WEEKEND WRAP UP: RIO IS STILL NUMBER ONE, HAPPY EASTER FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, A TORNADO RIPS THROUGH A ST LOUIS AIRPORT, DR DRE HOOKS UP WITH CHRYSLER

Madea couldn't knock Rio out of the top spot for the second week in a row. i told you guys people love birds and other talking animals. Here is the rest of the totals:


Weekend Box Office Estimates (U.S.)
Apr 22 - 24 weekend


1 1 Rio 20th Century Fox Distribution $26,800,000 TOTAL: $81,261,126
2 - Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family Lionsgate $25,750,000 TOTAL:
$25,750,000
3 - Water for Elephants Fox 2000 $17,500,000 TOTAL: $17,500,000
4 3 Hop Universal Pictures $12,460,917 TOTAL: $100,499,917
5 2 Scream 4 N/A $7,154,000 TOTAL: $31,158,000
6 - African Cats Disneynature $6,400,000 TOTAL: $6,400,000
7 5 Soul Surfer Enticing Entertainment, TriStar Pictures, FilmDistrict $5,600,000 TOTAL: $28,664,000
8 7 Insidious FilmDistrict $5,383,744 TOTAL: $44,177,538
9 4 Hanna Focus Features $5,276,801 TOTAL: $31,717,987
10 8 Source Code Summit Entertainment, LLC $5,063,000 TOTAL: $44,664,244

The rest after the jump

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On April 25, 2011, the First Family hosted 30,000 people from all 50 states in their backyard for the 133rd White House Easter Egg Roll. This year's theme “Get Up and Go!” focused on promoting health and wellness, a central part of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative to raise a healthier generation of kids. Watch President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama kick off the 2011 White House Easter Egg Roll.

Check out this totnado as it rips through an airport

First it's Eminem now  Dre hooks up with Chrysler to help promote their audio syste. What is he a doctor of anyway.

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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

More after the jump.

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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

THIS IS ONE BIG ASS SNOWMAN

A New York man enlists the help of 20 people to help create a giant snowman on the side of the road. They must have been very bored.

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ICE AND CARS DON'T MIX

The best car wreck ice video I have seen this year. I only say this cause no one was seriously hurt.


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WEEKEND WRAP UP: SNOW IS ALL OVER THE PLACE, TRUE GRIT IS THE TRUE CHAMP

We just had a winter storm here in Atlanta. orry for the slow blog post but had computer and internet issues during this storm . I will get better soon.
Here is the rest of the post.


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True Grit won at the box office over the weekend. I probably won't see it because I hate westerns, but here are the totals.


Weekend Box Office Actuals (U.S.)
Jan 7 - 9 weekend


1 2 True Grit Paramount Pictures $14,605,135 TOTAL: $110,035,157
2 1 Little Fockers N/A $13,487,245 TOTAL: $123,687,760
3 - Season of the Witch Relativity Media $10,612,375 TOTAL: $10,612,375
4 3 TRON: Legacy N/A $10,090,002 TOTAL: $148,212,420
5 9 Black Swan Fox Searchlight Pictures $8,113,011 TOTAL: $61,218,504
6 42 Country Strong Screen Gems $7,326,165 TOTAL: $7,463,454
7 6 The Fighter Paramount Pictures $7,001,504 TOTAL: $57,845,946
8 4 Yogi Bear N/A $6,641,250 TOTAL: $75,436,771
9 10 The King's Speech The Weinstein Company $6,414,407 TOTAL: $32,896,665
10 7 Tangled Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $5,111,098 TOTAL: $175,779,496

Raw footage of raging water taking parked cars downstream after massive flood in Queensland, Australia
And I though we had it bad here in Atlanta.

Check out some of the luxury vehicles that made their debut at this years Detroit Auto Show. Please give me one of each.

SNOW STORM IN 40 SECONDS

December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse from Michael Black on Vimeo.

A guy named Michael Black put together this really cool timelapse video. He used a Canon DLSR on tripod with remote timer taking a photo once every five minutes. Approximately 20 hours in 40 seconds.

Now let's see him showel all that snow.

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HOLIDAY SNOW

If you can't tell by the bad photo it was snowing here in Atlanta and it actually snowed on Christmas day. Hey a white Christmas this year who knew.

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