Sideshow: Latest 'Harry Potter' wins weekend tangle
A fairy-tale princess gave young wizard Harry Potter a run for his money at the weekend box office as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by the animated musical Tangled with $49.1 million.
A fairy-tale princess gave young wizard Harry Potter a run for his money at the weekend box office as
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by the animated musical
Tangled
with $49.1 million.
Tangled is the latest Disney cartoon musical, with Mandy Moore providing the voice of the princess Rapunzel.
While Deathly Hallows continued to work box-office magic, Tangled far exceeded industry expectations, delivering the second-biggest Thanksgiving debut behind Toy Story 2, which had a $57.4 million opening.
With a $125 million opening weekend, Deathly Hallows had the biggest start yet for the franchise about the young wizard. Its 10-day total also surpasses the previous high of $201 million set by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and last year's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, according to Warner Bros.
Celebrities are going Twitter-free for charity
Yes, it's for a good cause, but how will we survive? No tweets or updates from so many celebs!
Alicia Keys
,
Lady Gaga
,
Justin Timberlake
,
Usher
, and other celebrities have joined a new campaign called Digital Life Sacrifice on behalf of Keys' charity, Keep a Child Alive. The entertainers plan to sign off Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday, World AIDS Day. The participants will sign back on when the charity raises $1 million.
For the campaign - which also includes Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Seacrest, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Elijah Wood, Serena Williams, Janelle Monae, and Keys' husband, Swizz Beatz - celebrities have filmed "last tweet and testament" videos and will appear in ads showing them lying in coffins to represent what the campaign calls their digital deaths.
"It's so important to shock you to the point of waking up," Keys said. The money raised will support families affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India.
Willie Nelson charged with possessing pot
Country singer Willie Nelson was charged with possession of marijuana after 6 ounces of pot was found aboard his tour bus in Sierra Blanca, Texas, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says.
An officer smelled weed when a door was opened at a checkpoint, and a search turned up marijuana.
The Hudspeth County sheriff was contacted and Nelson was among three people arrested.
Sheriff Arvin West told the El Paso Times that Nelson claimed the marijuana was his. The singer was held briefly on a $2,500 bond before being released.