Incredible Hulk - Incredible Hulk Smashes Way To Top Of Us Box Office

The Incredible Hulk has raged its way to the top of the US box office charts after its opening weekend on release.

The Louis Leterrier film, a sequel of sorts to Ang Lee's 2003 movie, took $54.5 million (£27.2 million) in only three days to claim the top spot, knocking last week's number one, Kung Fu Panda, into second.

Edward Norton stars as scientist Bruce Banner in the Marvel Studios film, on the run in Brazil some five years after the events of the first film and desperate to discover an antidote to the gamma poisoning which unleashes the beast inside.

After General Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt) tracks his adversary down, Banner is faced with the choice between ridding himself of his inner hulk and battling with the demonic Abomination, a monstrous being into which soldier Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) is transformed when he overdoses on the gamma supplement.

Dreamworks' animated comedy Kung FU Panda fell to second, despite taking $34.3 million (£17.2 million) while M Night Shyamalan's new film The Happening debuted in third with $30.5 million (£15 million).

Horror movie The Strangers continues to perform well with $4.1 million (£2 million) in its third weekend on release and the likes of You Don't Mess With the Zohan, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Sex and the City all falling two places.

The top ten films at the US box office are: (last week's position)

1 The Incredible Hulk - $54.5 [£27.2 million] (-)
2 Kung Fu Panda - $34.4 million [£17.2 million] (1)
3 The Happening - $30.5 million [£15 million] (-)
4 You Don't Mess With the Zohan - $16.4 million [£8.4 million] (2)
5 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $13.5 million [£6.9 million] (3)
6 Sex and the City - $10.2 million [£5.2 million] (4)
7 Iron Man - $5.1 million [£2.6 million] (6)
8 The Strangers - $4.1 million [£2.1 million] (5)
9 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $3 million [£1.5 million] (7)
10 What Happens in Vegas... - $1.7 million [£871,227] (8)


16/06/2008 09:01:19

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Yellowman and Fathead

   
Artist: Yellowman and Fathead

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Doctor Who - Fascinating Fact 5344

DR WHO writer RUSSELL T DAVIES has stepped down from his role as executive producer on the legendary British Sci-fi show. He will remain in charge of the BBC series until 2009.

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Ex Jackson praises K-Fed's parenting skills

Kevin Federline's former partner Shar Jackson, who has two children with him, has praised the rapper's parenting skills.
Federline is currently the primary legal guardian of his two young sons with singer Britney Spears, who has had all her visitation rights stripped by the courts.
According to People magazine, Jackson said of Federline: "You know, he can't worry about what's going on outside his household."
"That's the only way you can stay sane and stay focused. You just can't worry about the stuff that's going on outside your house. You have to just protect everybody inside your home and stay focused on that."
She praised Federline's parenting skills, saying: "I've always said he's an amazing father... it's just now people decide they want to listen. He's an awesome dude. He makes mistakes - people do that. It's part of life."

Gwyneth Paltrow - Paltrows Traumatic Haircut

GWYNETH PALTROW's new shorter haircut was an emotional transition for the star, because it involved cutting off hair she has had since before her father died.

The actress began growing her hair before film maker Bruce Paltrow died in 2002, and she has since married Coldplay rocker Chris Martin and given birth to their two children.

Paltrow tells the July issue of Harper's Bazaar, "I was very, very attached to my hair. I grew it when I was pregnant. I still had hair from when my father was alive. I made it like a talisman. And then I was ready to let go of it, and so I chopped it off and ... aaah!"

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Artist: Bireli Lagrene; Kenny Garrett; Lenny White; Marcus

   Genre(s): 
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Kate Hudson - Wilson And Hudson Fall Out

KATE HUDSON and OWEN WILSON have reportedly fallen out and sources close to the couple claim they have split on bad terms.

Eonline reports that the couple are no longer on speaking terms following an argument over OWEN flirting with other women while filming in Miami for the film MARLEY and ME.

The source said: "They haven't been getting along really for most of the time they've been back together. OWEN can be a moody guy, very up and very down. And Kate is so upbeat, it was hard for her to take."

The couple had previously split up last year but reunited in February.

OWEN WILSON was born in 1968 in Texas and has appeared in films such as MEET THE PARENTS, ZOOLANDER, THE WEDDING CRASHERS, RUSHMORE, STARSKY AND HUTCH, SHANGHAI NOON and YOU, ME and DUPREE.

KATE HUDSON is the daughter of film star GOLDIE HAWN and BILL HUDSON.



16/05/2008 16:43:19

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Kim Cattrall - Cattrall Worried She Couldnt Be Sexy At 50

Actress KIM CATTRALL dreaded returning to the set of SEX AND THE CITY for the TV show's movie adaptation - because she feared that, at 50, she wouldn't be sexy enough.

The 51-year-old actress was blamed for causing delays in the movie version of the hit TV series, reportedly demanding more money and creative control over the project.

But Cattrall admits it was, in fact, her lack of confidence as an aging Hollywood star that prevented her from immediately signing on to the project.

She needed reassurances from director Michael Patrick King before signing on to play sex siren Samantha Jones again.

She says, "I was quite nervous because it had been four years and I had turned 50. We did camera tests because all of us (cast) have aged. I worried about being sexy enough again.

"I said to Michael, `How can we do this? I want to look great and not feel self-conscious.' And he always said, `We are going to take care of you.'"

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Artist: Tranzident

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Status Quo - Parfitt Is A Father Again At 59

STATUS QUO rocker RICK PARFITT is relieved after his wife LYNDSAY safely gave birth to two healthy twins on Monday (26May08).

The couple was overjoyed when they discovered they were expecting last October (07) after undergoing IVF treatment - but just a week later Lyndsay, 47, was taken to hospital suffering from a suspected miscarriage.

But the babies survived and Lyndsay was able to carry the pregnancy to term - giving birth to the boy and girl at a hospital close to their home in Spain.

The proud parents have named the new arrivals Tommy Oswald and Lily Rose.

The guitarist, 59, already has two sons, Harry, 18, and Richard, 29, from previous marriages. The couple married in a secret ceremony in Gibraltar in August 2006.

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Bob Hope - Hopes Widow Upsets La Residents In Land Sale Deal

Legendary late comedian BOB HOPE's wife DOLORES has enraged Los Angeles' residents after selling a huge portion of land to a property developer in a sensational $1.4 billion (GBP520 million) deal.

Veteran comic actor Hope was registered as California's largest landowner following his death aged 100 in 2003 - reportedly owning nearly one million acres of land purchased throughout his lucrative career.

And now, singer Dolores, 99, has reportedly infuriated her neighbours by selling 240,000 acres of the Hope estate's land in the Tehachapi Mountains area to a wealthy property developer.

The developer intends to use the land to build low-cost housing, according to Britain's the Daily Mail newspaper.

But the move has upset local property owners, who insist any further properties in the already built-up L.A. area will ruin their views of Hollywood's infamous skyline.

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