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Showbuzz

Web posted on:
Thursday, March 11, 1999 5:59:39 PM EST

Today's buzz stories:

Kubrick

Steamy preview of Kubrick film jolts viewers

LAS VEGAS (CNN) -- Movie theater operators got the first public glimpse of a scene from the final film of the late Stanley Kubrick -- 90 seconds of a naked Tom Cruise passionately kissing and caressing a naked Nicole Kidman.

The racy segment of "Eyes Wide Shut" shown at the ShoWest convention Wednesday was personally selected by the famed and idiosyncratic director, who died Sunday at age 70.

After it was screened, there was a brief moment of silence in the cavernous hall before the crowd of more than 3,000 applauded warmly.

"It's short. It's provocative," Warner Bros. chairman and co- CEO Terry Semel said. The movie starring the Hollywood couple is set for a July 16 release.

Even before Kubrick's death, "Eyes Wide Shut" had become the stuff of myth in Hollywood. Like many of his other films, "Eyes Wide Shut" was made under extreme secrecy by Kubrick, one of the few directors ever given total artistic control. Even the two top executives at Warner Bros. -- Semel and Robert Daly -- did not see the movie until last week.

Based on the novella "Dream Story" by Arthur Schnitzler, "Eyes Wide Shut" was described by Semel as a "suspenseful story about a married couple's sexual obsessions."

The clip opened with Kidman standing naked in front of a mirror. Cruise, shown nude from the waist up, caresses and kisses her while the soundtrack blares a bluesy song with the lyrics, "Very bad, bad things."

"This will be a film ... that will be rated R," Semel said.

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Brooks

Garth Brooks stands by his mom

PEORIA, Arizona (CNN) -- Country singer Garth Brooks was on his way back to spring training at the San Diego Padres camp after seeing his mother through a minor cancer surgery.

Brooks took a few days off from baseball training when his mother, Colleen Brooks, had surgery in Los Angeles to remove a cancerous spot from her mouth.

Colleen Brooks underwent surgery for throat cancer last year. She's doing well, and plans to accompany her son back to spring training.

The built-for-comfort, hugely successful country singer has no chance of making the big-league roster, but was invited to camp as a way for him to kick-start his Touch 'Em All Foundation.

Brooks could, however, be sent to a minor-league team if his performance on the baseball diamond is competitive.

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Splashy premiere of 'Desert Blue' heats up SXSW

AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) -- The 13th annual South by Southwest conference opens Friday with the U.S. premiere of director Morgan J. Freeman's "Desert Blue," starring Christina Ricci, Sara Gilbert and Kate Hudson.

An estimated 24,000 music, film and interactive media industry professionals from around the world will descend on Austin to participate in numerous panels, festival events and trade show exhibits.

Started as a music festival in 1987, SXSW has grown into a comprehensive and forward-looking entertainment industry event including the interactive festival and trade show.

This year's conference will also include screenings of "EdTV" on March 17, and writer-director Quentin Tarantino will present the films of Jack Hill, including "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown," both starring Pam Grier.

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'NYPD Blue' creator Bochco may develop medical drama

HOLLYWOOD (CNN) -- Veteran producer Steven Bochco, creator of the TV drama "NYPD Blue," appears to have cleared up his differences with CBS and is developing a medical drama that may be launched on the network as early as next January.

CBS had no comment, and Bochco was traveling Wednesday, but insiders say the new show is set in an urban environment. The series will be the second project to come out of Bochco's four-year, three-series pact with CBS, which began in 1997.

The first series from that deal was last season's "Brooklyn South," whose quick cancellation led to a rift between Bochco and CBS.

While Bochco complained that CBS did not give "Brooklyn South" the support it needed, network executives at the time felt Bochco was spread too thin with three series on the air, including "NYPD Blue" and the short-lived ABC drama "Total Security."

Now that "NYPD Blue" has weathered the loss of actor Jimmy Smits, Bochco is said to be ready to devote time to his next series.

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Reuters contributed to this report.

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