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 Read more

Rise of the Planet of the Apes breathed new life into the franchise as the film drew in $54 million in its opening weekend and taking first place at the box office. The Smurfs took a distant second with $21 million, followed by Cowboys & Aliens, which earned $15.7 million in its sophomore weekend. The Change-Up saw a disappointing debut of $13.5 million, which isn't a particularly strong Read more

In the box office showdown between Cowboys & Aliens and The Smurfs this weekend, neither film emerged a definite winner. Instead, the tiny blue creatures lassoed in as many dollars as their Wild West counterparts, with each film grossing $36.2 million. Captain America: The First Avenger saw a steep 62 percent drop, falling to third place with $24.9 million, followed closely by Harry Potter Read more

In the new Smurf movie, Katy Perry lends her voice to Smurfette, a character introduced to the original Belgian comic series for potentially cynical reasons. Some speculate that in 1966 a female Smurf was added to prove the all-male Smurf village's heterosexuality and stop rumors that they might be gay. Don't buy that the creators had something to prove about the sexuality of imaginary creatures Read more

Katy Perry may have gone all out at The Smurfs premiere wearing some very Smurfy nails, but Sofia Vergara, who walked the same red (er, blue) carpet, went for a more traditional beauty approach. "Sofia had the most beautiful purple dress so I wanted to do a shimmery bronze eye so the makeup would be more subtle and the dress could take full focus. Because of the heat, we layered bronzers on both Read more

Thought Katy Perry might forget about her love of nail art with all the hair dying she's been doing? That's not Mrs. Russell Brand's style. Last night, she tweeted a photo of her nails with this holographic Smurf manicure. They look like they may be artificial nails, and it was for the premiere of The Smurfs, so it wasn't exactly out of the blue (ha ha). Regardless, Katy certainly hasn't lost Read more

The Muppets movie releases another tricky teaser — Vulture Read the rumor about why Cheryl Cole was dumped from The X Factor — Zap2It Watch the new trailer for The Smurfs — Moviefone Jessica Biel is in for Total Recall — /Film Listen to Scotty McCreery's first single — TV Squad 10 Summer TV shows to watch — Flavorwire Find out which actors will be playing the seven dwarves in Snow Read more