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'New Moon' Opens with Deafening Howl
11 hours ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
The Twilight Saga: New Moon dawned with a hot-blooded estimated $140.7 million on approximately 8,500 screens at 4,024 sites over the weekend, charting as the third highest-grossing opening behind only The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3 and the biggest of 2009. With the advent of New Moon, not to mention an excellent showing by The Blind Side, overall business surged 56 percent over the same weekend last year when Twilight and Bolt debuted and was the second-highest seen in history, behind the weekend that The Dark Knight opened.
On its opening day, New Moon shattered the records for opening day ($72.7 million) and midnight showings ($26.3 million), thanks to the rush of its fervent fan base. Just like its predecessor, Twilight, the supernatural romance fell over 40 percent Friday-to-Saturday and the Friday accounted for more than half of the weekend business. On each day, New Moon essentially doubled the grosses of Twilight, which is an incredible feat for a sequel, »
- Brandon Gray
Robin Thicke and Wife Already Picked Baby's Name
11 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
As Robin Thicke gets ready to become a father, he can check one item off his to-do list: the baby's name. "We like Julian if it's a boy and Isabella if it's a girl," he told People Saturday while hosting at The Bank nightclub in Las Vegas. Thicke's wife, Paula Patton, is due with their first child in May. "My wife is good," he said, "I'm just trying to make her as comfortable as possible and hopefully nature will take care of the rest and give us a healthy baby." Though this is his first, he's gotten plenty of advice. »
- Mark Gray
Courteney Cox's "Family Matter" Shuts Down Cougar Town
21 November 2009 8:15 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
Cougar Town fans are waiting with bated breath to find out if Jules Cobb can lock down a younger man. But some real-life drama involving star Courteney Cox is going to keep that cliffhanger hanging a little longer. "We can confirm production on Cougar Town has been temporarily shut down in order for Courteney to deal with a private family matter," ABC said in a statement Saturday. A network rep declined to elaborate, and there was no immediate word on the nature of the problem from Cox's personal publicist. (Originally published Nov. 21, 2009, at 12:07 p.m. Pt) »
Source: Kate and Jon Gosselin Finished Fighting Over the Kids
12 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
With lingering anger and bitterness, the marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin is all but dissolved after Saturday's all-day mediation hearing in Pennsylvania, a source close to Kate tells People. "This was the proceeding that essentially ended their marriage," says the source."Kate is just relieved that a very painful chapter of her life is nearly over, and she is looking forward to building a better, brighter future for herself and her kids." During the hearing, Jon "didn't dispute Kate having primary custody of the kids," says the source, which came as no surprise to Kate. Nor was she shocked »
- Mike Fleeman
Cruise And Diaz Movie Suspended After Two Injured
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Filming has been suspended on Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz's new movie Knight And Day after two people were injured when seven bulls escaped the set onto the streets of Spain.
The animals, which were being used to recreate scenes from the country's annual Pamplona bull run, fled onto the streets of Cadiz until they were recaptured approximately 40 minutes later.
Two women were slightly hurt during the stampede, according to local police and officials, leading the mayor's office to call off shooting until safety procedures are re-evaluated.
A spokesperson for the mayor of Cadiz says, "Nothing will be filmed in Cadiz until we have a new plan that guarantees the safety of local residents."
Producer Calle Cruzada insists he did not know how the bulls managed to escape.
But the incident will further the fears of an anti-bullfighting organisation, whose members have pleaded with Cruise and Diaz to pull out of the movie.
Cas International released a statement last week (beg16Nov09), that read, "Apart from the fact that bulls are abused for this movie, we also fear that after seeing this movie, even more American and other tourists will participate in the bull runs in Pamplona and elsewhere in Spain."
Cruise and Diaz were due to fly to Spain to start filming their scenes next weekend (28-29Nov09). »
Recap: 'Saturday NIght Live' - Joseph Gordon Levitt sings, Al Gore and a sweet 'Reba' digital short
22 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
After a disastrous show with January Jones last week, "SNL" has to turn it around right? With next week off you'd hope the writer's would save too many of their better bits. Surprise, surprise the show wasn't that bad tonight (Ok, in comparison to previous years or even last year's stellar season), but that's mostly because of the energy of host Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the triumphant return of Andy Samberg and Keenan Thompson. You were missed gents. Glad to have you back. Opening - C-Span Press Conference We find President Obama (Fred Armisen) and the Chinese Prime Minister (Will Forte)... »
- Gregory Ellwood
Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson Win Big at AMAs
just now | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
How hot is Taylor Swift right now? The country star dominated the American Music Awards on Sunday night - and she wasn't even there. After sweeping the Country Music Association Awards earlier this month, Swift won a leading three American Music Awards, including Favorite Artist of the Year, all while she was in London. A stunned and momentarily speechless Swift, 19, gave her acceptance speech via satellite, paying homage to the night's other big winner, Michael Jackson. "To even be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson … is an unimaginable honor," said Swift, who also won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist, »
- Mike Fleeman
The Howling Do-Over Coming Soon
1 hour ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
You may well remember Joe Dante's werewolf movie The Howling, wherein Dee Wallace-Stone (the mum in E.T.!) played a woman being stalked by a terrifying killer who turns out to secretly be a werewolf. You probably don't remember its six sequels, but that's Ok because it's being rebooted with The Howling: Reborn, due out next Halloween.Joe Nimziki has written and will direct this new wolf story, making his directorial debut after a career as a marketing executive at studios including Sony and New Line. There's no word on the plot yet, but we're going to go out on a limb and guess that it involves people growing fur and fangs when the moon is full.Werewolves are, of course, so hot right now, and with another Twilight movie and The Wolf Man also due out this year, this is an idea whose time has arguably come. That, »
Taylor Swift Tops Even Michael Jackson at American Music Awards
1 hour ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
Kanye West might have a problem with it, but this is definitely Taylor Swift's year. The 19-year-old twanger pocketed a leading five prizes, including the biggest, Artist of the Year, at Sunday's American Music Awards, while Michael Jackson made some history from beyond the grave. The late King of Pop won four posthumous awards—including Favorite Pop/Rock Artist and Pop/Rock Album for his 2003 greatest hits set, Number Ones—bringing his Ama career total to 25. In a night win neither of the top winners was present (Jackson for obvious reasons; Swift was in London rehearsing for a show at Wembley Arena), the Los Angeles cemerony was marked by a couple of outrageous performances (thank... »
Réalité: Champs crowned on 'Runway' and 'Antm,' righteous ousters on 'Top Chef' and 'Sytycd,' and bonus Kris Allen!
2 hours ago | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The 2009 reality TV season is zooming toward its inevitable end -- the sounds of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" at the local pharmacy tell me it is so -- but that just means it's the most wonderful time of the year for Réalité*. Righteous winners were crowned on America's Next Top Model and Project Runway. Hugh Hefner committed an act of unintentional sabotage on Dancing With the Stars. The spirits of Channing Tatum and Carol Channing were invoked (probably for the last time) on So You Think You Can Dance. And someone totally awesome (named Jennifer) rallied despite weird Da »
- Michael Slezak
Taylor Swift and Mj Take Top Awards at AMAs
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Wrap Staff
Michael Jackson took home four posthumous awards at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, but was bested by teenage country crossover star Taylor Swift, who won five -- including Artist of the Year.
Jackson, who died at age 50 in June just days before he was meant to embark on a concert stint in London, was honored with four awards, including Favorite Male Artist (Pop/Rock). (photo: Jermaine Jackson accepting for his brother/ Getty)
Jay-z... »
- Sharon Waxman
The 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' finale asks, 'Do you respect wood?'
2 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
So I'm going to begin this little blogular write-up with two confessions, neither of them embarrassing: 1) This is the first "Curb Your Enthusiasm" season that I've watched live from start to finish. "Curb" is a show I've always enjoyed, but one I've usually set aside at different points in previous seasons. This is the first season that's remained appointment viewing from start to finish, so don't be surprised when it makes my Top 10 for the year. 2) It's surprising that this should be the season I made it through because, as my friends and loved ones know,... »
- Daniel Fienberg
New Moon Breaks Box Office Records
2 hours ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
There can't be that many of you left who haven't looked at the intertubes since Saturday - and if you haven't, we're guessing you were a part of the world-wide throng who were watching Twilight: New Moon on its opening day/weekend. Every. Single. Session of it. So if you're on of the few who's been too busy swooning to have heard the news, let us confirm it for you: The R-Pattz / K-Stew / T-Laut show has smashed the opening day box office record, ringing up an estimated $72.7 million and change on Day 1 - and that's just in the Us.This is more than double the Day 1 take of Twilight, and of course edges out previous record-holder The Dark Knight. But before anybody protests that Chris Weitz's vampire/werewolf mope-off is a good 45 minutes shorter than Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel (enabling it to fit in more sessions per day »
Green Day, Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson big 2009 Ama winners
3 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Los Angeles (AP) — Michael Jackson was made history by winning four American Music Awards on Sunday night, but he couldn't beat Taylor Swift as the year's favorite artist and the evening's top winner. The 19-year-old took the show's top award, giving Jackson his only loss of the night, and giving her five trophies in all. "Music has never been ultimately about competition," she said as she accepted the top prize via satellite from London, where she is to perform Monday. "To even be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson, who we will miss and love forever, is an... »
- Sandy Cohen (AP)
The New, Improved AOL ... Logos
4 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
On Friday, AOL cut 2,500 jobs ahead of its announced Dec. 9 spin-off from Time Warner.
And on Sunday, it previewed a new brand identity: Aol. Not AOL.
"New Aol Brand Expresses Commitment to Stimulating Content, Openness and Inclusion," reads the press release.
“A simple, confident logotype, revealed by ever changing images. It’s one consistent logo with countless ways to reveal."
Let us know if you get it.
The new brand will be fully unveiled on Dec. 10, when AOL common stock begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Here's the rest of the official word:
“Our new identity is uniquely dynamic,” AOL chairman and CEO Tim Armstrong said in the press statement. “We have a clear strategy that we are passionate about and we plan on standing behind the AOL brand as we take the company into the next decade.”
The company AOL partnered with Wolff Olins, a global brand and innovation consultancy, »
- Lew Harris
Recap: 'The Amazing Race' -- 'We're Not Working with Anybody, Ever, Anymore!'
5 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Sunday (Nov. 22) night's "The Amazing Race" included a difficult Detour, a ridiculous Roadblock and yet another opportunity to delve into "Amazing Race" ethics. There may well be yet another lecture on "Amazing Race" karma to come, but we'll probably have to wait until next week to see how the fates conspire against several offending teams. We're down to the Final Four on "The Amazing Race" and on Sunday's episode, three teams in that quartet exhibited behavior that was marginally questionable and, in at least one case, possibly shady. As a result, I may not know which time I'm actively... »
- Daniel Fienberg
Jackson 'Moonwalk' Glove Sells for $350K at Auction
6 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Reuters
Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000. The Jackson memorabilia was the highlight of an auction of hundreds of rock'n'roll items, including many not associated with the "King of Pop," who died in June.
Read more by Reuters. »
- Josh Dickey
Worthington Turns To Crime
6 hours ago | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
No sooner has he parted ways with The Tourist than Empire's only non-special-issue, two-month-sequential-coverboy (granted, that tag needs work) Sam Worthington has found another project to fill what precious little time he had left on his schedule between now and somewhere into 2025: he is, according to Variety, attached to star in The Last Days Of American Crime.The story is set in the near future, and hinges on a Us government plan to broadcast a signal which renders people unable to commit illegal acts. It all sounds like it'll land us squarely in Philip K. Dick / George Orwell territory (never a bad thing), so you can bet your boots that someone in power is up to no good.The project is so young it's virtually a zygote, with no announcement of a director yet, while even the comic book series - by Punisher: War Journal series author Rick Remender »
Microsoft, News Corp in Talks to Pull Content from Google
7 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By the Financial Times
Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company’s being paid to “de-index” its news websites from Google, setting the scene for a search engine battle that could offer a ray of light to the newspaper industry. The impetus for the discussions came from News Corp, owner of newspapers ranging from the Wall Street Journal of the Us to The Sun of the UK, said a person familiar with the situation, who warned that talks were at an early stage.
Read more at the Financial Times.
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- Josh Dickey
Live blogging the 2009 American Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top honor over Michael Jackson
8 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Around a dozen artists are slated to take the stage at the American Music Awards tonight (Nov. 22), broadcasted live on ABC from Los Angeles, and just as many will be taking home fan-decided awards. From Adam Lambert to Jay-z, Green Day to Black Eyed Peas, J-Lo to Whitney Houston, Lady GaGa to Alicia Keys the stars have been scuffing up their stage shoes to help promote albums on the shelves, or to-be on sale. Will anybody fall on their face? Will A-listers or favorites get snubbed for top prizes? How will the nation's love for Michael Jackson manifest? The AMAs... »
- Katie Hasty
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