Sideshow: Leatherface carves up the Hobbit

Whoever originally declared, "There's no accounting for taste," was surely pointing at a modern moviegoer, no? The worst-panned flick of 2013 (although would it not have won the same distinction in 2012?),

Texas Chainsaw 3D

, pushed

Peter Jackson

's trilogy off its pedestal, pulling in $23 million for its weekend debut.

French actor Gerard Depardieu got a Russian passport (he wanted one to protest a proposed supertax in France on millionaires) after flying to Russia for a late Saturday-night dinner with President Vladimir Putin. The new besties then talked movies: Depardieu will play Grigory Rasputin in a soon-to-be-released film.

You read it here first: Honey Boo Boo Financial Planning. What? Turns out Honey Boo Boo's mama is smart! June Thompson told TMZ most of the money the family earns for being mocked, er, documented, on Here Comes Honey Boo Boo goes into a trust fund. The moola - up to $20,000 per episode - is divided equally into accounts for Alana "Honey Boo Boo," 7; Lauryn, 12; Jessica, 15; Anna, 18; and baby Kaitlyn.

An interview with former

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

and her husband will air 6:30 tomorrow night, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six and wounded 13. ABC says Giffords and retired astronaut Mark Kelly will speak with Diane Sawyer about an initiative they're launching.

NBC says the network hasn't asked show creators to tone down violence because it doesn't air a lot of crime stories. NBC is developing a drama based on fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter