September 8, 2008

If there was any doubt the summer movie season has come to a close, this weekend proved it. Nicolas Cage’s new flick Bangkok Dangerous was the top-grossing movie in the slowest box office weekend in nearly seven years.
Here's a rundown of the complete Top 10:

1. Bangkok Dangerous, $7.8 million
2. Tropic Thunder, $7.5 million
3. The House Bunny, $5.9 million
4. The Dark Knight, $5.7 million
5. Traitor, $4.7 million
6. Babylon A.D., $4 million
7. Death Race, $3.6 million
8. Disaster Movie, $3.3 million
9. Mamma Mia, $2.7 million
10. Pineapple Express, $2.4 million

Former Diff’rent Strokes star Gary Cloeman is back in the news/police blotter. Why? Just a small matter of car versus human. Gary reportedly ran into a man outside a bowling alley because he was angry at the guy for taking pictures of him. Police say the matter is under investigation but neither man was cited for anything. But wait, Gary Coleman went bowling? Was he the ball?...

Even in a tough economy, you’ll open your wallet to give to a great cause. Organizers say Friday night’s historic star-studded Stand Up To Cancer helped push donations past $100 million. The money will go directly to funding research programs that will help defeat cancer.

What is wrong with the world when Britney Spears wins 3 Moonmen at the MTV Video Music Awards?!

Tobey Maguire is caught in a web of rumors online. Over the weekend a Hollywood insider recently told me Tobey and Spider-Man director Sam Rami are very close to signing on for Spider-Man 4 and 5 - but today another source says that kind of speculation is premature. Hey I don’t care, as long as they eventually make it happen, and it’s better than Spider-Man 3…

STAR Artist David Cook is on the season premiere of Oprah today where he’ll perform "Time of My Life" and he announced today his highly anticipated new album will hit stores November 18th.

Briefly:
STAR Artist KT Tunstall finally tied the knot with her drummer on Saturday in Scotland.

STAR Artist OneRepublic has announced their very first nationwide headlining tour. They’ll come as close as Carthage College in Kenosha on November 2nd.

Rumor has it STAR Artist Ashlee Simpson is pregnant. Oh we already know she is. Rumor has it she’s pregnant with twins!