1997 Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
7th February 2011
Quote: "Candle in the Wind I didn't sing for a while after Diana's death because it was too painful." SIR Elton John was touched by the tribute track he sang for the princess after she passed away in 1997.
6th July 2010
Tweet: "Dear Harrison Ford, why are you so damn good in Air Force One?" UGLY BETTY star Michael Urie is a huge fan of HARRISON FORD's presidential 1997 role.
29th January 2010
Quote: "Well I have mixed feelings about that. Until yesterday, I had the bragging rights of being in the biggest movie of all time!" TITANIC star Bill Paxton is a little jealous of director pal James Cameron's huge success with sci-fi epic AVATAR. The movie overtook Cameron's last blockbuster, TITANIC, as the biggest grossing movie of all time this week (begs25Jan10) when its profits swelled to over $1.84 billion - the record previously set by the romantic drama between 1997 and 1998.
21st January 2010
Quote: "What film makes me cry a lot? The premiere of Batman & Robin. I definitely cried there." George Clooney shed tears of shame at the opening of his critically panned 1997 turn as the Caped Crusader.
11th August 2009
Fact: A white handkerchief on which Michael Jackson scribbled 'I love England' during a 1997 trip to London is set to go under the hammer at an auction in Shropshire, England.
28th July 2009
Fact: Director James Cameron plans to convert his hit 1997 movie TITANIC into 3D. He will use new technology to remaster the Oscar-winning hit after using three-dimensional systems in his new movie AVATAR.
9th July 2009
Fact: Michael Jackson's memorial brought America to a standstill on Tuesday (07Jul09) - 31.1 million people watched the telecast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. That's two million shy of the 33.3 million Americans who watched Princess Diana's 1997 funeral and seven million less than those who tuned in to watch U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration in January (09).
21st May 2009
Quote: "Today is Biggie's birthday!... Happy birthday BIG!" Rap mogul Sean Combs pays tribute to his late pal and protege NOTORIOUS B.I.G. on his Twitter.com page. The Juicy hitmaker would have turned 37 on Thursday (21May09). He was shot dead in Los Angeles in 1997.
2nd March 2009
Fact: Eight-time Academy Award-winning film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE has earned the biggest post-Oscar boost at the U.S. box office since TITANIC, taking in an additional $12.2 million (£8.7 million) at the weekend (27Feb09/01Mar09). The Danny Boyle film fell $3 million (£2.1 million) short of the $15.2 million (£10.8 million) bump James Cameron's 1997 movie earned at the box office the week after winning Best Picture in 1998.
26th February 2009
Quote: "It's sort of like a drug trip, not that I would know what that's like, but it's fun and then it's scary... like a drug trip." Actress Helen Hunt on the whirlwind of emotions she felt after winning the Best Actress Oscar for her role in 1997's As Good As It Gets.
27th January 2009
Fact: American actor Dylan McDermott has fallen victim to the global economic downturn - he's been forced to slash the price tag of his Brentwood, Los Angeles mansion from $11 million (£7.85million) to just under $9 million (£6.4million). The property was previously home to Hollywood couple Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas, who bought the house from Michelle Pfeiffer in 1997.
12th December 2008
Quote: ''I think they'll go on doing a movie together only once every 10 years.'' Sam Mendes on actress wife Kate Winslet and her REVOLUTIONARY ROAD co-star Leonardo Dicaprio, who she starred with in the hit 1997 movie TITANIC.
25th November 2008
Fact: Movie musical MAMMA MIA! has become the fastest-selling DVD in the U.K. in history - after shifting more than 1.5 million copies on its first day of release. The film, which stars Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, sold 1,669,084 copies on Monday (24Nov08), 560,000 more than previous record-holder TITANIC, which was released in 1997.
25th November 2008
Fact: Movie musical MAMMA MIA! has become the fastest-selling DVD in the U.K. in history - after shifting more than 1.5 million copies on its first day of release. The film, which stars Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, sold 1,669,084 copies on Monday (24Nov08), 560,000 more than previous record-holder TITANIC, which was released in 1997.
24th July 2006
Fact: Golfer JUSTIN LEONARD had a British Open to remember this weekend (20-23JUL06) even though he didn't take part. The US sportsman, who won the championship in 1997, and his wife AMANDA became parents to baby LUKE on Saturday (22JUL06).
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