Reuters - Big-screen Iron Man Robert Downey
Jr. scored his second No. 1 movie of the summer on Sunday as
Hollywood spoof "Tropic Thunder" ended the month-long reign of
"The Dark Knight" atop the North American box office.
Reuters - Batman triumphed on the
international circuit during the weekend as "The Dark Knight"
reclaimed the No. 1 slot with an estimated $42.4 million from
7,700 screens in 60 markets, pushing its foreign gross to
$328.6 million.
Reuters - Robert Downey Jr. scored his second
No. 1 movie of the summer on Sunday as Hollywood spoof "Tropic
Thunder," which also stars Ben Stiller and Jack Black, ended
the month long reign of "The Dark Knight" atop the North
American box office.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) It took four of Hollywood's biggest stars to take down Batman. The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy "Tropic Thunder" with Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black and Tom Cruise debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, bumping "The Dark Knight" to second place after four weekends on top, according to studio estimates Sunday.
AP - As Cedric the Entertainer scanned the crowd of more than 6,000 gathered on Chicago's South Side to remember Bernie Mac on Saturday, he cracked that the comedy king was "still the hottest ticket in town."
AP - NEW YORK (AP) Sure, Madonna may have scandalized the Vatican and shocked nearly every parent in America at some point during her long and provocative career full of shrewd image transformations.
AP - The 14th Sarajevo Film Festival kicked off Friday with a screening of Aida Begic's debut feature "Snow," about life in a village in postwar Bosnia.
Reuters - Miracles and booze -- an unlikely
pairing that immediately attracted star Luke Wilson when he
first read the script of "Henry Poole Is Here," a quirky film
drama that debuts in theaters on Friday.
Reuters - Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone,
mighty destroyer of Soviet opponents in the "Rambo" and "Rocky"
movies, now plans to advertise Russian vodka.
AP - Hardcore fans of 30 Seconds to Mars aren't the only ones who want more of the band's music. Virgin Records has sued the group for $30 million, saying it has failed to deliver.