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Regis Finally Has a New Co-host; Jennifer Lopez Rules Both Box Office and Record Charts

Aired February 5, 2001 - 11:42 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: All right, time now to check and see what is the happening in the world of showbiz. We've got some news hopping this morning.

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: That is right. CNN's Laurin Sydney joins us now from New York.

I guess the big talk is Regis and his new co-anchor.

LAURIN SYDNEY, CNN ANCHOR: It is so big, it's official. Regis Philbin has given his morning show audience the final answer that they've been waiting for. And they have all accepted it.

HARRIS: All right, well, first of all, who is it?

(LAUGHTER)

SYDNEY: I just wanted to do the answer-question bit. But, anyway, it doesn't always work. This is our first day doing these reports. But it's going to get better, folks, I promise you.

Who is it? It's 31-year-old Kelly Ripa. And the reason why everybody is saying to us: Well, why Kelly Ripa? What about these for some kudos? She is smart. She is beautiful. She is sassy. She is funny. She is kind, which is something that ABC, Buena Vista and Disney really cared about: how the hostess was going to be off-camera as well as on-camera. She also had the right balance of knowing just when to kiss Regis' you-know-what and just when to throw it on back to him. And that is really, really a difficult balance.

PHILLIPS: All right, Laurin, we can get into this Q&A thing, I promise. Who made this decision?

SYDNEY: OK.

(LAUGHTER)

SYDNEY: OK. Many people think that it was Regis. But, actually, Regis had the veto power, but he didn't make the decision. It was executives Buena Vista Television. It was all those ABC suits, as they call them: the head honchos at ABC. And it was the show's E.P., Mr. Michael Gelman. So don't go blaming Regis. And don't go praising Regis. She is terrific. HARRIS: Well, how about the age difference here? I mean, I don't want -- I don't to be harsh, but, I mean, she does look like she could be his daughter.

(CROSSTALK)

SYDNEY: Kyra, give him a little -- a slap, because I'm too far away to do that. PHILLIPS: You know, I would, but he has got a sore shoulder here. I will smack him on the other side.

SYDNEY: OK.

(LAUGHTER)

SYDNEY: Or try his face, just flat-on.

HARRIS: Oh, thank you.

SYDNEY: Leon, wake up and smell the morning coffee. Look what's going on in this world. Actually, check out "The View" on ABC daytime. They have the young one, Lisa Ling, who is doing really, really well, as you know. So, demographically, they are hoping that she will be able to bring under the morning tent young demographics. And, after all, on television, that's what it's all about. So thank you guys for asking.

Anyway, this weekend at the movies, "The Wedding Planner" was still living happily ever after in first place. And our box-office analyst Marty Grove is living happily ever after in Hollywood this morning.

Marty, good morning. Who knew that this film would still be walking down the number-one aisle, so to speak?

MARTY GROVE, CNN MOVIE ANALYST: Laurin, I will take credit for that. And, frankly, we knew that this was a very happy marriage for Columbia Pictures and Intermedia Films, which actually made "The Wedding Planner." The picture has grossed $28 million. It got off to a great start a week ago. We knew it would hold up well. In fact, it's only off about 19 percent. It's done $28 million so far.

Colombia tells me it ought to get up over $50 million. That means everybody is going to make money. Intermedia has international sales on it. They certainly will do well with it. And this move establishes Jennifer Lopez as a big, big star. As a matter of fact, she is number one on the music charts with her album "J.Lo." She is and number one for two weeks now with "The Wedding Planner" on the movie charts. Nobody else has managed to synchronize all those number-ones -- so Jennifer Lopez a big, big star. Will you see her in lots of movies down the road.

SYDNEY: But, Marty, you can't take the credit for Jennifer Lopez. Anyway...

GROVE: No.

SYDNEY: Speaking to our love scenes, "Valentine" -- which is not exactly all chocolates and roses -- came in at number two. Was that a surprise?

GROVE: It was a surprise in terms of just how well that it did. Warner Brothers told me over the weekend they would have been thrilled with anything over $8 million. As it turns out, it's more like $10 million-plus. And that's very strong: about $4,400 a theater. The picture only cost $10 million to make. Obviously, there are going to be nice profits for everybody concerned. And it was perfect timing by Warners to put this picture with the "Valentine's" name into the market ahead of Valentine's Day.

And you know it is going to get business. And it, probably, Laurin, is a film you will see on cable and pay-TV in years to come because it's the perfect programming for Valentine's Day.

SYDNEY: Now, Marty, I know that you -- lucky dog -- got to see a peek at "Hannibal," a movie that all of us are waiting for. It's opening on Friday. But there are some pretty gruesome scenes. What do you think? How gruesome?

GROVE: Let me just say, Laurin, that "Hannibal" is a little gross. But it is going to open to a very big gross, because this movie really is a well-made movie. Ridley Scott is a fabulous director. He, of course, is a Directors Guild nominee for "Gladiator" and probably a front runner in the Oscar race for "Gladiator."

In "Hannibal," he creates a totally different world. Anthony Hopkins is great. Julianne Moore has created this role that Jodie Foster, of course, had in the original, "The Silence of the Lambs" -- done very, very well with it. You are going to see some very big numbers. You could see $25 million, $30 million when the picture opens from MGM this Friday.

SYDNEY: All right, Marty.

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