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Saturday
Best Bets (July 13, 2002)
By: Heather
Feher
Big Brother
3
8:00 P.M.
-CBS-
CBS has outfitted a new house with cameras, microphones, and very
obnoxious people for the new season of 'BB3.' Each week, a houseguest
is voted out. The last one remaining wins $500,000, which buys a lot
of bad behavior. The house's first alliance arranged for Marcellas
and Lori to be nominated on Thursday night. According to the group,
Marcellas is the first evictee. However, Big Brother contestants are
not usually honest, and the producers have promised that tonight there
will be a "big surprise" for the houseguests, so Mr. Rubber Ducky
may not be out of the game.
You Only
Live Twice
8:00 P.M.
-ABC-
Sean Connery stars in the 1967 James Bond adventure. He must find
the culprit behind a series of spacejackings that could lead to World
War 3. This 007 installment provided the inspiration for a number
of "Austin Powers" gags, particularly the performance of Donald Pleasence
as Blofeld, the bald-headed, white-Persian-cat-loving supervillain
behind the nefarious organization, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Sounds rather evil,
doesn't he?
Swordfish
8:00 P.M.
-HBO-
John Travlota hams it up as a renegade U.S. spy who forces a computer
hacker to help him steal a fortune from the government. Supposedly,
the DEA has forgotten that it has $9.5 billion in a hidden bank account,
and Travolta would like to make a large withdrawal. Also a stretch
- that the world's best computer hacker would look like Hugh Jackman
instead of Harry Knowles. Halle Berry costars.
A
Makeover Story
10:00 P.M.
-TLC-
"Trading Spaces" carpenters Amy Wynn Pastor and Ty Pennington get
dressed up to present at the Emmys. Ty in a tux? That's worth staying
home for.
Border Line
8:00 P.M.
-NBC-
The mother of an infant is menaced by a gang that steals babies. Sherry
Stringfield of "ER" stars.
Hollow Man
9:30 P.M.
-HBO-
The premise of the film is hard to believe, but try to accept that
Elisabeth Shue could be a prominent scientist. Oh yeah, and someone
becomes invisible.
Lake Placid
9:00 P.M.
-USA-
A triumphant film for folks who root for the crocodiles to get that
annoying "Crocodile Hunter" guy.
Running of
the Bulls
8:00 P.M.
-ESPN2-
From Pamplona, Spain, watch drunken fools run from an enraged herd
of bulls. (Then think about why you never see women doing this.)
South Park
10:00 P.M.
-Comedy-
The boys form a club to stop Hollywood directors from digitally updating
and subsequently ruining their favorite films. To whom could they
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