We'll start light and talk about music. The a**hole Eminem released a new album and people bought it. We're still in a recession and people are still buying garbage. Green Day released a new album and was number 1 for three weeks, I'm happy not everyone is buying garbage. Taking Back Sunday's new album New Again released on June 2 and debuted at #7, which is pretty good for a group that doesn't get enough recognition. Ashley Tisdale had a new album and movie Aliens in the Attic that nobody saw, I'm sure it will do well on Home Viewing formats. Taylor Swift really climbed the charts with her new single You Belong To Me. Black Eyed Peas new album has two hit songs already and I must say the song Boom Boom Pow has to be the worst song I've ever heard in my entire life. I was pretty angry they played that song after G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra.
That will take us into the movie scene (excuse pun), Memorial weekend saw two Blockbusters went face to face; Terminator: Salvation and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonians. For some unknown reason Terminator 4 came in second place to the Liberal Ben Stiller and his new family comedy. Night at the Museum 2 was easily the most unnecessary sequel made this year but it broke even. T4 is having trouble breaking even and Terminator 5 is now in jeopardy. That wasn't the only problem for Christian Bale this summer. His teaming with Johnny Depp has only made about $95 million and is said to have a budget of $100 million. I know that isn't bad but it should have done better than Ice Age 3 and Night at the Museum 2.
Three of the biggest money makers this summer had unknown actors star in them. Those films were Star Trek, The Hangover and G.I. Joe. District 9 is also doing well but it's not going to make the type of bling that those movies made/are making. Will Ferrell and Sacha Baron Cohen both had films under perform than expected. People are realizing these guys play the same character in every movie and it's really getting annoying. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince still has a chance of hitting $300 million in the states. However since the fans of the book are really mad at what they did it might fall just short of that marker because of them giving bad buzz for the flick. Finally the big movie of summer Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen directed by Michael Bay of Pigs. Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox have been riding high on the success train since the first film and now are bigger stars than before. Shia and Megan have some big projects coming within the next year so keep your eyes and ears open for more on them.
Then there is television and we have to talk about Jon and Kate Plus Eight. The reason is because the show has been on for five years but now people are actually talking about it because Jon wants a divorce and already has a new girlfriend. I'm sorry but this just smells like a ratings thing to me. The show started it's fifth season, nobody talked about the show and probably didn't know it was on. Then one day they're on the front cover of every tabloid. I know it's a nice break from seeing Barry Obama everywhere but still it's annoying.
So You Think You Can Dance and America's Got Talent are still on television. They're still the big summer ratings winners. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire returned for a ten year anniversary special. Ratings are stuck on that show, it seems they can't get passed 7 million viewers. The other summer shows are on cable with the big winners from new shows this year are Warehouse 13, Royal Pains, Hawthorne and Dark Blue is doing well also. Expect these shows to be around for a while. Let's not forget about the established shows such as The Closer and Monk doing terrific ratings.
The only big fiction book getting any buzz is the new Dan Brown book The Lost Symbol which involves the character Robert Langdon. (from Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons) The book will be released on September 15. I know that it's not a summer release exactly but there aren't any books this year people are waiting for. The Harry Potter books are done, no more of people waiting in line to buy a book. Until something new comes along.
That's it for now. Come back next week for Part 2 which will focus on current events and real news, not gossip.
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