The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 may not have beat Harry Potter at the Box Office, but it did set a franchise record $30.25 million in midnight ticket sales and earned an estimated $72 million on Friday.
This latter figure makes it the third biggest single-day gross ever, falling short only of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($91 million) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($72.7 million).
It is expected that Breaking Dawn Part 1 will gross over $140 million over the weekend which would be the fifth biggest opening weekend for a movie.
UPDATE: Breaking Dawn Part 1 made $139.5 million over the weekend in the US and $283.5 million worldwide.
Unlike other celebrities who shirk their responsibility as role models, Taylor Swift embraces hers.
Based on excerpt’s from tomorrow night’s 60 Minutes, the singer says she understands that some people may look up to her and she takes it seriously.
“I definitely think about a million people when I’m getting dressed in the morning, and that’s just part of my life now,” Swift tells the news show. “I think it’s my responsibility to know it and to be conscious of it.”
Swift also says she won’t take the easy road and act badly only to blame it all on her young age. She says, “It would be really easy to say ‘I’m 21 now, I do what I want. You raise your kids!'” Swift continues,”But it’s not the truth of it. The truth of it is that every singer out there with songs on the radio is raising the next generation.”
SPOTTED: YouTube singing sensation Rebecca Black at The Grove for an interview with Mario Lopez of Extrato plug her new song and video, Person of Interest (watch it below!)
On Thursday night’s The X Factor, Astro was in the bottom two along with Stacy Francis and this obviously-disappointing result got the worst of the 15-year old rapper.
At first, Astro seemed resigned to the possibility of going home, telling the audience, “Don’t be sad. Hip hop made it this far.” But a few minutes later, when Astro came to stage to sing for survival, he stopped the music and said he would rather not perform, calling it “unnecessary.”
His mentor, L.A. Reid and the audience urged him to sing and he eventually gave a rendition of Never Can Say Goodbye which L.A. called “lackluster.”
When the judges were to vote on who should stay or go between Astro and Francis, judge Simon Cowell asked Astro why he threw a temper tantrum and Astro explained, “If you want to put me in the bottom two, I don’t want to perform for people who don’t want me here.” Despite this bad attitude, somehow, Astro’s talent saved him from extinction and Stacy was sent home instead.
L.A. showed support for his student, telling the audience, “He’s dealing with being in the bottom 2 in his own way. There’s a pain, we don’t know the pain that he may be going through.” Reid continued, “When you enter a competition, you have to be prepared for the results. And if the results don’t land in your favor, good sportsman-like conduct is still required. I was disappointed in the attitude.”
Stacy Francis said after the show about her ouster, “The thing to be disappointed about is when you see someone like Astro have such an obnoxious attitude about it is that he gets to stay.”
“Astro’s 14 [he’s actually 15] and you can call him a teenager and give him an excuse, but bad behavior is bad behavior. He was ungracious in that moment, and in the real scheme of things, no matter what you have to be grateful,” Francis continued.
Astro later thanked his fans via Twitter and tried to explain his antics. “Politics!! don’t be fooled by what you don’t know!” Astro Tweeted. “Thank you AstroNauts for holding me down! Its funny how people are quick to judge not knowing whats going on behind the scenes. Maybe I should have given my Disney smile instead!”
Astro added, “I feel yall on that but I wasn’t talking about viewers when I said I don’t wanna perform. If you only knew what I know you’d say otherwise.”
Feeling a bit more calm this morning, Astro took to Twitter again. “I had a ‘fight the system’ moment last night. Sorry if i disappointed you guys. I WILL make you all proud next week!”
Last Sunday, three-time GRAMMY Award-winning band Maroon 5 performed for nearly 4,000 people as they celebrated the U.S. arrival of Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, the 3,690-passenger Carnival Magic. Carnival Magic will homeport year-round in Galveston, TX.
The chart-topping group, nominated for the 2011 American Music Awards’ “Favorite Pop/Rock Band,” performed an hour-long concert set to the backdrop of the stunning new vessel at Pier 21.
“It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton.”
Moore continued, “As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life. This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation.”
Kutcher took to Twitter to respond: “I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail.”
The X Factor USA will hold its third elimination results show tonight. Who did America vote for and who got voted off November 17, 2011? Come back starting at 8 PM EST for live blogging spoiler results of who is safe and who is eliminated off of the Top 10.
The two acts with the lowest votes will perform for the judgtes one last time and the judges will select who will go home.
Live Update:
SAFE: LeRoy Bell LakotaRayne Chris Rene Marcus Canty Josk K Rachel Crow Drew
Bottom Two:
Astro Stacy Francis
Eliminated: Stacy Francis
Voting: All judges but Nicole voted to send Stacy home
PETA wants Kim Kardashian to stop wearing fur and it’s putting that message on a huge billboard to get her attention. The billboard, to be placed in a popular area in West Hollywood, CA (at the corner of Beverly Boulevard and Sweetzer Avenue) will go up in early December and will have this ad:
PETA Senior Vice President Lisa Lange says, “Kim knows that animals on fur farms are beaten, electrocuted, and often skinned alive. We’ve explained it to her, and she’s watched a video exposé that was filmed inside fur farms.” Lange continues, “PETA hopes that the prominent billboard will finally be enough to convince Kim…to divorce herself from fur and say ‘I do’ to a more compassionate wardrobe.”
The X Factor USA airs its top 11 live show November 9, 2011 and it will give the contestants a second chance to compete for America’s vote. All the judges have three contestants each in the show except for Paula Abdul who has two.
Come back tomorrow for live blogging of who will be voted off Thursday’s show.
The X Factor Top 11 Call Numbers:
LeRoy Bell – We’ve Got Tonight – 1 855 843 9301 or Text VOTE to 9301
Rachel Crow – Satisfaction – 1 855 843 9302 or Text VOTE to 9302
Chris Rene – No Woman, No Cry – 1 855 843 9303 or Text VOTE to 9303
Stacy Francis – It’s All Coming Back To Me Now – 1 855 843 9304 or Text VOTE to 9304
Melanie Amaro – Everybody Hurts – 1 855 843 9305 or Text VOTE to 9305
Josh Krajcik – The Pretender – 1 855 843 9306 or Text VOTE to 9306
Astro – I’ll Be Missing You – 1 855 843 9307 or Text VOTE to 9307
Lakoda Rayne – Go Your Own Way – 1 855 843 9308 or Text VOTE to 9308
Drew – With Or Without You – 1 855 843 9309 or Text VOTE to 9309
Marcus McCanty – Piece of My Heart – 1 855 843 9310 or Text VOTE to 9310
