The Spiderwick Chronicles
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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
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 the titles below you can also bring home the blockbuster hit 10,000 B.C.
Box Office: 10,000 B.C. Has a Mammoth of a Weekend
The lion's share of box office dollars went to director Roland Emmerich's 10,000 B.C. which earned an estimated $35 million. This same weekend last year saw the outrageous success of 300, but while 10,000 B.C.'s opening comes nowhere near the debut weekend of that blockbuster, it still fulfilled studio expectations, Variety reports.
Maddox's Anatomy
Baby mama Angelina Jolie took eldest son Maddox to see The Spiderwick Chronicles at the Hollywood ArcLight theater recently.
According to Us Magazine, once there, the lil man asked his mommy for a pack of "I (Heart) My Penis" gum. Clearly a unique sweet, an eyewitness told Us:
Angelina laughed and bought it.
Sugar Bits — Win a Date With Scarlett Johansson
- Scarlett Johansson is auctioning two tickets to the red carpet premiere of He's Just Not That Into You on eBay to benefit Oxfam. — eBay
- Despite taking in only $15.3 million, Semi-Pro scored the top spot at the weekend box office, followed by Vantage Point and The Spiderwick Chronicles. — BuzzSugar
- Rapper The Game has begun serving his 60-day jail sentence for weapons possession, although he'll be kept separate from the general population during his stay.
Buzz News Roundup, 2/29
- Papers filed in J.K. Rowling's lawsuit indicate she is not happy about one Harry Potter fan's plan to publish an unauthorized reference work, the Associated Press reports. Rowling has previously praised the fan site, Harry Potter Lexicon, on which the book is based.
- Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has talked about casting a nonblack actor to play Obama on the show with the Washington Post.
- OneRepublic and Fabolous are teaming up to tour college campuses this spring, Billboard reports.
- Zap2it has news that the next installment of Indiana Jones might make its debut in France at the Cannes Film Festival.
- NBC is releasing a Heroes soundtrack on March 18 featuring several exclusive new singles; details about which artists are included are at The Futon Critic.
- The New York Times reports that Time Warner has decided New Line Cinema will become a unit of Warner Brothers and will no longer operate independently.
Sugar Bits — Lindsay Lohan Cleans Up at the Razzie Awards
- Lindsay Lohan and her movie I Know Who Killed Me set a new record at the Razzies, walking away with eight awards. Lindsay even won two Worst Actress trophies because she played a character suffering from a split personality disorder. At least she didn't go empty-handed over the weekend!
Box Office: Vantage Point Thrills Audiences
The star-studded cast of Vantage Point enjoyed the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend earning an estimated $24 million. The biggest weekend of the year for Hollywood also helped Academy Award-nominated films, giving movies like No Country For Old Men a significant boost at the box office, Variety reports.
Box Office: Jumper Leaps Ahead
Despite mediocre reviews (including my own) audiences were still game for director Doug Liman's sci-fi movie Jumper which earned the top spot at the box office its first weekend out. Whether it was the combined star power of Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen or the craving for an action flick this Presidents Day weekend, audiences put Jumper ahead of the rest by a long shot, grossing nearly $33.8 million, according to Variety.
The other big surprise over the weekend was the No.
Hayden Takes Care of Her Own
With no Milo Ventimiglia in sight, Hayden Panettiere had a much younger man, her brother Jansen, on her arm at the premiere of The Spiderwick Chronicles in LA last night. Hayden's still a family girl at heart, but earlier this week that backfired a bit. At Wednesday's Old Navy party mom Panettiere's dress was a little too risqué for her daughter's taste and Hayden had to leave the dance floor in order to try and keep her mother decent.
Other Search Results
What To Sky+: Tuesday
- BBC1 has Damages and Film 2009 with Jonathan Ross
- BBC2 has Later... Live with Jools Holland and The Wire
- BBC3 has Horne & Corden
- ITV2 has Coleen's Real Women
- Ch4 has new series Gok's Fashion Fix
- Sky Premiere has The Spiderwick Chronicles
- BBC4 has Mad Men
- Film4 has The Shawshank Redemption
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