Forbidden Kingdom

• Miley Cyrus has issued an apology after outtakes from a revealing Annie Leibovitz Vanity Fair photo shoot hit the Internet over the weekend. The magazine stands by the photos, saying her parents were both present during the shoot and approved of the photos. — lilsugar
• Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the top spot at the weekend box office with Baby Mama, followed by Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay and Forbidden Kingdom. — BuzzSugar
• Amy Winehouse was cautioned by London police, but not formally charged, following an accusation of assault last week. Her father, Mitch, also spoke out confirming Amy's affair and saying that she should seek treatment in a mental hospital. — PopSugar UK
• Ashley Judd's racecar driving husband Dario Franchitti broke his ankle after he crashed during a race in Talladega, AL, on Saturday. — USA Today
• Model Angie Everhart was arrested in LA last Thursday for DUI and released after posting $15,000 bond. — TMZ
• Country singer Kenny Chesney seriously injured his foot during a concert on Saturday night in Columbia, SC, but he still managed to complete his show. — CMT News

It's always exciting when a comedy that's genuinely funny does well with audiences, and that was the case this weekend with the female buddy comedy Baby Mama starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

The ladies won the top spot with an estimated $18.3 million, handily beating out the other comedy opening over the weekend, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay. EW reports that while this wasn't the best movie opening for either Fey or Poehler, their film did much better than many box office watchers predicted. In fact, Baby Mama gave Universal Studios its first box office winner of the year.

The Forbidden Kingdom was No. 3 and Forgetting Sarah Marshall was right behind in the fourth spot, with both films earning approximately $11 million their second weekend out — a respectable achievement.

While Fey and company had good reason to pop the champagne, another film didn't post opening-weekend results worthy of celebration. Deception, starring Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, and Michelle Williams, "fared dismally," as Variety put it. The thriller barely beat Street Kings for the No. 10 spot, earning only $2.2 million over the weekend. I thought that the very talented cast did the best they could with poor material, but apparently that wasn't enough of a draw.

So, which movies did you check out this weekend? Did any of you see both Baby Mama and Harold and Kumar?

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• A car carrying Sandra Bullock and her husband Jesse James was involved in a head-on collision with a drunken driver on Friday night in Gloucester, Mass., where Sandra has been filming The Proposal. Fortunately, no one was injured. — AP
• Justin Timberlake and John Mayer were among those who were there to help support Cameron Diaz at a memorial service for her late father on Sunday in Seal Beach, CA. — People
• Check out the winners of the 2008 BAFTA Television Awards. — PopSugarUK
• Forbidden Kingdom took the top spot at the weekend box office, followed by Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Prom Night. — BuzzSugar
• Sister, Sister star Tia Mowry married actor Cory Hardrict yesterday in Santa Barbara, CA. —People
• NY Giants quarterback Eli Manning married his longtime girlfriend Abby McGrew on Saturday in Mexico. — NY Daily News
• Incarcerated Pete Doherty has apparently been kicked out of his house after the property's landlord found it in a deteriorating state. — The Sun

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Forbidden Kingdom gave kung fu fans the match up of their dreams, pairing up martial arts screen giants Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time. Together the two stars proved to be a formidable force at the box office, earning the top spot over the weekend with an estimated $20.9 million. Forgetting Sarah Marshall came in second place, earning $17 million.

Variety reports that while this opening represents a vast improvement over recent Apatow films like Drillbit Taylor and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, it still wasn't a return to the box office glory of his mega-hits like Superbad, Knocked-Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

Prom Night continued to do well, coming in at No. 3 followed by the weekend opener starring Al Pacino, 88 Minutes which only took in $6.8 million. Nim's Island rounded out the top five followed by 21, Street Kings, and Horton Hears a Who. In the ninth spot was the Ben Stein documentary about intelligent design, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.

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