Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Tom Cruise: When Will He See Suri Again?
Although the divorce settlement between Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise is confidential, theories into what it reportedly entails—mainly when it comes to custody of Suri Cruise—are out in the wild.
So, if Holmes really does have primary custody, when will the actor see his daughter again?
As soon as this weekend, he hopes.
A source very close to Cruise tells E! News exclusively that the actor's hope is to make arrangements to see his 6-year-old daughter as soon as he wraps shooting near Mammoth Lakes, Calif., which could be as early as this weekend.
"As soon as he is done shooting he will arrange to see Suri. If he wasn't shooting up in the mountains, I am sure he already would be with her," the source tells us, however won't specify where Tom plans to meet up with his little girl, and adds, "There will be no photo op."
As far as that top secret divorce settlement, E! News has confirmed insights regarding custody of Suri.
The source, who has knowledge of the custody agreement, says that Tom and Katie's arrangement for visitation is "flexible" and "all set out" in the settlement.
Acknowledging that Katie will have primary physical custody of Suri, the insider adds, "His plan is to see Suri very, very often. He loves her dearly and is a normal parent."Monday, 9 July 2012
Amazing Spider-Man Reboots Bigger Than Batman; Where Did John Travolta's and Katy Perry's New Movies Rank?
The Amazing Spider-Man added a $65 million Friday-Sunday haul to its mid-week launch for an estimated six-day total of $140 million, miles bigger than the starts of rebooted superhero franchises starring the Hulk, Superman and the Caped Crusader.
Elsewhere, John Travolta's Savages scored a respectable debut, while the Katy Perry concert film, Part of Me, did OK, too, even as it made the Jonas Brothers look retroactively huge.
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In its first six days in release, Superman Returns grossed $119.8 million. The six-day takes of other reboots: 2005's Batman Begins got started with $79.5 million; 2008's The Incredible Hulk came up with $70.7 million.
Even when those totals are adjusted for inflation, only Superman Returns stands above The Amazing Spider-Man—its gross comes up to about $145 million.
Superman Returns as well as Batman Begins are good lessons in reboots: It's not necessarily how you start, it's how you finish. Superman Returns faded fast,with its hero requiring yet another reboot; Batman Begins hung around, as did Bale.
Maybe the most encouraging opening-weekend stat for The Amazing Spider-Man is that people didn't just buy tickets, they liked the movie, grading it an A-minus in exit polling.
Overseas, the film, which opened in some parts of the world last weekend, came away with another $129.1 million, and upped the $220 million production's worldwide total to $341.2 million.
(And for those wondering, no, The Amazing Spider-Man's opening frame did not match any posted by any film from the franchise's Tobey Maguire era.)
Elsewhere, Savages grossed $16.2 million off a summer-cheap $45 million budget.
The performance was a step up for Travolta from his last film, From Paris With Love. It also represented John Carter and Battleship star Taylor Kitsch's best budget-to-opening weekend ratio of the year. Paying customers, however, were cool to Savages, assigning the Oliver Stone drug drama only a C-plus.
Perry's Part of Me, which opened last Thursday, scored a $7.2 million weekend, and pushed its domestic take to $10.3 million. The numbers are pretty good considering the film reputedly only cost $12 million, but they're also a pretty pedestrian return considering the recent history of concert movies.
Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana vehicle, which, with the help of 3-D ticket prices, kicked the genre up a notch in 2008, bowed with $31 million. Big concert films by Justin Bieber ($29.5 million) and Michael Jackson ($23.2 million) followed. The Jonas Brothers, meanwhile, took heat in 2009 for not selling tickets like Cyrus, even as they bowed with $12.5 million.
Even on the low end of the scale, Part of Me is an upgrade over last summer's 3-D concert entry from Glee, which opened with $6 million.
Other highlights from the box-office weekend:
• Last weekend's champ, Ted, held very well, even as Spider-Man bounced it to No. 2. After two weekends, the comedy is at $120.2 million domestically.
• Magic Mike got stripped, with ticket sales dropping 60 percent from last weekend, but retained an attractive bottom line: The Channing Tatum film has taken in $72.8 million domestically off a $7 million budget.
• The Avengers, which staved off eviction from the Top 10 last weekend, looks like it'll really, truly get the boot this time out. The epic blockbuster did pick up another $2.2 million, and raised its domestic total to $611.1 million.
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Prometheus and Snow White and the Huntsman also fell from the standings. Of those, Snow White hung around the longest (five weeks), and made the biggest impression, grossing $150 million domestically so far. All told, the $170 million film is at $339 million worldwide, per BoxOfficeMojo.com.
Friday, 6 July 2012
. You Forget 90% of your Dreams
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
Thursday, 5 July 2012
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber recently graduated high school, but the 18-year-old still has a lot of growing up to do.
In a recent interview with a morning radio show, "Mojo in the Morning," Justin Bieber quickly became agitated when radio host Mojo commented on his similarities with former popstar Justin Timberlake.
“I hope you take this as a compliment,” said Mojo. “When I first got played the song by your record people, and this was months and months before it came out, they said 'Take a listen to this and tell me if you can tell me who this is.' I thought it was Justin Timberlake."
"When I heard 'Boyfriend' for the very first time,” he continued. “I thought it was Justin Timberlake's single.”
Unfortunately, Bieber didn't take it as a compliment. “Man, that’s crazy because our voices sound nothing alike," he said. "I mean, I'm not trying to sound like anyone. Saying I sound like someone else is not really a compliment. ... I think if you were to say 'I heard some Justin Timberlake-esque things in your sound,' I would take that as a compliment."
That represents change in Bieber's message. The singer admitted in May that he was "definitely" influenced by Timberlake on "Boyfriend."
"[Timberlake] was young, and he did it, and he was really amazing and had such amazing music," Bieber told MTV's Sway Calloway. "I can't say that I would be upset when someone compares me to him."
While Bieber has some conflicting opinions about his relationship with Justin Timberlake's sound, that's nothing compared to the reaction he had when Mojo decided to bring up Bieber's mother. Asked if he was afraid One Direction's Harry Styles might end up seducing his mother, given his penchant for older women, Bieber went on the offensive.
"I mean, definitely somewhat [I am friends with One Direction now]. They were in town a while ago and they came over and stuff, but, yeah, they're good kids," he said when asked about his friendship with the Brit boy banders, before adding, "I don't think you should worry about me [and my mom with Harry Styles] -- Worry about your mom, bro."
Mojo then noted that his mother had passed away, before Bieber hung up on the call. Now that's awkward.
Do you think Justin was justified in his response towards Mojo of “Mojo In The Morning” or do you think he was being a brat?
In a recent interview with a morning radio show, "Mojo in the Morning," Justin Bieber quickly became agitated when radio host Mojo commented on his similarities with former popstar Justin Timberlake.
“I hope you take this as a compliment,” said Mojo. “When I first got played the song by your record people, and this was months and months before it came out, they said 'Take a listen to this and tell me if you can tell me who this is.' I thought it was Justin Timberlake."
"When I heard 'Boyfriend' for the very first time,” he continued. “I thought it was Justin Timberlake's single.”
Unfortunately, Bieber didn't take it as a compliment. “Man, that’s crazy because our voices sound nothing alike," he said. "I mean, I'm not trying to sound like anyone. Saying I sound like someone else is not really a compliment. ... I think if you were to say 'I heard some Justin Timberlake-esque things in your sound,' I would take that as a compliment."
That represents change in Bieber's message. The singer admitted in May that he was "definitely" influenced by Timberlake on "Boyfriend."
"[Timberlake] was young, and he did it, and he was really amazing and had such amazing music," Bieber told MTV's Sway Calloway. "I can't say that I would be upset when someone compares me to him."
While Bieber has some conflicting opinions about his relationship with Justin Timberlake's sound, that's nothing compared to the reaction he had when Mojo decided to bring up Bieber's mother. Asked if he was afraid One Direction's Harry Styles might end up seducing his mother, given his penchant for older women, Bieber went on the offensive.
"I mean, definitely somewhat [I am friends with One Direction now]. They were in town a while ago and they came over and stuff, but, yeah, they're good kids," he said when asked about his friendship with the Brit boy banders, before adding, "I don't think you should worry about me [and my mom with Harry Styles] -- Worry about your mom, bro."
Mojo then noted that his mother had passed away, before Bieber hung up on the call. Now that's awkward.
Do you think Justin was justified in his response towards Mojo of “Mojo In The Morning” or do you think he was being a brat?
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