"Sex","Prince" Fall Behind Shrek at box office
5/31/2010 11:19:00 AM
kenmouse
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Eh.Sex and the City 2 and Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time were the hot new couple at the weekend box office.
Except they weren't. All that hot, that is.
Sex and the City 2 did great for a romantic comedy, especially an R-rated romantic comedy that was called "bad" and any other number of disparaging things by critics. Its estimated $32.1 million Friday-Sunday gross, however, did not look great next to its 2008 predecessor, which took in a phenomenal $57 million in the same three-day span.
Widely predicted to reign over the Memorial Day holiday, the Sarah Jessica Parker-and-friends franchise settled for second place, behind Shrek Forever After.
"With any sequel you want to see an increase in the number of fans," BoxOffice.com editor Phil Contrino said today, "and this obviously didn't happen here…It flatlined."
Céline Dion's dream to expand her family has come true. 
Have you heard of "Quit Facebook Day?" If not, you're not alone. In response to the recent Facebook privacy issues, a batch of users founded this celebration of-sorts (not on Facebook, obviously) in hopes that thousands more would join their commitment to deactivate their Facebook accounts come May 31. Well, that's tomorrow, and according to a new batch of research from Vision Critical, "Quit Facebook Day" appears to be a bust. 
Selina's lawyer boyfriend Richard Zhang addressed her by "wife" two nights ago, and then tactfully proposed to her. According to sources, he was subtle but encompassing, and sought advice from Hebe and Ella before requesting their management company to "relax" S.H.E's itinerary. Two days ago he implied that something important was going to happen to Mother Ren, and asked for her consent. But because he was too nervous, he was too occupied calling "wife" and forgot to finish off the traditional process, which includes a proposal on one knee. Selina kept bursting into laughter during the afterparty, "He secretly added whisky into the Coca Cola bottle, I could tell that he was drunk, and afterwards he said, 'I was too shocked'!" 
Beach blanket bingo...with Brangelina!
Is Miley Cyrus over Nick Jonas or not?
Rocker Bret Michaels is reportedly one of the potential candidates to replace former 'American Idol' judge Simon Cowell, according to TMZ.
Huang Xiao Ming and Angelababy are rumored to be passionately dating. Earlier, Xiao Ming had invited Angelababy as the MV female lead for a new song, and in Beijing, and the duo were spotted catching supper together before returning home late at night; even when he was in Hong Kong to attend film events, they would meet a day early for a secret meeting. Yesterday, Xiao Ming publicly showed his appreciation for her, and too mentioned that after getting to know her, she is great! He also clearly remembers the day they met each other, displaying their growing relationship.
By now, just about everyone on the planet has heard the term “Apple Fanboy.” If you’ve ever said anything good about an Apple product, you’ve likely been called one. But a new class of fanboy has emerged — one that, amazingly, may be be equally as passionate. The Android Fanboy. And it’s actually a good thing.
The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2010 were held on Saturday at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. EXILE set a new milestone at the event, becoming the first group to receive three awards for three consecutive years. This year, they won in the categories for Best Video of the Year, Best Album of the Year, and the Asia Icon Award.
Dennis Hopper, whose pot-addled Billy in Easy Rider and psychopathic Frank Booth in Blue Velvet helped put the icon in iconoclastic, has died after a decade-long battle with prostate cancer. He was 74. 
While American Idol winner Lee DeWyze and runner-up Crystal Bowersox bask in Season Nine’s finale afterglow, the remaining Top Eight Idols are enjoying a breather before a 51-city American Idols Live! Tour, which kicks off in Auburn Hills, Mich, July 1.
Half of all corporate PCs running XP stuck on soon-to-be-obsolete SP2
Facebook.com is the leading Website in the world with 540 million unique users, reaching 35.2 percent of the total Internet population through April. The social network racked up 570 billion page views, according to Google's new DoubleClick Ad Planner 1000 list. Yahoo.com, which boasts 600 million users, was not far behind Facebook with 490 million unique visitors, good for a 31.8 percent reach. Microsoft actually grabs more traffic combined than any Website in the world.
It was reported that when Miriam Yeung sang the high notes (this line of the lyrics: "Talks about friendship more and more") to her new song "飲酒思源" she sounded like she went off-tune. To avoid damaging her Pop Queen status, Miriam demanded to take back the song and record it again. Yesterday Miriam attended the RTHK series "毒戒" press conference and denied that she wanted to record the song again due to being off-tune. However, she does admit that her voice suddenly became sharper and felt that the emotions could be expressed better, so it would be best to record the song again. 
People were quick to point out that Facebook was the #1 website in Google’s list of the top 1000. That’s great, but where is Google in the list? They are either not as popular as we once thought, or they omitted themselves from the list. I’ll leave you to decide which one is more likely.
MILEY Cyrus hates the hit US TV show Glee — because it’s not very realistic!
After spending the last few years focusing on building a credible search engine and fixing Windows, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is now turning his eye, Sauron-like, toward Microsoft's consumer products. 
