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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Can't Hit Warp Speed at Box Office
9 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
"Star Trek Into Darkness" zoomed to $84 million in its North American debut this weekend and knocked "Iron Man 3" out of the top spot, but couldn't ascend to box-office hyper-space. J.J. Abrams space epic sequel's opening was the year's third-best, but its $70.5 million three-day total was less than the $75 million that "Star Trek" debuted to four years ago. And its four-day total was well short of the $100 million that Paramount, Skydance Pictures and Abrams' Bad Robot Productions had hoped for. Also read: How the Battle Over 'Star Trek' »
- Todd Cunningham
Poll: Lauryn Hill's Fans on Her Legacy and Upcoming Imprisonment
18 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
On May 14, the singer played a hastily planned show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg—presumably one of her last before she reports to prison on July 8 to serve three months for failure to pay federal income taxes. These were the instant reviews.“She’s one of the most charismatic singers in the past 30 years. She’s our Aretha, basically. I don’t really give a shit about her taxes, to be honest. I just want to see her play.” Robert McGlynn, 30, audio engineer“I like how she’s against the system, whether or not that gets her into trouble. She has balls. The government is corrupt, and they just want to take our money, and they’re not for us, so I like that she’s willing to go to jail for that.”Jasmine Mungin, 26, health-insurance agent“I’m glad I saw her, but she’s definitely rocky and struggling. »
- Jennifer Vineyard
Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan rock Cannes at the 'Inside Llewyn Davis' premiere
34 minutes ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Global multimedia superstar Justin Timberlake understandably stole much of the attention on Sunday at the Cannes premiere of "Inside Llewyn Davis," the new Coen Bros. film about the Greenwich Village music scene in the 1960s that has been receiving mostly-positive reviews since its debut at the festival, including from our very own Guy Lodge. Nevertheless, the photogs had their hands full with a horde of other celebs including Timberlake's co-stars Carey Mulligan ("The Great Gatsby"), Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund and John Goodman and other attendees like Kirsten Dunst, Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda and, yes, Timberlake's main squeeze Jessica Biel. »
- Chris Eggertsen
Cannes Review: 'Inside Llewen Davis' is Vintage Coens
37 minutes ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
There is a moment in “Inside Llewyn Davis,” the new Coen brothers film that stormed the Palais Saturday, when a the owner of Manhattan's Gaslight club circa 1961 asks Davis what he thinks of the four Irish sweater-clad singers performing. Davis, a struggling folk singer with an edge, ponders the question. “I like the sweaters,” he says. You can imagine Joel and Ethan Coen cracking up at that line. Appearing in a press conference after today’s screening, with more laughter on the panel than any other press conference heretofore, Joel said, “You can tell from the film that we have enormous respect for folk music, which is not to say that there aren’t funny things about folk music.” Indeed: The army private with a down-home innocence and a Jim Nabors voice (Stark Sands); the urban Jewish singer wearing a cowboy hat and a new, out-west name (Adam Driver); the »
- Tom Christie
Avril Lavigne & Chad Kroeger Walk Red Carpet Together at Billboard Music Awards
38 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
First the red carpet, then the aisle. Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger walked the red carpet together - in matching black leather - at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday. With Lavigne in a strapless leather dress and Kroeger in a black leather jacket, the couple complimented each other as they posed for photos. The Nickelback singer, 38, frontman proposed to Lavigne, 28, with a 14-carat diamond ring over the summer. The singer recently spilled details about her upcoming nuptials in an interview with Ryan Seacrest on his Kiis-fm On-Air with Ryan Seacrest show. "It's going to be quite spectacular, »
- Maggie Coughlan
'Into Darkness' Boldly Goes Where 2009's 'Trek' Went Before
41 minutes ago | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »
Star Trek Into Darkness easily opened on top this weekend, though it wasn't the kind of box office sensation that many*including distributor Paramount*were expecting it to be. The J.J. Abrams-directed sequel took in an estimated $70.6 million for the three-day frame; add in its grosses from Wednesday night and all-day Thursday, and the movie has to-date earned $84.1 million. In comparison, 2009's Star Trek grossed $75.2 million for the weekend, and $86.7 million through its first four-and-a-half days.While it's usually unfair to knock a movie for opening in line with its predecessor, it certainly feels like the "disappointment" label is applicable in this case. All signs suggest the 2009 Trek is very well-liked (it has a strong 8.0 rating on IMDb) and Paramount's marketing did a decent job walking the sequel tightrope (a balanced approach of promising more-of-the-same and offering something new). Additionally, there was four years of ticket price inflation and »
- Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
Curse against 'Star Trek' at the Oscars and Emmys?
42 minutes ago | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Doesn't matter how much film critics and movie-goers adore "Star Trek: Into Darkness." Every Oscarologist knows that the film is doomed as it boldly goes into the next Oscar derby. Forget the possibility of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" earning anything more than a few stray nominations in the tech categories – and even those are a longshot. Only four of the past 10 "Star Trek" movies nabbed Oscar bids: 12 total and only one paid off with a win (best makeup, "Star Trek" of 2009). Actually, the previous TV incarnations of the franchise scored poorly too. The original "Star Trek" series never won an Emmy in any category, not even in the tech slots. However, it reaped 13 noms over all, including two for Best Drama Series. It lost in 1967 and 1968 to "Mission: Impossible." Leonard Nimoy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, but he lost to Eli Wallach ("Poppies Are Also Flowers »
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