Cults, Fishnets and FBI: David Carradine Case Veers Off the Rails

In the vast annals of notorious Hollywood deaths, few cases are likely to supersede David Carradine's when it's all said and done. That is, if it's ever all said done; a weekend's worth of details, rumors, conspiracy theories and one particularly tasteless photo leak have resulted in mass confusion between family, fans and investigators on two continents. Let's get caught up after the jump.
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The Thrill of Victory ... And The Agony of Defeat

Hello! How are you? Did you go to the movies this weekend? Did you see The Hangover? Did you see Land of the Lost? Did you see My Life in Ruins? Tell us all about it -- we're interested! The weekend box office numbers are after the jump.

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Friday Box Office: Killer Hangover

This weekend's comedy matchup wasn't even close, as The Hangover (at $16.5 million) managed to pull in more than double what the expensive, future stoner classic Land of the Lost made on Friday ($7.2 million). Still, it wasn't all good news for underdog comedies: My Life in Ruins was forced to enter at rear with a meager $1.1 million.

THE HANGOVER: $16,535,000 (new)

UP: $13,500,000 ($106,572,000)

LAND OF THE LOST: $7,218,000 (new)

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN: $4,550,000 ($117,241,000)

DRAG ME TO HELL: $2,573,000 ($23,766,000)

TERMINATOR SALVATION: $2,530,000 ($99,850,000)

STAR TREK: $2,520,000 ($216,922,000)

ANGELS & DEMONS: $2,000,000 ($111,625,000)

MY LIFE IN RUINS: $1,100,000 (new)

DANCE FLICK: $685,000 ($21,352,000)

New Sensations

Another week down at Movieline HQ, where Rupert Murdoch's new deputy made us a little hungry, a few nights on the town kept us entertained, we welcomed a new era for The Tonight Show and we swept out an old era with Speidi. And that's just for starters. Share all the memories after the jump.

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Chubby Lives!

· Yes, there's definite similarities between Wisconsin-Milwaukee forward James Eayrs and Chubby from Teen Wolf. They even wear the same color and number! [Deadspin]
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Our Commenters of the Week Win Elisabeth Shue, Professional Gym Spotter

Hey gym bunnies, how are your reps? Your delts? Your quads? (Any of this making sense? I'm totally fumbling in the dark here.) If they need a little work, why not let the newly buff Elisabeth Shue give you a hand? That's just the useful prize we're handing out to the writers of this week's five best comments. Now, finally, they'll have an opportunity to build up muscles that are tragically underutilized by typical home row technique.

So who are our winners?

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B-R-Ü-N-O, und Brüno Vaz His Name-O: Universal Responds To Bingo Lawsuit

Another summer, another Sacha Baron Cohen movie, another parade of lawsuits. Well, just one so far, but more are almost certainly coming, including a class action undertaken of behalf of 173 million heterosexual men exposed to the psychically damaging effects of a male Brazilian wax projected on a 30-by-70-foot screen.

In the meantime, however, Universal's legal department will have to attend to the less daunting matter of Richelle Olson, herself the alleged victim of a horrible bingo mishap after Cohen -- in the guise of his alter-ego Brüno -- hijacked a Palmdale charity event, resulting in total chaos and multiple ink-dabbing injuries.

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Movieline: Your Front-Row Seat at This Weekend's Young Hollywood Awards

This Sunday, our sister site Hollywood Life is throwing its eleventh annual Young Hollywood Awards, and Movieline will be on the scene interviewing all sorts of celebrities, probably before they start drinking. It'll be a star-studded affair (Emile Hirsch! Evan Rachel Wood! Adam Lambert!) and we'd love to hear your polite-yet-irreverent suggestions as to what we should ask.

Here's a look at the lineup of honorees:

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Buzz Break: Shakespeare in Lube

· The internet is abuzz over Gwyneth Paltrow's awfully shiny legs on last night's Tonight Show. Can't a woman pace around in her green room's chamomile-scented enlightenment wading pool without everyone freaking out?

· After a shaky Cannes debut, now Taking Woodstock is getting hit with claims of inaccuracy and exaggeration. By the time it's released in August, maybe the backlash to the backlash ("Hey, it's actually decent!") will begin.

· Slumdog Millionaire's Rubina Ali has written her autobiography, despite being only 9. In it, she devotes many chapters to the "beloved father" who maybe, kinda tried to sell her.

· Ed Helms actually took out his dental implant to commit to his character in The Hangover.

· Susan Boyle has been released from the mental health clinic. Look, an intimacy with the scores of Les Miz and Cats will do that to a person. No judgment.

Movieline's Helpful Advice for Amateur Film Critic Ed Koch

OK, here is something great: former NYC mayor Ed Koch has now begun to do his amateur film criticism on video, and the results are amazing (though when is he going to review Outrage, hmm?). The description to one of his videos: "Former New York City mayor Ed Koch reviews the Benny Boom film Next Day Air and does not enjoy it one bit, particularly due to its racist portrayals of young men in the inner city. He gives the film a 'minus.'" Amazing, although he has so far given every film a "minus" ("Former New York City mayor Ed Koch reviews the new Star Trek film...and is not impressed. He misses Shatner and Nimoy").

Still, as much as we're loving these videos, we have some tips for the "uh"-prone politico.

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Thai Police on David Carradine: 'He May Have Died From Masturbation'

Look, I'm as stunned and and disturbed as everyone else about the sudden demise of David Carradine. But let's just cut to the chase about his cause of death, OK? Today, both the Thai police and the public record are all but corroborating one thing: David Carradine masturbated to death.
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Discuss: Michael Bay Made $80 Million Directing Transformers

You don't need to be some Hollywood naïf to recoil in shock from its biggest extravagances. Which goes a long way to explaining my migraine this morning after browsing Forbes's new Michael Bay profile. Or rather, Michael Bay Inc. -- that monolithic institution you might have thought was paid by the explosion, but has actually rigged a Lucasian spigot of cash in the same bathroom where it generates so much of its output.
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World's Strangest Trailer Finally Yields World's Strangest Film

After Last Season had the distinction of being the very first subject of Movieline's Two-Minute Verdict feature, in which we fell for the crude sets, shoddy camerawork and its baffling non sequiturs. And while many observers wondered aloud if this wasn't just some mysterious prank in search of a feature-length treatment, we circled June 5 on the kitchen calendar, knowing that the film might soon fulfill its maddening promise. Now that day is here, and so is After the Season -- though you might have to do some traveling to have a look for yourself.
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Will Ferrell Battles Tyrannosaurus Zach in Summer Comedy Showdown

Welcome back to Movieline Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and lost in time (or in Vegas) at the movies. This week, Will Ferrell's big-budget monster goes up against a scrappy team of Sin City underdogs, Nia Vardalos stumbles back into the spotlight, and your least-favorite DVD of 2009 hits shelves. It's all after the jump.

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Chris Pine to Fistfight Stubborn Train in Unstoppable

· Next steps are crucial for Star Trek's Chris Pine: Spend his superstar capital too frivolously, it won't be long before he's starring opposite ducks. Luckily, his choice to star opposite Denzel Washington in Unstoppable -- a runaway train movie directed by Tony Scott -- sounds to be a wise decision. [Variety]
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