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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 add M.
Buzz News Roundup, 8/18
- Pioneering music executive Jerry Wexler, who helped build Atlantic Records into a powerhouse in the 1950s and 1960s with artists like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles, died on Friday at age 91. — Reuters
- Adam Sandler's latest comedy, You Don't Mess With the Zohan, is banned from Arab cinemas. — Variety
- Superbad director Greg Mottola will direct the next Simon Pegg-Nick Frost collaboration, titled Paul.
Box Office: Hulk Has Incredible Opening Weekend
It looks like fans can't get enough of Marvel superheroes on the big screen as the company scored another hit this summer with The Incredible Hulk. Despite average reviews and the fact that Ed Norton's conflict with the studio over the final cut of the film became widely known, The Incredible Hulk pulled in an estimated $54.5 million over the weekend.
Kung Fu Panda held strong in second place while M.
Sugar Bits — Leonardo DiCaprio Will Star In Atari Movie
- Leonardo DiCaprio signed on to star in a new movie about the creator of the Atari video game, Nolan Bushnell. — BuzzSugar
- Kung Fu Panda beat out the competition for the number one spot at the box office this weekend, with You Don't Mess with the Zohan coming in second. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Sex and the City came in third and fourth.
Box Office: Kung Fu Panda Chops the Competition
Po the panda and friends kicked some box office butt this weekend, winning the No. 1 spot handily with an estimated $60 million over the weekend. Kung Fu Panda is the second-best opening DreamWorks Animation has ever had behind Shrek the Third.
Will You Ever See You Don't Mess With the Zohan?
I don't mean this weekend or even in the theaters, because I'm pretty sure the answer might be "no" (and quite possibly "heeeellllllll no"). But when the Adam Sandler comedy You Don't Mess With the Zohan comes out on DVD, will you rent it? What if it's on in the background at a friend's house some night?
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Link Time! 6/5
- Korbi TV has an interview with juicy details about the upcoming season of Weeds — including a possible Conrad/Heylia spinoff!?
- CitizenSugar shares her thoughts on this week's season premiere of Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days.
- TV Filter is integrating a surprising number of TV catchphrases into everyday speech these days.
- Cinematical already plans on buying the 20th anniversary DVD of Heathers, which will be released July 1, even though they know it's kinda gimmicky.
- Popwatch asks, what's on your current karaoke set list? (This post also includes the old video for Mandy Moore's "Candy," which is a crazy throwback featuring a baby-faced Moore.)
- Vulture is more than a wee bit confused by You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
- Stereogum has an MP3 of Phosphorescent covering the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'".
- The TV Addict has exclusive video — direct from Canada! — of Shanae Grimes and Rob Estes talking about the new 90210.
Adam Sandler Is a Man For All Generations
Adam Sandler went with one of his standard super casual outfits for the premiere of You Don't Mess With the Zohan in LA last night, but he still had plenty of pretty ladies to pose with on the red carpet. His co-star Emmanuelle looked gorgeous as usual, while his wife Jackie showed off her already growing baby bump. This has been a big week for Adam between confirming his baby news and promotional tour, and it's about to get even sweeter —on Sunday he'll receive the MTV Generation Award at the Movie Awards!
Adam Sandler to Star in Judd Apatow's Next Film
It won't be the first collaboration between Adam Sandler and Judd Apatow — that honorable title goes to the hairdresser comedy You Don't Mess With the Zohan, which Apatow apparently wrote — but it will be the first Apatow-directed movie that Adam Sandler stars in.
Everyone's remaining tight-lipped about what, exactly, the project will be about, though so far Sandler's costars will include Apatow's wife Leslie Mann, and Seth Rogen (of course!). The Apatow machine is unstoppable, it seems.
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