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Box Office: Audiences Get in the Spirit With A Christmas Carol
Disney received an early present this year: The revamped version of the classic tale A Christmas Carol took the top spot at the box office in its opening weekend with $31 million. While that figure is on the low end of studio estimates for the film, insiders hope that it will continue to gain more movie-goers as we near the holidays. Following behind at No.
Box Office: This Is It Moonwalks to the Top
All hail the King of Pop: posthumous Michael Jackson documentary This Is It landed at the top of the box office this weekend, raking in $21.3 million in its first weekend in theaters.
Last week's number one, Paranormal Activity, bowed to the king and fell to number two with $16.5 million. In third place was the Gerard Butler thriller Law Abiding Citizen with a haul of $7.3 million, while Couples Retreat and Saw VI came in at fourth and fifth with respective gains of $6 million and $5.5 million.
Video of Kristen and Rob, This Is It Review and Britney's Hot New Video!
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart arrived back in California yesterday and we've got video of the duo at LAX. Plus, our take on Britney Spears's sexy new music video and whether to watch, pass or rent This Is It. Also, check out Madonna's emotional plea and Jay-Z's World Series Performance.
Link Time: Hugh Jackman Not Hosting the 2010 Oscars
- Hugh Jackman has declined to host next year's Oscars — Moviefone
- Spoon has announced their next album, Transference, due in January — Pitchfork
- Fox has renewed American Dad for a sixth season — Coming Soon
- This Is It has been certified fresh by critics — Rotten Tomatoes
- Need a last-minute Halloween costume? Check out these ideas inspired by TV characters! — TV.com
- Cop the '70s style from upcoming movie The Box — CasaSugar
- John Rhys-Davies isn't going to be in The Hobbit prequel as a dwarf — MTV Movies Blog
- Glee's Matthew Morrison, AKA Mr. Schuester, has plans to release a solo album — Access Hollywood
- The first Lost promo for season six is not terribly exciting — Vulture
- Get a load of the Today show hosts as the cast of Star Wars!
This Is It: A Worthy Final Farewell
Making a tribute film after the death of an icon is a difficult undertaking — how do you do justice to his or her life without making it feel overblown? But the new Michael Jackson documentary, This Is It manages to strike that balance. The anticipation for its limited release has been building for more than a month now when early ticket purchases broke sales records, and most of you said you wanted to see the film as well.
Michael Jackson's This Is It Is Already Breaking the Box Office
This Is It, aka the Michael Jackson movie, doesn't open in theaters until Oct. 28, but the late music icon's loyal fans are already securing their seats. The film is breaking records for advance ticket sales, with hundreds of shows selling out in North America and all over the world since Sunday.
Movie Preview: Michael Jackson's This Is It
Last night's VMAs were a tribute to Michael Jackson as much as they were a celebration of the winners. The show kicked off with an amazing dance medley, including a special performance by Janet Jackson. Later on in the night we got our first taste of Michael Jackson: This is It, the movie that pulls together all of the unseen footage of the iconic pop star as he prepared for a tour that never came.
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What to TiVo: Saturday
- ABC has College Football
- CBS has a repeat of The Mentalist and is new with 48 Hours Mystery
- FOX is new with Cops and America's Most Wanted
- NBC has repeats of Mercy, Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU
- Bravo has Brokeback Mountain
- E! has The Wedding Singer
- MTV has repeats of South Park, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Twilight: Love Bites, and MTV News: New Moon Revealed
- USA has Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- VH1 has Trading Places
- Late-night highlights include Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dave Matthews Band on Saturday Night Live on NBC
Friday TV Quiz: Who Said That Line?
Happy Friday, everyone! Were you paying attention to this week's TV? Test your IQ with my TV Quote Quiz, and see if you can match up these lines from my favorite shows with the character that said them.
Bad Lieutenant: Good Cop Gone Nuts
Nicolas Cage has said, "There's a very fine line between Method actor and schizophrenic." In Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, he teeters that line maniacally, with an ever-increasing slur and crooked swagger. Cage plays Terence McDonagh, a detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating a drug-related murder and his personal threshold for cocaine and heroin.
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