I think I could just slip away. The Oscars were preceded over the weekend by the Razzies, the Webbies and the Independent Spirit awards ceremonies. Its star, Ian McKellen , was named best actor, while Lynn Redgrave was named best supporting actress for her role in the film. Studio analysts, for the first time, had to base their figures on what the box office was likely to take in during a weekend when, for the first time, moviegoers were distracted by a Sunday night telecast of the Academy Awards. She is also scheduled to shoot a video within the next few days that will be featured in the movie.
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Judy Sheindlin is threatening to quit her daily Judge Judy show, which last week scored the highest ratings of any talk show on daytime TV, unless she receives an ownership stake in the program, the New York Daily News reported Sunday, citing unnamed sources. However, Larry Lyttle, president of Big Ticket Television, which produces the show, said that he has no intention of renegotiating her deal. The show itself dragged on interminably, running past four hours, the longest Oscar show ever. Last June, NBC , acting at the behest of West Coast president Don Ohlmeyer , refused for a time to carry spots for a movie that Macdonald was starring in. In a statement on Friday, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone said that consolidating Spelling with Viacom 's Paramount division would produce economies of scale.