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Box Office Breakdown: Social Network Liked by Audiences
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Horror, Independent, Remakes, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Box Office, Lists,
Theatergoers took time away from their personal Facebook accounts this weekend to enjoy some actual entertainment this weekend.
The Social Network—David Fincher’s film about the creation of that social media site—raised enough friends over the last three days to land the biopic in first place. Network’s $22.4 million outing also gave screenwriter Aaron Sorkin his best opening to date.
Case 39’s long-awaited debut barely went noticed. The Renee Zellweger/Bradley Cooper movie, which had been waiting for a release date for over two years, was produced for an estimated $27 million. Unfortunately, it only earned back $5.4 million of that from domestic audiences.
Meanwhile, Let Me In also struggled to find a warm welcome. The vampire thriller – a remake of Sweden’s Let the Right One In—took in only $5.1 million, enough for an 8th place finish.
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Justin Timberlake: No Current Musical Plans
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Artist News, Pop,
“Does a painter make a painting because he has to make it by December 21st?” Justin Timberlake questioned in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. “No, he doesn’t. It happens when it pours out of him. That’s how music is for me.”
“I never stop making music,” he was quick to add … but the rest of his comments weren’t exactly filled with promise. “I don’t know what else to tell you, expect that I just don’t know [in] what capacity I want to be involved anymore.”
But somehow, we think Timberlake will be just fine. His recent film success shows that Justin may be on the brink of a new, successful movie career. “I grew up in a generation that was like, ‘why not do everything?’” he explained.
Currently, and perhaps ironically, a Facebook campaign has been started which encourages support for Timberlake to receive an Oscar for his performance in The Social Network, a film depicting the messy and controversial origins of Facebook.
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Facebook Movie Could Damage Zuckerberg’s Image
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Sony, Biopics, Drama, New Releases, Videos,
The Social Network, the much-hyped movie depicting the origins of Facebook, does not paint a very flattering portrait of company founder Mark Zuckerberg. The former Harvard student is the world’s youngest billionaire and already wildly successful though he’s several years shy of his 30th birthday. But his story, as presented in the movie, is hardly the stuff of American dreams.
Facebook execs attempted to get some parts of the film changed…but it didn’t work. Now, the famous social networking site (and it’s low-profile founder Zuckerberg) is preparing for the unflattering film to be a big hit with moviegoers (which seems, considering the cast and the huge promotional budget, a foregone conclusion).
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Celebrity Chatter: New Romance for Liam Neeson, Possible Wedding for Prince William
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Movies, Music, Television, Dating, Engagements,
-It appears Liam Neeson is rebounding from the 2009 death of his wife Natasha Richardson. The actor was recently spotted holding hands with 36-year-old businesswoman Freya St. Johnston.
-If you’re a diva with only one name, it could be hard to find potential dates. That may be why Cher has reportedly turned to Facebook - yes, Facebook - to meet new men.
-Could Prince William finally be ready to tie the knot? According to a report, a royal affair will soon be planned for William and longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton. The two 28-year-olds will supposedly wed next July. An official engagement announcement is expected this fall.
-Is Jennifer Aniston dating her best friend’s boyfriend? The actress was caught out on a dinner date with Josh Hopkins, Courteney Cox’s love interest on Cougar Town. Aniston will appear on the comedy on September 22.
Colbert Nation Pushes for Truthiness Rally
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Comedy, Late Night, Talk Shows, Cable, Gossip, Video,
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The Colbert nation has spoken…will the Comedy Central host answer?
Comedy Central fans have organized their own campaign to prod Stephen Colbert into hosting a “Restoring Truthiness” rally in response to Glenn Beck’s recent “Restoring Honor” rally, which was strongly backed by the GOP.
The idea seems to have sprung from a post on Reddit, and everything has snowballed since. A Facebook page and website have now been created for the rally, which has been given an October 10, 2010 date. A locale for the rally has also been named: Washington, D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial, where Beck held his event. Fund-raising and merchandising will help fund the rally. Any remaining monies will be donated to the charity of Colbert’s choice.
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Singer Commits Suicide at Belgian Music Festival
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Music Videos, Electronic, Pop,
For the second time in less than a week, a tragic suicide has overshadowed a musical event.
On Thursday night, a concertgoer fell onto the stage during a Swell Season concert in California. One day later, it was a band’s lead singer who jumped to his death.
Charles Haddon, the frontman for Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, was pronounced dead Friday night after a performance with his British group in Hasselt, Belgium. The 22-year-old, who had climbed a telecommunications mast, jumped and fell onto the backstage parking lot at the Pukkelpop festival.
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Man Commits Suicide During Swell Season Concert
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Concerts / Tours, Videos, Alternative,
UPDATE: The group has offered to pay for group counseling sessions to help those who witnessed the suicide.
Fans attending a Swell Season concert Thursday night in Saratoga, CA left stunned by what they saw.
A man who had climbed onto a roof behind the stage jumped to his death before the crowd. The victim, later identified as 32-year-old from San Jose, fell approximately three stories onto a speaker. He reportedly landed within feet of singer Glen Hansard. (The video above was shot after the event.)
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Courtney Love Twitter-Scolds Daughter Frances Bean
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Child Stars, Rants, Rivalries,
Rocker Courtney Love is best-known, these days, for ranting via social media, Twitter and Facebook most often. Love released a new rant directed toward her daughter Frances Bean Cobain on Thursday, just one day after Frances’ eighteenth birthday.
The various posts (and there are several) accuse Frances of destroying Courtney’s life. One reads: “youve done a damned good job frances of destroying anything i could build.” Another: “Why would you leave me and my life in tatters like this.”
Moment later, Love abruptly changed tactics with this: “I long for your kiss and your sweet head smell, I long for youm I ache for youm I die for you every day.”
Courtney Love lost guardianship of Frances less than one year ago. The two have been engaged in public warfare ever since. France Bean Cobain is the only daughter of Courtney Love and the late music icon Kurt Cobain.
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How to disable Facebook Places
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Social Media,
So Facebook just launched Facebook Places, a feature that lets you check-in to local spots, and even lets others check you into those spots without your knowledge or approval by default. We figured some wouldn’t appreciate that, and would want to opt-out of some or all of the Facebook Places functionality, and we wanted to fill you in on just how to do it.
First, log in to Facebook and choose Privacy Settings from the Account menu at the top right. Click on Customize to get to where we need to go. The first area we want to check is called “Things I Share.” One of the categories is “Places I check in” - this is set to be visible to all your friends by default, and you can make that more or less restrictive in this area. Right below it is an option titled “Include me in ‘People Here Now’ after I check in” which is also on by default. This lets anyone know you are at a location if they are also there, or nearby.
The last option is the one that lets others check you in against your will, and it’s enabled by default. Scroll down to the “Things Others Share” area, and you’ll see a Enable/Disable toggle for “Friends can check me in to Places.” If you don’t want others associating you with a location, you can turn that off here.
There you have it! We’re sure Places is going to be huge for Facebook, and that a lot of people will be joining in on the fun, but we also know there are a bunch of you that would rather not be involved, so we wanted to let you know how to shut it off.
Facebook 3.2 for iPhone brings Places location check-in, background uploading
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Social Networking, App Updates, Free Apps,
We all knew it was coming, but Facebook has finally released their location check-in methodology with the release of their Facebook for iPhone 3.2 app. The new ‘Places’ feature let’s you check-in Foursquare/Gowalla-style into venues that are around you. You can also track the locations of your friends as well, to see what others in your social graph are up to. One seemingly annoying feature is that Places even allows you to check other people in with you, and that is on for every account by default. Of course, you can manually turn that feature off, but shouldn’t that be the default option?
Also new in 3.2 for phones running iOS 4 is background uploading of photo and video content, so you can start an upload and jump out of the app to something else while things continue. All iOS version also pick up new in-app privacy management features as well.
We’ve been trying to test out all the new hotness, but just about every area we go into on the new app results in some sort of error message. We’ll keep trying.
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