Movie goers were anything but scared to line up for Paranormal Activity 3 this weekend. The third film in this horror franchise scared up $54 million on Friday and Saturday, making it the biggest opener in Hollywood since Rise of the Planet of the Apes and easily the most impressive in the Paranormal Activity series, topping the sequel’s $40.7 million start. Paranormal Activity 3 Trailer Hugh Jackman’s Real Steel fell to second place, meanwhile, but surpassed $150 million around the globe. Let’s take a look at the top 10 box office results from the weekend: Paranormal Activity 3 : $54 million Real Steel : $11.3 million Footloose : $10.9 million The Three Musketeers : $8.8 million The Ides of March : $4.9 million Dolphin Tale : $4.2 million Moneyball : $4.1 million Johnny English Reborn : $3.8 million The Thing : $3.1 million 50/50 : $2.8 million
Can reality show popularity translate into success at the polls? Rupert Boneham hopes so. The former Survivor star, who won $1 million in 2004 when he was voted that show’s fan favorite, announced this weekend that he’s running for governor of Indiana under the Libertarian Party. Arguing that he’s “not beholden to any special interests,” Boneham said at a news conference yesterday that he’s the right man to replace Mitch Daniels in office. “I have only one interest: Empowering Hoosiers to give back to their communities. If the government puts up roadblocks, then they should be repealed,” Rupert said. “Hoosiers have consistently voted in professional politicians and look at the results. Hoosiers should have a different choice in 2012.” The aspiring politician runs Rupert’s Kids, a charity that provides mentoring and job-training to at-risk youths. But the real question remains: what will the tribe of Indiana residents decide when it speaks next November?
Kris Herzog, the loose cannon former bodyguard and self-proclaimed lover of Oksana Grigorieva, is now protecting presidential candidate Herman Cain. Not sure if that bodes well for the Hermanator’s chances. In any case, here he is on the campaign trail in Detroit with Herman Cain , the Georgia businessman who has improbably become a contender for the GOP nomination: On a side note, the Cain Express has a sweet ass tour bus . Cain’s spokesperson, J.D. Gordon, told TMZ that the appearance shown above was Herzog’s first job with the campaign and he worked with a team of 2-3 guys. It’s unclear if Herzog is scheduled for other events or will be asked to provide future services … and also unclear if Cain is aware that Herzog is bat$h!t insane . For those unaware, dude was front and center in the year-long war between Grigorieva and Mel Gibson, having allegedly witnessed some really shady stuff pertaining to the domestic violence/extortion case, and possibly tapped that. Oksana, that is, not Mel.
Saturday Night Live went political last weekend with a faux Republican debate, seating the candidates – as was the case in the last real debate – in order of poll numbers. Only bottom-feeder Rick Santorum was banished to a local gay bar instead of the debate table where contenders Herman Cain , Mitt Romney et al., were seated. Needless to say, that did not go over well with the homophobe. The cuts to SNL ‘s faux Santorum (played by Andy Samberg) were funny due to his expressions, but more so due to their infrequency. Dude is just irrelevant now. The decision to stick Rick in a gay bar of all places no doubt stems from his views on the LGBT community and the fact that he recently got so pissed at Google . Santorum, in response, feels like he’s being singled out for having strong views on “traditional marriage” a.k.a. despising homosexuals and all they stand for. Really, though, what make the skit was Rick’s declining importance. The lack of attention they paid Samberg reflected his 1-3 percent poll average brilliantly. Santorum’s comeback is posted below you care what he has to say, which you likely don’t. That’s the point. Time to back up the bus and head home, man. Rick Santorum Goes Off on SNL
As the Occupy Wall Street “movement” rages on, the protesters Herman Cain hates are realizing that their mission is being heavily advertised … why not make like the GOP Presidential hopeful and create a memorable tagline for it? All the marches and sit-ins to protest socioeconomic inequality are being videotaped and photographed so much that it’s become social media phenomenon as much as a political one. Depressing as the subject matter is, these are pretty good. Here are our Top 10 favorite Occupy Wall Street signs, as seen on Twitter:
The Occupy Wall Street movement has captured the attention of students across the country. In fact, today, there is an Occupy Colleges protest scheduled for 4:30pm, when students at more than 90 colleges plan to walk out of class to show their solidarity with the Wall Street movement. More than half a million people have Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : B2C Marketing Insider Discovery Date : 13/10/2011 22:09 Number of articles : 2
It was almost a foregone conclusion, but former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has announced, officially, that she will not enter the 2012 presidential race. Palin’s announcement comes one day after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie affirmed his decision not to jump in despite Republican leaders urging him to. No leaders really wanted Palin to, but she’s like a celebrity now, so the media still pays attention to her. Here’s what she told supporters in a letter: “I believe I can be more effective in a decisive role to help elect other true public servants to office – from the nation’s governors to congressional seats and the presidency.” “I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets, including in the race for president where candidates must embrace immediate action toward energy independence through domestic development of conventional energy sources, along with renewables.” “We must reduce tax burdens and onerous regulations that kill American industry, and our candidates must always push to minimize government to strengthen and allow the private sector to create jobs.” “I apologize to those who are disappointed in this decision.” Anyone? Hello? Palin told Fox News she chose to send a letter over holding a press conference because she wanted to “put the marker down and say ‘no I’m not running.'” Republicans have been searching for an alternative to the polished, but less than inspiring former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the entire year. Many have been disappointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and have given a second look to Georgia businessman Herman Cain , who is surging in polls. In any case, the field is set now. Romney and Perry remain likely frontrunners, but at this stage of the game you can’t rule out Cain or perhaps others. Should Sarah Palin have run?
It’s a very sad day for all of mankind: Teresa Giudice has dropped out of Twitter. Following a recent spat with Real Housewives of New Jersey co-star Jacqueline Laurita, Giudice made the tragic announcement today on her blog, writing: “I don’t think it’s a very healthy place to be right now. (I just can’t take anyone who’s suddenly friends again with Kim G. seriously, sorry!), so I’m going to slowly slip out of it and maybe take a little break for a while.” Laurita, of course, referred to Teresa as “scum” a couple days ago because she believes her castmate helped spread a rumor that Melissa Gorga once worked as a stripper and… seriously, why would anyone care about this?!? Giudice says she’s been blindsided by the entire feud, blogging : “The whole time we were filming [season 3], I had no idea what other people were saying about me. I just assumed they were all my friends.” After all, that’s what the script called for her to assume.
Hank Williams Jr. has issued an apology, brief but apparently sincere, for the absurd comments on Fox News this week that got him kicked off Monday Night Football . The singer called his Obama-Hitler comparison “misunderstood” in a statement earlier Tuesday, going on to explain more tactfully what he meant but not retracting it. Now, in a second statement, he admitted it was “dumb” and apologized. Hank Williams Jr. on Fox News According to Hank Williams, Jr.: “The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin [sic] and high fiven [sic] on the golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement.” That it did. He adds, in conclusion, that “I am very sorry if it offended anyone. I would like to thank all my supporters. This was not written by some publicist.” Hopefully this ends Hank’s run as a Fox political analyst. As far as we know, no one has asked for his opinions on Chris Christie not running.
Chalk it up to East Coast bias? Not enough coffee? Sleeping through 9th grade geography? Whatever the reason, the press corps traveling with President Obama on a campaign swing out west this week were given a map identifying Wyoming as Colorado. The two rectangular states do look similar, but come on. Colorado is not only crucial to Obama’s re-election, it’s where he gave his ’08 convention speech. Weak! Obama’s three-day swing took him to Washington, California and Colorado, where he held public events and private fundraisers for his 2012 re-election bid. Tuesday in Denver, an audience saw a speech on Obama’s jobs program . The larger point of the trip was to help Obama reconnect with voters and gain media coverage in Colorado, which is expected to be a swing state in 2012. As for Wyoming, Obama lost by 32 PERCENT to John McCain in ’08. Maybe subconsciously he blocked that out and forgot the state exists, resulting in this error.
