'Dark Knight' falls to No. 2
Universal's "Mamma Mia!" grabbed the No. 1 spot on the overseas circuit for the first time, grossing an estimated $15 million during the weekend from 3,493 screens in 39 markets to best Warner Bros.' "The Dark Knight" by about $3.2 million.
The surprise smash musical adaptation of the stage hit opened at No. 1 in Portugal with an estimated $804,000 from 65 sites for a per-screen median of $12,369. In Korea, it premiered at No. 2 (after the local-language "Divine Weapon") with an estimated $5.5 million from 370 screens. In both markets the film registered the biggest opening earthy ever for a melodious title.
With an international porcine of $280.1 zillion, "Mamma Mia!" has eclipsed Disney's "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" -- which has accumulated $275.1 one thousand thousand overseas and $416.1 million worldwide -- to become 2008's fifth-biggest boxoffice hit overseas. It has 16 markets to play and opens this weekend in France, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong and India.
Warners' latest Batman installment, which had been No. 1 for three serial frames and four boilersuit, compiled an estimated $11.8 1000000 on the weekend from more than 5,C screens in 62 markets. "Dark Knight's" take is $437.2 million internationally and $949.4 million worldwide.
The weekend's No. 2 domestic rubric, DreamWorks/Paramount's "Tropic Thunder," grossed an estimated $2.6 million from 832 screens in 16 markets, good for an overseas cume of $18 million and a world-wide total of $114.8 million. Playing in quaternity markets, Sony's "Step Brothers," a clowning starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, finished at No. 4 in the U.K. and tallied $2.4 million boilers suit from 550 screens in four markets for an early overseas cume of $7.6 million.
In the U.K., "RocknRolla," a criminal offence drama that recently played the Telluride and Toronto film festivals, opened in the U.K. to an estimated $2.9 zillion from 362 screens. Warners projects the Guy Ritchie film to finish No. 1 on the weekend in the U.K.
Universal's "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" pushed its overseas cume to $255.4 million thanks to a $11.6 gazillion weekend from 5,265 screens in 56 territories, finishing at No. 3 overall. China was the big driver as the film, leading Beijing-born Jet Li, john Drew $7.9 million in its opening there from 1,158 screens, sufficiency for a No. 1 market rank. The title is Universal's biggest opening ever in China.
With a strong Germany opening ($3.2 one thousand thousand from 446 sites), Universal's "Wanted" landed in the fourth spot and exaggerated its international cume to $146.8 million. Its full weekend tally was $6.5 million from 1,802 situations in 32 markets. At No. 5 was DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's "Kung Fu Panda," which collected $6.3 million from 2,922 screens in 64 territories to hoist its international gross to $397 million.
Pixar/Disney's animated "WALL-E" registered No. 1 openings in Sweden and Finland and $6.2 million overall from 3,375 situations in 36 markets. It has grossed $402.5 million so far
Monday, 8 September 2008
Friday, 29 August 2008
Ross Sued Over Child Support
The mother of rapper RICK ROSS' son is suing him over claims he does not pay child support.
Tiallondra Nicole Kemp claims Ross has not offered financial support to recruit their logos, two-year-old William Leonard Roberts, III.
Kemp has besides asked a Florida court of justice to order Ross to take a paternity test to establish he is the father's child. Kemp believes the results of the test will facilitate establish her case.
Kemp requests alimony payments under the Florida Child Support Guidelines and wants shared responsibility over the child.
But Ross' attorney Allan Zamren insists the star is a model forefather.
He tells TMZ.com, "(Ross) is an excellent person and an outstanding appendage in his community. I've known him for quite some clock time and it's a pleasure to stage him."
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Saturday, 9 August 2008
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
David Beckham - Beckham Nursing Basketball Injury
DAVID BECKHAM is nursing an embarrassing injury - after his efforts to become a better basketball player backfired.
The soccer stud-turned-model and his eldest two sons have become big fans of the Los Angeles Lakers as the basketball team fight for the NBA title in America.
And Beckham has even become close friends with Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.
But his efforts to dunk it like Bryant have left him with a nasty cut on his nose.
He explains, "I was playing basketball with my eldest son (and he) threw the ball at the net and it bounced off the ring and smacked me in the face."
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008
David Spade: Girls Date Me Because I'm Normal
David Spade has romanced some of Hollywood's most beautiful ladies, including Lara Flynn Boyle, Teri Hatcher, Carmen Electra and Heather Locklear. On Labor Day, he's expecting his first child with ex-girlfriend, March 2005 Playmate of the Month Jillian Grace. So what is the secret to his Rules of Engagement?
Normalcy.
"Everyone is so weird in L.A. that if you�re somewhat normal, it�s exotic," he tells OK!. "That has been the only reason some girls have dated me."
However, normalcy only flies in the surreal stratosphere of Hollywood. Away from the glitz and glam, David doesn't think he'd be such a ladies' man.
"That goes a long way in a crazy town like L.A. If I moved to the Midwest, it wouldn�t work," he says. "If you live in a place where everyone�s cuckoo, that stuff somehow pays off."
While he has dated a bevy of leading women, David has yet to tie the knot. He isn't against it, though, but rather just waiting for marriage to "catch me off guard."
"I don�t want to do it unless I can get it right," he says. I take it seriously. Everyone has about a two-year run [at marriage], and I think that�s the max. If you asked me, 'Could you be married for two years?' I�d say, 'Yeah, probably.' That�s how most people in L.A. go into marriage. I don�t think anyone mentions to them that marriage is supposed to be your life, like, [for] 50 years."
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Patrick O'hearn
Artist: Patrick O'hearn
Genre(s):
Ambient
Electronic
Soundtrack
Discography:
Slow Time
Year: 2005
Tracks: 8
Beautiful World
Year: 2003
Tracks: 7
So Flows The Current
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Indigo
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
Alien Cargo
Year: 1999
Tracks: 20
A Windham Hill Essential
Year: 1997
Tracks: 13
Crying Freeman
Year: 1996
Tracks: 19
Trust
Year: 1995
Tracks: 8
White Sands
Year: 1992
Tracks: 15
The Private Music Of
Year: 1992
Tracks: 14
Mix Up
Year: 1990
Tracks: 8
Eldorado
Year: 1989
Tracks: 10
Rivers Gonna Rise
Year: 1988
Tracks: 10
Between Two Worlds
Year: 1987
Tracks: 10
Ancient Dreams
Year: 1985
Tracks: 7
Could The Simpsons' days be numbered?
Friday, 13 June 2008
2001's writer Arthur C Clarke dies
The science fiction writer, Arthur C Clarke, has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
He was the author of more than 100 books, including '2001: A Space Odyssey', which provided the basis for the film by Stanley Kubrick.
Arthur C Clarke was born in 1917 in Somerset and during the Second World War served with the RAF, working on the first radar talk-down equipment during its testing.
His non-fiction book 'Glide Path' was based on his RAF work.
After the war Arthur C Clarke worked with scientists in the US on spacecraft development and launch systems.
He was one of the key figures in the evolution of satellite communication.
He was known to TV audiences worldwide for his series 'Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World' and 'Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers'.
He had lived in Sri Lanka for over 50 years and was knighted in 1988.
He was the author of more than 100 books, including '2001: A Space Odyssey', which provided the basis for the film by Stanley Kubrick.
Arthur C Clarke was born in 1917 in Somerset and during the Second World War served with the RAF, working on the first radar talk-down equipment during its testing.
His non-fiction book 'Glide Path' was based on his RAF work.
After the war Arthur C Clarke worked with scientists in the US on spacecraft development and launch systems.
He was one of the key figures in the evolution of satellite communication.
He was known to TV audiences worldwide for his series 'Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World' and 'Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers'.
He had lived in Sri Lanka for over 50 years and was knighted in 1988.
Natalie Portman - Portman Regrets Big Screen Sex Scene
Actress NATALIE PORTMAN hates a sex scene she filmed for movie HOTEL CHEVALIER - because critics and reviewers focused on her nudity and not the film itself.
The star recorded the scene last year (07), and admits she regrets stripping off on the big screen as her picture ended up on pornographic websites.
She says, "It's not that I regret the film, but it really depressed me that half of every review on the film was about the nudity. It made me think I shouldn't have done it.
"I'm not prudish about nudity. I think it's beautiful in films, and sex is such a big part of life. My issue is that I feel it takes something away from what you're doing when the focus is put on the wrong thing. My picture ended up on porn sites, and that's the dilemma."
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Qloud Launches My Music Application on MySpace
Qloud's My Music Brings Music from an Endless Library to the World's
Largest Social Network
WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Qloud, (http://www.qloud.com), the
revolutionary ad-supported music service that delivers users online music
from an endless library, today announced that it launched its My Music
Application on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/music_app), the world's most
popular social network. Qloud's My Music application enables MySpace users
to import and play entire songs and videos from their complete iTunes
library on their MySpace profile for free. It also allows users to see and
play the iTunes libraries of their friends, view and exchange playlists
with their friends, browse and play the most popular songs among their
friends and social groups, and add songs to their own online libraries.
Empowered by MySpace's newly announced Developer Platform
(http://developer.myspace.com), Qloud was able to easily build, test, and
ultimately deploy My Music.
One of the most popular music applications, the My Music application
allows users to enjoy a personal library within MySpace while showcasing
their favorite songs and artists on their profile. Using the iTunes plugin,
users can import their entire iTunes library into MySpace and set their
display as either a custom list of favorites, their recently played songs
or most played songs from iTunes. My Music also automatically creates a
personal starter library for users as soon as they install the application
based on the artists they have listed on their profile. In addition, the
application connects users to their friends' music and allows them to view
each friend's library, as well as view charts of the top tracks played by
all their friends.
For those who don't use iTunes, the My Music application has its own
library of over 6 million songs that users can search, listen, and then add
to their own library, playlists and favorite lists -- all from inside the
application.
MySpace first introduced their Developer Platform site on February 5,
2008 beginning a one month application development period allowing
companies including Qloud, time to build and test their applications in a
secure environment before going live to the MySpace community.
On March 13, 2008, MySpace launched the public beta of the Application
Gallery (http://apps.myspace.com), enabling broader testing of approved
applications by allowing public installation. MySpace members can now
discover and add new applications from a variety of categories, including
My Music, to both their home and profile pages.
"Bringing My Music to MySpace will allow a new group of users to
discover and play an unlimited amount of tracks," said Mike Lewis,
co-founder of Qloud. "People, especially MySpace users, want to find even
more music whether it's from bands they're already familiar with or from
their MySpace friends. This application allows these users to share songs,
tell others about their favorite tracks and artists, and find music."
As with all MySpace Developer Platform applications, My Music will be
able to safely access publicly available profile information including a
user's friend list, interests, photos & albums, video, as well as status &
mood. My Music will have real estate in five places within MySpace
including:
-- A MySpace application profile (users can "friend" the apps)
-- Access to embed applications on the user homepage (inward facing -- for
you to see)
-- Access to embed applications on profiles (outward facing widget -- for
friends to see)
-- An application gallery listing
-- A canvas page
"Openness has always been critical to MySpace's success, and My Music
perfectly exemplifies the kind of unique and engaging applications we are
seeking for the MySpace Developer Platform," said Kyle Brinkman, vice
president and general manager, MySpace Developer Platform. "We are
committed to not only enriching our user experience with high caliber
applications, but aiming to create real businesses for developers."
For more information about the MySpace Developer Platform, please visit
http://developer.myspace.com.
About Qloud
Qloud delivers free, on-demand music through social networks,
leveraging an iTunes plug-in to connect a user and their music to others in
the social network. In addition to MySpace, Qloud currently has
applications available on Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, and Friendster. The
company's investors and directors include Revolution Chairman and CEO Steve
Case and former AOL, Yahoo!, Warner Music Group, EMI Music, and Island
Records music executives. For more information visit http://www.qloud.com.
About MySpace
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle
portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making
a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant
messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries,
classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member
forums, MySpace has created a connected community. As the first ranked web
domain in terms of page views (*), MySpace is the most widely-used and
highly regarded site of its kind and is committed to providing the highest
quality member experience. MySpace will continue to innovate with new
features that allow its members to express their creativity and share their
lives, both online and off. MySpace's international network includes
localized community sites in the United States, France, Germany, Australia,
Ireland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Latin America, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Brazil
and the United Kingdom. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp.
(NYSE: NWS) (NYSE: NWS.A) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV).
(*) Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, December 2007.
For more information on comScore Networks, please go to
http://www.comscore.com.
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Largest Social Network
WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Qloud, (http://www.qloud.com), the
revolutionary ad-supported music service that delivers users online music
from an endless library, today announced that it launched its My Music
Application on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/music_app), the world's most
popular social network. Qloud's My Music application enables MySpace users
to import and play entire songs and videos from their complete iTunes
library on their MySpace profile for free. It also allows users to see and
play the iTunes libraries of their friends, view and exchange playlists
with their friends, browse and play the most popular songs among their
friends and social groups, and add songs to their own online libraries.
Empowered by MySpace's newly announced Developer Platform
(http://developer.myspace.com), Qloud was able to easily build, test, and
ultimately deploy My Music.
One of the most popular music applications, the My Music application
allows users to enjoy a personal library within MySpace while showcasing
their favorite songs and artists on their profile. Using the iTunes plugin,
users can import their entire iTunes library into MySpace and set their
display as either a custom list of favorites, their recently played songs
or most played songs from iTunes. My Music also automatically creates a
personal starter library for users as soon as they install the application
based on the artists they have listed on their profile. In addition, the
application connects users to their friends' music and allows them to view
each friend's library, as well as view charts of the top tracks played by
all their friends.
For those who don't use iTunes, the My Music application has its own
library of over 6 million songs that users can search, listen, and then add
to their own library, playlists and favorite lists -- all from inside the
application.
MySpace first introduced their Developer Platform site on February 5,
2008 beginning a one month application development period allowing
companies including Qloud, time to build and test their applications in a
secure environment before going live to the MySpace community.
On March 13, 2008, MySpace launched the public beta of the Application
Gallery (http://apps.myspace.com), enabling broader testing of approved
applications by allowing public installation. MySpace members can now
discover and add new applications from a variety of categories, including
My Music, to both their home and profile pages.
"Bringing My Music to MySpace will allow a new group of users to
discover and play an unlimited amount of tracks," said Mike Lewis,
co-founder of Qloud. "People, especially MySpace users, want to find even
more music whether it's from bands they're already familiar with or from
their MySpace friends. This application allows these users to share songs,
tell others about their favorite tracks and artists, and find music."
As with all MySpace Developer Platform applications, My Music will be
able to safely access publicly available profile information including a
user's friend list, interests, photos & albums, video, as well as status &
mood. My Music will have real estate in five places within MySpace
including:
-- A MySpace application profile (users can "friend" the apps)
-- Access to embed applications on the user homepage (inward facing -- for
you to see)
-- Access to embed applications on profiles (outward facing widget -- for
friends to see)
-- An application gallery listing
-- A canvas page
"Openness has always been critical to MySpace's success, and My Music
perfectly exemplifies the kind of unique and engaging applications we are
seeking for the MySpace Developer Platform," said Kyle Brinkman, vice
president and general manager, MySpace Developer Platform. "We are
committed to not only enriching our user experience with high caliber
applications, but aiming to create real businesses for developers."
For more information about the MySpace Developer Platform, please visit
http://developer.myspace.com.
About Qloud
Qloud delivers free, on-demand music through social networks,
leveraging an iTunes plug-in to connect a user and their music to others in
the social network. In addition to MySpace, Qloud currently has
applications available on Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, and Friendster. The
company's investors and directors include Revolution Chairman and CEO Steve
Case and former AOL, Yahoo!, Warner Music Group, EMI Music, and Island
Records music executives. For more information visit http://www.qloud.com.
About MySpace
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle
portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making
a positive impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant
messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries,
classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member
forums, MySpace has created a connected community. As the first ranked web
domain in terms of page views (*), MySpace is the most widely-used and
highly regarded site of its kind and is committed to providing the highest
quality member experience. MySpace will continue to innovate with new
features that allow its members to express their creativity and share their
lives, both online and off. MySpace's international network includes
localized community sites in the United States, France, Germany, Australia,
Ireland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Latin America, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Brazil
and the United Kingdom. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp.
(NYSE: NWS) (NYSE: NWS.A) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV).
(*) Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, December 2007.
For more information on comScore Networks, please go to
http://www.comscore.com.
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Britney Spears Cut From Pussycat Dolls Video
Britney Spears’ comeback to pop has been dealt with a hurtful blow – Her cameo in the new Pussycat Dolls video has been cut from the final edit!
The pop wreck filmed a clip for the Pussycat Dolls' music video in which she returns to her natural blonde locks.
Spears filmed the segment in a car in Los Angeles last week, and a source tells Usmagazine of her appearance: "They all wave at each other as they are passing in traffic - that is it. Of course, Britney looks hot and blonde.
"It is a very short sequence, but (Spears) had a lot of fun with it. Britney really likes the Dolls' music and when she saw them on the MTV (Movie Awards), she was totally down to do the video."
But the cameo has now been shelved for good for reasons as yet unknown, reports MTV. Maybe the burlesque group were worried about being overshadowed by the Toxic singer?
The pop wreck filmed a clip for the Pussycat Dolls' music video in which she returns to her natural blonde locks.
Spears filmed the segment in a car in Los Angeles last week, and a source tells Usmagazine of her appearance: "They all wave at each other as they are passing in traffic - that is it. Of course, Britney looks hot and blonde.
"It is a very short sequence, but (Spears) had a lot of fun with it. Britney really likes the Dolls' music and when she saw them on the MTV (Movie Awards), she was totally down to do the video."
But the cameo has now been shelved for good for reasons as yet unknown, reports MTV. Maybe the burlesque group were worried about being overshadowed by the Toxic singer?
The Autobots Factor-E and Knick
Artist: The Autobots Factor-E and Knick
Genre(s):
Breakbeat
Discography:
Bounce Dem Vinyl
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Today's SIFF schedule
Report: Norton Refuses To Promote Hulk
Edward Norton has declined to participate in the publicity campaign for The Incredible Hulk, in which he stars in the title role, according to FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman. Friedman reported today (Friday) that Norton "has slipped off to a desert island rather than do publicity" after falling out with Marvel and Universal . (Today's Los Angeles Times, observing that Norton has "a history of flexing his muscles," has "embarked on a monthlong African vacation." Friedman did not indicate what triggered the alleged dispute between the actor and the studios, but earlier reports had suggested that Norton, who receives credit as a co-writer of the movie, was unhappy about the studios' final cut.
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Calyx and Kontrol
Artist: Calyx and Kontrol
Genre(s):
Drum & Bass
Discography:
Set Me Free / Drums Take Control
Year: 2006
Tracks: 2
McFerrin, Bobby and Chick Corea
Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
Following the back-to-the-beginning sound of 2006's '12 Songs', the question was whether Neil Diamond's collaboration with producer Rick Rubin would be a one-off; two years later they're together again and sounding like they'll be that way for a few years yet.
The set-up remains the same: no big arrangements, just low-key, acoustic songs with Diamond wandering through relationships failed and fulfilled - making the same connection with the listener from either.
If you enjoyed '12 Songs' there'll be nothing here you won't. Opener 'If I Don't See You Again' is the album's masterpiece, and an instant one at that - others take longer to appreciate.
Throughout Diamond sounds like one of those rare-getting-rarer talents for whom age should hold neither fear nor embarrassment. And at its best 'Home Before Dark' recalls the words of Browning: "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be."
Harry Guerin
The set-up remains the same: no big arrangements, just low-key, acoustic songs with Diamond wandering through relationships failed and fulfilled - making the same connection with the listener from either.
If you enjoyed '12 Songs' there'll be nothing here you won't. Opener 'If I Don't See You Again' is the album's masterpiece, and an instant one at that - others take longer to appreciate.
Throughout Diamond sounds like one of those rare-getting-rarer talents for whom age should hold neither fear nor embarrassment. And at its best 'Home Before Dark' recalls the words of Browning: "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be."
Harry Guerin
Kanye West
Kanye West brought his Glow in the Dark spectacle in support of his "Graduation" album back to Los Angeles with a clear intention of making damn sure that he is the best. Full review
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