was less that $100 million. The production budget of the five is estimated at less than $15 million, i.e., the cost of one A list Hollywood "Star".

The urban segment if developed properly can be a profitable segment for a production company structured for the production of urban films.

Silver Screen Studios, Inc. (OTCBB:SSSU) is one such company structured for the production of urban films. The development of the production infrastructure where costs can be controlled is the key to profitability in the urban market segment.

50 Cent and Carey are going to the wire

50 Cent and Carey are going to the wire



THE CD sales story of the week belongs to "American Idol," but the sales story of the year is the tight race between 50 Cent and Mariah Carey.

With just 10 days left in 2005, it looks as if Carey's dramatic year-end surge will allow her to overtake the New York rapper and capture album-of-the-year sales honors.


50 Cent's "The Massacre" has sold just over 4.8 million copies since early March, Nielsen SoundScan reported Wednesday. Carey's "The Emancipation of Mimi" has sold nearly 4.6 million since it hit stores in April.

But her album is a far hotter item going into the last days of the year. "Mimi" sold 191,000 more copies to rank No. 7 for the week, while "Massacre" sold only 21,000 copies last week to rank No. 127. If 50 Cent's album continues selling at the same pace, Carey would edge past "Massacre" if "Mimi" sells about 260,000 more copies by Dec. 31.

Carey's showing is one of the most dramatic comebacks in pop history. The onetime bestseller was considered so over commercially that EMI paid $30 million to buy out her $80-million contract in 2002. She was then signed by Island Def Jam, which released "Mimi."

Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" shapes up as the year's third biggest seller, with sales of 4.1 million through Wednesday. The CD, which was released in January, sold 181,000 copies last week to finish No. 8 on the chart. It was one of three "American Idol"-related packages in the Top 10, evidence of the TV show's hold on the U.S. pop audience.

Carrie Underwood, the country singer who won this year's competition, ranks No. 2 on this week's chart, while runner-up Southern rocker Bo Bice entered at No. 4. Underwood's "Some Hearts" sold 271,000 copies. Bice's "The Real Thing," sold 227,000 copies.

Eminem's greatest-hits package, "Curtain Call," remains No. 1 for the second week after selling 324,000 copies last week. Although the number of digitally downloaded tracks is up dramatically for the year, CD sales are about 569 million — or down 8% from 2004.

Terrence Howard to Leave Jessica Alba, Awake for Island Holiday

Terrence Howard to Leave Jessica Alba, Awake for Island Holiday
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By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
Dec 22, 2005

Terrence Howard wraps up his role as a cardio-thoracic surgeon in Harvey Weinstein's thriller "Awake" with Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen Friday (12/23) -- and then the Golden Globe-nominated film actor plans to "disappear to an island.


ISLAND GETAWAY

"The one thing I've missed this year -- the greatest sacrifice of all -- has been being with my kids. It's going to be great to spend six days together away from everything," says the father of three young'uns with wife Lori.

After New Year's, "I'll go to L.A. and start turning up at shows and events. I'm getting to meet some incredible actors right now," he notes cheerfully. "The morning of the Golden Globes nominations, me and Joaquin exchanged phone calls -- to get a call from him was great," he says of fellow Best Actor nominee ("Walk the Line") Joaquin Phoenix.

Howard's nominated for "Hustle & Flow," and this year has also seen him in "Crash," "Four Brothers," "Lackawanna Blues" and "Get Rich or Die Tryin."' Naturally, he's been the center point of Oscar talk and critics' awards as this year's breakout star for months.

Asked about that, Howard laughs. "Oh, man, I've been at this for 20 years!" And he's been talked about as a breakthrough star before -- with roles in such films as "Mr. Holland's Opus" and "Dead Presidents." He also has been widely quoted saying he made only $9,000 for "Crash" and $12,000 for "Hustle & Flow."

That kind of payday is certainly behind him now. Next on his agenda will be portraying Thurgood Marshall in New Line's "The Crusaders," depicting the future Supreme Court justice during his younger, avenging attorney days, when he was determined to destroy segregation. The film will roll "as soon as everything's ready." It'll be a challenge to play Marshall, but Howard makes it clear, "I like the challenging ones. I like the ones where I could fall. The moment I jump and feel I'm going to fall, I know I'm going to do all I have to do to get there."

Canadian court lifts ban on ‘swingers’ clubs

Canadian court lifts ban on ‘swingers’ clubs
Group sex among consenting adults not a threat to society, it says
Updated: 2:33 p.m. ET Dec. 21, 2005
OTTAWA - Group sex among consenting adults is neither prostitution nor a threat to society, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Wednesday as it lifted a ban on so-called “swingers” clubs.

In a ruling that radically changes the way courts determine what poses a threat to the population, the top court threw out the conviction of a Montreal man who ran a club where members could have group sex in a private room behind locked doors.

“Consensual conduct behind code-locked doors can hardly be supposed to jeopardize a society as vigorous and tolerant as Canadian society,” said the opinion of the seven-to-two majority, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.

Billion-dollar download: Google buys 5% of AOL

Billion-dollar download: Google buys 5% of AOL

Time Warner officially confirmed Tuesday what everyone in the entertainment industry probably already knew: It will sell 5% of America Online to Google for $1 billion. The decision defies the unsolicited advice of shareholder Carl Icahn, who in his noisy proxy battle with TW directors warned against such a deal. Similarly, AOL billionaire founder Steve Case, who engineered AOL's takeover of TW in what many on Wall Street now consider one of the most ill-advised mergers in corporate history, also suggested an alternative for AOL. Case, who recently resigned as a TW director, said he would prefer a complete spinoff of AOL so that it might focus on, among other things, becoming a leading provider of Internet-voice services to compete with offerings from telephone companies. On Wednesday, Time Warner shares lost 16 cents, closing at $17.58. Google also closed $3.41 lower at $426.33.

King Kong disappoints at the box office

Kong disappoints at the box office. Despite a reported $207 million budgets and an estimated $75 million spent to market the ape worldwide, the box office of $50.1 million is a disappointment for the studio. Peter Jackson's LOTR grossed more than $70. million when it opened in 2003.

Was the Ape too long at 3 hours, or is it that the audience just wasn't thrilled enough to cough up the bucks to see a story where the ending is already known?

Oscar watch: Who will get the Oscar for best picture? We will have more on this later this week.

What is the best urban movie of all time?

What is the best urban movie of all times?

Post your comments here.

1. New Jack City
2. The Color Purple
3. Soul Food
4. Waiting to Exhale
5. Roots

Terrance Howard Talks about Hustle and Flow: The lack of the money flowing

Terrence Howard may be on the precipice of superstardom, but critical acclaim for actors, unfortunately, does not always translate into instant millions.
“I only made $12,000 on ‘Hustle & Flow,’” he tells the Hollywood Reporter. “I made $9,000 on ‘Crash.’”
In both of those projects, all of the actors agreed to take lower paychecks to ensure the films would be made. And the sacrifices paid off. The two 2005 films earned a heap of praise, and Howard has gotten a fair amount of awards and nominations for the two roles from critics groups around the country, which puts him in the financial driver’s seat for future films.
This sudden reality seemed completely out of reach for the Chicago native eight years ago. After a steady diet of supporting roles in such films as “Dead Presidents,” “Sunset Park” and “Who’s The Man?” throughout the early-to-mid-‘90s, he gave up on the Hollywood hustle in 1997 and took a carpet cleaning gig in Philadelphia for $7.50 an hour. But the 36-year-old quickly returned with a vengeance, with memorable roles in “The Player’s Club,” “The Best Man” and “Hart’s War.”
Since 2004, Howard has been in five box office hits (“Ray,” “Crash,,” “Hustle & Flow,” “Four Brothers,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”) and two television movies that received Emmy attention (ABC’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” and HBO’s “Lackawanna Blues”).
With plum roles in “Animal” opposite Ving Rhames, the OutKast musical “Idlewild” and the anesthetic awareness film “Awake” on the horizon, Howard says he’s Grateful for the long overdue props and hopes this killer wave of acclaim will allow him to take care of the people close to him – like his father, who spent time in prison after being convicted of manslaughter.
Howard said: “My father said to me in tears, 'I am so sorry to put this on you, son, but you are my retirement plan.’”

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Film of the Year

What film will win film of the year? Will it be Broke Back Mountain, the gay cowboy flix from Eng Lee, or will it be the Spielberg, Munich? or will Peter Jackson's King Kong take home the Oscar?

Take tune here as we report as we near the selection date.

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