America, this weekend you decided you were really in the mood to see a bunch of anthropomorphic desert critters getting into hi-jinks, that you sorta wanted to see Matt Damon running around with Emily Blunt, and that you had absolutely no interest in seeing Topher Grace and bunch of cocaine point out how weird things used to be in the 80s. Good choices all around, America! Your weekend receipts are here.
If you missed the first (and possibly only) episode of Charlie Sheen's Internet talk show, Sheen's Korner, don't worry! In our quest to chronicle each and every controversial move that the Two and a Half Men star makes, Movieline tuned in and carefully documented everything that happened in the winning-est sixty minutes of web broadcast ever. There was chain-smoking! There were official sponsors! There was poetry about dead babies! And there was a segment called "Just Because They're Bitchin'." Trust me... you're going to want to review the highlights.
Swapping 30 Rock for classic rock, Alec Baldwin has been announced to join the star-studded cast of Rock of Ages as Dennis Dupree, the aging rocker still holding on to shreds of his former glory. Will Ferrell and Steve Carell were both offered the role, but I think Baldwin will bring a nice, understated subtle touch to the part, rather than going broad and huge like Ferrell and Carell might've. Baldwin joins Julianne Hough, Tom Cruise, Anne Hathaway and probably at this point tomorrow, your Aunt Millie in the Broadway adaptation directed by Adam Shankman. [THR]
Noted monologist David Arquette is fine after being involved in a nasty head-on collision in Los Angeles. Swerving into another lane to avoid a car that had stopped short in front of him, the Scream 4 star plowed into another car coming in the opposite direction. Banged up and bloody, Arquette was taken to the hospital and released and now his publicist and his twitter (and really, aren't they the same thing at this point?) say that he is fine, with Arquette tweeting "remember to wear your seatbelt - wish I was." [TMZ]
Johnny Depp and his Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski notched another win on their belts as Rango opened in the top spot this Friday. Matt Damon's The Adjustment Bureau manged a close second place while Beastly came in third. And speaking of beastly, the long-shelved, yayo-packed Take Me Home Tonight barely registered with audiences, coming in tenth place. Your Friday box office is here.
It was a week of tiger blood, Adonis DNA, vice-choosing and winning. And that was just the Oscars. The rest was a blur I doubt we'll ever have a full grasp on, but we can start with the clues assembled in Movieline's Week in Review, followed of course by further investigation this weekend by ace Det. Dixon Gaines. Have a good one!
· One of my all-time favorite years is 1990. We had Goodfellas, Misery, the video for Madonna's "Vogue," "Nothing Compares 2 U," and this, a now-historic training video for "Blockbuster University" that teaches clerks how to hawk movies right. I can think of no more touching tribute to Blockbuster than watching these awesomely dated clips. Be kind and rewind with me. [Moviefone]
And that's when Charlie Sheen officially morphed into a sweaty and twitchy edition of The Onion. Speaking with Access Hollywood host Billy Bush, the future radio station said that he plans on heading to Haiti (!) with Sean Penn (!!) to do humanitarian work. "I'm excited as hell because, you know, if I can bring the attention of the world down there, then clearly this tsunami keeps cresting," said Sheen in the most flagrant example yet of his addiction to mixed metaphors. What else is happening in Sheenworld?
It's a good week to be an animation fan, what with Rango garnering rave reviews and a new trailer for the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots hitting the web. (Unless, like me, you caught the Puss in Boots teaser in theaters at midnight in front of the aptly-named Beastly. Not a smart life choice, in retrospect.) But what mystical, family-friendly, Eastern-influenced laughs await us in the new trailer for Kung Fu Panda 2?
It's unofficially a Twilight Friday here at Movieline. First, there was Robert Pattinson looking perfectly furrowed in the trailer for Water for Elephants, and now comes word that Kristen Stewart is closing in on the leading role in Snow White and the Huntsman, opposite Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. Take that, other Snow White movie with Julia Roberts! [Deadline]
Considering Twentieth Century Fox executives are probably still counting the cash they made from Avatar, it seems silly to pass around the collection plate for them after a down year of releases in 2010. That said, which surprising Fox production managed to top the ticket sales of such high profile disappointments as The A-Team, Knight and Day and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader? Hint: Lesbians.
· Chris Hemsworth probably thought Red Dawn would be his breakout role for American audiences. Unfortunately for him, that film was lost in the great abyss of bankruptcy papers that is MGM. Never fear, though! The new poster for Hemworth's actual American breakout, Thor, manages to combine both films seamlessly. Click ahead to see the red-hued marketing material, then stick around for more Buzz Break.
Even though Miley Cyrus has a lifetime worth of experience (especially in the bong department), the former Disney star is still just 18 years old. And this weekend, like many more established actresses before her, Cyrus will publicly test her sketch comedy chops for the first time when she hosts Saturday Night Live. Before you give the multi-hyphenate a sympathy handicap for her young age though, let's take a look at the youngest Saturday Night Live hosts and see how they fared.
On Thursday, Movieline suggested that Charlie Sheen could become a radio host within the next year. Perhaps we undershot a little bit. On Saturday, Sheen will become a radio station, when SiriusXM -- in a most grotesque grab at publicity -- will unveil Tiger Blood Radio. The special, one-day channel will spend 24 hours focusing on Sheen's exploits and antics, meaning it might as well be called the Internet. [Wrap]
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