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Women of 'Iron Man 2' shine
Summer blockbuster season is officially underway, and one of its biggest stars, Scarlett Johansson, didn't disappoint at the premiere of her soon-to-be smash "Iron Man 2" in a structured, one-shoulder Armani Prive masterpiece and sparkly pumps.
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All three Glee albums to date have made the top 10. Volume 1 peaked at #4. Volume 2 hit #3. Glee is one of only six weekly series in television history to spawn three or more top 10 albums. Sing Along With Mitch, which ran from 1961 to 1964, generated five top 10 albums during the run of the show.The Monkees, whose eponymous show ran from 1966 to 1968, had five top 10 albums. American Idol, which debuted in 2002, has spawned five top 10 thematic albums (not counting albums by individual contestants). Hannah Montana, which debuted in 2006, has yielded five top 10 albums (not counting the movie soundtrack or strictly solo releases by Miley Cyrus). The Partridge Family, whose eponymous show ran from 1970 to 1974, had three top 10 albums.
Quiz Answer: The three Madonna chart hits that first charted for other artists were "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (Rose Royce, 1979), "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (Festival, 1980) and "American Pie" (Don McLean, 1971).
The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" this week becomes the best-selling song in digital history, surpassing "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. "I Gotta Feeling" has sold 5,561,000 digital copies, to 5,536,000 for "Low." Both songs were smash hits, but "I Gotta Feeling" penetrated pop culture in a way that "Low" didn't. The jingle-like song became one of the most ubiquitous songs of the past year.
"I Gotta Feeling" also did better at the Grammys. It won this year for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. "Low" was nominated last year for Best Rap/Sung Performance, but lost to "American Boy" by Estelle featuring Kanye West.
Lady Antebellum's Need You NowBillboard 200. It also holds at #1 on Top Country Albums for the 13th straight week. It's the first album to spend its first 13 weeks at #1 on the country chart since Kenny Chesney's When The Sun Goes Down, which spent its first 14 weeks on top in 2004. Chesney's album went on to win the Country Music Assn. award for Album of the Year. Will Lady A's album follow suit this November? It will. rebounds to #2 in its 13th week on The
AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack enters The Billboard 200 at #4.The album consists of music recorded by the Aussie hard rock band between 1976 and 2008. This is AC/DC's second soundtrack release. The band's music was featured in the 1986 movie Maximum Overdrive. (It was marketed as an album under the title Who Made Who.) Iron Man 2 is the week's top movie soundtrack, replacing Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. (The charts make for strange bedfellows.) AC/DC first cracked the top 10 in October 1980 with Back In Black, giving the band a nearly 30 year span of top 10 albums.
Iron Man 2 sold 76,000 copies in its first week, less than one-tenth of the first-week tally (784,000) of the band's 2008 studio album, Black Ice. Bear in mind, though, that the movie, starring Robert Downey Jr., doesn't open until May 7. The soundtrack is off to a faster start in the U.K., where it debuts at #1. It's the band's third #1 album in the U.K., following Back In Black (which peaked at #4 in the U.S.) and Black Ice.
The Zac Brown Band's The Foundation jumps from #15 to #9. This is the highest ranking to date for the album that has been on the chart for 75 weeks. The album got a boost from the recent Academy of Country Music Awards telecast, on which the band was seen performing for troops in the Persian Gulf. The show also boosted Lady A and Miranda Lambert, whose Revolution rebounds from #36 to #13 in its 30th week.
"Nothin' On You" by B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars holds at #1 on Hot Digital Songs for the second straight week. The song sold 179,000 copies this week, bringing its 13-week total to 1,566,000. B.o.B has two of the week's top three digital hits. "Airplanes" (featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore) jumps from #5 to #3. (If "Airplanes" had sold 500 more copies, it would have been #2.)
Shameless Plug: Adam Lambert's "Whataya Want From Me" tops the 1 million mark in paid downloads this week. It's the 26th song by an American Idol contestant to cross this threshold. Which Idol contestant has the most million-sellers? What song is the best-seller by an Idol alum? All will be revealed in my latest Chart Watch Extra, a countdown of the biggest Idol hits. Check it out on Friday.
Here's the low-down on this week's top 10 albums.
1. Various Artists, Glee: The Power Of Madonna, 98,000. This new entry is the first TV soundtrack to hit #1 since High School Musical 2 in 2007. All seven songs from the EP are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Like A Prayer," which enters at #10.
2. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now, 83,000. The former #1 album rebounds from #3 to #2 in its 13th week. Two songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "Need You Now" rebounds from #12 to #8. "American Honey" jumps from #37 to #25.
3. Justin Bieber, My World 2.0, 81,000. The album drops from #1 to #3 in its fifth week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Baby" (featuring Ludacris), which drops from #10 to #14.
4. AC/DC, Iron Man 2 soundtrack, 76,000. This new entry is the band's eighth top 10 album. AC/DC has yet to enter the digital marketplace, so none of their songs are listed on Hot Digital Songs. I wonder how much longer they can hold out. (Guys, it's time.)
5. Usher, Raymond V Raymond, 52,000. The former #1 album dips from #4 to #5 in its fourth week. Four songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "OMG" (featuring will.i.am), which jumps from #6 to #2.
6. Various Artists, NOW 33, 37,000. The compilation holds at #6 in its fifth week. It has sold 393,000 copies.
7. Jimmy Buffett, Encores, 31,000. This new entry is Buffett's 10th top 10 album. He first cracked the top 10 in 1978 with Son Of A Son Of A Sailor. The new album is a Walmart exclusive.
8. Justin Bieber, My World, 31,000. The EP rebounds from #10 to #8 in its 23rd week. This is its 13th week in the top 10. Two songs from the EP are listed on Hot Digital Songs. "One Time" dips from #98 to #110. "One Less Lonely Girl" drops from #161 to #189.
9. Zac Brown Band, The Foundation, 29,000. The album zooms from #15 to #9 in its 75th week. Three songs from the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Highway 20 Ride," which drops from #59 to #75.
10. Lady Gaga, The Fame, 28,000. The album drops from #7 to #10 in its 78th week. (It's even older than The Foundation.) This is its 44th week in the top 10. Six songs from the expanded version of the album are listed on Hot Digital Songs, topped by "Telephone" (featuring Beyonce), which dips from #13 to #16.
Four albums drop out of the top 10 this week. MGMT's CongratulationsCoheed and Cambria's Year Of The Black RainbowKe$ha's Animal drops from #8 to #14 and Monica's Still Standing drops from #9 to #15. dives from #2 to #18, plummets from #5 to #42,
Circa Survive's Blue Sky Noise bows at #11. This is the rock band's highest-charting album to date. On Letting GoSevendust's Cold Day Memory bows at #12. This is the hard rock band's sixth album to crack the top 20...Cypress Hill's Rise Up bows at #19. It's the Latin rap trio's first album since 2004. Cypress Hill had three top 10 albums from 1993 to 2000. debuted (and peaked) at #24 in June 2007...
Willie Nelson's Country Music debuts at #20. It's the country legend's highest-charting album since Always On My Mind reached #2 in 1982...Ratt's Infestation bows at #30. This is the band's first album with a rat-centric title to hit the chart since its 1984 debut, Out Of The Cellar.
The Broadway cast album from American Idiot bows at #43. The show is based on Green Day's 2004 album of the same name. The band is featured along with the cast of the show on 21 of the 22 cuts on the new album, including "21 Guns," which has sold 1,670,000 digital copies.
Tenth Avenue North's Over & Underneath is #1 on the Catalog Albums chart for the third straight week. The Contemporary Christian album dips from #48 to #49 on The Billboard 200.
Two legendary vocalists make posthumous returns to The Billboard 200. Peggy Lee's Peggy Lee Opus Series opens at #51. Luciano Pavarotti's 75th Birthday Limited Edition, a digital-only release, bows at #76. Lee first hit The Billboard 200 in 1948 (back when it was just a top five listing!) with Rendezvous With Peggy Lee. Pavarotti first scored in 1979 with O Sole Mio-Favorite Neapolitan Songs. Lee died in 2002. Pavarotti died in 2007.
Rufus Wainwright's All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu bows at #75. This is Wainwright's fifth album to crack The Billboard 200. His dad, Loudon Wainwright III, has had three chart albums. But dad is ahead when it comes to the Hot 100. Loudon's novelty tune "Dead Skunk" was a top 20 hit in 1973. Rufus has yet to crack the Hot 100.
How To Train Your Dragon was #1 at the box-office over the weekend. The movie has grossed $178 million to date, according to www.boxofficemojo.com the soundtrack has sold a paltry 8,000 copies. If they're going to train that dragon, I hope they train it to buy albums.
Song Scorecard: Chris Brown's 2008 smash "Forever" tops the 3 million mark in paid downloads this week. This is Brown's second song to top 3 million in digital sales, following "No Air," a duet with Jordin Sparks, which has sold 3,127,000 copies....Taylor Swift's "Today Was A Fairytale" from Valentine's Day tops the 1 million mark in paid downloads.
"Young Forever" by Jay-Z + Mr. Hudson jumps from #11 to #9 on Hot Digital Songs. The song incorporates Alphaville's 1988 near-hit "Forever Young." This isn't the first time an artist has simply reversed the title of an old song he reworked. Arrested Development's 1992 hit "People Everyday" featured the chorus of Sly & the Family Stone's 1969 classic "Everyday People."
Heads Up: B.o.B's B.o.B Presents The Adventures Of Bobby Ray and Bullet For My Valentine's Fever are expected to be next week's highest-debuting new albums. Melissa Etheridge's Fearless Love and Miranda Cosgrove's Sparks Fly are also expected to make strong entries. Cosgrove is the 16-year old star of iCarly. Also due: Hole's Nobody's Daughter, Daddy Yankee's Mundial and Drowning Pool's Drowning Pool.
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Katie Holmes To Star As Jackie O In 'The Kennedys'
Katie Holmes will star as iconic former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the History Channel's original miniseries "The Kennedys," the network announced Wednesday.
The series will also star Greg Kinnear as President John F. Kennedy, Barry Pepper as Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Tom Wilkinson as Ambassador Joe Kennedy, Sr.
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The eight-hour series, the network's first scripted mini-series effort, will air on the History Channel in 2011.
The series will focus on the Kennedy family, long dubbed America's own Camelot - a story that ended in tragedy for John and Robert, when the two brothers were killed in separate assassinations. Jacqueline went on to marry Greek millionaire Aristotle Onassis, earning the nickname "Jackie O."
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The presence of executive producer Joel Surnow ("24"), a political conservative who joked in a 2007 New Yorker article that "conservatives are the new oppressed class" and criticized Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, has worried some critics as to the mini-series' accuracy, though the History Channel's release notes that the channel's "resident historians" are vetting the project.
Actress Jeanne Tripplehorn more recently depicted Jacqueline Kennedy on the small screen in 2009 in HBO's "Grey Gardens."
Katie appeared at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to promote her next two films, "The Extra Man," with John C. Reilly, Paul Dano and Kevin Kline, as well as "The Romantics," in which she stars alongside Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel and Malin Akerman
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American Idol' Results: So Much For That Whole "Girls' Season" Thing
On the "Twilight"-inspired "Vampire Idols" Ford commercial that ran during Wednesday night's "American Idol" top six results show, Michael Lynche portrayed the victim of the five vampires played by fanged castmastes Crystal Bowersox, Lee DeWyze, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, and Siobhan Magnus. So when Michael then landed in the bottom three yet again, I assumed this musical vignette would prove prophetic: that in the end, the other five contestants would suck away all of his votes, and Mike would bite the dust.
I of course did not want to see Michael go, but the alternatives were even worse: Inexplicably and infuriatingly, this week's bottom three was rounded out by my girl Siobhan Magnus, who delivered a fine and fiery comeback performance Tuesday night and was considered a frontrunner not long ago, and Casey James, who this week gave what all four judges declared his best performance to date.
And then, Ryan Seacrest shockingly told Michael he was safe. Whoa. Casey and Siobhan in the bottom two? Man, what a Sophie's Choice. But apparently Sophie, along with many other women in America, preferred golden guitar god Casey. And so, Siobhan was cut, in one of the more shocking results shows of Season 9. And she exited the series just as she entered it: screaming her lungs inside-out, like a woman going through natural labor (to borrow Simon Cowell's simile). You gotta love the girl for staying true to herself till the very end.
By the way...so much for this being a "girls' season," huh? Now Crystal Bowersox is the last girl standing. And on the subject of Crystal, she and Lee--now clearly the ones to beat this season--were never even at risk this week, although their performances were both their personal worst. Lee embarrassingly struggled with his lower-register vocals on Tuesday, and Crystal, in a Season 9 first, was panned by all four judges. Yet both were completely safe. I'm not saying either of them should have gone home (my personal choice would have been Aaron), but I think both deserved to be in the bottom three over Casey and Siobhan--especially over Casey, my favorite performer this week.
Casey got a much-needed wakeup call last week when his so-so song earned him a bottom-three placement for the first time all season, and he subsequently turned it around this week and killed it. It wouldn't have been such a bad thing if Lee and Crystal had received similar wakeup calls, but instead they were safe, while Casey and Siobhan went unrewarded for their efforts to step it up and get back on track. It's a shame. I already miss Siobhan, and I hope Casey won't be the next to go
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Bill Condon To Direct 'Breaking Dawn'
The final installment in the "Twilight Saga" franchise will have a "Dream" director.
"Dreamgirls" writer-director Bill Condon is set to helm "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn," Summit Entertainment announced in a statement to Access Hollywood on Wednesday.
The helmer has also written and directed such films as "Kinsey" and "Gods and Monsters ," for which he won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay - and showcased his horror expertise on 1995's "Candyman 2: Farewell To The Flesh."
Franchise screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg is currently working on the "Breaking Dawn" script, the studio confirmed.
"I'm very excited to get the chance to bring the climax of this saga to life on-screen," Bill said in a statement to Access. "As fans of the series know, this is a one-of-a-kind book - and we're hoping to create an equally unique cinematic experience."
"Twilight Saga" author Stephenie Meyer also approved of the decision.
"I'm so thrilled that Bill wants to work with us," she said in a statement. "I think he's going to be a great fit, and I'm excited to see what he does with the material."
The long-awaited announcement did not indicate a release date for the film, nor an answer to the rumors that the plot-heavy fourth book would be adapted into two films, a la "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
When reached by Access on Wednesday, Summit could not confirm the possibility of two films.
The third film in the series, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," is due on June 30.
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Chelsea's pre-wedding request to dad
It's no secret that Bill Clinton is waging an ongoing battle with his weight. The former president's affection for greasy fast food has been the punchline of countless jokes since his arrival on the national scene. "Saturday Night Live" writers famously portrayed him as someone who frequents McDonald's to pick burgers and fries off the plates of strangers.
If such indignities weren't enough, Clinton's own daughter, Chelsea, is now taking him to task over his size, demanding that he lose at least 15 pounds in advance of her summer wedding. Clinton recounted his daughter's admonition during remarks at a fiscal summit in Washington, D.C. You can watch the moment here (video courtesy of ABC News):
cardio-bypass surgery in 2004 — explained that Chelsea was pressing him to slim down for the sake of the nuptial ceremony. Clinton — whose diet was cited among the factors contributing to his need for
"She doesn't think I'm in shape to handle it," Clinton said. "You know, she told me the other day, she said, 'Dad, the only thing you gotta do is walk me down the aisle, and you need to look good.' " Clinton added that when he asked her to specify how much trimming down she felt he needed to do, she said, "Oh, about 15 pounds," an effort he said he's "halfway home" toward accomplishing.
To Clinton's credit, the doctor who performed a recent heart procedure on him said that he's done an excellent job making the adjustment to a healthier lifestyle. "He really toed the line in terms of diet and exercise," said Dr. Allan Schwartz, the chief cardiologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. "He really followed the program."
Once he sheds the excess bulge, Clinton can presumably focus on what he described as the ceremony's main challenge when he discussed Chelsea's wedding with "Today Show" contributor Jenna Bush Hager: Keeping from tearing up as the vows are exchanged.
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Jennifer Lopez's big beehive
At the London premiere of "The Back-up Plan," Jennifer Lopez channels a model (left) from Lanvin's Spring 2010 collection show.
For most of the press tour for her new romantic comedy "The Back-up Plan," Jennifer Lopez has kept her usual style of long, wavy layers. But for the London premiere of the film Thursday night, Lopez stepped out with a high-fashion look.
Lopez walked the red carpet with her hair swept up in a gravity-defying large round bun, which some are calling a "retro 'do" and a "beehive," but those who follow fashion more closely have pointed out that it is a replica of a hairstyle sported by models at the spring 2010 fashion shows. In fact, the style is almost exactly like those worn by runway models in Lanvin's spring show — how appropriate, because Lopez's black leather dress was made by the designer.
Lopez, 40, has been on a bit of a fashion spree as she promotes "The Back-up Plan" across Europe, and was spotted wearing three very different looks in just one day in Paris this week
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Celine Dion builds backyard water park
Celine Dion has constructed a titanic-sized water park in the backyard of her $12.5 million mansion in Jupiter Island, Fla.
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New photos of the private aquatic playland show a twisty water slide, two Olympic-sized pools and a lazy river.
She can certainly afford the backyard renovations. The French-Canadian singer was paid $100 million by Caesar's Palace for her five-year "A New Day" concert series. (The Las Vegas casino even built a new 4,296-seat venue, The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, for her.)
Dion, 42, will bank $100 million more to kick off another tour at Caesar's Palace in March 2011. She'll perform 70 shows a year for three years.
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According to The Palm Beach Post, the French-Canadian singer and husband Rene Angelil, 68, purchased the oceanfront Jupiter Island property in 2005.
The Grammy winner isn't the only celeb with massive digs on Jupiter Island: construction on an enormous complex for Tiger Woods began on the exclusive Floridian isle prior to his adultery scandals.
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Dion and Angelil have been married for over 15 years and have a 9-year-old son, Rene-Charles.
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Avatar' director gives Mars rover a boost
PASADENA, Calif. - "Avatar" director James Cameron is helping to build a high-resolution 3-D camera on the next-generation Mars rover.
The camera will be mounted atop Curiosity, the next rover mission to Mars set for launch next year.
Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory scaled back its plans in 2007 to mount a 3-D camera atop Curiosity because the upcoming flagship mission to Mars was consistently over budget and behind schedule.
But Cameron lobbied NASA administrator Charles Bolden for inclusion of the 3-D camera during a January meeting, saying a rover with a better set of eyes will help the public connect with the mission.
Bolden was convinced.
San Diego-based Malin Space Science Systems is now building the 3-D mast camera with Cameron listed as co-investigator
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Kate Gosselin's New Book Bombs
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Kate Gosselin's latest book isn't exactly flying off the shelves.
Since its April 13 release, "I Just Want You to Know: Letters to My Kids on Love, Faith, and Family" has sold just 10,084 copies, according to national book sales tracker Bookscan. The non-fiction title debuted at #11 on the New York Times' non fiction bestseller list, and at #103 on USA Today's bestsellers chart. By Thursday afternoon, its Amazon.com rank was #862.
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This is in spite of Gosselin's relentless promotion of the tome on TV and radio -- plus her ubiquitous presence on Dancing with the Stars prior to her ouster last week.
Jim Milliot, business and news director of book-industry magazine Publishers Weekly, tells UsMagazine.com that the numbers "nowhere near a blockbuster" and "not that impressive."
By contrast, the 35-year-old mom's first two books, "Multiple Blessings" and "Eight Little Faces", both climbed to number five on the New York Times' list; "Multiple Blessings" sold 523,000 copies in 2009.
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Could "I Just Want You to Know" end up selling 500,000 copies in the long run? Not likely, Milliot tells Us, explaining that the lion's share of book sales typically occur "in the first month or two of publication." He adds that Gosselin will have "a very tough time getting to 50,000, let alone 100,000...I think it will be a disappointment in the end."
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The book "continues [Kate's] story of faith and family," an Amazon description reads. "Using excerpts and written prayers from her journal, Kate offers an intimate look at the heart of a mother during the three years her family transitioned from obscurity into television fame."
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