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AT THE MOVIES, Aladdin (right) casts a spell on moviegoers, finishing at No. 1 in its eighth week; it would end up grossing $217 million. ON TV, CBS' The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion is a hit as 34 million viewers make it one of the season's highest-rated specials. IN MUSIC, Whitney Houston's single "I Will Always Love You" sits atop the Billboard charts alongside the Bodyguard soundtrack. AND IN THE NEWS, at 75, cheeky bebop pioneer Dizzy Gillespie succumbs to pancreatic cancer at an Englewood, N.J., hospital.


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Posted Jan 11, 2002 | Published in issue #634 Jan 11, 2002 | Order Article Reprints
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