The Help still topping the US box office

The Help enjoyed a second week on top of the US box office against a backdrop of closed cinemas and drastically reduced takings thanks to the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene.The Emma Stone-starring film took $14.3 million dollars across the weekend, pushing its overall total up to $96.4 million and comfortably blowing away the challenge from a trio of new releases.Zoe Saldana's Colombiana fared best of the chart's new entrants, taking $10.3 million to claim second spot. Haunted house flick Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark limped into third place with a disappointing $8.6 million whilst Paul Rudd vehicle Our Idiot Brother only managed $6.5 million in fifth.Sandwiched in between the latter pair is hardy campaigner Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, whose $8.6 million weekend leaves the blockbuster tantalisingly close to the $150 million mark overall.Further down the chart, Spy Kids 4 was down more than 50%, taking $5.7 million in sixth place. Even The Smurfs were feeling the pinch, adding just $4.8 million to its overall gross. Meanwhile, Conan took the biggest pounding, with a $3.1 million weekend representing a decrease of 69.1%!Fright Night didn't do much better, losing 60.7% of its audience to take $3 million down in ninth place. Crazy Stupid Love completes the countdown, with a $2.9 million weekend helping it to cling on to tenth spot.

Watercooler: Is Fairly Little Liar's Dr. Sullivan DO-"A"?

Annabeth Gish "The physician has gone out.Inch Now that can not be good. This closing-moments text from your elusive "A" sent a chill with the Pretty Little Liars - and fans - last evening following the gang's shrink, Dr. Sullivan, summoned these phones her office to show that "A" was possibly among her clients. Regrettably, after they showed up in this area, our dear Doc was nowhere found, nor was the situation-file that (possibly) held the key towards the show's central stalker. We do too think "A" has stated another existence? That's, presuming whoever it's also discarded Ali and creepy Ian. The sick a part of us type of hopes so, because this seriously ups the overall game and provides the women a foe who's prepared to kill anybody to have their secret. However the more healthy (less homicidal) a part of us is keeping our fingers entered that we'll see much more of Annabeth Gish's so-awesome clinical mental health specialist. Otherwise in here, maybe an hour or so afterwards The Laying Game...cause that switcheroo scene gets just like crazy, too! What is your opinion? May be the PLL body count going to rise again? And extremely, who do you consider is capable of doing murder among our Rosewood regulars? (With no spoilers from anybody whose browse the books!) Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Attacking Young Boys 'Never Say Never' New Clip Launched (Video)

Attacking Young Boys has launched a never-before-seen clip in the Attacking Young Boys: Never Say Never Director's Fan Cut.our editor suggests Attacking Young Boys May be the 'Real Deal' along with a Lengthy Career States Reality TV Producer'Justin Bieber' Director Jon Chu Lands 'G.I. Joe 2' Gig The clip shows Bieber racing around backstage and outdoors on the segway scooter. PHOTOS: Attacking Young Boys's Never Say Never Premiere The 2-disc DVD set is going to be offered only at Target beginning on Tuesday. It sells for $29.95. PHOTOS: Attacking Young Boys's Top Ten THR Outtakes Additionally towards the new footage, it'll incorporate a "Never Say Never" necklace. It's 23 minutes more than the version proven in theaters. PHOTOS: Attacking Young Boys's Moustaches The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Bieber's documentary has impressed Academy people -- and may nab a Best Documentary nomination. STORY: Could Attacking Young Boys's 'Never Say Never' Obtain a Best Doc Oscar Nomination? The film has gained a lot more than $73 million locally because it's Feb 2011 release. Related Subjects Attacking Young Boys Attacking Young Boys: Never Say Never

Drew Carey Suffers Separated Clavicle While Jogging

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Drew Carey suffered a painful collarbone injury while jogging on Wednesday. Hey everyone! Had to cancel #TPIR tapings today. I fell while running this AM and separated my clavicle, The Price Is Host Tweeted on Wednesday. Be back tomorrow though! The actor/comedian added that while he wont need surgery, the fall could leave a bump on his collarbone. Just saw doctor. No surgery needed. No snapping into place. Just ice and time, he Tweeted. Oh, and Ill probably have a lump w/out surgery. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Drew, a former Marine reservist, has made fitness a priority in recent years after undergoing an angioplasty and feeling unable to keep up with his fiancees young son, Connor. Id be like, Connor, I cant, and hed say, Cmon, Dad! That was a terrible feeling, Drew told Parade magazine in a September 2010 interview. I thought, Im never going to see him graduate high school. The former Whose Line Is It Anyway? host made jogging a part of his fitness routine and completed a 10k run last year his first in over two decades. Connor doesnt make fun of Dads belly anymore, he told the mag at the time. I look in the mirror and I feel like Im in my 20s again. I feel like I have my whole life back.Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Brad Pitt in Negotiations to Star in 'The Gray Man'

Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Brad Pitt is negotiations to star in The Gray Man, a New Regency action project being directed by James Gray. The script, by Adam Cozad, was on the 2010 Black List, which ranks the best unproduced script in Hollywood. If a deal is made, Pitt will play a CIA operative-turned-assassin targeted for elimination, forcing him to elude teams of killers while trying to save the lives of the daughters who don't know he exists. Plan B's Dede Gardner will produce along with Stephen Garrett of Shine. Pitt, repped by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, will next be seen in Moneyball, which premieres at the Toronto Film Festival and is shooting World War Z for Paramount. Brad Pitt Moneyball

Hulu Auction: Initial Bids Due by Finish of In A Few Days

NEW You are able to - Suitors of movie site Hulu are required to submit initial bids through the finish of in a few days, using its current proprietors searching for prices with a minimum of $1.5 billion for that site and it is licenses, AllThingsD reported. Wall Street has generally assumed that Hulu, brought by Boss Jason Kilar, will attract around $2 billion inside a purchase. However, final prices will rely on such a buyer is searching to get, AllThingsD stated. For instance, as News Corp. leader, COO and deputy chairman Chase Carey signaled the 2009 week (link), a number of Hulu's proprietors could decide to have their stakes, which may lessen the cost compensated with a buyer. But AllThingsD stated an acquiror may also repay to improve the size of exclusive content licenses. Hulu is really a partnership of Wally Disney, News Corp., Comcast's NBCUniversal and equity firm Providence Equity Partners. Yahoo, Google, Apple, Amazon . com.com and DirecTV are probably the firms that have checked out a Hulu bid. Carey told reporters on News Corp.'s earnings business call the Hulu sales process is "advancing largely based on plan," adding: "for all of us, will still be a choice to determine...what it really appears like in the finish. Will it seem sensible to pursue that path or will it seem sensible for all of us to remain in an possession position and keep having it driven by content proprietors." Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Tony Wible stated inside a recent Hollywood Reporter guest column that whomever acquires Hulu, "it will likely be a significantly more powerful entity and may emerge like a strong competitor to Netflix." Related Subjects The Wally Disney Company News Corp. NBCUniversal Hulu

Weekend Forecast: Will The Help Clean Up Final Destination 5?

Say hello to August and its snazzy genre-specific programming! The four wide releases this weekend cater to quarantined-off needs, meaning there’s something in theaters for your whole family — from mom (The Help) to stoner brother (30 Minutes or Less) to thrill-seeking sister (Final Destination 5) to kid cousin (Glee: The 3-D Concert Movie). Which film will wind up atop the box office come Sunday night? To the forecast! NATIONAL OUTLOOK · Final Destination 5: Fun fact: the last horror movie to hit theaters in wide release was Scream 4 back in April. Before that, it was Insidious — also in April. Which is another way of saying that unless you count Priest — you shouldn’t — horror fans have had precious little to see in theaters during the last four months. It’s because of that likely pent-up horror demand — plus 3-D surcharges — that Final Destination 5 could greatly exceed expectations over the next three days. Keep in mind, The Final Destination grossed $27.4 million during its opening frame in 2009, and that film was up against Halloween II — which siphoned off another $16 million of horror dough. The only other horror flick in theaters this weekend is Glee: The 3D Concert Movie. Even death can’t stop the Final Destination franchise. FORECAST: $31.9 million · The Help: August wouldn’t be August without a highly anticipated lady lit adaptation. On Aug. 7, 2009, Julie & Julia headed to theaters and added $20 million to its butter-soaked coffers; on Aug. 13, 2010, Julia Roberts grabbed $23 million in gelato money from Eat Pray Love. This weekend, The Help arrives, poised to succeed — clean up, if you will — in similar fashion. Since opening on Wednesday, the adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestselling novel has earned $5 million — though its bread-and-butter audience is unlikely to rush out for midnight showings (think: your mother). With strong reviews — something that helps when courting older audiences — plus already growing Oscar buzz, The Help could flirt with the $27 million that The Devil Wears Prada earned over its opening weekend in June of 2008. FORECAST: $26.9 million · 30 Minutes or Less: The Change-Up notwithstanding, this has been the summer of successful R-rated comedies. Into this barrage of money-earning f-bombs comes 30 Minutes Or Less, with slight box office expectations and somewhat little buzz (unless that buzz is about how the film was based on the real-life death of pizza delivery man Brian Wells). Actual question: Shouldn’t more people be excited for the reunion of Zombieland cohorts Jesse Eisenberg and director Ruben Fleischer? Alas! Comedy nerds will be out in full force, but is that enough to keep it from earning a relatively low number — at least compared to Bridesmaids, Horrible Bosses and Bad Teacher? The guess here is no. FORECAST: $12.9 · Glee: The 3D Concert Movie: As the great — and apparently absent — Sue Sylvester said of Glee: The 3D Concert Movie: Stop believing. Even hardcore fans were disappointed in the second season of the Fox hit (which saw its ratings dwindle slightly in the spring), and the recent Ryan Murphy Scorched Earth press tour did nothing to engender goodwill to non-devotees. This one is preaching solely to the choir, and when it comes to box office that isn’t a good thing. FORECAST: $8 million REGIONAL OUTLOOK If you’re in the mood for critical acclaim, there’s Senna, Asif Kapadia’s documentary about Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, which opens in New York and Los Angeles. If you’re in the mood for love (and smut), though, buy a plane ticket to Austin or San Francisco. That’s where China Lion Film Distribution, Inc. will unveil 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy, “the world’s first erotic 3D film.” Suck it, Avatar! (Ew. Sorry.) Care to call your shot? [Photo from The Help courtesy of Dreamworks LLC/Dale Robinette]

Jennifer Grey Says She's "Excited" About Dirty Dancing Remake

Jennifer Grey Jennifer Grey says she's excited that Dirty Dancing is being remade. "I'm so excited about this news and I think there's nobody better to do this than my beloved Kenny Ortega who is as responsible as anyone for the success of the first one," she said in a statement to The Wall Street Journal. I can't wait to see what he's going to do with it." Dirty Dancing remake in the works: Good idea or does it deserve to be put in a corner? Ortega, who choreographed the 1987 original, recently signed with Lionsgate to direct a new version. Grey, 51, originated the role of Frances "Baby" Houseman and co-starred with Patrick Swayze, who played dance instructor Johnny Castle. The 1987 film cost $6 million to make and grossed $214 million worldwide. For his part, Ortega said he thinks he can find the next Grey and Swayze: "I believe everywhere you look there is evidence that the talent is out there and I can't wait to begin the process of discovering the next breakout triple threats."

OutKast's Big Boi Arrested on Drug Charges

Big Boi Big Boi, half of the Grammy-winning OutKast, was arrested Sunday on drug possession charges, The Associated Press reports. Big Boi (real name: Antwan Patton) was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia for allegedly carrying ecstasy and Viagra pills. According to the Miami-Dade County authorities, Big Boi was also carrying the main ingredient in ecstasy. Watch music videos from Big Boi The rapper, 36, was booked and later released on $16,000 bond. Aside from selling more than 10 million albums as part of OutKast, Big Boi released a solo effort, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.

Discovery Channel SR-71 Blackbird

The amazing Lockheed SR-71Blackbird , a mach 3 reconnaissance plane developed by " Skunk works " ( Lockheed's secret division ) in Groom Lake , Nevada , USA....................... Its existence was publicly announced on February 29, 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson, the time when he announced that an A-11 had flown at sustained speeds of over 2,000 miles per hour during tests at Edwards AFB, California

Comic World At Giant Screen

Get a tickets for the amazing panelsEmpire presents... Giant Screen is not by pointing out movies and TV, you realize. Within the three glorious days we are likely to be investing in the O2, we have also asked the cream of British comic designers in the future along and reveal to you nuggets of knowledge. So arrive, everyone, if you are fans of Mark Millar, Adi Granov, Andy Diggle, the legendary Dork Gibbons, Jock, the cult book How To Be A Super hero and, finally, the magnificent 2000AD. Here's the road-up to date, with a few large names still to verify:Fri AUGUST 12 - CINEWORLD 8. 11. 15-12. 00. Finest. CHARACTER. EVER. Within this amusing panel, a number of comic designers and industry associates, brought by Empire's Danny Graydon, will in some way, in just forty-5 minutes, make an effort to answer the thorny question: who's the finest comic character ever? Could it be Batman? Wolverine? Judge Dredd? Jesse Custer? Ron Grimes? Or someone completely from leftfield? Full panel line-up TBC, but trust us whenever we say, you will not wish to miss this! 12. 30-13. 15. ON STAGE: Dork GIBBONS. He was there, 3 years ago, when Movie-Disadvantage was introduced forth kicking and screaming in to the world. Now that it's back, larger than ever, as Giant Screen, the legendary Dork Gibbons has agreed revisit discuss his lengthy and storied career. For that uninitiated, he's the co-creator of WATCHMEN, together with Alan Moore, called the artist on Frank Miller's Produce Liberty. Through the years, he's written Captain America, attracted Eco-friendly Lantern, labored with Kula Shaker, been a consultant about the WATCHMEN movie, and today includes a top-secret project approaching with Mark Millar. As well as for 45 glorious minutes, you are able to request the truly amazing guy anything. With no, he will not bring Alan Moore. 13. 45-14. 30. ON STAGE: ANDY DIGGLE AND JOCK. They're two of the very exciting talents employed in the comic industry today, a author-artist team accountable for Judge Dredd spin-off series Lenny Zero, Eco-friendly Arrow: Year One and also the Nonwinners, that was converted into a movie this past year. They're Andy Diggle and Jock, they are extremely, excellent, and they are visiting Giant Screen to talking about their Hollywood encounters and forthcoming comic-to-film projects, such as the creator-possessed thriller Snapshot. 15. 00-17. 00. TINTIN And Also The GOLDEN FLEECE. Decades before Steven Spielberg and Healing For Peter Jackson hit upon the simply capital concept of getting Herge's Adventures of Tintin towards the giant screen through the miracle of mo-cap, a French filmmaker known as Jean-Jacques Vierne handled the bequiffed detective in live-action format. 1961's Tintin And Also The Golden Fleece, starring the wonderfully-named Jean-Pierre Talbot as Tintin alongside a number of stars composed to appear such as the spitting picture of Captain Haddock, Thomson and Thompson et al, is really a wonderful curio, and we are delighted to provide it here, in the full, subtitled glory. Buy Single Session Tickets Buy Full Friday Pass SATURDAY AUGUST 13 - CINEWORLD 8. 10. 00-10. 45. THE Finest COMICS Ever. Should you thought attempting to decide the finest comic character ever would be a tricky proposition, it pales compared to the question handled with this panel: just what's the finest comic ever? Watchmen? Preacher? The Dark Dark night Returns? A. N. Other? This star-studded panel - complete collection-up TBC - will endeavour to get at the foot of things, filled with your help. Their ultimate decision is legally binding. 11. 15-12. 00. ON STAGE: ADI GRANOV. He's the celebrity artist who remodeled and energized Iron Guy, on that character's method to get to be the greatest hitter in Marvel's movie stable. Since that time, he's become among the best in the commercial, creating indelible images for the kind of Astonishing X-Males, Amazing Spider-Guy and Dark Reign, while he's among the go-to men for fantastic cover images. The Bosnia-born, British-based artist will discuss his existence and career within this amazing panel. 12. 30-13. 15. 2000AD: A CELEBRATION. Borag Thungg, Earthlets! If you are a comic fan, then you definitely will not wish to miss this sensational panel honoring the existence, occasions and apparently endless progs of the very influential comic ever: 2000 AD. The comic that released the careers of (breathe deeply) John Wagner, Alan Moore, Pat Mills, Garth Ennis, Mark Millar, John Higgins, Dork Gibbons, Carlos Ezquerra, Jock, Serta Abnett, Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan, Kevin O'Neill, John Bolland, Simon Bisley, Neil Gaiman, Jamie Hewlett, Andy Diggle and John Cruz, this is an absolute institution. Showing up at Giant Screen to celebrate that institution, discuss its memorable past and glorious future, is going to be current 2000AD editor, MATT Cruz and ROBBIE MORRISON, creator of Nikolai Dante. Oh, and there will become more names in the future, including a couple of surprise visitors... Don't miss it, or Tharg won't be pleased. 13. 45-14. 30. ON STAGE: MARK MILLAR. He's the genius who refurbished The Avengers because the Ultimate, reimagined Superman because the Red-colored Boy, gave Spider-Guy a enjoy the jacksie and, together with his penchant for clever dialogue, crazy violence and memorable figures, is becoming perhaps the most popular author in the commercial. He's, obviously, the funny, provocative and absolutely brilliant Mark Millar, the Scottish author whose masterpieces, from Desired to Kick-Ass and also the forthcoming Enemy, have blazed a trail to the giant screen. He'll be visiting the O2 to sit down lower around and discuss everything Millarworld. And, knowing Mark, much more besides. 15. 00-17. 00. half an hour OR LESS. It isn't with different comic, however it stars Danny McBride, Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari and it is in the director of Zombieland, Ruben Fleischer. Therefore it should not matter an excessive amount of. Buy Single Session Tickets Buy Complete Saturday Pass SUNDAY AUGUST 14 - CINEWORLD 8. 11. 15-12. 00. How To Be A Super hero. Ever wanted to become caped crimefighter, but did not know how to pull off it? Unsure how you can design an outfit, or develop a good crimefighting title or - even worse - how you can develop incredible forces? And what the hell is the next step if you are confronted with a supervillain so heinous he'll warmth your wotsits as much as 26,000 levels Celsius? In 1992, Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine - with the help of brilliant comic artist Steve Dillon [Preacher] - authored How To Be A Super hero, the best guide for aspirant superheroes, a amusing and useful tip-filled guide full of inspired and surreal solutions to merely everything underneath the super-sun. Need to know how to get on e. e. cummings-Guy? This book will explain how. Now, in an exceedingly special panel, Leigh and Lepine will celebrate their finest triumph inside a stomach-bustingly funny panel which will stand you in good stead for any career busting heads and being beaten up by midgets. 13. 45-14. 30. TBC. Regrettably, this session was charged as ON STAGE: GRANT MORRISON. Because of formerly unforeseen conditions, Grant has needed to take out. We'll update this panel as soon as possible. Buy Single Session Tickets Buy Complete Sunday Pass

Ali Fedotowsky Postpones Wedding

North Park, Calif. -- Ali Fedotowsky might have found love with Roberto Martinez, but she hit a bump within the road, as an injuries to her leg. The Bachelorette forget about needed to postpone her wedding because of surgery she'd recently after keeping an injuries to her femur, People.com reported on Wednesday. We'd to start dating ? set, which date has passed, Ali told the web site. The choice to postpone [the marriage] was very hard. I certainly shed some tears. Ali stated she'd no choice but to postpone the large day. I wish to walk lower the aisle, she stated. I shouldn't limp lower the aisle. The truth star didnt mind an excessive amount of because the couple spent the undisclosed day they'd have married on together. Besides, she already feels like couple. I believe, Roberto is my hubby, Ali noted. We live together we all do everything together we plan for future years together we fight as being a traditional husband and wife. The only real factor this isn't saying Im married is yet another ring on my small finger along with a sheet of paper. In related Ali news, it had been introduced in April the former Bachelorette will co-host a brand new series about the Style Network, alongside Vivica A. Fox and Adrianne Curry. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Joanna

An Akson Studio, Narodowe Centrum Kultury and Polish Film Institute production. Produced by Michal Kwiecinski. Executive producer, Katarzyna Fukacz-Cebula. Directed, written by Feliks Falk.With: Urszula Grabowska, Sara Knothe, Joachim Paul Assbock, Stanislawa Celinska, Monika Kwiatkowska, Halina Labonarska, Iza Kung, Kinga Preis. (Polish, French, German dialogue)In "Joanna," the titular heroine endures constant stress by illegally harboring a Jewish child during the German occupation, perhaps appropriate for the lastest film from Polish helmer Feliks Falk, whose work in the 1970s is most closely associated with the nation's Cinema of Moral Anxiety movement. This earnest, well-acted drama reps a respectable wade into a bleak historical chapter, but can't quite avoid a sense of familiar terrain trod more memorably. Pic's emphasis on closeups and one interior locale will work best in broadcast settings. Joanna (Urszula Grabowska) is an educated Warsaw resident reduced to menial work by the wartime economy, while a housing shortage brings pressure on her to take additional tenants into the spacious apartment she once shared with a husband, missing since he was conscripted two years earlier. One day during her waitress shift at a cafe, her customers include a nervous young woman (Halina Labonarska) who's ventured out against her better judgement as a birthday treat for 7-year-old Roza (Sara Knothe). Their worst fears materialize when the establishment is raided by authorities hunting for Jews. Mother and daughter are separated, the former arrested while the child hides in a church across the street. She's later found there by childless Joanna, who impulsively takes the girl home for safekeeping and makes covert efforts to trace the parent's whereabouts. Child and protector quickly bond. Already well accustomed to making herself scarce, Roza knows how to stay quiet and out of neighbors' sight. But the risk remains great for both of them, heightened by Joanna's nosy landlady, the possibility of being forced to find a co-tenant, and possible military inspection -- the last of which indeed comes to pass, leaving Joanna to somehow deflect the romantic advances of a Nazi officer (Joachim Paul Assbock). A few too many crises pile up, making the pic increasingly feel like a melodramatic showcase for star histrionics. (Grabowska duly won actress nods at the Moscow Fest and Polish Film Awards.) Some of Roza's dialogue is a little too precocious, despite Knothe's solid perf. Still, Falk confidently imbues the pic with the solemn weight necessary for the story to achieve at least some of its desired tragic power. Color palette is muted, score sometimes a tad overbearing. The first San Francisco Jewish Fest screening was on projected HD, due to a shipping delay in the 35mm print.Camera (color), Piotr Sliskowski; editor, Krzysztof Szpetmanski; music, Bartek Gliniak; production designer, Anna Wunderlich; costume designer, Magdalena Biedrzycka; sound (Dolby Digital), Maria Chilarecka; casting, Ewa Brodzka. Reviewed at San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, July 27, 2011. (Also in Moscow Film Festival.) Running time: 108 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Check Out the Poster for Apollo 18: In Spacesuit, No One Can Hear You Scream

Another day, another hair-raising poster that terrible parents let their kids see. This one’s a closeup of an astronaut presumably waiting to perish in Apollo 18, a disturbing “found-footage” mockumentary in the style of The Blair Witch Project and The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Handle it? This calls to mind a number of traumatic memories for me — my nightmarishly long stay at space camp, one of those scary Six Flags ads with the upside-down coaster zealots, that time I considered seeing Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and worse, a dentist appointment from the future. Freaky-deaky, indeed! Here’s the trailer. Comes out September 2. Bring extra gravity to the theater. [via Moviefone]