Archive for April 2012

'The Avengers' Successful $178 Million Overseas

The fim ‘The Avengers’ opened up internationally in the U.K and Germany. The film made a successful $178 million and beat opening weekend records in several territories such as Mexico, Brazil, and Taiwan. It had the second-highest debut in Australia. ‘Spider-Man 3’ is the only comic book movie that has had a better international debut. In 2007 ‘Spider-Man 3’ pulled in $554 million overseas and has the record for the best foreign gross for a comic book film.

White House Correspondents' Dinner

Hollywood stars participated in the Presidential White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Hosting the “Nerd Prom” was Jimmy Kimmel. The comedian joked with both Obama and Kim Kardashian, and took a few shots at politicians, presidential candidates and other stars in the room. And when the crowd gave lukewarm responses to a few jokes, he was quick to assign blame: “Jake Tapper wrote that one.” Lindsay Lohan also made an appearance at the dinner. The President also made a speech and his monologue included a fake Super PAC ad about freedoms. Among those in attendance Saturday were Claire Danes, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Rudd, Sigourney Weaver, Eva Longoria, Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, Rachel Zoe, Goldie Hawn and Josh Hutcherson.

"American Idol" Star Regrets Choice of Song

Elise Testone was one of the final contestants in “American Idol” and was eliminated in the show. The 28-year-old singer is the oldest finalist in the show. Audiences felt that the judges were hard on her because of her age, but Elise stated “I don’t think it’s a completely bad thing when people are hard on you, because it just means they want you to be better.” Elise chose Jimi Hendrix “Bold As Love” for her song and received criticisms from the judges, for not being a ‘popular’ song. Elise stated that Jennifer Lopez gave her word of encouragement before she left, she stated “this is not the end” and to “keep it up”. Elise hopes to continue her career and will use JLo’s wise words of wisdom.

Whitney Houston's Mother Writes Book

Cissy Houston, mother of the singer Whitney Houston, plans to write a book on her daughter’s life. Cissy is a gospel singer and she recently met with publishers to discuss the book. The 78-year-old wants the book to tell the real and definitive story of the pop legend, who died on Feb. 11 in Beverly Hills at the age of 48. She stated “It’s going to be the bad, it’s going to be the good,” she told the publisher, she is eager to set straight what she called “lies” about her daughter, after her death.

You will be “Safe” with Jason Statham

Review by Jenny Alvarez

Photo Courtesy

A second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change… until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed. But when he witnesses a frightened twelve-year-old Chinese girl, Mei, being pursued by the same gangsters who killed his wife, Luke impulsively jumps to action… and straight into the heart of a deadly high-stakes war

Safe does a smart job of playing to Statham’s strengths in its action sequences. This movie is full of predictable scenes with few gunfights.

Luke (Jason Statham) is a brave man who faces all Russian gangsters who kidnapped Mei (Catherine Chan). Both Statham and Chan work really well together. Then you consider the many political implications. We eventually meet the slimy mayor (Chris Sarandon), who of course is involved because this thing goes all the way to the top, and the cops (including Robert John Burke as the Captain) who resent Luke for ratting them out for their corrupt behavior years ago. The only bad point for this movie is when Mei is involved in many blood and bullets scenes but Jason Statham makes this movie worthy of the full range of his talent and everybody ought to be good at something, and when it comes to this kind of thing, Statham is very good, indeed. This is released on April 27^th in many American movie theaters.

Will Ferrell will Host "SNL"

The comedian Will Ferrell will be hosting “Saturday Night Live” on May 12. This will be Ferrell’s third time hosting the show. Ferrell recently came out with the film “Casa De Mi Padre” and has confirmed to make a sequel to “Anchorman”. SNL can count on Ferrell to get laughs from the audience. Another guest will be Usher, who will be performing on the show “Looking for Myself” from his upcoming record.

Gisele Bundchen Makes More Money than Hubby Tom Brady

In the Hollywood working world, the women are making more money than their husbands. The Victoria’s Secret Model Gisele Bundchen is one of the highest paid women in Hollywood, she makes $45 million annually. Her husband Tom Brady is from the NFL Patriots and makes $72 million every four years. Gisele is definitely the breadwinner in this relationship. Oprah Winfrey also makes more than her beau Stedman Graham. Oprah makes $290 million, while Stedman’s earnings are not available for public access.

Gabourey Sidibe was Told to Quit Show Business

The actress from “Precious”, Gabourey Sidibe was told to look for a career change by her role model Joan Cusack. In an interview by the host Andy Cohen, Sidibe stated that when she met Cusack she was disappointed, because she told her that the entertainment industry was “so image-conscious”. The young actress did well by not listening to her and has opened doors to other young actresses to follow their dreams, regardless of their background or weight.

Lindsay Lohan Resembles Elizabeth Taylor

Britney Spears' Co-Consevator is Jason Trawick