Friday returns say Paul Blart is leading the pack this weekend raking in$9 million on it’s opening night. Don’t fear rap fans, Notorious is trailing right behind somewhere in the $8 millions. The rest, well.. It’s gonna have to take a huge Saturday/Sunday surge, and I know my money is going to Big Poppa. So […]
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Eastwood Wins With Best Box-office Weekend Ever.
78-year-old Clint Eastwood achieved his best opening weekend in his long career this weekend for a film he both stars in and directed, Gran Torino. The film brought in an estimated 24 million dollars, which beat his previous record of 18 million for Space Cowboys in 2000. Eastwood has also said this could be his […]
Settlement Deal Saves Fantasia’s Home.
Fantasia Barrino was able to reach a last minute settlement deal with those whom she owed money and was able to save her house from hitting the auction block this afternoon. After some financial troubles in 2006, Barrino had to borrow $68,000 from a management company to pay her taxes. When she stopped paying them […]
Hollywood Actors Will Feel the Pinch in 2009.
It will surely be business as usual in 2009 for people like Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, the Seth Rogen gang, and every other box office guarantee, but it won’t be the case for every actor or actress. As studios look to make cutbacks in 2009 in the form of less promotions, (except dreamworks) or less […]
New Courtney Love Album Backed by 30 Mil in Sponsorships.
Some people just have too much money to throw around! Courtney Love’s latest album, Nobody’s Daughter, was supposed to be released on January 1st, but has been pushed back until next month because of some high dollar sponsorship deals. Who knew CD’s got sponsorship deals? She tried to explain the situation on her blog, but […]
Hilary Clinton Enlists Bon Jovi to Help Pay Off Debt.
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has one more stop. A fund raiser to help her pay off the campaign debt that she was left with after being defeated by Barack Obama, who went on to become the President-elect. As of last month, Hil’s campaign debt stood at 6.3 million dollars, and in a bid to pay […]
Marley Still Rules Box Office During Slow Weekend.
Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson’s Marley & Me held the top spot at the box office again this weekend, bringing in another $24 million dollars. Bedtime Stories came in a close second bringing in 20 of it’s own. Nothing new was released this weekend, so was it a rather slow weekend at the theater??
Will Smith’s Year On Top.
Mega box office success has landed Will Smith another honor. Smith was voted the star who generated the most box office revenue for theaters in an annual survey by Quigley Publishing Co. Only the second black actor ever to be voted to this title. His superhero hit Hancock hit hard banking 248 million in box […]
Cook’s Brother Digs Himself Deeper.
Dane Cook’s brother who was arrested on charges of embezzling somewhere around $10-million from the comedian just keeps digging himself a deeper hole. Darryl McCauley is being held on a 3-million dollar bail after allegedly taking the $10-million from his brother over the past year and a half. McCauley was making $150,000 a year handling […]
This is Seriously Bad!
Viacom, who ultimately bring us so much more television goodness than we imagine when looking at the grand scheme of things is trying to find a way to make some more money during these hard economic times, and it could involve some sort of a strike against Time Warner Cable. I personally would strike Time […]
