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Movies, music, television and dancing rodents.
The game show in which contestants answer 15 questions to win up to $1,000 -- and a commemorative mug -- is the most-watched program in the country.
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| | ENTERTAINMENT STORIES THIS MONTH |
| December 20, 1999 |
 | 'Who Wants to Be a Thousandaire?' tops ratings for sixth week The game show in which contestants answer 15 questions to win up to $1,000 -- and a commemorative mug -- is the most-watched program in the country. 10:00 a.m. EST |
| December 17, 1999 |
 | Sequel to sci-fi hit 'The Grid' to shoot in Velkograd The filmmakers behind this year's surprise hit about people trapped inside a computer simulation will shoot two sequels back to back in Ostravia. 12:40 p.m. EST |
| December 15, 1999 |
 | Alleyway Boys album sells 1.8 million copies in first week The five-member vocal group's new album has broken the first-week sales record set earlier this year -- by the Alleyway Boys. 3:10 p.m. EST |
| December 12, 1999 |
| | Dancing hamster tune becomes surprise holiday hit A song that began as a looping animation on a personal home page has been released as a single -- and is outselling Christmas carols in some stores. 2:30 p.m. EST |
| December 8, 1999 |
 | Stars line up for New Year's Eve concerts -- and ask for Y2K clauses Performers booked for millennium shows are demanding contract clauses guaranteeing their pay "regardless of the failure of electricity, computers, or civilization." 1:15 p.m. EST |
| December 4, 1999 |
 | Space-opera prequel toys gather dust after summer frenzy Six months after fans camped out for the film, stores are slashing prices on unsold action figures of its most unpopular character. 11:00 a.m. EST |
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