Word: summering
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...very pregnant Newton is officially in town to talk about one of this summer's most eagerly anticipated movies, M:I-2, in which she co-stars as the love interest (love, not sex; O.K., sex too) of Tom Cruise, a.k.a. Mission: Impossible agent Ethan Hunt. In the film, she is a knock-out international jewel thief, Nyah Hall, with perfectly coifed hair and fabulous clothes. In real life, the toes on her bare feet are unpolished, her hair is pulled back in a simple ponytail, and not a dab of makeup is visible. She is, of course, still stunning...
...where the preserved head of Dick Van Dyke will be solving murders into the 22nd century? Because these programs garnered a third to half of the total audience in Europe. "You can't argue with that kind of success," says Moonves, who hopes they'll hit big in summer, as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire...
...series let older-skewing CBS woo youngsters, introduced to voyeur shows by The Real World in 1992 (Season 9, in New Orleans, airs this summer). "We're seeing Real World copied, but we're not getting any royalties," jokes co-creator Jonathan Murray of Bunim/Murray Productions, which is currently developing reality programs for ABC. In one, the network plans to create an online magazine and "cast" journalists both to write for the magazine and to star in the show...
...first ABC-Bunim/Murray series, Making the Band, which created, then chronicled the life of a boy band, did dismally and was pulled. (It returns for a summer run Friday.) But Survivor or Big Brother could be on the schedule next season should either catch fire, Moonves says...
ADMIT IT: unless you get cornered by a grizzly bear on your summer vacation or go into labor while trekking across the Mojave Desert, there are few times in life when you really need a cell phone. More often than not, you're just chatting with a friend while stuck in rush-hour traffic or asking your wife what flavor ice cream she wants you to pick up at the grocery store. As handy as cell phones can be, for many consumers they're just a fun way to pass the time...