"Avatar" beat the snowstorm to rake in a blizzard of bucks at the box office.
The $400 million sci-fi epic took the top spot in the snowbound box office with an estimated $73 million at home and an even bigger $159.2 million abroad.
"It was epic," says Rocalisa Kartzar, 18, of Manhattan. "It was cheesy in some parts, but you barely notice it."
So Que (formerly) of Day 26 just put out this video explaining what went down. Kinda. He said him getting kicked out the group wasn’t Diddy or Bad Boy’s fault, but it was Screwface’s–the group’s manager reportedly hired by Willie. He didn’t go into anymore detail, but basically said Day 26 doesn’t have their business in order and it’s not in his character to just not show up for Day 26 events. I guess that’s what he’s being accused of.
I thought this vid was a joke for… Continue
Los Angeles police arrested "America's Best Dance Crew" judge Shane Sparks (born Melvin Shane Sparks), Friday morning (December 18) on a felony warrant and charged him with eight counts of felony child molestation. He is being held on $590,000 bail.
According to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, Sparks was taken into custody at around 8 a.m. PT on Friday on a felony warrant charging him with molestation that began in… Continue
Earlier this year, Trey Songz took R. Kelly to task for using Auto-Tune on his Demo Tape mixtape. Kells responded earlier this month on DJ Skee's radio show. "If you're gonna step out on that limb, which is very thin, you should make a personal call," Kells told Skee. "Now if you're trying to sell an album and start a beef, then you make it public. ... But you have to be very careful with that. Because why would I tell Stevie Wonder, even though he… Continue
Chris Henry -- a wide receiver on the Cincinnati Bengals -- is fighting for his life after falling out of the back of a moving pick-up truck earlier today.
Police tell TMZ Henry had been involved in a "domestic situation" with his fiancee, Loleini Tonga, in North Carolina, when she tried to leave her home in a pick-up truck. Cops say that's when Chris ran after the yellow truck and hopped into the bed.
It came out that Pleasure P was playing with little boys. I was hoping it wasn't true and was relieved when he issued a statement denying the whole thing. But now a woman is coming forward saying although he did not molest her son, she was told about his past by authorities who asked her not to leave her son in the same house as… Continue
He's going to need a bigger boat.
A volunteer lifeguard was attacked while paddling in a rowboat close to a popular Australian beach Saturday by a great white shark that may have mistaken his oar for a seal, several Australian news outlets reported.
The young shark, estimated to be 7-10 feet long, was so intent on devouring the oar that it left behind two of its teeth embedded in the wood.
Timbaland told MTV News that if he makes another Shock Value LP, he'll give it away.
"If this album does as semi-well as the last one, I'm done," Timbaland said. "I'm not going through the stress no more. I will do it for my fans and give it away for free
The super-producer says he's tired of the politics and the way the music biz is going and he's losing his desire to try to sell albums. Of course, he's still in the midst of doing… Continue
The bouncers caught on tape beating two ejected patrons outside Jay-Z's 4-0/40 Club in Atlantic City have gotten the boot themselves, local media reported Thursday.
The security guards were seen punching and kicking Leonard Clark and Tyrell Durant in the club's parking lot after the two Neptune, N.J., men were thrown out for inappropriate behavior Oct. 29.
It wasn't clear how many bouncers were fired, the Press of Atlantic City said. The club did not… Continue
An armed man who apparently exchanged fire with a police officer and a security guard outside a Times Square hotel on Thursday morning was shot and killed by the officer, CBS 2 has learned. The unidentified suspect, believed to be in his 20s, was shot by the officer outside the Marriott Marquis Hotel at 46th Street and Broadway about 11:18 a.m. near a taxi dropoff area behind the building. Gunfire was exchanged between the suspect and a police… Continue
Bryant Gumbel, the former "Today" show host and current "Real Sports" anchor, has been privately battling lung cancer.
The veteran newsman revealed Tuesday he recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his lung.
"Two months ago I had cancer surgery," Gumbel, 61, told a stunned Kelly Ripa on Tuesday's "Live with Regis & Kelly."
Gumbel was filling for Regis Philbin — who recently underwent hip-replacement… Continue
You may know Nicki Minaj as that girl with the curvaceous frame that's been touring with Lil' Wayne. Maybe you've listened to one of her three mixtapes. If so, you've probably got an image of who you think she is: a potty-mouthed MC using sex to sell herself to the masses. Look harder, homie. The 24-year-old Queens, New York native may possess a gorgeous face and a body you could get lost in, but she's got more up her sleeve than diamond bracelets. With females not even part… Continue
Two stars of the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming.
Chef Gino D'Acampo who won the viewer-feedback contest series, and actor Stuart Manning were charged after animal welfare activists lodged a complaint about a segment for the British TV program, which was filmed in Australia, the activists and British media reported… Continue
Furious her husband got another woman pregnant, a Brooklyn wife hatched a ghastly plot to kill the baby - first with an abortion drug, then with bottled poison, police sources said.
Keisha Jones was in custody Friday night after a month-long investigation uncovered the mom of four's diabolical scheme against Monique Hunter's child, the sources said.
Jones, 38, tricked Hunter, then seven months pregnant, into taking a drug that induces… Continue
Three Bronx elementary school students - ages 8, 9 and 11 - were arrested Wednesday for bringing a knife and a box cutter to class, authorities said.
The pint-sized delinquents - two third-graders and a fifth-grader - were escorted out of Public School 2 in Morrisania by their principal after a school aide saw the kids with the weapons, sources said.
"I'm scared to go back to school," said Izhanee Thomas, 10, a classmate of one of the… Continue
Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is partnering with the Home Shopping Network (HSN) to promote his fragrance lines I Am King and Unforgivable. Diddy is slated to appear on HSN on November 30th to promote the fragrances from 11:00pm to 1:00am. According to Women's Wear Daily, HSN has built a custom living room themed stage for Diddy to sell his products in St Petersburg Florida, where the show will broadcast from. For more information tune in to Home… Continue
An unlikely celebrity couple may be emerging! ET's special source spotted Janet Jackson warming up to actor and ladies' man Colin Farrell.
The two were seen last week sitting side by side in a booth at the renowned Polo Lounge located in the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Jackson performed a medley of her hits on Sunday night's "2009 American Music Awards." Meanwhile, Farrell has several movies in the works.”