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Box Office: The Help Needs No Aid

BuzzSugar — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:05:00 PDT

The Help cleaned up against the competition this week, rising to the number one box-office spot during its second week in release with $20.4 million. The Help is only the second film this year - the first being True Grit in January - to move up to a number one spot after debuting lower. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which held the number one spot for the previous two weeks, slipped to second place with $16.3 million.

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D came in third with $12 million during its opening weekend, the worst opening that a film in the Spy Kids franchise has ever seen. Conan the Barbarian also saw a weak debut at fourth place with $10 million, followed by The Smurfs, which hung on to a top five spot with $8 million. Newcomer Fright Night had a poor showing, taking in just $7.9 million and landing in sixth.

Photo courtesy of Dreamworks

Do You Like Your Men Strong or Slim?

Tara Block — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:00:11 PDT

It's Summer blockbuster time, which means superheros and action stars are stomping, swinging, and flying into a theater near you. And as The Daily Beast points out, the leading men are beefier than ever, with meaty Jason Momoa in Conan the Barbarian, a bulked-up Chris Evans in Captain America: The First Avenger, and Chris Hemsworth and his bulging biceps costarring in Thor. But personally, these macho action stars are just meh to me, I'm more interested in next year's slimmer superheroes, like Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Henry Cavill (Superman). What do you think? Are you more attracted to a guy who could pick you up without breaking a sweat, or a fella on the smaller side?

Link Time - Spike Jonze's Trailer For Scenes From the Suburbs

BuzzSugar — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:30:25 PDT

Watch the trailer for Spike Jonze's film with Arcade Fire - Vulture
Is Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood just another Twilight? - Moviefone
Insider scoop on Supernatural, including the show's buzzy Western episode - TV Squad
10 TV pilots that sound terrible - TV.com
Josh Hutcherson is keeping his fingers crossed for the lead in Hunger Games - EW.com
Matt Damon's Hereafter gets pulled from Japanese theaters - MTV.com
Take at peek at the teaser for Conan the Barbarian - Zap2it
6 savvy business strategies from this week's The Celebrity Apprentice - SavvySugar

Link Time - Crystal Bowersox Lands a Record Deal

BuzzSugar — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:30:01 PDT

19 Recordings/Jive Records plans a Crystal Bowersox album for later this year - TV Squad
Bachelor duo Jake and Vienna split - E! Online
The trailer for Jennifer Love Hewitt's Lifetime movie is so bad it's awesome - Vulture
Peggy is getting a first lady-style makeover on Mad Men - Movieline
The Footloose remake finalizes its cast with an unknown in the lead - Coming Soon
Your first peek at a very beefcake Conan the Barbarian - Cinematical
Look out Countess! Danielle Staub is working on a single, too - People
Adam McKay in talks to direct an adaptation of The Boys - Hollywood Insider
Top Chef judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons share cooking tips - YumSugar

Link Time! Martin Scorsese Announces His Next Project

BuzzSugar — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:30:46 PST

Martin Scorsese to direct the family-friendly film adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret - MTV Movies Blog
Prince has written a fight song for the Minnesota Vikings. True fact. - Stereogum
Harrison Ford's best movies (Working Girl!) - Rotten Tomatoes
Slumdog's Danny Boyle to do a stage show of Frankenstein - News Briefs
The New Pornographers spill about their upcoming album - Spinner
The best quotes from the Jersey Shore - TresSugar
Alcon Entertainment is developing Late Bloomer based on E! editor Ken Baker - Cinematical
The new Conan the Barbarian is TV actor Jason Momoa (what, no Kellan Lutz?) - TV Squad
Rumors are pointing at Jason Segel or Bradley Cooper for Cameron Diaz's Bad Teacher love interest - Just Jared
Nick Cassavetes in talks to direct an update of A Star Is Born - Deadline Hollywood
Who's the most underutilized actor on TV? - TV.com
Josh Duhamel and Samuel L. Jackson rumored for Sympathy for the Devil - Latino Review

Link Time! Daniel Craig in Talks to Star in Cowboys & Aliens

BuzzSugar — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:00:56 PST

Daniel Craig is in talks to star in Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens - Coming Soon
Check out the Middle Ages-set Ironclad trailer, starring Paul Giamatti and Kate Mara - PopWatch
Starz may be canceling Crash - TV by the Numbers
Mr. Schue - I mean Matthew Morrison - has signed with Mercury Records - HitFix
Check out a retrospective of Denzel Washington's best movies - Rotten Tomatoes
(500) Days of Summer's Marc Webb is rumored to be a contender to direct the next Spider-Man movie - MTV Movies Blog
Adam Shankman is trying to get Robert Pattinson or a Twilight cast member for the Oscars - Vulture
Jackie Earle Haley is rumored to be starring as villain Sinestro in The Green Lantern - Cinematical
Kellan Lutz is in the running to star in the Conan the Barbarian remake - PopSugar

Buzz News Roundup, 11/10

BuzzSugar — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:33:10 PST

We have a definite premiere date for the fifth season of Lost! The craziness begins again on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. - Variety
Chris Rock is set to star and co-write a re-imagining of the 2007 British comedy Death at a Funeral. - Variety
Fox has ordered a full season of The Cleveland Show to premiere in Fall 2009. - Zap2it
Coldplay has been named the world's biggest band of 2008. - Reuters
Casey Affleck and Jessica Alba are joining the cast of The Killer Inside Me, an adaptation of a novel from noir author Jim Thompson. - The Hollywood Reporter
Quantum of Solace has reached a box office take of $160.3 million internationally in its first 10 days. - ComingSoon
Bret Ratner is in final negotiations to direct a 21st century update of Conan the Barbarian. - Reuters
Knight Rider is getting a major makeover. - The Hollywood Reporter
Influential DJ and Morning Becomes Eclectic host Nic Harcourt is stepping down from KCRW. - LA Times

The Governator Has Glow Sticks!

GiggleSugar — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:00:00 PDT

Sometimes I have to remind myself that the governor of Calee-for-nee-ya was once Conan the Barbarian and a cyborg in The Terminator. Let's make things even weirder, shall we? Let's give him some glow sticks and pretend he's at a rave. Wheee! (Thanks, eBaum's World!)

Morning Links - Meet Your American Idol Top Three

PopSugar — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:47:03 PDT

Agree with American Idol's top three? - BuzzSugar
Rob Lowe to get political again - Huffington Post
Penelope Cruz talks staying in shape - Us Weekly
Nick Cannon explains baby names - Lifeline Live
Watch the latest Conan the Barbarian trailer - Rotten Tomatoes
Ashley Greene and Joe Jonas have a near run-in in LA - People
Adele is so cute talking about meeting Jennifer Aniston - Lainey Gossip
Pictures of Audrina making out with her ex - TooFab
Spider-Man returns to Broadway with some revisions - PopEater
Colin Farrell reveals he's a one-woman kind of guy - Wonderwall
Jennifer Aniston's latest SmartWater ads - Celebitchy
The latest rumor about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes - AmyGrindhouse

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Link Time - Watch Tina Fey's SNL Promos

BuzzSugar — Thu, 05 May 2011 13:30:50 PDT

Tina Fey shows off her extensive knowledge of bad words for SNL - Vulture
Wes Bentley nabs a role in The Hunger Games - /Film
The best pirates to hit the big screen - Rotten Tomatoes
See Game of Thrones's Jason Mamoa in the Conan the Barbarian trailer - Moviefone
Michael Scott and TV's most memorable departures - TV Squad
Nina Dobrev teases tonight's episode of The Vampire Diaries - Inside TV
Alyson Hannigan talks about life on the set of How I Met Your Mother - LilSugar