High School Musical 3

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can now add High School Musical 3, Flash of Genius, Religulous, and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People to your queue.

Changeling
If you're trying to catch all the Oscar-nominated performances before the big night, now's your chance to see Angelina in her award-worthy role in Changeling. Here's the Netflix plot description in case you forgot: "Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) is overjoyed when her young kidnapped son Walter is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the Walter who was returned to her isn't her actual child, the police captain (Jeffrey Donovan) has her committed to an asylum. John Malkovich co-stars as the crusading reverend who comes to Christine's rescue in this gripping, 1920s-set drama helmed by ace director Clint Eastwood."

I'm glad to see they dispensed of that creepy movie poster for the DVD cover. Extras include featurettes titled "Partners in Crime: Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie" and "The Common Thread: Angelina Jolie Becomes Christine Collins."

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• Terri Seymour broke up with Simon Cowell about a month ago after a six-year-relationship, his rep confirmed. — Us Weekly
• HSM3 stayed at the top spot at the box office this weekend with Zack and Miri Make a Porno coming in at second place. Angelina Jolie's Changeling opened at the fourth spot. — BuzzSugar
• Tom Brady has taken his NYC apartment off the market for a second time because his tenant is a new mother and won't let brokers inside to see it. — Page Six
• Amy Winehouse checked out of the hospital on Friday but has already returned earlier today following her chest infection. — People
• The private funeral for the murdered victims of Jennifer Hudson's family is in Chicago today, following a public memorial service held yesterday. — AP
• Shakir Stewart, Jay-Z's successor as head of Def Jam records, died of a self-inflicted gun wound on Saturday. — AP

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Those whippersnappers have once again snapped up the box office crown. Over the Halloween weekend, High School Musical 3 got top marks at the box office for the second weekend in a row, this time bringing in just over $15 million. According to Variety, this pushed "its worldwide total to an estimated $146.8 million after 10 days in release."

Kevin Smith's raunchy comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno debuted at No. 2, just barely beating out Saw V with each movie raking in something in the $10 million range. Opening nationwide over the weekend, Clint Eastwood's Changeling nabbed the fourth spot with an estimated $9.4 million. Per location, however, Changeling is the big winner, with an "average of $5,085, the best of any film in the top 10 chart." The Haunting of Molly Hartley rounded out the top five with approximately $6 million over its opening week.

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In Utah recently, a movie theater full of parents and kids expecting to watch Disney's family-appropriate High School Musical 3 were instead treated to the beginning of the R-rated flick Sex Drive. Apparently, the opening few minutes of the movie include nudity so parents didn't even have a chance to shield their youngsters. Understandably, folks were horrified:

"I could not carry my little children out before they were exposed to extremely vulgar and sexually explicit material," one parent complained in an e-mail to the Desert News.

That's a pretty big (though kinda amusing) movie-going disaster, I'd say. My disaster stories aren't quite so traumatic, though still entertaining. On the opening weekend of the new Star Wars movie a few years ago (you know, with mega-fans dressed up as characters) the film totally burnt out at a climactic moment toward the end. The audience completely freaked out — l turned around in time to spot a Sith angrily trying to climb into the projection booth. I also once went to a showing of Sin City only to have Million Dollar Baby come onscreen.

What are your movie-going disasters?

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• The body of a boy matching the description of Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old missing nephew was found in her deceased brother's SUV this morning. Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were fatally shot in Chicago on Friday, and Jennifer had offered a $100,000 reward for the safe return of her nephew. — AP
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year topped this weekend's box office earning $42 million. Saw V came in second place with $30 million. — BuzzSugar
• Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and his wife announced they are expecting a second child. The couple have a 2-year-old daughter named Violet together. — Us Weekly
• Amy Winehouse was hospitalized on Saturday for more chest and lung tests as a precaution against a possible chest infection. — E! Online
• Bono will be a contributing writer to the New York Times writing about Africa, poverty, and more in 2009. The singer will not be getting paid for his work. — CitizenSugar
• ICYMI Amy Poehler and Will Arnett welcomed their newborn son, Archie, on Saturday afternoon.

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We knew High School Musical was a huge television hit but now it's a bona fide silver screen success. The third installment of the perky Disney musical bonanza scored the top spot at the box office over the weekend, earning an estimated $42 million.

Meanwhile, Saw V did excellent business over the weekend as well, earning an estimated $30.5 million in the No. 2 spot. Variety notes that both titles were record breakers:

The top two films each entered record territory. Disney’s High School is by far the biggest musical bow ever, besting Mamma Mia! Lionsgate’s Saw franchise is within $2 million of eclipsing Friday the 13th to become the top-grossing horror series ever.

Max Payne and Beverly Hills Chihuahua came in at No. 3 and No. 4 respectively, with the top five being rounded out by the Ed Norton cop thriller Pride & Glory.

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After taking their movie all over the world, the High School Musical kids were back on their home turf to premiere the third and final installment of the franchise in LA last night. Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens looked like king and queen of the senior prom while Ashley Tisdale debuted her new darker hair. Fellow Disney star Selena Gomez was there to support her pals, and there were plenty of other celebs and their kids to check out the film. It must be a bittersweet end for the cast who have grown close over the past few years, but rather than get nostalgic about their friendships, they were more interested in discussing what to get Zac for his 21st birthday tomorrow.

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