Significant Hottie:Megan Fox

See beautiful Megan Fox in this summer's mega hit Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen.

Movie review:Terminator Salvation

John Connor - Christian Bale
Marcus Wright - Sam Worthington
Blair Williams - Moon Bloodgood
Dr. Serena
Kogan - Helena Bonham Carter
Kyle Reese - Anton Yelchin
Star - Jadagrace
Darker, grimmer and more stylistically single-minded than its two relatively giddy predecessors, "Terminator Salvation" boasts the kind of singular vision that distinguished the James Cameron original, the full-throttle kinetics of "Speed" and an old-fashioned regard for human (and humanoid) heroics. Only pic's relentlessly doomsday tone -- accessorized by helmer McG's grimy, gun-metal palette -- might keep auds from flocking like lemmings to the apocalypse. The fourth in the celebrated sci-fi series, "Salvation" opens and closes with humanity at war with the machines. In other words, this thing isn't going to end soon. Nor should it, if it keeps on like this.

McG, whose segue from music vids to movies resulted in two "Charlie's Angels" extravaganzas and the woeful "We Are Marshall," exhibits an unexpected flair for the dreadful, abrupt and awesome. What we get here -- which was perhaps missing on the relatively sunny mental landscapes of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" -- is a sense of real horror: When humans are snatched up like Cheez-Doodles by skyscraper-sized Go-bots, there's no slo-mo relief or stalling. Stuff happens as it might were the world actually overtaken by demonic appliances.

Christian Bale, playing the "prophesized leader of the Resistance" John Connor, may have traded in the Batman body armor for "Road Warrior"-style outerwear, but one thing hasn't changed: He is, once again, a movie star playing second fiddle. Heath Ledger stole "The Dark Knight" away from him and Sam Worthington (who will appear in Cameron's "Avatar" this Christmas) heists "Terminator Salvation" from Bale, for the most ironical of reasons: In a movie that poses man against machine, Worthington's cyborg is the far more human character.

As a steel-beaded logo of Warner Bros. fades away, Marcus (Worthington), on death row for an unexplained crime, gets an 11th-hour visit from Dr. Serena Kogan (Helena Bonham Carter), who wears the headscarf and pallor of a terminal cancer patient. She wants Marcus' body -- literally. She wants to turn him into a cyborg.

Wracked with guilt, resigned to his execution, Marcus agrees to sign the release in exchange for a kiss. "So that's what death tastes like," he says, as she leaves him to his lethal injection.

This is not your governator's "Terminator."

Bale, meanwhile, playing the adult version of the hero-to-be portrayed by Edward Furlong ("Terminator 2) and Nick Stahl ("Terminator 3"), is as purposeful and furious as anyone played by Arnold Schwarzenegger or Robert Patrick. One suspects he's been studying Linda Hamilton in "Terminator 2," although -- let's face it -- this is serious business. It's 2018. Skynet -- the "aware" machine -- has all but accomplished its self-appointed mission of destroying the threat of people.

But pockets of rebellion continue to operate even if, as in the case of a charred and rubble-strewn Los Angeles, the local contingent consists of just two kids: Kyle Reese (Anton Yelchin) and the mute/cute Star (Jadagrace).

Kyle -- given a slightly geeky and perfectly plausible portrayal by Yelchin ("Star Trek") -- will grow up to father John Connor after being sent into the past to meet Sarah Connor (if you haven't followed the "Terminator" time line, this is no time to be catching up).

Thus, he has to be preserved. So does John, given that it's been predicted since 1984 that he'll be the one to save the world. There's a lot at stake.

McG's direction is always intelligent. (He does seem to have a thing for "The Great Escape," which is referenced several times.) The script by John Brancato and Michael Ferris occasionally goes off the rails. Certainly, their insertion of an existential dilemma for Marcus -- "I need to find out who did this to me," he says, his chrome-plated plumbing having been exposed to the open air -- feels very late-inning.

And the obligatory borrowing from the previous movies ("Come with me if you want to live," "I'll be back ...") tend to upset the mood created within McG's bleached-out world, which is very deliberate and doesn't need the comic relief.

There are great bits though: The thrashing, centipede-like, killer-snake thingie, which has the personality of a wolverine, is a neat invention. So are the biker Terminators, which molt like malignant pinecones off their towering mother �bot. A Schwarzenegger lookalike -- it isn't clear whether it's the ex-actor CGI'd or a complete fabrication -- is funny, but in this case apt.

Weekend Box Office Results for May 15–17, 2009

1.Angels & Demons- Sony- $46,204,168 -$46,204,168
2.Star Trek- Par.- $43,034,547 -$147,645,384
3.X-Men Origins: Wolverine- Fox- $14,702,425 -$150,993,169
4.Ghosts of Girlfriends Past- WB (NL)- $6,653,384 -$39,855,222
5.Obsessed- SGem - $4,588,973 -$62,610,148
6.17 Again- WB- $3,368,189 -$58,363,111
7.Monsters Vs. Aliens- P/DW- $3,182,085 -$190,733,766
8.The Soloist- P/DW- $2,402,801 -$27,505,154
9.Next Day Air- Sum.- $2,244,878 -$7,613,221
10.Earth (2009)- BV- $1,697,956- $29,088,771

Beckham featured in terminator-inspired Moto Aura ad

Never before in the history of humankind has a company that's been doing so badly had such an enormous amount of money to waste. Enter Motorola, and, consequently, their new Aura advertisement featuring David Beckham doing what he does best: absolutely nothing. There's not much that we can say that the Terminator-inspired ad won't say for us, so putter on after the break and catch the ad itself, plus Beckster beefcaking it up like a pro and sharing his innermost insights on Moto's $2,000 phone.

Box Office Top Ten for April 9,2009

Daily and Total
1. Fast & Furious- $3,859,015- $84.569,535
2.Monsters vs. Aliens- $3,157,111- $114.699,054
3. I Love You, Man- $809,323- $51.535,627
4. The Haunting in Connecticut- $785,975- $39.546,954
5. Knowing-$737,672- $60.419,393
6. Adventureland- $522,747- $7.376,899
7. Race To Witch Mountain- $434,431- $59.565,930
8. Duplicity- $378,385- $33.397,570
9. 12 Rounds- $239,144- $9.669,844
10. Sunshine Cleaning- $174,843- $5.224,221

Weekend Box Office Results for March 20–22, 2009

1.Knowing- Sum.- $24,604,751
2.I Love You, Man- P/DW- $17,810,270
3.Duplicity- Uni.- $13,965,110
4.Race to Witch Mountain- BV- $12,786,041
5.Watchmen- WB- $6,801,114
6.The Last House on the Left (2009)- Uni.- $5,776,160
7.Taken- Fox- $4,057,695
8.Slumdog Millionaire- FoxS- $2,676,369
9.Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail- LGF- $2,566,535
10.Coraline- Focus- $2,130,746

Significant Hottie:Eliza Dushku

Catch Eliza in her new tv series Dollhouse.

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Weekend Box Office Results for March 6–8, 2009

1.Watchmen- WB- $55,214,334
2.Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail- LGF- $8,532,412
3.Taken- Fox- $7,334,814
4.Slumdog Millionaire- FoxS- $6,808,383
5.Paul Blart: Mall Cop- Sony- $4,146,316
6.He's Just Not That Into You- WB (NL)- $4,017,326
7.Coraline- Focus- $3,255,852
8.Confessions of a Shopaholic- BV- $3,100,298
9. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience- BV- $2,832,454
10.Fired Up- SGem- $2,478,381

Say It's Not So Mandy!

Only one month after confirming her engagement, Mandy Moore has gone bridal, marrying indie rocker Ryan Adams.

The pair, who've dated on and off for the past year, tied the knot in a small ceremony on Tuesday in Savannah, Ga., the actress-singer's publicist confirms to E! News.

While Moore, 24, had weddings with Shane West and John Krasinski in A Walk to Remember and License to Wed, respectively, this is the first real-life marriage for both her and Adams, 34.

Significant Hottie:Kristin Kreuk

Catch her in Street Fighter:The Legend of Chun Li.

Whats Your Vue?

Movie Reviews: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

The Skinny: A young woman named Chun-Li (Kristin Kreuk) travels to Bangkok to seek revenge for the death of her father because…that's what a mysterious scroll told her to do. She totally sucks at fighting, but then this dude comes and goes, 'Hey, I'll teach you how to fight!' and then…does. Li uses her newfound fireball-making ability to exact revenge on a baddie named Bison. Yeah, it was awesome.

The Good: Black Eyed Peas' Taboo, playing Vega, gets his ass kicked. We were just happy to see that happen. There are also considerably less annoying Street Fighter characters than the original train wreck. We're not sure how good that is, but it's better than bad, right?

The Bad: Really, truly, everything. But what do you expect from the director of the equally-laughable video game adaptation Doom, and three movies starring DMX (Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave)? Anchoring the marginal acting are horribly written and even more horribly delivered 'tough-guy' lines that'll make you cringe like someone cut one in the theater. And, then there are the chi fireballs, which make only three appearances and look like spinning globs of glowing tumbleweed.It's Street Fighter-at least attempt to get the fireballs correct.

Boxoffice Results For Weekend Ending Feb.22,2009

1.Madea Goes to Jail- $41,030,947
2 Coraline- $11,432,124
3 Taken- $11,281,262
4 He's Just Not That Into You- $8,558,225
5 Slumdog Millionaire- $8,384,680
6 Friday the 13th- $7,942,472
7 Paul Blart: Mall Cop- $6,821,377
8 Confessions of a Shopaholic- $6,742,778
9 Fired Up!- $5,483,778
10 The International-$4,463,916

Significant Hottie:Katherine Heigl

While her fate is up in the air on Grey's Anatomy, Katherine Heigl will keep plenty busy even if her tenure at Seattle Grace comes to a tragic end.

She will join Ashton Kutcher in the Lionsgate thriller Five Killers, which, depending on how her Seattle Grace storyline plays out, will either be her Grey's hiatus movie or her first post-op project.

Killers will see Heigl playing a woman who marries her very own McDreamy while on vacation, only to find her newlywed life threatened after learning the couple next door are assassins out to kill her and her hubby. The film reunites Heigl with Robert Luketic, who directed her in the upcoming rom-com The Ugly Truth.

Cameras roll next month in Atlanta and the south of France.

Weekend Box Office Results for February 6–8, 2009

1. He's Just Not That Into You- WB (NL)- $27,785,487
2. Taken -Fox- $20,547,346
3. Coraline -Focus- $16,849,640
4. The Pink Panther 2- Sony- $11,588,150
5. Paul Blart: Mall Cop -Sony -$10,884,825
6. Push -Sum.- $10,079,109
7. Slumdog Millionaire- FoxS- $7,177,270
8. Gran Torino -WB -$7,155,339
9. The Uninvited -P/DW- $6,262,651
10. Hotel for Dogs -P/DW- $5,711,229

Chris Brown & Rihanna;What A Shame! On Grammy Day

His world may be in upheaval, but Chris Brown is holed up in a Hollywood hotel, keeping quiet.

While information continues to trickle out about what was apparently an ugly dispute between the R&B star and his girlfriend, Rihanna, one of his major sponsors, gum maker Wrigley, is distancing itself from the 19-year-old 'Forever' singer.

Although the Los Angeles Police Department issued a statement Sunday night saying Brown had been arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats and could face additional charges now that the case had been forwarded to the district attorney, prosecutors tell E! News that the announcement was premature and the investigation is ongoing.

'LAPD are telling some reporters that we received the evidence but we have not received anything yet,' says Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the county district attorney. 'Normally it would come in today, maybe this afternoon, but no, they haven't presented it and I don't know when they will.'

Robison says that the probe is still continuing—unusual for such cases—as detectives want to make sure they do a thorough job given that a celebrity is involved.

Brown's camp, including newly hired criminal attorney Mark Geragos, has remained mum on the incident.

Significant Hottie;Hilary Duff

"Upcoming movies & projects"



Hilary Duff: 1# The Story of Bonnie and Clyde (2010) (pre-production) (rumored) .... Bonnie Parker
2# Stay Cool (2009) (post-production) .... Shasta O'Neil
3# Foodfight! (2009) (completed) (voice) .... Sunshine Goodness
4# Greta (2009) (completed) .... Greta"

Significant Hottie:Beyonce

"Beyonce, emotional about singing for the pres."

"Beyoncé may have been able to fight back the tears onstage while singing 'At Last' for Michelle and Barack Obamas' first dance at the Neighborhood Ball. But afterwards, when she described how amazing it was to be a part of this historic occasion, she couldn't contain her emotions for very long."
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Weekend Box Office Results for January 23–25, 2009

1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop- Sony- $21,623,182
2 .Underworld: Rise of the Lycans- SGem - $20,828,511
3 . Gran Torino- WB- $16,244,462
4 .Hotel for Dogs- P/DW- $12,860,944
5 . Slumdog Millionaire- FoxS- $10,699,629
6 .My Bloody Valentine 3-D- LGF- $10,012,658
7 . Inkheart- WB (NL)- $7,601,379
8 . Bride Wars - Fox- $6,868,664
9 . The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Par.- $6,085,919
10 . Notorious (2009)- FoxS - $5,779,692

Significant Hottie:Salma Hayek

Still Smoking HOT!
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Top Ten Box Office Results-01/12/08

1.Gran TorinoWeekend gross: $29.5M
2.Bride WarsWeekend gross: $21.1M
3.The UnbornWeekend gross: $19.8M
4.Marley & MeWeekend gross: $11.4M
5.The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonWeekend gross: $9.2M
6.Bedtime Stories Weekend gross: $8.8M
7.ValkyrieWeekend gross: $6.6M
8.Yes ManWeekend gross: $6M
9.Not Easily BrokenWeekend gross: $5.3M
10.Seven Pounds Weekend gross: $3.8M