Tim McGraw Lays Down the Law
Don’t mess with Tim McGraw.
Sure, stopping a concert and asking someone to give back the ring they just pulled off your finger seemed kinda hard-core at the time. But last night at a show in Washington, McGraw yanked a fan out of the crowd after seeing the man rough up a female concertgoer. The crooner initially called for security to get things under control, but after a few lagging seconds decided to get ’er done himself. (Sorry.)
In a statement, the singer’s rep said, “While Tim was performing at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Wash., last night, he watched a man rush to the front of the stage. This overly aggressive fan attacked a female fan and Tim witnessed this incident.”
And McGraw didn’t approve. The country star grabbed what looks like a Cops extra onto the stage and effortlessly tossed him aside. From our vantage point, security was restraining the fan for his own protectionnot Tim’s.
Adrian Grenier’s Valentine’s Night Out
Adrian Grenier’s Valentine’s Night Out
A long-loved staple of Valentine’s Day is going out to dinner. Accompanied by a bevy of friends, Adrian Grenier partook of the delicious treats served up at Katsuya sushi restaurant to celebrate the romantic holiday.
Reportedly dining for two hours, the “Entourage” stud emerged from the Hollywood, California restaurant looking refreshed and renewed as he strolled down the street (dig that beard!). He even stopped to take a picture with a female fan.
Meanwhile, a few nights before, Adrian was spotted partying it up at Los Angeles hot spot SBar. And he wasn’t the only celebrity in the house.
Fellow Tinseltown royalty Lindsay Lohan and Leonardo DiCaprio were also kicking back at the night club, making it a popular place for the paparazzi that night.
Sex Sells
In the end, yes, Sex and the City’s largely female fan base was a bad box office thing. For Indiana Jones.
The big-screen outing for Carrie Bradshaw and company knocked the latest Indy adventure from atop the weekend box office standings, with an unprecedented $55.7 million three-day gross, per studio estimates today from Exhibitor Relations Co.
The debut makes Sex and the City the top-opening romantic comedy of all time, bypassing the likes of Hitch ($43.1 million), The Break-Up ($39.2 million) and Knocked Up ($30.7 million).
It also ranks as the second biggest debut for a TV adaptation behind Mission: Impossible II, which opened with $57.8 million in 2000, per Box Office Mojo.
Sex’s opening beat the most optimistic projections, which foresaw a Friday-Sunday gross in the $40 million range.
And it trumped conventional wisdom that said the film’s woman-led cast of Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon and female-skewing storylines, all continuations from the 1998-2004 series, would limit its ability to sell tickets.
With the initial questions answered, only one lingered: Once the initial rush was over, would Sex be a short-lived phenomenon?
Sex opened bigvery bigon Friday, amid reports of group parties and thousands of sold-out screenings. Its nearly $27 million take was more than Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull brought in on its first day, which was albeit a Thursday.
But where most movies, even a fellow R-rated comedy like Knocked Up, get bigger on Saturday, Sex got smaller, slipping to $17.7 million. Sunday was expected to bring in $11.1 million.
Add it all up, though, and Sex will end the weekend nearly covering its $65 million budget. And that’s not counting overseas grosses, which were not yet reported.
- Second-place Indiana Jones suffered the usual, second-weekend 50 percent plunge. Actually, in Indy’s case, it was a 54 percent drop, which doesn’t look so bad when you still come up with another $46 million and bring your overall total to $216.9 million.
- In a lesser weekend, The Strangers (third place, $20.7 million) might have finished No. 1. As it was, the Liv Tyler horror-thriller posted the year’s second-best debut for a horror-thriller after Prom Night, which did finish first in a lesser weekend.
- Iron Man (fourth place, $14 million; $276.6 million) has now outgrossed every superhero movie ever made outside of the Spider-Man franchise.
- With half the Top 10 bringing in more than $10 million each, overall business was up when compared to the same weekend last year.
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay ($475,000) fell out of the Top 10 after five weekends. With $37 million in the bank, the movie grossed more than double the original Harold & Kumar adventure.
- Savage Grace ($25,000 on two screens), the opulent true-life thriller starring Julianne Moore, made more money per theater than Indiana Jones.
- The martial-arts comedy The Foot Fist Way also enjoyed a strong debut, grossing $36,012 at four theaters.
Here’s a recap of the top-grossing weekend films based on Friday-Sunday estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
- Sex and the City, $55.7 million
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $46 million
- The Strangers, $20.7 million
- Iron Man, $14 million
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $13 million
- What Happens in Vegas, $6.9 million
- Baby Mama, $2.2 million
- Speed Racer, $2.1 million
- Made of Honor, $2 million
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $1 million
Dinner Doozy: Bush Ratings Dip Below Jonas Bros
The President and Mrs. Bush may have been the main attraction in Washington, D.C., Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, but they couldn't hold a candle to the star power pumping from nearby tables.
Honestly, the Commander-in-Chief was upstaged by none other than the Jonas Brothers!
In a room filled with the Washington and Hollywood elites, the buzz from the Jonas Brothers' table stood out. Even fellow diner, Martha Stewart, seated across the table, got caught up in the frenzy and snapped a few pics. Of the boys. Not the Prez.
"You boys are so popular," she squealed, camera clicking.
Of course, we were there to capture all the excitement for you, and News couldn't help but tell Martha she seemed like the most unlikely Jonas Brothers fan.
"Oh, yes," she said enthusiastically. "I'm a very big fan!"
We dashed off just then, as newly engaged Ashlee Simpson whizzed by, clutching fiance Pete Wentz. She thanked us for congratulating her on her engagement. No, no wedding date yet, she said. And yes, we did ask her about those pesky pregnancy rumors!
"No, no, no," she said. "I can't comment on that!"
Sounds suspicious, Ashlee. Especially since she declined all wine, and skipped the caffeine-laden coffee, too! But then, there was the dress–very fitted, no baby bulge in sight!
At another table, West Wing star Rob Lowe actually blushedwe swearwhen an overly adoring female fan cut off his conversation with a prominent U.S. senator to exclaim, "Oh you are hot! I just have to tell you, very hot!"
Meanwhile, Jennifer Garner sat at a table quietly eating dinner while hubby Ben Affleck nodded enthusiastically at offers to get more involved in politics.
"Yes, I'll think about that idea," he said. "Sounds very interesting."
If Reagan went from Bedtime for Bonzo to the White House, what's wrong with jumping from Gigli to the oval office? President Affleck… Has a ring to it… Wonder if Jenny McCarthy and Pam Anderson, also swirling the room, could lobby for cabinet positions?