‘Madagascar’ roars with $63.5 million weekend
Posted by admin on Nov 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Families herded into movie theaters for another trek with stranded zoo animals as the animated sequel “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” led the weekend with a $63.5 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The haul for the DreamWorks Animation comedy far surpassed the $47.2 million debut for “Madagascar” over Memorial Day weekend in 2005. Its three-day total also beat the $61 million gross the first movie took in over that full ... read more
‘HSM3′ maintains its box-office grades with $15M
Posted by admin on Nov 5, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood made audiences repeat senior year.
Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hauled in $15 million to remain the top movie for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in a big-screen sequel to the Disney Channel TV movies, “High School Musical 3″ raised its 10-day total to $61.8 million.
Debuting at No. 2 with $10.7 million ... read more
‘High School Musical’ graduates to No. 1 with $42M
Posted by admin on Oct 26, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crazed killer Jigsaw has been done in by a bunch of singing and dancing teens.
Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” hoofed its way to the top of the weekend box office class with $42 million, while Lionsgate’s horror sequel “Saw V” had to settle for second place with $30.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
A big-screen sequel to the Disney Channel TV movies, “High School Musical ... read more
ET: Brinkley’s ex reportedly videotaped sex with mistress
Posted by admin on Oct 17, 2008
Diana Bianchi, the other woman in the Christie Brinkley divorce scandal, is speaking out against the reports that there is an alleged sex tape of her and Brinkley’s ex husband Peter Cook.
In an exclusive statement from her attorney, Diana says she was “unaware that he was videotaping their sexual encounters.”
Peter and Christie’s divorce became final in July, amid accusations that he spent thousands of dollars a month on internet pornography ... read more
Ryan O’Neal charged with felony drug possession
Posted by admin on Oct 17, 2008
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Ryan O’Neal and his son, Redmond, were charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine. Both face felony drug possession charges, deputy district attorney James Garrison said. Redmond O’Neal, 23, also faces misdemeanor charges for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of pepper spray.
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He and his 67-year-old actor father are scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 13.
The father and son were arrested ... read more
Audiences adopt ‘Chihuahua’ with $29M weekend
Posted by admin on Oct 7, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” was barking up the right tree with movie-goers, who put the Disney comedy at No. 1 for the weekend with a $29 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Featuring a talking Chihuahua with Drew Barrymore’s voice, the family flick about a pampered pooch lost in Mexico led a surge of new movies that boosted Hollywood business, which generally has slumped the last two months.
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‘Eagle Eye’ soars to No. 1 at box office with $29M
Posted by admin on Sep 30, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shia LaBeouf’s conspiracy thriller “Eagle Eye” debuted at the top of the weekend box office with $29.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The Paramount-DreamWorks release was the second No. 1 premiere for LaBeouf and director D.J. Caruso, who also teamed on 2007’s hit “Disturbia.”
Opening in second place with $13.6 million was another reunion, the Warner Bros. romantic drama “Nights in Rodanthe” ... read more
Nicole Kidman credits fertile water with pregnancy
Posted by admin on Sep 25, 2008
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman said swimming in Australian Outback “fertility waters” during production of her latest film may have contributed to her unexpected pregnancy over the past year.
The 41-year-old Aussie, who gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose in July, said she and six other women who swam in the waters of a small Outback town during production of the epic romance “Australia” fell pregnant.
“I never ... read more
Robert Wagner reveals love affair with Stanwyck
Posted by admin on Sep 25, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Wagner’s marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret — until now. In his new memoir “Pieces of My Heart,” Wagner writes of his four-year romance with the star of such classics as “Stella Dallas” and “Double Indemnity.”
They met on the set of “Titanic,” released in 1953, when he was 22 and she 45 and divorced from actor Robert Taylor.
The press ... read more
Rourke grapples back to form with ‘The Wrestler’
Posted by admin on Sep 14, 2008
TORONTO (AP) — Mickey Rourke’s character in “The Wrestler” describes himself as a broken-down slab of meat, a man who’s alone and deserves to be.
It’s a striking echo of how Rourke discusses his real life, the way he squandered his early potential with bad-boy behavior that left him largely unemployable in Hollywood save for roles as heavies that have been his main screen work the last two decades.
The story of a comeback attempt by a former ... read more
