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Weekend Receipts: The Roommate Signs The Lease For Number One

As most of America gets ready to watch Green Bay pummel the Steelers, Leighton Meester made the weekend hers as The Roommate hit the top spot. Sanctum lost itself at a distant second place and America’s Horny Sweetheart, Natalie Portman, settled for the third spot. Your weekend receipts are here.

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Weekend Receipts: The Roommate Signs The Lease For Number One

If The King’s Speech Gets Re-Edited To A PG-13, It Doesn’t Deserve The Oscar

The King’s Speech is riding high on guild love after its surprise win for Best Picture at the PGA Awards and Best Director for Tom Hooper at the DGA Awards; it may yet complete the trifecta tonight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. At this point, it has to be considered the new odds-on favorite for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards. But if Harvey Weinstein follows through on his plan to re-cut the film for a more profitable rating, then, frankly, it doesn’t deserve a damned thing.

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If The King’s Speech Gets Re-Edited To A PG-13, It Doesn’t Deserve The Oscar

Directors Guild Award Shocker: Tom Hooper Wins For The King’s Speech

And just like that, we’ve got a new front-runner. After previously notching an unexpected win at the Producers Guild Award, The King’s Speech continued on its guild rampage, with first-time nominee Tom Hooper winning Best Feature Film Director last night, leaving previous favorite David Fincher with nothing. And as you will hear ad nauseum today, only six times in the past has the DGA Award winner not won the Academy Award for Best Director, most recently in 2002 when Rob Marshall won for Chicago , but Roman Polanski went on to win the Oscar for The Pianist . Will The King’s Speech make it a guild hat trick and win big tonight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards? Full list of winners after the break. [ Deadline ]

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Weekend Receipts: Green Hornet Packs A Medium Sting At Number One; The Dilemma Dies On The Vine

Welcome to the doldrums of January, a cinematic graveyard where, traditionally, studios unceremoniously dump off their DOA films with little fanfare and even fewer expectations. But this year was going to be different; with marquee names like Vince Vaughn, Ron Howard, Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry, the box office could match the talent on display? So, was it? Ehhh…ish. While The Green Hornet managed to open on just barely the side of “okay,” The Dilemma self-destructed at a weak number two. There’s always January 2012 guys!

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Weekend Receipts: Green Hornet Packs A Medium Sting At Number One; The Dilemma Dies On The Vine

Check Out This King’s Speech Inspired Poster

As the cast of The King’s Speech gets ready for their big night at the Golden Globes (7 nominations!), they might want to take this poster’s message to heart to calm their nerves. The funsters at Drink At Work combined a heartbreaking speech impediment with a ubiquitous piece of retro hipster art, and, well, check it out after the break. [ DAW ]

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Friday Box Office: Green Hornet Has Sallow Opening Night, Dilemma Self-Destructs

On the weekend of the Golden Globes, a couple of prize turkeys were trotted out at the box office to little effect. Seth Rogen’s long-delayed Green Hornet opened at a weak number one, while Vince Vaughn’s Dilemma barely made a splash at number two. But hey, The King’s Speech opened wide at number four and did okay! Your Friday box office is here.

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