Bad Teacher & Cars 2 Dominate Weekend Box Office

Despite bad reviews, Cars 2 delivered big at the box office, grossing $68 million in its opening weekend.

The surprise of the weekend was the low budget Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz flick, Bad Teacher, which only cost $20 million to make, but which brought in $31 million in its opening weekend. The raunchy comedy raked in another $12.9 million internationally for a total global opening of $49.3 million.

Due to unfavorable word of mouth, Blake Lively and Ryan ReynoldsGreen Lantern dropped almost 70% in ticket sales compared to its opening weekend last week, grossing only $18.4 million.

Here is the list of the top 10 grossing films of the weekend (June 24 – 26, 2011:
1. Cars 2, $68.0 million, new release
2. Bad Teacher, $31.0 million, new release
3. Green Lantern, $18.4 million, $89.3 million total to date
4. Super 8, $12.1 million, $95.2 million total to date
5. Mr. Popper’s Penguins, $10.3 million, $39.4 million total to date
6. X-Men: First Class, $6.6 million, $132.8 million total to date
7. The Hangover Part II, $5.9 million, $243.9 million total to date
8. Bridesmaids, $5.4 million, $146.7 million total to date
9. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, $4.7 million, $229.1 million total to date
10. Midnight in Paris, $4.5 million, $28.6 million total to date

Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Jacket Auctions For A Fortune

Michael Jackson‘s red jacket from his Thriller video, one of the most iconic pieces of music memorabilia, was sold for $1.8 million at an auction this weekend.

Jackson had signed the jacket on its left arm as a gift to his longtime costume designers, Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush before his death in 2009.

Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills drew bidders from all over the world for the sale but the lucky winner was Milton Verret of Austin, Texas. Verret  will display the jacket at his city’s Dell Children’s Hospital to raise money for children’s charities and hospitals around the world in the spirit of MJ.
The auction also included memorabilia from Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Frank Sinatra, but MJ’s jacket made the most money, by far. In comparison, Sinatra’s 1986 Jaguar was sold for $19,000. Paul McCartney’s bass guitar went for $14,080. The cape Ringo Starr wore in the movie Help! raised $37,500. 
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of MJ’s jacket will benefit The Shambala Preserve, home to Jackson’s two Bengal tigers, Thriller and Sabu.

MUST WATCH VIDEO: Landau Eugene Murphy Channels Frank Sinatra

The second 36-year old Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. from West Virginia sang his first note on Wednesday’s (June 22) America’s Got Talent, tears started to roll down my face.

Why? Because it’s unbelievably sad to me to learn that a gifted voice like his could remain hidden from the world while this man was spending his time washing cars for a living.

This is Landau’s first audition in life. Ever.

I won’t say much more, but just listen to his rendition of I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra. Yes, Sinatra,

MTV Will Recast Jersey Shore?

What happens when you push your boss for one outrageous raise after another when you’re already making a crap load of money to begin with? You lose your job that’s what.

MTV is reportedly planning on recasting Jersey Shore after the original crew films one final season in Seaside Heights this summer to bring in much cheaper and less famous people.
With each passing season, this cast has held out contract negotiations, pushing for bigger and bigger salaries because they argue that the show that made them famous prevents them from having time to take part in more sponsorship deals and club appearances.
The “core group” which we can assume consists of Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Paul “Pauly D” Delvecchio reportedly made about $100,000 per episode to film Season 4 in Florence, Italy, this spring. WHICH IS JUST PLAIN INSANE! They were paid $100,000 to basically party in paradise.

“After this group comes back from Italy and shoots season 5 this summer, that will be the end for them,” a Jersey Shore producer told Us Weekly.

The source added: “They will leave on a high note!” I guess that means they will continue with their spin off shows.

Adele Announces New Concert Dates

Adele is currently on voice rest and had to cancel a few concert dates due to laryngitis.

But the good news for fans is that the singer has rescheduled the canceled concert dates and added a few new ones.
Here are the new concert dates:

August 9: Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre

August 11: Troutdale, Oregon’s Edgefield

August 12: Seattle’s Paramount Theatre

August 14: Berkeley, California’s The Greek Theatre

August 15: Los Angeles’ The Greek Theatre

August 17: Los Angeles’ Palladium

August 18: San Diego’s Open Air Theater

August 20: Las Vegas’ Chelsea Ballroom

August 21: Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center

August 24: Saint Paul, Minnesota’s Theatre at Xcel Energy Center

October 7: Atlantic City’s Borgata Spa & Resort: Event Center

October 8: Durham, North Carolina’s Durham Performing Arts Center

October 10: Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium

October 11: Asheville, North Carolina’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium

October 13: Orlando’s Hard Rock Live

October 14: Miami’s Waterfront Theater at American Airlines Arena

October 16: Atlanta’s Fox Theatre

October 18: Spring, Texas’ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

October 19: Austin, Texas’ Frank Erwin Center

October 21: Grand Prairie, Texas’ Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie

‘Columbo’ Star Peter Falk Dead at Age 83

Emmy-winning Peter Falk, the star of Columbo has died. CBS Radio News confirmed that Falk, 83, died on the evening of June 23.

Family members declined to discuss the cause of death, but Falk had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, his daughter told KTLA.


Falk was best known to audiences as the iconic character of Lt. Columbo on the series with the same name. But Falk was also nominated for two Academy Awards, for 1960’s Murder, Inc. and 1961’s Pocketful of Miracles.

Falk is survived by wife Shera Danese Falk and adopted daughters, Jackie and Catherine. 

Kim Kardashian Proves Butt is Real Through X-Ray Evidence

We can all finally sleep a little better tonight knowing that Kim Kardashian‘s butt is for real.

To combat rumors that she had her cheeks enhanced with implants, Kim’s sisters convinced her to get an X-ray. Khloe posted the photo on her blog, writing:

“Hey dolls. The PROOF is in the X-ray. Kim’s ass is 100% real!!!”

“My sisters have dared me to get a butt X-ray, because there are so many rumors I have butt implants and I’m so tired of them,” Kim said. “I really just want to get it so I can show the whole world.”

Rihanna Attacks MTV Canada for Story That She Admitted Provoking Chris Brown Attack

My guess, and hope, is that Rihanna‘s Twitter account was hacked – because a story went around the internet Thursday that the singer sent this message via her Twitter: “I admit it, I provoked Chris to hit me. I’t [sic] was not entirely his fault. #ImSORRY.” 
Huh?
This “news” was circulated on heels of recent revelations that Rihanna and Chris Brown mutually “follow” each other on Twitter.  Earlier this week, Chris Brown tweeted to his entire fan base, when he possibly meant to direct message Rihanna, “You got that pic I sent you?” Or maybe it wasn’t a mistake and perhaps Chris’ account was hacked too?
Who knows?! But, regardless, Rihanna was seeing red when the story made its way to MTV Canada and she took to Twitter to attack back: “@mtvnewscanada are u f**king kiddin me?????? You’re supposed to be a RELIABLE source for news on music and this is the bulls**t u post??”

MTV Canada also took to Twitter and tried to explain itself: “#Rihanna fans. We were reporting on a story that was posted on several sites today. We had no intention to be salacious.”

I am sure there will be lots more of this to come…

Pink Uses Middle Finger As A Weapon To Shield Her Newborn From Paparazzi Pics

Motherhood suits Pink well. She posted a heartfelt letter on her website Thursday telling the world that she’s already fallen deep in love with her new baby girl, Willow. In the letter, she also asks her fans to not look at magazines or websites with unauthorized pics of her baby.

Here is some excerpts from her love letter (written with hubbie Carey Hart):
“We are absolutely blissed out in love over here! To our fans and friends all over the world, thank you for all of the prayers and well wishes through this time in our life! I finally found out what love really means.” 
But don’t expect all this gushing to change her music. “Don’t worry, I’m not writing an album full of sappy lullabies,” she wrote. “Not yet, anyways?”
Below are excerpts of her letter about paparazzi pics of celeb babies, including Pink’s. I must say I 100% agree with Pink and have written several articles about the privacy rights of children. That is why you will not find a single unauthorized paparazzi picture of a celebrity baby on CelebMagnet.

Here are excerpts of what Pink has to say:

“Due to the unsettling, surprisingly aggressive and unsafe measures that the paparazzi seem to be willing to go to in order to secure that ‘first shot’ of our daughter–stalking us, chasing us in cars and sitting outside of our home all day and all night, as new parents Carey and I decided that we would release personal photos of our Willow, and donate all of the money to charity…

Like any parents, we believe our little girl deserves the right to have privacy and be protected, but unfortunately, this media climate doesn’t seem to provide for that… It’s one thing to harass and stalk us, the adults, the celebrity that signed up for this life, but children should be protected and safe. There should be a clear distinction between us. In EVERY other country that I recall, children’s faces are blurred out in magazine photos. Why is USA the only country that continues to financially incentivize intrusive paparazzi behavior to capitalize on photos of babies, infants and children? Why are celebrities/public figures having to seek restraining orders to keep strange grown men with still and video cameras from sitting perched outside of their children’s pre-schools and elementary schools, preying on little innocent kids?

…To anyone out there that buys a magazine, or goes onto a website to look at pictures of other people’s children, may you at least think for a second about what you may inadvertently be supporting… So when you see our middle fingers up in all of our pictures, now you know the motivation. It’s all we can do to stop images of a newborn baby from being printed without our consent. Can you imagine a world where they would blur out our middle finger to protect a “consumer” over blurring out an innocent child to protect their integrity and privacy?”

The letter ends with a little bit of new parent humor: “Baby poop really isn’t as bad as all the guys out there think. Careys’ already been pooed on, and he’s still breathing. Ahhhhh, ain’t love grand?”

SYTYCD 6/23 Results: Who Was Voted Off?

So You Think You Can Dance results show took place Thursday June 23, 2011. Four dancers were voted off by end of the show in a shocking results show.

LIVE SPOILER RESULTS:

SAFE:
Sasha Mallory & Alexander Fost
Caitlynn Lawson and Mitchell Kelly
Melanie Moore and Marko Germar
Tadd Gadduang and Jordan Casanova
Ashley Rich and Chris Koehl
Clarice Ordaz and Jess LeProtto


BOTTOM 3
Missy Morelli and Wadi Jones
Iveta Lukosiute and Nick Young
Ryan Ramirez and Ricky Jaime.

VOTED OFF
Missy Morelli

Iveta Lukosiute

Wadi Jones
Nick Young