Jack may have slayed a giant, and even come out on top of this weekend’s box office, but he still anchored the first dud of 2013. Indeed, Jack the Giant Slayer earned $28 million on Friday and Saturday, but the big budget fantasy adventure was made for over $150 million and will not come anywhere close to recouping that investment. It was an especially weak weekend overall for Hollywood, as Ed Harris and David Duchovny anchored an historically terrible Phantom . That drama was made for $18 million and opened to $465,000 on 1,100 screens. Total. Here’s a look at the top five: Jack the Giant Slayer – $28 million Identity Thief – $9.7 million 21 and Over – $9 million The Last Exorcism Part II – $8 million Snitch – $7.7 million
In his first extensive interview since losing the Presidential election to Barack Obama, Mitt Romney told Chris Matthews this morning that he only has himself to blame for not taking the White House. “I lost my election because of my campaign,” Romney said on Fox News Sunday . “Not because of what anyone else did.” Mitt Romney on Fox News Sunday Romney cited his failure to win over African-American and Hispanic voters, while also zeroing in on his ” 47 percent ” comments as being detrimental to his bid. Admitting that it “kills” him not to be President, Romney also had a few choice words for the man who is: “He didn’t think the sequester would happen,” he said. “It is happening. To date, what we’ve seen is the president out campaigning to the American people, doing rallies around the country, flying around the country and berating Republicans and blaming and pointing. “Now, what does that do? That causes the Republicans to retrench and to put up a wall and to fight back.” Ann Romney, meanwhile, was not as deferential about the basis for her husband’s defeat. She squarely pointed a finger at the fourth estate. “It was not just the campaign’s fault,” Ann told Fox News. “I believe it was the media’s fault as well, in that he was not being given a fair shake, that people weren’t allowed to really see him for who he was. I’m happy to blame the media.” She then concluded by focusing on the same current issue plaguing the government: “I totally believe at this moment, if Mitt were there in the office, that we would not be facing sequestration right now.”
Yo quiero ground beef tainted with horse meat at Taco Bell! Europe’s growing horse meat problem escalated Friday as Britain’s food regulator said that new testing had found the Bell’s beef supply tainted with it. Taco Bell parent company Yum Brands said the horsemeat issue is limited to the UK market , and that it will step up testing of its beef going forward. Europe’s horsemeat scandal erupted in January, when testing in Ireland revealed that some ground beef products sold there contained equine DNA. Burger King horsemeat samples were also found in February. The tainted beef epidemic continues to ensnare numerous well-known brands, prompting product withdrawals, consumer concerns and government investigations. Britain’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) said on Friday it had conducted 1,797 tests over the last seven days, 99 percent of which were negative. However, four tests were positive, it said. Four too many. They were for Taco Bell ground beef, beef skewers made by catering company Brakes, and Birds Eye ready meals – spaghetti bolognese and beef lasagne. The Birds Eye meals were withdrawn from sale last week after tests on a product the company sold in Belgium via the same supplier came back positive. Taco Bell tested meat at its UK restaurants as soon as news of the horsemeat contamination surfaced, spokesman Christopher Fuller said in a statement. Taco Bell, like many other companies, cannot say for certain whether any of the horsemeat-tainted product was served to consumers, he saod. The chain will test every batch of beef when it arrives at its processor and again before it is delivered to restaurants to make sure it is 100 percent beef. “We apologize to our customers and take this very seriously,” he added. For Yum, food contamination hasn’t been limited to ground beef, either. Its nearly 5,300 KFC restaurants in China have seen business plummet after news reports and government investigations found chemical residue in its chicken supply. The horse meat scandal has not extended to the U.S., at least not yet, but given the complexities of the food supply chain, you have to wonder. Wonder if a homemade caprese pizza recipe isn’t a better bet, that is.
There’s a Harlem Shake on this muthaf*%kin’ plane. – Samuel L. Jackson Just kidding. Samuel L. played no part of this whatsoever (sadly), but as Harlem Shake videos go, the new elevation record has officially been set. Even the skydiving edition didn’t reach 35,000 feet cruising altitude, which is where the Colorado College Wasabi Ultimate team decided to go crazy. Watch below as the team Harlem Shakes its way to a tournament in San Diego aboard Frontier Airlines Flight 157 – with the whole cabin joining in! Harlem Shake – In-Flight Edition! What’s your favorite Harlem Shake video so far?
