WEEKEND WRAP UP: RIO IS NUMBER ONE, KANYE ROCKED COACHELLA, MEET LIVE NATIONS CEO, TORNADOES ROCKED THE SOUTHEAST US THIS WEEKEND

Rio was number one this weekend making over $40 million dollars. People must really like birds. Here are the totals:


Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Apr 15 - 17 weekend
1 - Rio 20th Century Fox Distribution $40,000,000 TOTAL: $40,000,000
2 - Scream 4 N/A $19,279,000 TOTAL: $19,279,000
3 1 Hop Universal Pictures $11,166,760 TOTAL: $82,609,160
4 4 Soul Surfer Enticing Entertainment, TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict $7,400,000 TOTAL: $19,997,000
5 2 Hanna Focus Features $7,326,624 TOTAL: $23,326,676
6 3 Arthur Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $6,940,000 TOTAL: $22,348,000
7 5 Insidious FilmDistrict $6,856,554 TOTAL: $35,982,822
8 7 Source Code Summit Entertainment, LLC $6,300,000 TOTAL: $36,989,522
9 - Conspirator N/A $3,924,000 TOTAL: $3,924,000
10 6 Your Highness Universal Pictures $3,894,660 TOTAL: $15,952,425

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Check out Kanye West performing at Coachella music fest. kanye always rocks the house.

Speaking of music, meet Michael Rapino. Even though Live Nation’s operating income dropped last year, their CEO Michael Rapino earned more than twice the salary he made in 2009 earning $15.9 Million in 2010. Must be nice.

Homes and lives are ripped apart after deadly storms slammed North Carolina. These were pretty bad storms

IS KANYE DATING THIS 18 YEAR OLD MODEL

According to the New York Post the 33-year old Louis Vuitton Don was spotted leaving hand in hand with KateUpton from Victoria's Secret VIP Swim event at Los Angeles' Club
Kanye keeps them white girls.

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KANYE WEST AND JUSTIN BEIBER

To be a pop sensation Justin Beiber sure is down with a lot of hip hop artist.


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RIHANNA DRAKE AND KANYE PERFORM AT THE ALL STAR GAME

Cool performance by the music stars.


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KANYE WEST WANTS YOU TO SEE: ALL OF THE LIGHTS

I know I'm biased but Kanye has some of the most innovative music out there right now.


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ORCHESTRA COVERS KANYE WEST ALL OF THE LIGHTS

Hot for a live performance.


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KANYE DROPPING NEW MUSIC

Kanye announced via his twitter this weekend that in addition to releasing the Watch The Throne project with Jay-Z, he also has a new studio album coming out this summer. He tweeted

Gotta go get that

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WEEKEND WRAP UP: NO STRINGS PULLED A NUMBER 1 SPOT, GO AHEAD AND SUE THAT HOOKER, IDIOT LETS TRAIN RUN OVER HIM, KANYE ON THE KARDASHIAN SHOW

No Strings Attached pulled number one over the weekend. I did not expect this but I guess there was nothing else to see this weekend. Here are the totals.


Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Jan 21 - 23 weekend


1 - No Strings Attached Paramount Pictures $20,300,000 TOTAL: $20,300,000
2 1 The Green Hornet Sony Pictures Releasing $18,100,000 TOTAL: $63,441,000
3 2 The Dilemma Universal Pictures $9,726,615 TOTAL:  $33,363,950
4 4 The King's Speech The Weinstein Company $9,164,299 TOTAL:  $58,622,299
5 3 True Grit Paramount Pictures $8,000,000 TOTAL:  $138,633,000
6 5 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Pictures $6,200,000 TOTAL:  $83,580,631
7 9 The Fighter Paramount Pictures $4,515,000 TOTAL:  $73,031,000
8 6 Little Fockers Universal Pictures $4,394,025 TOTAL:  $141,185,640
9 8 Yogi Bear Warner Bros. Pictures $4,060,000 TOTAL:  $88,890,000
10 7 TRON: Legacy Walt Disney Studios Distribution $3,708,000 TOTAL:  $163,268,000

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A New York college student is suing a Las Vegas escort service because of the trauma he claims he suffered after almost being arrested when he called police to snitch on them.


Hubert Blackman was staying at the Stratosphere on December 17, when he called Las Vegas Exclusive Personals for a h*e.
When the hooker arrived, Blackman explained to her that he wanted to buy her services for an hour. After performing a lap dance and sex act for a total of $275.00, the hooker bounced after only half an hour.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, Blackman called the escort service demanding a refund because the hooker left early and he was drunk when he made the agreement.
After being told to kick rocks by the escort service, Blackman then called Las Vegas Metro Police. They told him prostitution was illegal in Las Vegas and he could be arrested. They informed him he would be better off calling the Better Business Bureau.
Blackman decided to file a lawsuit in New York federal court instead, stating "An escort did an illegal sexual act on me during her paid service to me'' and "I almost had gotten arrested."
He alleges he now suffers from an unnamed mental condition that he needs treatment for after the "traumatic" event.
In the lawsuit filed without a lawyer by Blackman he states: "I would like the court to close the business. I also would like to get my $275 payment back and a $1.8 million verdict for the tragic event that happened."
Wow I don't know if this is smart or stupid.I guess if it's a trial we will know.

A video believed to have been shot in the UK has gotten the attention of the online world as it depicts a man laying as flat a she possibly can as he awaits a fast approaching train that will run over the top of him. We have more idiots that a little bit out there

Here is a quick clip from the season premiere of Kourtney & Kim take New York where the sisters are setting up a Dash store in Soho. They also get a visit from Kanye West in the first episode.
And why are tey famous again?

KANYE'S NEW WATCH

Tiret has a nice little thing going for itself when it comes to high-status celebs who want some of them, on their wrist. I previously wrote about a watch that Tiret made for Usher here. The same concept (but done differently) was applied to a watch for musician Kanye West. You have the same oblong "Second Chance" watch case design, in 18k yellow gold. Coming with a gold bracelet or reptile strap, Kanye seems to be enjoying his (as he seems to wear it a lot). 

The watch dial features two Swiss quartz chronograph movements. So you have two times, two chronographs, etc... The real allure is in all the jewel work. Tiret claims it took them over five months to create the dial. The dial itself is in gold toned mother-of-pearl, with a combo of white, yellow, brown, and black diamonds. The bezel is lined with very large diamonds as well. The watch is said to have a total of about 8 carats of stones. Kayne's face has been immortalized on the dial - complete with sunglasses. Retail price for this is said to be about $180,000, and is custom made specially for each client. 
I like Kanye and I like watches but not this.


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IT'S COMING PEOPLE JAY-Z AND KANYE

Check out this artwork tweeted by Kanye West for H.A.M releasing on 1.11.11 from the upcoming Watch The Throne project with Jay-Z. This will be good.

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WEEKEND WRAP UP; IT'S FINALLY 2011, LITTLE FOCKERS RULE, THIS IS HOW JAY-Z, KANYE, AND RIHANNA PARTY, IF YOU HAVER AN IPHONE YOU PROBABLY MISSED NEW YEARS

The world celebrates  New Years over the weekend and here is a look of the videos.
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Little Fockers killed the competition again this weekend and the movies that came out were not even in the top ten. Here are the totals:


Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Dec 31 - Jan 2 weekend


1 1 Little Fockers N/A $26,299,600 TOTAL: $103,190,505


2 2 True Grit Paramount Pictures $24,500,000 TOTAL: $86,765,000 


3 3 TRON: Legacy N/A $18,306,000 TOTAL: $130,854,000


4 5 Yogi Bear N/A $13,000,000 TOTAL: $66,130,000


5 4 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Fox Walden $10,500,000 TOTAL: $87,141,297


6 7 Tangled Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $10,008,000 TOTAL: $168,027,000


7 6 The Fighter Paramount Pictures $10,000,000 TOTAL: $46,389,000


8 8 Gulliver's Travels N/A $9,100,000 TOTAL: $27,228,794


9 9 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Pictures $8,450,000 TOTAL: $47,370,093


10 11 The King's Speech The Weinstein Company $7,649,164 TOTAL: $22,806,942

Jay-Z After Party at Marquee from Seth Browarnik on Vimeo.

Jay-Z, Kanye West and Rihanna give impromptu performances at the Marquee Nightclub. Must be nice to be rich and famous.

iPhone owners lit up the Internet on New Year's Day, fuming on Twitter and across blogs over the latest glitch in their beloved handhelds, as the device's one-time alarms failed to go off.

At the stroke of midnight on January 1, 2010, the iPhone's one-time alarm – but not the recurring alarm – ceased to work, according to technology news blog EnGadget . The glitch seemed to be affecting iPhones operation on iOS 4.0.2, iOS 4.1 and iOS 4.2.1. Apple responded to EnGadget's post about the glitch, offering a temporary fix to the issue and reassuring customers that the problem will be fixed soon.

"We're aware of an issue related to non repeating alarms set for January 1 or 2. Customers can set recurring alarms for those dates and all alarms will work properly beginning January 3," Apple said.
Fortunately for some, the glitch came on New Year's Day, a national holiday which this year also fell on a Saturday. But don't worry those of you who paid for an overpriced phone can smile at the fact that you are just making Steve Jobs richer by the second.

WE HAVE ALL OF THE LIGHTS

Behind the scenes footage of Kanye West All Of The Lights video. Should be hot.This is my favorite song off the album

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MONSTER VIDEO FROM KANYE WEST

Kanye's video for Monster is here. don't know if it's official but check it out anyway.

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KANYE IS NUMBER ONE IN 2010 ACCORDING TO TIME

Kanye's new album has been dubbed number one this year by Time magazine. He also has one of the top ten singles of the year. Nice comeback for the Taylor slayer. Here is the list


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Top 10 Albums

1. Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
3. LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening
4. The National, High Violet
5. Drake, Thank Me Later
6. Sufjan Stevens, Age of Adz
7. The Black Keys, Brothers
8. Yeasayer, Odd Blood
9. Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
10. Beach House, Teen Dream

Top 10 Songs

1. Cee Lo Green, “F**k You”
2. Janelle Monáe, “Tightrope”
3. Kanye West, “POWER”
4. Arcade Fire, “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”
5. Eminem featuring Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie”
6. Yeasayer, “Ambling Alp”
7. Jónsi, “Animal Arithmetic”
8. Drake, “Find Your Love”
9. Elizabeth Cook, “All the Time”
10. Sleigh Bells, “Rill Rill”

KANYE RULES THE CHARTS

Say what you want but numbers don't lie. Kanye is number one on the charts.

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KANYE GOES OFF ON EVERYTHING

Watch as Kanye speaks on everything on his mind.

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GRANDMA DOES A MEAN IMPESSION OF KANYE

Grandma does a mean Kanye impression.

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KANYE DOES COMPLEX

Kanye west covers complex magazine. They go in depth about how he came to make the album. Read the article here.

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KANYE STOPS BY THE TODAY SHOW

Kanye West stopped buy the Today show to put Matt Lauer in his place abouit rolling video and speak on George Bush's comment that the being called a racist was a low point in his Presidency. Wow Kanye has that much clout that what he says can upset the President? Hip hop has come a long way. Also Bush accepts Kanye's apology after the jump.

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KANYE IS PERFORMIING EVERYWHERE

Kanye West performs impromptu performance on an airplane.

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