Box Office Numbers

$55.6MMarvel's The Avengers
$25.5MBattleship
$17.4MThe Dictator
$12.5MDark Shadows
$10.5MWhat to Expect When You're Expecting
As of May 21, 2012

Hollywood Gossip, Tidbits, and News

An office worker has been fired for her whistle, distracting nice boobs, figure and look at that...Maria Menounos gained 6 pounds on Dancing with the Has Beens. Kristen Stewart is number 15 on Maxim's 100 Hot List. I wonder how her acting ranks on the S*it List? These days Hugh Hefner spends more time in the kitchen than in the bedroom. John Mayer regrets dissing Jessica Simpson and Jen Aniston in interviews. We just regret John Mayer. Is Bar Rafaeli the hottest woman in the world? Dude, your girlfriend is the hottest woman in the world and don't you ever forget it! Justin Bieber is dating high school students? Man guys at that age are so impressionable. Kate Gosselin says she and Jon have made peace. Awww, that's special. Once their fame ran out they stopped cheating. That's really sweet. Why does Kelly Clarkson lose weight when she's only going to put it back on? Heidi Klum felt more special as a blond. Ah, the world's most profound questions answered as only a super model can. 

A man has broken the world record for fist pumping by pumping for 17 hours. My god what an achievement, but we are overlooking how raw his penis must be. The President of Yahoo has been forced to resign because he made an inflated claim on his resume. Meanwhile, in other news, Barak Obama ate dog. Robert Pattinson is 27 going on 17, good for you RSchmuck, I mean RPutz. Are Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer an item again? Is Jessica Simpson's body still a wonderland? Yes, it's just we are wondering why her territory doubled in size. Is Jay-Z acting like a wild bachelor on the prowl? With a name like Jay-Z I don't think any of us really care. Drake is romancing two cougars? Man, dude's a zookeeper. Does Casper Smart enjoy his five minutes of fame? Is that all he lasts for? Lightweight. Rihanna was recently hospitalized for too much partying. It's ok though, let's keep the focus on Lindsay Lohan, she's white after all. Christina Aguilera is quitting The Voice. John Travolta is not gay, he just like's dudes.   

Mariah and Nick renew their vows in Paris? I bet he showed her the Eiffel Tower. Truth be told, it might have been more like the leaning tower of Pisa. Gwyneth Paltrow has post partum depression. Me too, but it has been quite a while since I was in the womb. Kim K and Lindsay Lohan will attend the White House Correspondent's Dinner. I guess they wanted to see who has the best lines, and I'm not talking about comedy. Jessica Simpson has a baby shower? What is it like 2 feet tall and a tiny water head? Weirdo. Ellen DeGeneres is a Vegan? I thought she ate meat every night! Jenny McCarthy loves Botox. She loves silicon too. Richard Simmons has flammable shorts. Molly Ringwald drinks Kristen Stewart's blood. But alas it's not that time of the month yet. Want to see Taylor Lautner pics? Then go see Breaking Dawn Part 2. Lisa Rinna does advertisements for adult diapers. That's a coincidence because the first time I saw her naked I shit my pants!

Katy Perry dyes her hair purple. That's quite a change from the pink it was last week. Kelsey Grammar has proven you are never too old to get a tattoo or a Viagra prescription. Nicole Kidman does not mind being naked. Trust me when I tell you we don't mind either. Ashton Kutcher is having "intercourse" with Mila Kunis. One more time for those of you from Port Saint Lucie Florida, that's "intercourse". Who's is bigger Angelina's or Jennifer's? What are we talking about? Just ask Brad Pitt, he'll tell you! Seal has a new girlfriend and her name is whatshernameIdon'tcare. Will Pippa Middleton face arrest? Will switching to Progressive really give you better discounts? Taylor Armstrong is "so not ready to date yet". Wait, I don't speak moron, does that mean she wants to date or not? Bow Wow is no longer a wanted man but that doesn't answer the question who let the dogs out?

J-Lo bought Casper Smart a truck for his birthday. Hey, we already know where he likes to park it! Lamar Odom you are fired! Thanks for playing, next time leave the 500lb gorilla at home. Yeah, we are talking to you Kardashian. NBC's Rock Center has coverage more lopsided than Brian Williams' face. Miley Cyrus is not anorexic, she just eats lots of laxatives, get it? LOL? Ann Hathaway's hair is so short she looks like Jerry Seinfeld and there is nothing funny about that. Jennifer Hudson will appear at a murder trial. As a witness or as a defendant? Ah who keeps up with the Kardashians anyway. Khloe Kardashian says Lamar Odom deserved better from the Mavericks. Khloe, try running your fat ass up a basketball court and then you can talk. Is Lindsay Lohan guilty of assault? Only because she attacked my heart. Awwwww. Mila Kunis or Kate Upton? It depends, which one did Justin Timberlake already date? After being arrested for a DUI Amanda Bynes went back to her hotel bar. Maybe it's time she went back to acting because she sure plays a dumbass great in real life.

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Despicable Me

The all-star team is here and they are ready to give interviews…well at least ready to talk…and giggle, and laugh, and sound oddly Russian. Led by Gru (Steve Carell) as the menacing leader of an alienesque criminal syndicate, their grandest dream is to invent or obtain a shrink ray to enable their capture of the moon. Without the moon Earth would be filled with sheer lunacy! Oh, and the oceans would be screwed. This ambition could not be realized with the indefatigable yet elderly Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand). For a mere footsoldier, this good old doctor makes some awfully disturbing executive decisions.

     Once the shrink ray is invented a major obstacle in the name of Vector (Jason Segel) obstructs Gru’s plans for a total lunar eclipse (not that Eclipse people, forget Stephanie Meyer’s Edward and Jacob for one minute will you?!). Vector is a younger super villain who looks oddly like Microsoft’s philanthropic leader, Bill Gates. The resemblance is further cemented by Vector’s proclivity for mind-numbing inventions and his ability to negotiate with the bank, the Evil Bank (muahahahahahaha, haha). He throws the proverbial monkey wrench into Gru’s plan by stealing the shrink ray mere moments after Gru stole it! Imagine the irony. Once his attempt to reclaim the device at Vector’s scientific home/dome fail after a shower of missiles blasts him, Gru dastardly enlists the help of three orphans whom he adopts with one purpose in mind: selling robot Girl Scout cookies that will steal back the ray.

     Much has been said about my perfect ability to spoil too much of a film’s plot. I will therefore, maybe just this once spare you my regorging of the details and focus on my evaluation of this picture. Despicable Me has several glaring problems. First, Steve Carell’s voice seems to have overdosed on cigars and transmogrified itself into a sneaky Russian spy. Russell Brand does not make his assistant Dr. Nefario seem maligned; instead he turns him into a rather grandfatherly man who is slightly troubled by unfulfilled ambitions. There is rarely any fun music that is part and parcel of most animated films. The movie is not so much a feel good story as it is a retread of previous stories except with different personalities at work. Having negotiated through the punditry, Despicable Me is not without its virtues.

     Gru may have an evil career but he is personally always just. His deformed personality is amenable and seems to be influenced negatively by his mother’s (Julie Andrews) incessant disappointment. This is a common theme in today’s films, that of parental disapproval. The psychology behind the characters’ decisions is sound. The freaky-deaky teammates of Gru are hilarious even if stranger than fiction. The inventions are literally and figuratively out of this world. And finally, for the fait-accompli, the 3D effects are some of the better enhancements seen this year. What a mixed bag and a hard-to-evaluate movie. I would say it is palatable to the young ones, but nothing adults should be mixed up in.

 

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