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Local lineup strong SHOWS from page 5 heads take note: Corrosion of Conformity will play at the Grove Jan. 29. Those wanting to get a dose of what true speed metal sounds like won’t find bet ter teachers than these greats. Those looking for some thing bigger... Jan. 20 at the Pershing Auditorium will be a classic rock lover’s dream and a nightmare for those who loath "Come Sail Away” and “Eye of the Tiger.” REO Speedwagon, Styx and Survivor will play a triple bill show. Those needing a serious ’80s dose of nostalgia should check this show out. If you are being dragged along by your date or friends, you can have fun by try ing to spot how many mullet haircuts there are in the audi ence. 'Cast Away'stays strong Inc ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — "The Grinch” is being packed away with the Christmas ornaments after a great holiday run. Over the weekend, Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson were the big draws at movie theaters. Hanks’ "Cast Away” was No. 1 at the box office for the third straight weekend, grossing $24.1 million and pushing its total to $143.5 million in just 17 days. Gibson’s romantic comedy What Women Want stayed m second place with $15.5 million, climbing to $137.8 million in just over three weeks. The drug-war drama “'nraffic,” a favorite among crit ics, was No. 3 with $14.9 million in its first weekend of wide release. Directed by Steven Soderbergh ("Erin Brockovich"), the movie stars Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro and Catherine Zeta-Jones. 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Courtesy photo Jared Leto and Jennifer Connely star in "Requiem for a Dream," the story of New York drug addicts sitll holding onto a piece of the American ideal. Ross loses 'Dragon'to Douglas I DRAGON from Page 5 betrayed,” he said. “But it's busi ness as usual. There’s no honor among thieves.” To cover the hole, Ladely said he was leaning toward “Before Night Falls,” the biopic of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas which has opened to strong reviews in the major cities. To fill the third week, Ladely said he might elevate the University Program Council movie “Dark Days” into a full week run. Despite losing "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” the Ross schedule includes several critical successes and stands as a more impressive collection of movies than Ladely turned out ih both the summer or fall seasons. Starting with the films after “Dancer in the Dark,” which ends Jan. 14: “Requiem for a Dream” Jan. 18-28 — Darren Aronofskyi chronicle of drug life has playel to stunned audiences all over art house America and arrives with out a rating after being originally slapped with a NC-17 designa tion. The story of a mother (Ellen Burstyn), her son (Jared Leto), his best Mend (Marlon Wayans) and their lover (Jennifer Conneley) has been captured, with the use of Aronofsky’s rapid-fire editing techniques, employed to achieve a punishing effect The one must see movie on the schedule. “Bamboozled” Feb. 1-11 — Well, make that two, as Spike Lee’s deeply controversial work focuses on a modern-day min strel show that uses blackface. I’ve seen it twice, and it’s a troubling effect, to the point where it overpowers the film’s message. It’s an individual deci sion worth making. “Sound and Fury” Feb. 15-18 —A documentary of one family with a history of deafness, each member with different, conflict ing ways of solving the problem. “Yi Yi” Feb. 22-25 — A con temporary drama involving a modern Taiwanese family was recently named the best film by the New York Critics’ Circle, beat ing out “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” “State and Main” March 1-12 —A comedy from David Mamet, who normally explores the dark er crevices of the human nature. This film involves a Hollywood crew invading a small town for a movie. Alec Baldwin and Julia Stiles star. “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg” April 10-22—A doc umentary joined by three films of female sports retrospective: “Girlfight,” "Live Nude Girls Urine” and “The Ballad of Jerry Morgan/ON Ramblinjack.” “The House of Mirth” April 22-May 6 — Gillian Anderson stars in this adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel. “Pollock” May 10-20 — Ed Harris spent years adapting and developing the tale of the abstract expressionist, to whom fame was an overwhelming pres sure. Judd stars in 'Animal Husbandry' MOVIES from Pages 4 ... LA gangs flex their muscles -2- March 16 through the drag race circuit of “Town and Country” - Sunset Boulevard. March 9 Warren Beatty finds himself in a “The Adventures of Joe Dirt” familiar position - surrounded March 30 -David Spade comedy. Oh joy. by irresistible women - in a “Animal Husbandry” - - “Fifteen Minutes” -This comedy that seems very similar Ashley r Judd returns in a thriller starring Robert DeNiro to Robert Altman’s “Dr. T and the drama/comedy of a woman and Edward Bums has been put Women.” who genuinely wants to know on the shelf for awhile. It’s the what men want. She seeks an story of two cops tracking down March 23 answer in Greg Kinnear and “X a fame-loving foreign killer. “The Fast and the Furious” - Men” star Hugh Jackman. Eclectic group invades Lincoln with different sound MAN from page 5 still on tour in support of o-fun the band is known for. -5- September’s “A Spectrum of And just to add to the Man, and I would have Infinite Scale,” tHfc ninth album excitement, Chicago no-wavers exclaimed that line if not for the since their whole landing-on- The Bride of NoNo will simulta question mark that is part of earth business. neously serve their alien mas their name. They are notorious The album was recorded ters and the adoring crowd with for being one of the most excit- partly on their recent European performance-art-punkathon ing live bands on earth, and tour and partly in their cus- mayhem, tonight they will appear at tomized private studio by Tickets for the 18-and-over Knickerbockers here in humble Shellac/Big Black rock god show are still available from mundane humanoid Lincoln. Steve Albini. Ticketmaster and Recycled This band of merry inter- A little more experimental, Sounds. Doors open at 8 p.m. galactic workaholics (if you a little more psychedelic, it’s and the rock and roll jam ses really buy into that malarkey) is still the freaking weird jumble- sion begins at 9:30. WWW.DAILYNEB.COM Fox show draws ire for content THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calit—Fox tele vision says its racy new reality series, “Temptation Island," is not about sex- but the show's partici pants were tested for sexually transmitted diseases. Conservative and religious groups are up in arms after only seeing promos for the series, debuting Wednesday, which depicts four couples brought to a steamy island overrun with scant ily clad singles, urged to test the boundaries of relationships. Fox executives defended “Temptation Island” on Sunday, while at the same time stepping back from last year's promise to stay away from risque reality. “This is not a show, as you will see, that is about sex,” said Sandy Grushow, chairman of the Fox Television Entertainment Group. “This is a show that is exploring j the dynamics of serious relation*''"' ships.” Still, Fox tested participants for sexually transmitted diseases, part of an effort byTV networks to be extra careful about the back ground of reality show partici pants. Fox was burned last spring when it came out that its “Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire” groom, Rick Rockwell, had a restraining order issued against him by an ex-_ fiancee. 'V Fox refused to say whether any of its “Temptation Island” participants succumbed to temp tation. The show’s first episode has “Survivor” parallels. The men and women in the committee rela tionships have the chance to vote off “Temptation Island” - actually a resort off Belize - people they think their mates would want to date. Among the singles brought on for temptation were a former Laker dancer, a former Playboy model, a Georgia beauty queen, the founder of an online dating service and a massage therapist Two men didn’t want their, female partners to date the masseur. The four men were sent to one side of the island to stay with the single women and the women to live with the single men. The second show ends with a bonfire ceremony where the par ticipants could watch a videotape of a person who dated their mate. Toward the end of an episode screened for television critics on Sunday, one of the women who brought a boyfriend to the island said, “This could rip two people apart!” That’s just what Fox’s critics are complaining about. The American Family Association, a conservative watchdog group, has urged its followers to protest the show, and a Dallas rabbi asked his local station not to air it “The producers of ‘Temptation Island’ should be ashamed of themselves for trying to force the destruction of four relationships for the entertain ment purposes of those low-lifes who consent to watch this trash,” said Brent Bozell, founder of the Parents Television Council ^ It’s a long way, Bozell said, from “The Dating Game,” which celebrated the creation of new relationships. There are no apparent win ners or losers on “Temptation. Island.” Grushow, in a meeting with TV critics on Sunday, was asked whether Fox provided condoms to island participants. “I'm not going to glorify that question with a response,” he said. KICKBOXING AEROBICS Beodyioro tremendous workout? mtesiwfytoftt UwslapiOfttms wqmWiRWm tsditsOsffi$ow _a ■*-— urn—» MtQmnWfwrL —