THE DARK KNIGHT Shatters Multiple Opening Weekend Records

Source: Associated Press, CNN

It’s a little premature to add Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and a Best Supporting Actor for HEATH LEDGER but the following ‘bests’ have now been confirmed for THE DARK KNIGHT:

Opening Day and One Day Box Office record: 66.4 million
Best debut in IMAX large-screen theaters: $6.2 million
Best Midnight Screenings: $18.5 million
Opening weekend record: $155.3

beating previous records:

Opening Day and One Day Box Office record: $59.8 (SPIDER-MAN 3)
Best debut in IMAX large-screen theaters: $4.7 million (SPIDER-MAN 3)
Best Midnight Screenings: $16.9 million (Star Wars: Episode III: REVENGE OF THE SITH)
Opening weekend record: $151.1 (SPIDER-MAN 3)

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“GRAND THEFT AUTO” Sales Top $500 Milion In First Week

Source: Reuters, Yahoo

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (TTWO.O) scored over $500 million in global sales of its criminal action game “Grand Theft Auto 4″ in its first week, making it one of the most lucrative entertainment launches in history.

Read more HERE.

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Bad News For Fans of JERICHO: Show CANCELLED Again, This Time For Good

Source: Coming Soon
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=43213

In disappointing news this Easter weekend one of the only shows I bother to watch has been cancelled.

CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said on Friday that “Jericho” will not be returning for a third season.

“The March 25th episode of Jericho will be the series finale,” said Tassler.

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So I guess it’s up to the final season of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA to keep me entertained in between studio sessions.

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AMY FISHER Talks Sex Tape

Source: Associated Press

Amy Fisher, husband promote sex tape
Amy Fisher’s husband had sold sex tape to video co. when divorcing
Pair reconciled, now Fisher and husband decided to capitalize instead of fight
Fisher best known as “Long Island Lolita,” was teen who shot wife of lover

NEW YORK (AP) — Former “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher is joining her husband in trying to market a sex tape, saying, “I always wanted to be No. 1 at something, but I didn’t think it would be something like this.”

Fisher said her husband, Louis Bellera, sold the sex tape to Red Light District video of Los Angeles in August when he and Fisher were divorcing. They have since reconciled, and Fisher said she took a six-figure payout rather than fight to have the video pulled from the Internet.

As a teenager, Fisher was sent to prison for seven years for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her former lover, Joey Buttafuoco. Buttafuoco, twice her age, served time for statutory rape for having sex with a 16-year-old.

Fisher, 33, has written two books and worked as a columnist for the Long Island Press. More recently, she has appeared as a celebrity guest at various clubs.

She admits explaining what she does and why she is famous will be hard to do when her 6-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter get older.

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