June 11 – North Platte Post Archive

WEEKEND MOVIE WRAP-UP

The family film Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, the third movie in the animated franchise, debuted in first place at the weekend box office with $60.4 million. In the film, the zoo animals are still trying to get back to New York, but their journey takes them to a traveling circus in Europe. Voice starring are Ben Stiller,Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwinner, Sacha Baron Cohen, Martin Short and Frances McDormand.

Also with a big opening in second place was the sci-fi film Prometheus, from director Ridley Scott, which made $50 million. The film, an offshoot of 1979’s classic movie Alien, follows a team of explorers who travel to deep space, where they must fight a battle against aliens to save the future of the human race. Starring are Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce and Logan Marshall-Green.

Last week’s top movie, Snow White & the Huntsman, fell to third place.

THIS WEEKEND’S TOP TEN MOVIES — JUNE 8-10

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, $60.4 million
Prometheus, $50 million
Snow White & the Huntsman, $23 million
Men in Black 3, $13.5 million
The Avengers, $10.8 million
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, $3.2 million
What to Expect When You’re Expecting, $2.7 million
Battleship, $2.3 million
The Dictator, $2.2 million
Moonrise Kingdom, $1.6 million

MADONNA SHOWS HER NIPPLE: At Madonna’s Istanbul concert last week, she reportedly decided to pull out her entire boob after doing a mini strip tease on stage. Reportedly, video is available of the incident and Madonna, 53, was not shy at all.

AMY WINEHOUSE STATUE: Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch, is hoping to commemorate his daughter with a statue that will reportedly be placed somewhere near her home in Camden Town. According to Perez Hilton, the statue will reportedly be made of bronze. Mitch said, “It will be bronze, lifesize, and on the first-floor balcony next to the Roundhouse bar… What we’d like to have is Amy leaning over the balcony and looking, and perhaps pointing, towards Camden Town from Chalk Farm Road.”

ONE DIRECTION NUMBER ONE: One Direction’s DVD, Up All Night: The Live Tour DVD is reportedly sweeping the world. The movie has scored the top spot in 25 countries, including Canada and the UK. According to Perez Hilton, the boys couldn’t be happier. Niall Horan said, “We’re blown away by the success of the DVD all around the world and want to thank everyone who has gone out and bought it, the support means so much to us. It was lots of fun filming the concert for the DVD, so we’re chuffed all the fans love it so much.”

‘JERSEY SHORE’S’ DEENA ARRESTED: Deena Cortese apparently wanted to contribute to the Jersey Shore scandal tally of the past week. After news broke that her castmates got into a major bar brawl and nude pictures of Snooki surfaced online — Deena was arrested for being drunk in public. GossipCop.com reported that the reality star was picked up by police in Seaside Heights on Sunday after “appearing highly intoxicated” and taken away in handcuffs. The formal cause of the arrest was “disorderly conduct.”TOMMY CHONG DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER: Tommy Chong — half of the famous Cheech and Chong duo — has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The comedian told CNN that he received the diagnosis a month ago — and while he plans on using cannabis to treat the illness, he maintains it was not a cause. Chong explained that he began having prostate-related problems during a three-year period when he was drug free. He said, “I know it had nothing to do with cannabis. Cannabis is a cure.”

JENNY MCCARTHY DIDN’T WAX FOR PLAYBOY: Jenny McCarthy says that she went au natural “down there” for her soon-to-be released Playboy spread. When asked if it was difficult to show off everything on her body, Jenny told the Today show, “What’s everything? I mean I grew out a bush so nobody sees anything.” When asked why she would strip down again at age 39, Jenny said, “I figured [I’d do it] one more time before everything really falls apart. Why not? And [my son] Evan’s tuition was really expensive this year.”

ROBERT DE NIRO’S APARTMENT CATCHES ON FIRE: Robert De Niro’s New York City apartment was damaged by a fire on Friday. Starpulse.com reported that firefighters were called to the apartment and managed to quickly put out the flames. De Niro was reportedly out of the country at the time and no injuries were reported.

JOSH DALLAS OUT OF ‘THOR’ SEQUEL: Josh Dallas is being dropped from the upcoming Thorsequel. The actor, who played Fandral in the original, told EW.com, “I’m bummed about it because I had such a great experience and great time making the first film and was really excited about coming back,” adding that scheduling is to blame. THR.com speculates that Zachary Levi in the running to take over the role.

‘CAR TALK’ GUYS CALLING IT QUITS: Tom and Ray Magliozzi are ending their popular NPR show Car Talk. The brothers have been giving comical auto advice for 25 years, but as older brother Tom is now 74 — they say it’s time to stop recording new episodes. However, NPR says that repurposed episodes will continue to air every week with material from the show’s archives.

JOEY LAWRENCE STRIPS FOR CHIPPENDALES: Joey Lawrence is making sure that his image doesn’t get too wholesome while he stars on the ABC Family Channel sitcom Melissa & Joey. Peoplemagazine reported that the former Blossom star performed on Friday with the legendary male review Chippendales in Las Vegas. Lawrence will be appearing nearly nude in the show for a limited engagement that runs until June 24th.